Samsung will be releasing an update for the Galaxy S8 to get rid of red screens

Some Samsung Galaxy S8 have been riddled with red-tinted displays. And while Samsung announced a manual fix for it (Settings > Display > Screen Mode > Color Balance), it doesn’t seem to work for everyone. That’s why the South Korean company announced it’ll be releasing a software update next week to expand the color range of the smartphone so you can make the red color lower than what they’re able to do at the moment.

While Samsung is fixing the device, it isn’t quick to blame the phone just yet. According to The Korean Herald, Samsung said, “We will upgrade the software because of some dissatisfied customers although there is no problem in the phone itself.”

Source: Mashable

Samsung Galaxy S8 to launch without Bixby voice assistant feature

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

While touted as one of the big features of the new Samsung Galaxy S8 line, the Bixby voice assistant was sorely missing on the demo units handed out during the New York launch event, which means there was no way for us to test the assistant during the brief time we were given with the device.

It seems that Bixby voice is not ready for prime time and will not be included when the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ ship on April 21 in Canada. Other Bixby features, including Vision, Home, and Reminder will be on tap at launch date with Bixby Voice chiming in 'Later this Spring.' Voice assistants are tricky. Siri and even Cortana took a while to ship with their full feature set in Canada and this is also possibly the reason why Google Home isn't shipping its devices outside the US and UK. We'll be on standby to see what Samsung releases in a month's time.

First impressions: Samsung Galaxy S8

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Samsung is back to form with their new Samsung Galaxy S8 family of smartphones. I spent a few hours with one of the Midnight Black models and here are my impressions.

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Samsung unveils new Galaxy S8 smartphones, showcases Bixby personal assistant, new accessories and IoT expansion

 Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla                       

New York- Today was a comeback day of sorts for Samsung. The company, who had a rough year in 2016 on the heels of the exploding Galaxy Note 7 debacle, was back in form with its latest flagship smartphone launch.

The Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+ offer a refined improvement of Galaxy S devices of the past. Much more integrated design, a new Infinity Display which minimizes the bezel to a fraction of what we are used to. In terms of design, the Galaxy S8 5.8-inch) and Galaxy S8 + (6.2-inch) are easily the most impressive and desireable new smartphones we've seen in a long time.

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