Samsung
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Health Tech
Samsung's 'firsts' are self-declared. Its FDA-cleared Buds feature is not
The FDA cleared the Galaxy Buds hearing aid feature in a press batch where Samsung also touted a 'world's first' HDR10+ launch and a 'first fully integrated' AI health assistant. The clearance is the one item verified outside the company; which Buds it covers, and when, is still unsaid.
2026-08-16
Galaxy Community Connect
The Galaxy Z verdicts are in, and they come from Samsung's own superfans
Samsung brought 51 Samsung Members Stars from 17 countries to London for hands-on time with the new Galaxy Z series and Watch9. The features they picked as favorites are now collected in a Samsung Newsroom infographic.
2026-08-12
HDR10+ ADVANCED: Samsung and Prime Video ship it first
Can scene-by-scene metadata fix motion smoothing's bad reputation?
Prime Video is the first streaming service to adopt HDR10+ ADVANCED on Samsung's 2026 TVs from August 2026. The standard adds Enhanced Overall Brightness and scene-aware Intelligent Motion Smoothing, the setting with the worst reputation in home theater, now backed by smarter metadata.
2026-08-11
Agentic AI
Samsung's newest foldables pitch the agent, not the hinge
Samsung's eighth-generation foldables, the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8, launched July 22 with agentic AI as their lead story. The hardware legacy is real; the launch material sells the agent, not the hinge.
2026-08-11
Galaxy Z series, Galaxy Unpacked July 2026
Inside Samsung's new Galaxy Z foldables: titanium thinner than a human hair
Samsung's Z series now relies on Flex Titanium, a display support with a titanium film one-third the thickness of a human hair and a module that is 10% thinner. Hardware chief Sunghoon Moon walks through the material science, the battery rethink and the 100-plus durability tests behind the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8.
2026-08-11
Galaxy Unpacked July 2026
Samsung steps into the AI glasses race Alibaba says is already tipping
Samsung's intelligent eyewear, unveiled at Galaxy Unpacked July 2026, bets that comfort and a nine-hour battery will win the AI glasses race. It arrives as Alibaba claims the category is already approaching its tipping point.
2026-08-11
Galaxy Unpacked July 2026
Samsung's health ai assistant launches in beta with big promises and few specifics
Samsung's Health Assistant Beta is part of a broader connected care strategy, but with scant feature information and no privacy specifics, the gamble is on ecosystem lock-in rather than immediate capability.
2026-08-06
International expansion
Anthropic planted a flag in Seoul. The real story is who showed up.
Anthropic opens a Seoul office and announces partnerships with NAVER, Nexon, LG CNS, Hanwha Solutions, and Samsung SDS. An MOU with Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT focuses on AI safety and cybersecurity. The real story is a market that treats safety as a feature, not a cost.
2026-07-07