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Samsung’s One UI Launcher already includes the ingredients of a minimalist, widget-first home screen—without installing Nova Launcher, Niagara, or another replacement. A July 28 How-To Geek walkthrough argues that the biggest change can be as simple as removing app shortcuts from the Home screen...

Samsung’s plan to bring stablecoin support into Samsung Wallet marks one of the clearest signals yet that mainstream smartphone makers see tokenized money as more than a niche crypto feature. Announced during Galaxy Unpacked in London on July 22, the initiative would expand Samsung Wallet beyond...

Android Authority’s Stephen Radochia argued on July 3, 2026, that owners of the Pixel 7 Pro, Galaxy S22 Ultra, Motorola Razr Plus 2023, Pixel 7a, Galaxy A54, and perhaps Moto G Power 2024 should reconsider whether those phones still deserve pocket space. The piece is ostensibly about Android...

Samsung Messages will be discontinued in the United States in July 2026, with Samsung directing affected Galaxy phone owners to switch their default texting app to Google Messages before the company’s own app stops working. The date is no longer theoretical; it is now the month on the calendar...

Samsung will discontinue Samsung Messages for U.S. Galaxy users on July 6, 2026, forcing remaining holdouts to make Google Messages their default SMS, MMS, and RCS app if they want normal texting to continue after the cutoff. The deadline is not just another app migration nag; it is the end of...

Three Google-controlled components on Samsung Galaxy phones — Android System SafetyCore, Android System WebView, and Google Play Services — had updates available on June 19, 2026, but reports found they did not reliably appear in the Play Store’s normal app-update screen. That is a small...