Android keeps data securely via the app permissions that you grant. Newer versions of Android brought the ability to allow or deny an app the permission to use features such as camera, storage, or location. This way, users can provide access to such sensitive information only to apps they trust. One specific feature introduced by Google with Android 11 was the ability to automatically reset permissions for apps. Notably, devices running on Android 11 would automatically reset permissions for an app if they haven’t been used for a few months....

The Galaxy S21 Ultra was spotted running Android 12 The Galaxy S21 Ultra was spotted running Android 12 The phone was spotted running Android 12 on Geekbench. The listing is from August 22, but it’s now making the rounds. The rest of the benchmarked information is not that important, other than the fact the phone runs Android 12. The Galaxy S21 Ultra, as most of you know, ships with Android 11 out of the box....

On August 11 at 10AM EDT, Samsung will debut a few new products. Judging by the invite, it looks like the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 will debut at this event. And given the fact that Samsung stated last month at MWC, that it would debut its next smartwatch at “an Unpacked event later this summer”, it’s safe to say the Galaxy Watch 4 is coming too....

The manufacturer reportedly wants to produce up to 30 million parts/components meant for the Galaxy S22 lineup. According to The Elec (via SamMobile), these components can prepare up to 20 million units of the Galaxy S22 lineup. A bulk of these will be the entry-level Galaxy S22 and the Galaxy S22 Ultra. By contrast, Samsung was shipping over 30 million units of the Galaxy S lineup per year until 2019. But as The Elec points out, an estimate of 20 million shipments of the Galaxy S22 series is still an upgrade over last year’s Galaxy S21 series....

UFS 4.0 specifications UFS 4.0 specifications Samsung is using its 7th-generation V-NAND memory and a proprietary controller on the “industry’s highest-performing” UFS 4.0 storage solution. It allows for sequential read speeds of up to 4,200 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 2,800 MB/s. According to the company, UFS 4.0 will support a bandwidth of up to 23.2Gbps per lane. That’s twice as much as the UFS 3.1 solution. “That much bandwidth is perfect for 5G smartphones requiring huge amounts of data processing,” Samsung said....