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Samsung Galaxy A16 5G available in US in just $199
Samsung Galaxy A16 5G smartphone has launched in the US with a large, bright display, decent camera specs, 6-Gen OS update support, and more at an affordable price. You will be getting a 5G-powered handset for just $199 in the US. The Koran tech giant unveiled the dynamic handset on January 02 and will soon join the official sale. Until then, let’s explore this device’s key specifications and features.
Samsung has launched the Galaxy A16 phone with impressive parameters. The device features a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED panel with a 1080×2340 pixels resolution. It has a 90 Hz refresh rate and 800-nit peak brightness.
For the camera, the smartphone houses a triple-cam setup including a 50MP primary lens (f/1.8 aperture, Digital Zoom up to 10x) and a 5 MP ultrawide with f/2.2 aperture, a 2 MP macro camera with f/2.4 aperture at the rear side. There is further a 13MP selfie lens for clean and clear facial shots.
The Galaxy A16 5G appears in two colors: Blue Black and Light Gray color options. It equips Samsung’s own Exynos 1330 chipset with a 5nm process technology. The processoer is paired with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage to provide you with decent performance. The device gets power via a 5000mAh battery that supports 25W charging capability.
Galaxy A16 comes pre-installed with One UI 6.1 based on Android 14 and will receive six major Android updates and security updates. The phone does have expandable storage, though, which is something you don’t see much anymore.
From January 09, the Galaxy A16 5G in the US will be widely available through carriers and retailers and on Samsung.com. For more information click here
Samsung Galaxy A16 is available in the US! Enjoy a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display, 50MP camera, fast charging 5000mAh battery, octa-core processor, and IP54
Samsung One UI 8 Beta changelog mainly reads customization and a set of productive features. But do you know that One UI 8 Beta also carries a new Birthday Cards Creator feature for the Now Brief tool? Today we’re up to see what changes the company made to Now Brief section in the latest upgrade.
Samsung recently released the One UI 8 beta 3 update for the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus, and Galaxy S25 Ultra smartphones. The One UI 8 beta update introduced the Birthday Cards Creator feature in the Now Brief tool, along with some improvements and fixes.
The latest One UI 8 beta allows Galaxy S25 series users to create AI-generated birthday cards. Now Brief will notify you when one of your contacts has a birthday coming up, and you can tap on the alert and quickly create a personalized birthday card using Galaxy AI.
The One UI 8 birthday card creator feature is easy to use. All you have to do is go to the drawing assist feature. All you have to do is write a message or thought, choose an art style, and the card will be created for you. You can send the card directly to your contact in just a few taps, no need to open other apps or search for e-cards online.
On June 30, 2025, Samsung released One UI 8 beta 3 for the Galaxy S25 lineup. Moreover, the beta is currently available in select markets including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, India, and Poland.
According to the information, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 will be launched with stable One UI 8 pre-installed, which will put pressure on Samsung’s development team to finalize the software experience. Also, the Galaxy Unpacked event is scheduled for July 9, 2025, extending to Galaxy S25 series users by late July 2025.
Samsung recently released the One UI 8 Beta 3 update for the Galaxy S25 series. Interesting, a useful feature, “Back Swipe Preview”, has reportedly been brought back with the One UI 8 Beta 3.
However, the “Back Swipe Preview” gesture was temporarily removed in One UI 8 Beta 2; however, it has been brought back with necessary improvements in the Beta 3 update released today.
Samsung’s new Back Swipe Preview allows you to swipe from the edge of the screen, with the One UI version showing you a preview of the previous screen before you complete the gesture.
Furthermore, you swipe from the left or right edge, and the current window shifts to reveal the previous screen in the background. This makes navigation seamless, especially for multitasking.
Currently, Galaxy S25 users running One UI 8 beta 3 can use this Back swipe preview gesture. To enable it, go to Settings > Advanced Features > Labs and turn it on.
Samsung has started rolling out One UI 8 Beta 3 for the Galaxy S25 series starting today. This latest release brings some improvements to the Now Brief, most notably some AI tricks.
Samsung has finally begun releasing an Android 16-based One UI 8 Beta 3 update for Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus, and Galaxy S25 Ultra users. This update is currently live for users in Germany, India (as Beta 2), South Korea, the UK, and the company will expand it to more eligible countries soon.
Samsung Galaxy S25 series users can verify the One UI 8 Beta 3 update via the One UI Build version ending in ZYFA, and the update is a package weighing over 1GB.
This new beta update brings several bug fixes and improvements to provide a better Galaxy experience. Apart from this, this update also installs the latest security patch released in June 2025 to improve system security and stability.
The One UI 8 beta 3 update addresses the overlap issue between the recent apps status bar and the running apps menu in a specific situation of Navistar. It also fixes the issue in which keyboard input only occurs on reboot at the Security Folder PIN input screen.
In the S Pen, the updated fixed text input (S Pen to text) error. Additionally, it has fixed the issue that caused the loading time to increase intermittently when entering the Mode / Routine menu
- Fixed the overlap issue between the status bar of the Recents app and the running app menu in specific status of NaviStar
- Fixed the issue that the keyboard input occur only when reboots on the Security folder PIN input screen
- Improved the issue that intermittently lengthen loading time when entering Mode / Routine menu
- Fixed text input (swipe to type) error using gesture on keyboard screen
- Fixed text input (S Pen to text) error with S Pen
- Added back screen preview to Laboratory
- SW stabilization through updates to many apps
- Many other improvements
You can install this beta update via Settings >> Software update >> Download and install. If you are testing the One UI 8 beta, install this new beta now.
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