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Hands-on with Galaxy S24 AI features: Circle to Search is accurate and convenient, Chat Assist can give hilarious suggestions, Live Translate was laggy, more (Cherlynn Low/Engadget)

Cherlynn Low / Engadget: Hands-on with Galaxy S24 AI features: Circle to Search is accurate and convenient, Chat Assist can give hilarious suggestions, Live Translate was laggy, more  —  This might be a portent of the year to come.  —  Deputy Editor, Reviews  —  I’ve never thought of Samsung as a software company …

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Arduino, Virtually

While simulating an Arduino isn’t a new idea, a recent project by [LRusso] provides an open source JavaScript simulator that runs in your browser. You can try it out live or host it yourself if you prefer. The simulator looks much like the standard IDE, so there isn’t much to learn. You can select from

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Samsung is making a smart ring

Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Samsung just announced that it’s working on a smart ring. The ring, called the Galaxy Ring, was teased at the very end of today’s Unpacked showcase, and the company briefly described it as a “powerful and accessible” health and wellness device. Outside of a brief video showing off

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Samsung unveils the Galaxy S24, with a larger and brighter 6.2″ display, and S24 Plus, with a larger 6.7″ display, starting at $800 and $1,000 respectively (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge: Samsung unveils the Galaxy S24, with a larger and brighter 6.2″ display, and S24 Plus, with a larger 6.7″ display, starting at $800 and $1,000 respectively  —  Samsung’s Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus don’t have the bigger screen or 5x telephoto camera of the more expensive Galaxy S24 Ultra, nor

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Samsung’s Galaxy S24 lineup includes Google’s AI models Gemini Pro, for Notes, Voice Recorder, and Keyboard apps, and Gemini Nano, for Google Messages and more (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Samsung’s Galaxy S24 lineup includes Google’s AI models Gemini Pro, for Notes, Voice Recorder, and Keyboard apps, and Gemini Nano, for Google Messages and more  —  Gemini, Google’s cutting-edge generative AI model family, is coming to Samsung’s new flagship smartphone — the Galaxy S24.

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Google introduces Circle to Search, a new way to search from anywhere on Android using gestures, available on Galaxy S24 devices and Google’s Pixel 8 and 8 Pro (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google introduces Circle to Search, a new way to search from anywhere on Android using gestures, available on Galaxy S24 devices and Google’s Pixel 8 and 8 Pro  —  Alongside Samsung’s launch event today, Google announced a new way to search on Android phones dubbed “Circle to Search.”

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Samsung pledges seven years of OS and security updates for the Galaxy S24 series, matching Google, which extended its update timeline in tandem with the Pixel 8 (Billy Steele/Engadget)

Billy Steele / Engadget: Samsung pledges seven years of OS and security updates for the Galaxy S24 series, matching Google, which extended its update timeline in tandem with the Pixel 8  —  Following Google’s commitment, the company says it’s further extending product life cycles.  —  Samsung has extended OS upgrades …

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Is the Samsung Galaxy S24 series hot or not?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzDqHl91IHI Samsung has finally launched the Galaxy S24 series, namely the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24 Plus, and Galaxy S24 Ultra. These devices are set to be the face of Android for most of 2024, owing to their wide availability. What do you think of the Galaxy S24 range, though? Are they hot devices or… not?

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This E Ink climate sensor cuts the cloud and adds Matter

Image: Shelly European smart home device manufacturer Shelly has a new version of its temperature and humidity sensor, plus an even smaller smart relay switch. Shelly’s H&T Gen3 adds an enhanced e-paper display and doubles the responsiveness and efficiency of the previous version thanks to 8MB on-device memory. It’s also Matter-upgradable, making interoperability easier, and

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Android Auto will soon reflect design elements, like wallpaper and icons, of Samsung Galaxy phones, and offer AI chat summaries, relevant replies, and more (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Android Auto will soon reflect design elements, like wallpaper and icons, of Samsung Galaxy phones, and offer AI chat summaries, relevant replies, and more  —  Amidst the flurry of Galaxy S24 announcements, Google also announced a handful of new AI features for Android Auto.

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