The October SMR (Security Maintenance Release) for the carrier-locked Galaxy Z Fold 3 comes with firmware version F926USQS2DVI5 or F926USQS2DVI4 depending on your carrier (via). That, for the unlocked units, is F926U1UES2DVI4. Likewise, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 is getting the latest update with firmware versions F711USQS3DVI5, F711USQS3DVI4, and F711U1TBS3DVI4 (unlocked units). Samsung’s 2021 foldables aren’t getting any new features or other changes with this release. The phones only pick up the latest vulnerability fixes....

In recent months, Google has announced a new design for its apps and services, inducing a new design for the sharing section of Docs and Play Store on the web. The latest redesign is now heading to Gmail. Of course, the rollout has started today, and it takes time to be enabled for all users globally. As you can see in the screenshot, the old white page on the Gmail background is now replaced with a faint/light blue with some shades....

Google Hangouts is dead, long live Google Chat Google Hangouts is dead, long live Google Chat If you try to access the Hangouts website, it’s still there (at the time of writing this article), but you’ll see a redirect to Google Chat there. My conversation list is still there, and the same goes for my colleagues. So the redirect is still not automatic, even though Google did write the following: “Starting November 1, 2022, Hangouts on the web will redirect to Chat on Web”....

Google Pixel Fold to offer a side-facing fingerprint scanner Google Pixel Fold to offer a side-facing fingerprint scanner This code has been designed to test the UI of side-mounted fingerprint readers. Google seems to be testing two specific devices with this style of the sensor. The first one is referred to as “Y-aligned”. That means that the fingerprint scanner is on the left-hand or right-hand side, and has two distinct configurations....

And right now it’s more than reasonably priced. It’s a steal. To celebrate Cyber Monday, pCloud has slashed the price of its groundbreaking 2TB Lifetime Plan from $1715 to just $400. That’s a saving of $1315, or a whopping 76%. Oh, and it’s throwing in a Crypto Folder worth $575 for free as well, making this one of the most generous sales of the season. Here’s a little bit of background on pCloud, in case you’re coming to this fresh....