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New leak hints Galaxy A56 and A36 mid-March launch
Samsung could launch a Galaxy A56 and Galaxy A36 variant by March 2025. As per a new leak, the company is working on a slightly upgraded Galaxy A series phone for its consumers. It may bring some effective hardware capabilities and mysterious features under Galaxy AI.
X (Formally Twitter) @yabhishekhd says that Samsung could launch the Galaxy A56 and Galaxy A36 in March this year in India and globally. This is in line with Samsung’s traditional launch timeline, which typically sees the Galaxy A series launched in March each year.
The designs of both Galaxy A series have already leaked. Both have large screens with a punch-hole-shaped cutout for the front-facing selfie camera and flat sides. They also have three rear-facing cameras arranged vertically, with the camera island design seeming to be inspired by the Galaxy Note 10, but other details have not been revealed yet.
As per previous rumors, both phones will feature a triple camera setup at the back, with a 50MP primary camera and a 12MP front camera. The A56 will feature a 12MP ultra-wide camera.
The Galaxy A56 is said to be powered by the Exynos 1580 processor, while the Galaxy A36 is said to use the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 processor with 4nm chips and is manufactured by Samsung Foundry. The Exynos 1580 is more powerful than the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 and features new CPU cores and a more powerful GPU.
Both phones will run on Android 15-based One UI 7 or One UI 7.1 software and will likely receive six major Android OS updates pack a 5,000mAh battery and support 45W fast charging.
Now both new models are reportedly in the making. It would be worth seeing what it will bring to on consumer platform. Stay tuned.
In addition to the Galaxy A series devices, the Korean company also working on launching the first kind of Samsung, the Galaxy S25 Edge around April 2025. The phone could feature a 6.7-inch screen, Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, 3900mAh battery, and a dual camera setup that includes a 200-megapixel primary camera and a 50-megapixel telephoto camera with 3.5x optical zoom.
Today, with beta 4 Google expanded Android 16 Beta to select non-Pixel flagship devices from partner brands. Samsung, as always, is skipping the Android 16 Beta Program, while the new OS is available for select devices launched by Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, vivo, and Xiaomi.
Google released Android 16 beta 4 with a second version of platform stability and announced that apps compatible with the new OS will now be available on the Play Store.
Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Vivo, and Xiaomi have opened beta registration windows for their latest flagship devices launched in the last few months. Samsung, however, is yet to complete One UI 7 for its Galaxy devices, but will soon roll out the stable One UI 7 and launch an independent One UI beta program.
Last week, it was revealed that the company is already working on Android 16’s adaptation and testing the alleged One UI 8 on the Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold 6, and Galaxy Z Flip 6 smartphones.
Android continues to deliver great updates and new features throughout the year, while feedback from the beta community plays a vital role in constantly improving Android. The Android 16 developer site has a lot more information about the beta, including downloads and a release timeline for Pixel.
List of devices that are running the Android 16 Beta
- HONOR Magic 7 Pro
- Lenovo YOGA Tab Plus
- OnePlus 13
- OPPO Find X8
- realme GT 7 Pro
- iQOO 13
- vivo X200 Pro
- Xiaomi 14T Pro
- Xiaomi 15
- Redmi K70 Ultra
After the Galaxy S24 series, Samsung has today resumed the rollout of One UI 7 based on the Android 15 update for the Galaxy Z Flip 6, Galaxy Z Fold 6, and Galaxy Z Fold 6 SE. It is worth noting that the Korean tech giant had halted the rollout a few days ago due to a serious bug discovered in the initial update, so it is now rolling out a new firmware that will fix this issue.
Samsung has started rolling out the new One UI 7 update for the Galaxy Z Flip 6, Z Fold 6, and Fold 6 SE. Initially available in South Korea, the new One UI 7 build will go live in more markets soon. This build is a more refined build than the initial build and includes fixes for system improvements.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6, Z Fold 6, and Fold 6 SE users can recognize it by the build number ending with BYD9.
Your Galaxy foldable device might have also received the new build. But you can check for the update manually in Settings > Software update. Click on Download and install so that your phone can receive the new OTA.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has now appeared on Geekbench, revealing that the company is carrying out pre-launch tests and preparations for its new device. The latest listing also solves the chipset mystery that has been in rumours for a long time.
According to the Geekbench 6.4 listing, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 US variant with model number SM-F966U achieved 3022 points on single-core and 9307 points on multi-core tests.
The US variant of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 has appeared on Geekbench with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. Also, the phone is expected to run on Android 16-based One UI 8 operating system
Being a flagship folding handset, all these things sound quite good. Nevertheless, the actual performance will only be known once the device is officially launched in the consumer market. Inputs reveal that the chipset is clocked at 3.53 GHz base frequency.
Apart from this, the Korean tech giant can launch the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Z Fold 7 around July this year. Also, an affordable flip model can also be introduced along with both the devices.
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