Android 15 out to devs, Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 is right here, Week 36 in evaluation

One other week down, so let’s recap. Google launched Android 15 to builders and Pixels are anticipated to get the replace inside “weeks”. Different makers ought to announce their replace roadmaps shortly.

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3. The brand new mid-range platform involves take over from the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 as the corporate seemingly forgot there isn’t any second-gen model of the 4nm chip. The Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 brings improved AI efficiency for duties like exercise monitoring and noise cancellation throughout calls. The chip is basically much like the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 with some downgrades within the CPU and Show departments.

The chip selection of the Galaxy S25 household has been some extent of debate up to now few weeks. First we heard that it will be an Exynos-only affair, then two separate experiences advised us to anticipate Snapdragon in every single place. Now one other rumor, from Samsung’s dwelling of Korea, confirms the Snapdragon win.

The Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Extremely will all allegedly use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 globally. This has apparently been performed to “maximize the efficiency” of the S25 sequence. The Exynos 2500 will as a substitute be used within the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7 that will likely be launched within the second half of subsequent 12 months. That is an attention-grabbing twist, because the foldables have to date relied on Snapdragon chips.

We noticed the primary render of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold Particular Version. It is noticeably thinner than the continuing Galaxy Z Fold6, has a brushed end on the again, and a barely totally different digicam island. One of many lenses seems like a periscope zoom, and we anticipate a 200MP fundamental digicam. Sadly, rumor has it this cellphone will likely be unique to China and South Korea.

IFA kicked off this week. Among the many key bulletins have been the 8-core Snapdragon X Plus, Honor holding the world launch of the Magic V3, MagicPad 2, and Intel-powered MagicBook Artwork 14. Honor additionally unveiled a Snapdragon X Elite-powered variant of the MagicBook Artwork 14.

Lastly, Huawei’s tri-fold Mate XT was pictured within the wild, and afterward the corporate launched a teaser of it.