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During Prime Day, Amazon reduced the price of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE Plus by $180, bringing it down to $519. The tablet features a 13.1-inch display, S Pen compatibility, and has received an average rating of 4.7 stars from users.
Amazon has cut the price of the TCL TAB A1 NXTPAPER 11-inch Android tablet to $189.99, down from its $299.99 list price, a $110 reduction described as an all-time low. The model on sale includes 6GB RAM, 128GB storage, a MediaTek Helio G100 chip, and an 8,000mAh battery, and requires Amazon Prime membership to access the discount.
Tab, a personal AI assistant accessible via text on iMessage or WhatsApp, announced Tuesday it has emerged from stealth with a $300 million valuation. The company, founded this year by Brennan Erbz, Stafford Schlitt, and Ammar Amdani, did not disclose specific funding figures but named SV Angel, Valar Ventures, and American Spirit as investors. Tab handles tasks like ordering groceries or booking travel on users' behalf using its own phone number, computer, and wallet.
Samsung has announced that its latest SmartTag 3 trackers will be compatible not only with iPhones but also with a broader selection of Android smartphones running Android 12 and above. Previously limited to Galaxy models, the new trackers are now accessible to more users across different device brands. Confirmation from Samsung indicates that support extends beyond Galaxy phones, opening the product to a larger audience.
Samsung's Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra, priced at $1,399.99, features a 14.6-inch display and aims to excel in screen size and battery life. Apple’s iPad Pro, with a starting price of $1,499 for the 13-inch model, emphasizes processing power and display precision. Both devices target professional and creative users but differ significantly in design philosophy and ecosystem integration.
Samsung's Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra keeps the same 45W charging speed and 11,600mAh battery as its predecessor, the Tab S11 Ultra. The two tablets share identical IP68 ratings, thickness of 5.1mm, and weight of 692 grams, with the main difference being the S12 Ultra shipping with One UI 9.0 out of the box, an update the S11 Ultra will also receive soon.
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Tab S12 series with two models, the 12.6-inch Tab S12 Plus and 14.6-inch Tab S12 Ultra, skipping a standard base version entirely. Both tablets run MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 chip, feature 120Hz AMOLED displays with 1,600 nits brightness, IP68 ratings, and up to 23 hours of video playback, and are thinner than last year's models. The Tab S12 Plus starts at $1,199.99 and the Ultra at $1,399.99, with availability from October 7.
A review of Samsung's Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra highlights its 14.6-inch OLED screen, 1,600-nit peak brightness, 120Hz refresh rate, and an under-display fingerprint sensor, all housed in a 5.1mm-thick, 692-gram aluminum body. The reviewer notes the tablet has only a single USB-C port, calling it a limitation for a device positioned as a laptop replacement.
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Tab S12 Plus and Tab S12 Ultra tablets. The Plus gets a larger, brighter 12.6-inch display, a thinner and lighter build, a MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset, and a bigger 10,600mAh battery, now starting at $1,199. The Ultra keeps its 14.6-inch display, 11,600mAh battery and design from last year's model, adding only a new chipset and four-channel spatial audio, priced at $1,399.
Mozilla has begun a full rollout of a redesigned Firefox browser, updating its themes, icons and colors across desktop and mobile after months of testing in the Nightly beta channel. The update reintroduces compact mode, adds a theme picker with wallpaper options, and lets users organize shortcuts on the New Tab page, while also making privacy settings easier to locate.
Google is bringing the Contacts tab back to the bottom navigation bar of its Phone by Google app, reversing a change made last year that moved it into a sidebar menu. The change is currently visible only to some beta users running version 240.0.98, and it did not appear consistently across all devices tested by Android Authority.
Tuck is a free browser extension that lets users temporarily close tabs and have them reopen automatically at a chosen later time, similar to snoozing an email in Gmail. It works across Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Arc, Vivaldi and other major browsers without requiring an account. The tool also auto-closes idle tabs after a set period and stores them so users can reopen them later.