You can hot swap the battery on Samsung’s new rugged tablet

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Samsung has announced new versions of its rugged tablets and smartphones designed for use in environments where they’re going to get dirty, wet, and knocked around. Both the Galaxy XCover7 Pro and Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro feature improved battery life, but the tablet goes one step further with a “dual hot-swap” feature allowing the battery to be swapped out without having to first completely power down the device. The Galaxy XCover7 Pro smartphone will be available starting on May 8th, 2025, while the Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro tablet will launch a bit later sometime in June 2025. Samsung hasn’t announced pricing for either device. The Galaxy Tab Active5 Pro tablet features a 12-megapixel rear camera and an eight-megapixel front-facing camera. Image: Samsung Powered by a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 mobile processor paired with either 6GB or 8GB of ... Read full article.