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Android Authority
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Android Authority
Samsung prepares Game Booster for One UI 8 with huge feature-packed update
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has released a major update for the Game Booster app. The update brings over 10 new features, including Game Sound, Max boost, Respawn timer, and 4D Vibration. A few of the new features mentioned in the changelog may not be available yet. Samsung's Game Booster app is a useful tool for hardcore mobile gamers. It allows you to change various settings for the purpose of optimizing your gaming experience. While it already offers numerous options for tweaking everything from performance to battery life, Samsung has now stuffed the app with even more features. Likely in preparation for One UI 8, the Game Booster app has just received a significant update (version 7.0.51.13) that introduces over 10 new features. First spotted by X (formerly Twitter) user Galaxy Techie, these features include AI Mute, Bluetooth microphone support, Game Sound, Dash notifications, Game Controller, Max boost, Respawn timer, Super Microphone, Virtual Gamepad, Voice Changer, and 4D Vibration. Max boost If you have updated the Game Booster app, 'Max boost' will be the first new feature you see when you open the app. It appears as a toggle at the bottom of the welcome screen. The app doesn't explain what this feature does, but it does offer a message that says, 'In some games, your phone could use more battery or get a little hotter than normal.' Presumably, toggling this feature on will adjust your settings for maximum performance during gaming. Respawn timer and Game Sound When you go into the settings page, you'll see new additions like 'Game Sound' and 'Respawn timer.' According to the description, Respawn timer will display a floating timer on the screen so you know how long it will take before you can rejoin your game. As for Game Sound, it works just as you would think. It gives you control over whether or not you hear the sound of the game. However, it also offers an 'AI Mute' option that allows the device to 'Identify the game screen, implement intelligent mute and volume recovery when you launch the game.' We imagine this means AI Mute will mute game audio when it detects that you're in a game but not actively playing. Dash notifications, Super Microphone, and Voice changer If you tap on the Reorder tools section in the settings page, there are three new options waiting for you. The first of these new options is 'Dash notifications.' The description for this feature reads, 'Stay updated while you're immersed in your game with notifications that disappear after crossing the screen.' With this setting, notifications will appear semi-transparent in a pill-shaped casing that slides across the screen before disappearing. You'll be able to adjust how fast the notification moves and its transparency. Next up, there is a feature called 'Super Microphone.' This feature provides two options: 'Always Keep Mic Available In Game' and 'Switch Bluetooth Mic On.' The former allows you to continue using the microphone for your game, even if other applications are using it. While the latter allows you to turn on the microphone of a connected Bluetooth device to improve voice calls. Just as its name suggests, 'Voice changer' allows you to change the sound of your voice. There are multiple types of voices to pick from, including Little girl, Middle-aged man, Sci-fi horror, Ethereal, Warbling, Lo-fi landline, Baby, and Robot. The changelog also mentions the addition of 'Game Controller,' 'Virtual Gamepad,' and '4D Vibration.' However, it seems that these features are currently inaccessible at the moment. It's unclear if these features require the installation of One UI 8. Regardless, this is a pretty hefty update that will give gamers even more ways to customize their gaming experience on Galaxy devices. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Android Authority
3 days ago
- Business
- Android Authority
One UI 8 makes it much easier to find downloaded files, and I hope Google copies this trick
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung's My Files app in One UI 8 lets you filter files by the app that was used to download them. This is a helpful addition and should help you find files faster. This improvement joins a variety of other One UI 8 improvements and additions Samsung just launched the One UI 8 beta program today, landing on the Galaxy S25 series in several countries. We've been combing through the software to discover all the new features, and it turns out Samsung's file manager has gained a very useful addition. Samsung confirmed in the One UI 8 beta changelog that the My Files app now lets you filter files based on the app that was used to download them. Check out our screenshot below to see this option. Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority This is a helpful addition to the My Files app, and we hope Google and Android OEMs copy this feature for their own file manager apps. The ability to filter files by the app that downloaded them could help if you forgot the name or location of the downloaded file. It's also a time-saver if you've got a ton of files downloaded from one app but you're looking for a file downloaded via a rarely used app. This isn't the only notable feature we spotted in the One UI 8 beta. Samsung's new phone software also offers Android 16's improved split-screen multitasking, an improved Secure Folder, and a more intuitive Quick Share app. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Android Authority
4 days ago
- Business
- Android Authority
Google Photos finally starts letting you manually add pics to stacks
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Stacks in Google Photos allows similar pics to be cleanly grouped together. While you can manually remove images from a stack, adding them has been an automatic process without user input. Now Photos is starting to get an option to manually add pics to a stack, beginning with iOS. Google Photos is certainly not hurting for ways to make sense of your mountain of pictures by grouping some of them together. Beyond just albums, we've got Memories (which became Moments), as well as stacks. Google introduced photo stacks as an automatic way to group similar pics together, preventing a lot of near-duplicates from clogging up your view. While Google has let you remove shots you don't want from a stack, or just unstack a group entirely, so far we haven't had any similar manual option for creating stacks or adding specific pictures to them. Earlier this year, though, we got out first hint that this might be about to change, as we spotted Google updating Photos for Android with some code that referenced manual stack grouping. We're still waiting to see that go live on Android, but just noticed that it's made an early debut on iOS. On the left there, you see Photos as it currently exists on Android; even when you select multiple pics at once, there's no option to start combining images into a photo stack. But on the right, we've got Photos version 7.29 on an iPhone, and here we see Google successfully implementing a manual 'stack photos' button. Now, it's no certainty that the feature showing up on iOS means that its Android release is also going to be imminent, but given the fact that we've already spotted evidence of developers working in this direction, we're definitely feeling pretty excited that we may get the chance to finally try it out on Android sooner rather than later. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Android Authority
22-05-2025
- Android Authority
Galaxy S26 camera details just got clearer and murkier at the same time
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung will reportedly stick with a 50MP main camera for the base Galaxy S26. The company will apparently use a new Isocell GN series sensor, but there's no word on a specific model. This follows a leaker's claim last year that the Galaxy S26 will use the same main camera as before. The Samsung Galaxy S25 series has been on the market for several months now, but we've already seen Galaxy S26 series rumors surfacing online. The leaks continue today, as a trusted outlet has apparently revealed information about the Galaxy S26 main camera. GalaxyClub reports that the base Galaxy S26 will once again be equipped with a 50MP main camera. However, the outlet explains that Samsung will use a new camera sensor this time. The website adds that this will be an Isocell GN series sensor and that it might be an unannounced sensor. Unfortunately, that's all GalaxyClub can tell us about the S26's main camera. So it's too soon to tell whether the new camera sensor will be larger and more advanced than the Isocell GN3 part used on the Galaxy S25/Plus, Galaxy S24/Plus, and Galaxy S23/Plus. Do you think the Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus need camera hardware upgrades? 0 votes Yes, absolutely NaN % No, they don't NaN % History suggests that Samsung's new camera sensor might be an incremental improvement at best over the old part. For example, the current Isocell GN3 sensor is virtually identical to the GN5 camera that was used on the Galaxy S22 and S22 Plus, save for better autofocus. That means you shouldn't necessarily hold your breath for main camera hardware on par with phones like the OnePlus 13 and Google Pixel 9. This report also comes after leaker Ice Universe claimed last year that the Samsung Galaxy S26 would use the same camera sensor as before. Nevertheless, we hope the company decides to give the Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus a long-overdue camera hardware upgrade. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Android Authority
20-05-2025
- Android Authority
Galaxy Z Fold 7 leak suggests it could give the world's thinnest foldable a run for its money
Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR CAD files of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 have leaked. The leak claims the Fold 7 is 4.54mm thick when unfolded. The Flip 7 appears to have about the same dimensions as the Flip 6. When Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold 6 SE, it became the lightest and thinnest entry in the Fold series. Despite that, it still lags behind the current record holder for thinnest foldable — the OPPO Find N5. A new leak, however, suggests that Samsung may give the OPPO Find N5 a run for its money with the Galaxy Z Fold 7. The folks over at SamMobile appear to have obtained CAD files for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7. These files contain measurements for all sides of both devices. Starting with the Fold 7, it's said that the device is 4.54mm thick when unfolded and 9.0mm thick when folded. In comparison, the OPPO Find N5 is 4.21mm thick when open and 8.5mm thick when closed. So, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 may not set a record for thinness, but the difference between it and the OPPO Find N5 is pretty close. The overall dimensions of the Fold 7 are said to be 158.43 x 143.14 x 4.54mm. Meanwhile, these CAD files for the Galaxy Z Flip 7 suggest the dimensions will be about the same as last year. The Flip 6 measures 165.1 x 71.9 x 6.9, while these CAD files suggest the Flip 7 will measure 166.61 x 75.23 x 6.84mm. This leak also corroborates a previous report about the Flip 7's dimensions. Both of Samsung's foldable phones are expected to launch together as they always do. When that launch will happen isn't fully clear yet. However, we likely won't have to wait too much longer as Samsung's 2024 foldables launched in July. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
