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November 22, 2025

Five Android apps to challenge Google Fit

Google Fit is a foundational tool for Android users, but many are looking for more comprehensive fitness insights and community engagement. Alternative applications provide enhanced features and deeper analytics tailored to various training styles. Strava is a social platform for endurance athletes with over 100 million users, offering features like segment leaderboards and route planning, making it ideal for GPS-centric sports. Samsung Health integrates sleep coaching, stress metrics, and body composition estimates, providing a holistic dashboard for daily monitoring, especially effective with Galaxy devices. MyFitnessPal focuses on nutrition and weight goals, featuring a database of over 14 million foods for easy meal logging and customizable macro goals. Hevy is designed for strength training, offering a streamlined logging system for workouts and progress tracking, with a lightweight social component. AllTrails caters to hikers and trail runners, providing access to over 400,000 curated routes and safety features, including offline maps and GPS tracking. Users can choose an app based on their primary fitness goals, with options for GPS and community engagement, overall wellness, nutrition tracking, strength training, or outdoor adventures, all benefiting from data interoperability through Health Connect by Android.

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November 22, 2025

5 apps to use instead of Google Fit

Google Fit allows users to track daily steps, monitor weight, and review activity history but lacks advanced features such as social functionalities and detailed workout tracking. Strava is a community-driven platform that combines social media with fitness tracking, supporting over 40 activities and integrating with wearable devices. It offers free access, with premium features available for an annual fee. Samsung Health provides comprehensive tracking, including meal logging and hydration monitoring, particularly beneficial for Galaxy device users, with additional features for Galaxy Watch owners. MyFitnessPal focuses on nutrition tracking, allowing users to manage dietary intake and caloric needs, with a subscription available for enhanced features. Hevy is designed for weightlifters, enabling personalized training plans and progress tracking, with social features for sharing fitness journeys. A subscription is required for full access. AllTrails is tailored for hiking and trail running, allowing users to discover and customize routes, with community features for sharing experiences. A subscription is needed for offline map downloads.

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November 18, 2025

PSA: There’s a phishing scam going around in the Samsung Members app

A phishing scam has emerged within the Samsung Members app, targeting users of Galaxy devices. The scam involves fraudulent messages claiming to be from an official Samsung channel, urging recipients to verify their accounts by clicking a link and providing personal information, with threats of a fine for non-compliance. Reports of similar messages have appeared on both US and European Samsung Community forums, indicating a coordinated effort. The messages contain grammatical errors and reference a fictitious legislation. Users are advised to avoid clicking links or responding to such messages and to inform others about the scam.

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November 17, 2025

One UI 8.5 leak reveals Samsung Internet app’s major UI changes

Samsung's Internet app will undergo a significant redesign with One UI 8.5, featuring a revamped address bar, a new grid layout, enhanced privacy features, and an AI Search option. The update aims to improve user experience by addressing fixed-position pop-ups, allowing users to like videos directly within the app, and simplifying tab management with a new pop-up menu for closing all tabs or suppressing notifications. The redesign is expected to enhance the browser's ability to block intrusive pop-up advertisements.

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November 9, 2025

Samsung’s latest Good Lock update fixes Back Tap unreliability

Samsung is deploying an update for its Good Lock module, RegiStar, with version 1.0.67 available on the Galaxy Store. This update includes bug fixes that improve the reliability of the Back Tap feature and resolves a glitch affecting the Gemini app on the Galaxy Z Flip series. Good Lock allows users to customize their Galaxy phone with 20 specialized modules, including RegiStar, which enables users to reconfigure the Settings menu, manage display preferences, and activate features through various gestures. Users can download Good Lock and RegiStar from the Galaxy Store and find the latest update by navigating to the Updates section in the app.

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November 4, 2025

Samsung Pass might try to replace your digital wallet with this update

A leaked APK for Samsung Pass indicates that the app may soon support enhanced document and ID storage features, including IDs, passports, invoices, and tax identification numbers. The new version, 15.3.01.6, will allow users to securely store sensitive information and save images of both sides of ID cards. Current features, particularly password synchronization with Samsung Cloud, are reportedly experiencing issues. If these updates are released, Samsung Pass could compete with Samsung Wallet, Google Wallet, and Apple Wallet.

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October 29, 2025

One UI 8.5 leak brings an exciting camera feature that unlocks next-level photography for Galaxy users

One UI 8.5 may introduce presets for Pro camera controls, allowing users to save and switch between settings for ISO, aperture, and white balance. Users can share these camera presets via the Quick Share app. The update will include adjustable settings for various camera features across Galaxy devices, with a focus on customization for different camera types (wide, ultrawide, telephoto) and settings such as focus type, ISO, shutter speed, and exposure.

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October 22, 2025

Spotify’s having major issues on Samsung and Google phones—this is why

Users are reporting significant crashes and freezing issues with the Spotify app on Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy devices, particularly when streaming over Wi-Fi. Switching to mobile data alleviates the problem. Spotify is investigating a permanent solution, as reinstalling the app has not resolved the issues. Complaints were highlighted in a community forum thread, with users specifically mentioning problems on devices like the Pixel 9. Similar issues occurred last year with Pixel 6, 7, and 8 devices after a feature rollout. Users have attempted workarounds such as disabling notifications or clearing the app's cache. Earlier this year, Premium users experienced ads despite their subscription, which Spotify confirmed and fixed the same day.

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October 15, 2025

Galaxy S23 FE users are in for a major upgrade as One UI 8 reaches them

Galaxy S23 FE users in the U.S. are receiving the One UI 8 update, which includes enhanced features and UI upgrades. The update is available for carrier-locked models, with a file size under 3GB and firmware version S711USQU6EYIF. Notable features include a revamped lock screen displaying real-time app activity, new functionalities in the Search feature, and AI-driven tools like Drawing Assist and Writing Assist. Security enhancements include Knox protection, AI storage, and Knox Matrix for additional device protection. The Galaxy S23 FE operates on Android 13 and is receiving its third major OS update. Users can check for the update in the Settings menu.

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October 11, 2025

Google blocks Android hack that let Pixel users enable VoLTE anywhere

In October 2025, Google updated its software, rendering the Pixel IMS app inoperative for users of imported Pixel phones in unsupported regions. This app had previously allowed users to enable VoLTE and VoWiFi by bypassing carrier restrictions. The update closed a loophole in Android's telephony framework, classified as a high-severity issue (CVE-2025-48617), leading to crashes when users attempted to toggle these features. While a new workaround exists for enabling VoLTE, it does not support VoWiFi and requires navigating instructions in Chinese. Users needing VoWiFi must either root their devices or wait for Google's official expansion of carrier support.