This past May, Samsung rolled out a massive new firmware update to select Bespoke AI Refrigerator Family Hubs in the USA. Today, Samsung announced that the same Tizen 10.0-based update is going global. Select home appliances will get the same software as Samsung’s premium appliances released in 2026. Bespoke refrigerator update with Gemini and Now […]
Read MoreSamsung has been the world’s number one TV brand for 20 consecutive years. Given that dominance, you might expect Tizen OS, the operating system the company’s smart TVs use, to lead the streaming platform market. Surprisingly, it doesn’t — not even close. The Streamable has published an analysis of smart TV and streaming device operating […]
Read MoreI may or may not be in the minority in having mixed feelings about Samsung’s Tizen 9 TV update, but one thing I didn’t like about this release was that it gradually pushed Ambient Mode aside. I was worried Samsung might, in fact, force Ambient Mode into obsolescence to promote the subscription-based Art Store service […]
Read MoreAfter One UI Tizen 9 dropped on my TV a few weeks ago, I finally got the chance to try Samsung’s Pointer Mode with my Galaxy Watch 5. My thoughts so far? I don’t have much good to say. Pointer Mode sounds like a nice idea in theory, but the implementation feels undercooked. What surprises […]
Read MoreA few days ago, we wrote a guide on how to avoid the tiny UI in Samsung’s latest One UI Tizen TV update. When we did, we stated that you’re limited to the default size or one larger preset, with no finer intermediate scaling options. That is true if your goal is to enlarge the […]
Read MoreSamsung’s Tizen 9 update, also known as One UI Tizen, is rolling out to select 2023 TV models across more regions. We just received it on the QN90C Neo QLED in Europe. The update’s main appeal is the refreshed user interface, which brings visual changes more in line with Samsung’s One UI design language on […]
Read MoreSamsung TV software updates are starting to feel a lot like phone firmware releases. Samsung now rolls out one major Tizen OS version per year and supports modern TVs with seven years of updates. Not to mention that Tizen OS for TVs also gets a refreshed One UI layer. Still, Samsung TVs aren’t completely caught […]
Read MoreToday, our Samsung S90C OLED TV in India received a new major software update. It carries firmware version 6500, replacing the firmware with version 2024 that the TV was running. It upgrades the TVâs operating system from Tizen OS 8.0 to Tizen OS 9.0, which Samsung introduced last year, and as a part of it, […]
Read MoreEarlier this year, Samsung announced Google Photos support for its TVs, replacing OneDrive integration. Now that its 2026 TV lineup has started going on sale in select countries globally, Google Photos is officially available on those models. Google has also shared more details about how the experience works on Samsung TVs. Google Photos is now […]
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