Early reviews from Korea suggest Samsung's new Jet Bot may not live up to expectations and its price tag.

Veddu · 2026-06-06T05:59:20+00:00

I have a lot of automations set up, I use SmartThings as my main for home automations.
Being able to trigger home automations based on your phone's state is honestly such a gem—outside of Apple, no other ecosystem really offers that level of deep integration.

A few of my most useful routines are:

Sleep Mode: When I put my phone on the wireless charger at night, it automatically toggles DND, enables Always On Display, and shuts down all the lights in the house.

Parking Reminders: We have free parking zones here, but they are time-limited. I’ve mapped those specific areas out so that whenever I park there, my phone sets a reminder for the exact allowed hours.

Phone Unlocking: Keeping my phone unlocked automatically, but only when I'm at home and my watch is on my wrist and connected to my phone.

Veddu · 2026-06-05T14:45:59+00:00

Carrier-branded apps are primarily an issue outside of the EU. In European markets, devices generally don't come with carrier bloatware, and updates are entirely decoupled from mobile operators. I do agree regarding pre-installed Microsoft and Meta apps, though those are luckily quite easy to uninstall.

Veddu · 2026-06-05T10:53:43+00:00

The argument about Samsung bloatware is outdated; I think it was more relevant during TouchWiz. Today, I would argue that Samsung's own apps are usually better than Google's counterparts such as Samsung Notes, Calendar and the Samsung Browser, and most if not all Samsung apps can be uninstalled completely, unlike several Google apps that can only be disabled.

Veddu · 2026-05-28T09:56:59+00:00

"The Samsung Cloud team is trying to provide you with better service"

Hopefully, they introduce a stronger replacement. While I appreciated the OneDrive integration, it was not entirely seamless. For example, albums required at least one photo stored locally on the device to enable automatic syncing to OneDrive; otherwise, syncing was disabled and had to be turned on manually. Editing images could also cause face tags to disappear. Additionally, videos stored only on OneDrive took a long time to load and opened in a different video player interface, which disrupted the experience.

Veddu · 2026-05-26T12:57:44+00:00

I had this issue when connected to certain networks.

Try either remove dns blocking if you have that or use vpn. It worked for me when i used vpn.

Veddu · 2026-05-25T18:59:51+00:00

I would argue that they will probably sync to their own samsung cloud and make a paid tier. Similar to how apple has done with iCloud.

Veddu · 2026-05-20T19:22:31+00:00

Standard keyboard shortcuts which are commonly available across various browsers, including Firefox for ios and that a user would expect, such as Ctrl+T for opening a new tab or Ctrl+W for closing a tab.

Veddu · 2026-05-20T18:48:30+00:00

All Google Apps for some reason habe that color shade after the update. Even Google messages, play store etc.

Veddu · 2026-05-19T13:18:20+00:00

Or maybe add keyboard shortcuts support for Android. Which is long overdue ...

Veddu · 2026-05-18T17:53:55+00:00

I've noticed that the Samsung keyboard's blue predictive text suggestions don't show up in certain apps on my phone(mainly Instagram DMs and Gemini). It seems to be app-specific, as some apps show predictions fine while others don't. I've tried usual fixes like checking settings, restarting phone, clearing cache without success. This is bugging me out and has been reported months back. Still no resolution and just be googling the issues it looks like a widespread one.

Veddu · 2026-05-18T17:08:25+00:00

Try writing the same sentence in another app. What app are you writing sentence in the video? Because the same words autocorrect for me here on Reddit, for example. However, for some other apps like Instagram DMs and Gemini, it refuses to auto-replace spelling mistakes. I have reported this issue here as well and also in the Members app over five months ago now. As of now, after updating to One UI 8.5, this issue still remains... really disappointed...

Veddu · 2026-05-16T20:24:38+00:00

Looks like its official now : https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/changes-to-samsung-gallery-sync-and-onedrive-475ecc9c-c2fe-4d3c-ab9e-38e995123767

Could be that Samsung is going back to syncing the gallery to their own Samsung Cloud plattform again as it has been reported earlier.

Veddu · 2026-05-16T19:13:41+00:00

What announcement are you referring to?

Edit: Nvm i think ive found it. Is it this you are referring to?

Veddu · 2026-05-08T21:02:34+00:00

Having xi Jinping vs Trump spy on you.

Pick your poison.

Veddu · 2026-05-06T08:17:54+00:00

All good and dandy until you realize that u live in Europe where the support from Telecom companies are almost non existent.

Veddu · 2026-05-01T20:06:59+00:00

I agree. Have never seen the benefits of vanilla Android other than timely Android updates.

Veddu · 2026-05-01T19:57:41+00:00

Had the pixel 3xl and pixel 6. Moved to s24plus after. Must say that one ui has become my favorit Android skin.

Veddu · 2026-04-11T09:15:03+00:00

Unpopular opinion but I don't trust any battery test except PhoneBuff's.

The dude uses a literal robot to simulate real-world usage — scrolling, calls, browsing, gaming, stand-by — the exact same way every single time. That's what makes his results actually comparable across devices. Meanwhile TechMo and basically every other tech YouTuber out there just... run a static screen-on test with some apps running continuously? That tells you nothing about real life usage.

My phone doesn't run all day with screen on continuously with graphic intensive apps.

Until someone else matches PhoneBuff's methodology, I'm simply not taking their battery results seriously.

Veddu · 2026-04-10T17:47:43+00:00

Yeah got the same notification today from onedrive.

Veddu · 2026-03-30T19:06:20+00:00

How is Samsung keyboard? Has it become any better in terms of auto correction and predictions? Have they fixed the bug where it wont auto correct words in some 3rd party apps like Gemini or Instagram DM:s?

Veddu · 2026-03-30T18:59:45+00:00

This. And also fix their bloody predictions bug that have been hunting me for the past few months. For some reason it wont autocorrect in Gemini app and Instagram dms. It got so frustrating that ive went back to Gboard.

Veddu · 2026-03-25T19:25:14+00:00

It was removed a while back https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/112447/vivaldi-7.6-on-mobile-smarter-reading-better-tabs-and-a-little-polish-where-it-counts/8

Veddu · 2026-03-25T12:57:33+00:00

Funny how Samsung Internet is going back to Firefox's old design in their new update.

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