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Samsung has set a date for when we will return to paying “normal” for the memory of our PCs

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Samsung has recognizedbluntly, that memory chip shortage Not only will it not subside in the short term, but it will worsen. It did so in its second quarter earnings conference, after its semiconductor division multiplied by more than 250 times its profits compared to 2025, a figure that alone explains why its shares skyrocketed as soon as this news became known. Jaejune Kim, executive vice president of Samsung’s memory business, was blunt to analysts: the supply shortage will worsen next year and continue into the next. No nuances or ambiguous deadlines: this company manufactures a good part of the memory chips that our computers, mobile phones and servers use, and assumes that this problem has no immediate solution. However, between the lines Samsung has also dropped a clue about when prices will begin to behave more normally. This is what users are interested in knowing: when will we stop pay outrageous prices by a simple expansion of the RAM of our PC or by an SSD unit, and if we will ever return to the prices before the crisis. The countdown to normality Samsung has explained that its long-term supply agreements, signed with the five largest data center companies in the world, will have a minimum duration of five years and will cover between 60% and 70% of its total capacity. There is the first relevant clue: if these contracts start now and extend for five years, the capacity not committed by them (which could be used to supply the consumer market and relieve pressure on memory and storage for PCs) will not begin to be released in a significant way until after that period. In this scenario, 2029 is emerging as the year in which supply could finally get closer to real demand. Just because prices normalize does not mean they will plummet to pre-crisis levels. It won’t be before. Kim has advanced that a relevant increase in supply cannot be expected in either 2026 or 2027, and that 2028 will continue to be marked by imbalance, so any hint of sustained reduction in memory prices will have to wait until the new factories (the ones Samsung, SK hynix and Micron are building right now) go into full production and until the contracts signed this year reach their natural expiration. However, we should temper our expectations: just because prices normalize does not mean that they will plummet to pre-crisis levels. And a good part of the manufacturing capacity will continue to be occupied by the high bandwidth memory (HBM) required by the artificial intelligence (IA), which will perpetuate structurally higher demand than just three years ago. What is likely is that when manufacturing capacity manages to match demand, prices will drop to a lower level than the current one, yes, but without even reaching the figures that we considered normal before this memory crisis broke out. Image | Samsung More information | Reuters In Xataka | Samsung is going to put its DRAM factories at full power with a clear objective: that Apple does not go with the Chinese

Samsung presents a new SSD with PCIe 4.0 interface that arrives in the middle of the memory price crisis

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It is not the best time to buy an SSD because of their very high pricesbut that has not prevented Samsung from releasing a new model. This is the SSD 990, a proposal that is aimed at users looking for high performance (especially in video games), but without aiming for the highest models range. We tell you more about him. A fast SSD that comes with better energy efficiency This new SSD is a model that, as we say, is one step below the SSD 990 Pro, one of the best on the market. Despite this, as we will see below, it does not lack performance. It is an NVMe 2.0 model that uses PCIe 4.0 interfacewhich makes it suitable for most computers, although also for PlayStation 5 (although we would have to purchase a heatsink separately). Additionally, it has improved energy efficiency. And how is its performance? Samsung promises that it is capable of reaching up to 7,250 MB/s reading speed for the 2 TB version of the sameleaving this figure at 7,150 MB/s for the one with 1 TB capacity. For both versions, the writing speed is 6,450 MB/s. These, in practice, will help us have reduced loading times in video games or make applications load faster, for example. Two things to keep in mind about it. As we have already mentioned above, it is not a good time for this type of components, something that we can see in its price. We don’t know yet what it will cost in Spain, but We can get an idea with its price in Australia: 385 dollars (236.34 euros at the exchange rate) and 759 dollars (465.89 euros) for the 1 and 2 TB models, respectively. In addition, this model has only three years of warranty, less than other models from Samsung itself (which have five years). ⚡ IN SUMMARY: Samsung SSD 990 ✅ THE BEST Outstanding performance: It is an SSD with very high writing and reading speeds, ideal for increasing the performance of a PC. Compatible with most devices: The fact that it is PCIe 4.0 means that we can use it on many computers. Even on a PS5. ❌ THE WORST Three years warranty: It is a component designed to last, but it is true that it has less warranty than other Samsung models. High price: Although it is not something exclusive to this SSD, it has a high price in both versions. 💡 BUY IT IF… You are looking for a PCIe 4.0 SSD with very good performance, whether for gaming or because you simply want your apps to run faster. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… Do you prefer to aim for a cheaper model or do you directly want it to come with a heatsink as standard for use on a PlayStation 5. You may also be interested We do not have an official price in Spain or a release date yet, so we will have to wait. Meanwhile, we leave you below two similar alternatives that we can buy on Amazon. Crucial P310 SSD 2TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 2280, Internal Drive, up to 7,100 MB/s, Compatible with Laptop and Desktop Computers & Portable Game Consoles – CT2000P310SSD801 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Lexar EQ790 1TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe 1.4 Internal SSD, Speed ​​up to 7000 MB/s, for Intensive Workloads and PC Gaming PS5, High Performance Internal Solid State Drive The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Samsung In Xataka | Paying more for a very fast NVMe SSD is wasting money if you only save PDFs, but it is the only option if you are also going to work from it In Xataka | The mega-guide to SSD hard drives: types, technology and how to choose the best one for our PC

Mistral is very far in the AI ​​race. Samsung doesn’t care about that and plans to invest a fortune in it

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Mistral is in fashion. It doesn’t matter that their AI models are not among the bestbecause it is enough for the French startup to defend the discourse of European and sovereign AI that has become so relevant in recent months. That has caused its valuation to rise, but it could do so even more with the arrival of a surprising actor to its shareholding: Samsung. betting big. The South Korean giant is having conversations to invest hundreds of millions of euros in Mistral. It would do so as part of a new round of financing that would make the valuation of the French startup reach 20 billion euros. According to sources close to the operation, Samsung – which had previously invested in Mistral through its venture capital division – could contribute around 1 billion euros in this new round. Now the important thing is “to be trustworthy”. The interest in Mistral is not coincidental. These talks come after the Trump administration temporarily blocked access to the latest AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI. That has triggered a wave of interest in what It is now known as the “sovereign AI”that is, AI models that no government or foreign country can disconnect suddenly. Since its foundation, Mistral has betting precisely by open models that any customer can customize and control on their own, without political decisions in country The money doesn’t stop coming in. The current round comes less than a year after Mistral was valued at €12 billion in a deal led by ASML, the Dutch chipmaking equipment giant. In September 2025 raised 1.7 billion eurosmost of them coming from the aforementioned ASML, which uses Mistral models to develop its advanced semiconductor manufacturing machines. At the beginning of the year he managed another 830 million euros in its first debt financing, and now, in addition to Samsung, the Scaleup Europe fund, from the Swedish EQT, is also considering entering the round. Samsung and Mistral love each other more and more. Both companies have been strengthening their alliance for months. In April several media reported that both companies had been negotiating a collaboration in the field of memories for AI chips. Samsung is the largest memory manufacturer in the world, and has seen its revenue and profits skyrocket thanks to demand for AI. Investing in Mistral gives it a direct relationship with the European startup with the most projection just at a time when the entire industry is fighting for access to the supply of chips and memory. It’s a more than reasonable move. Each sheep with its partner. This alliance is reflected in other similar movements in recent weeks and months. In June, the memory maker Micron invested in Anthropic as part of a broader alliance that includes a long-term memory supply agreement. This same week, Mistral already closed an expansion of its alliance with Microsoftwhich has committed to a “multi-million dollar” investment to use the French startup’s computing infrastructure. Mistral models will also be available through Azure. Mistral Medium 3.5, the most powerful model of the French startup, is very far from open Chinese models such as GLM-5.2 or Kimi K3, and certainly from frontier models from Google, OpenAI or Anthropic. Source: Artificial Analysis. But. Despite all this interest, Mistral’s open models face a very stark reality: they are far from the capacity of the latest Chinese open models. They have recently demonstrated it both GLM-5.2 as especially Kimi K3the Moonshot AI model that already almost competes with Fable 5 and GPT-5.6. They are good, pretty and cheap, and at the moment the only advantage of Mistral is being European. We’ll see if that continues to work. Ascending trajectory. Founded just three years ago, Mistral has become the most valuable AI startup in Europe. Its CEO, Arthur Mensch, assured in the Financial Times in February that the company’s annual recurring revenue will exceed $1 billion before the end of the year. The total focus is on the drive to win business customers, and although the promise is striking, it will be necessary for Mistral to also accelerate the capacity of some models that according to benchmarks They are falling behind. Image | Babak Habibi | Mistral In Xataka | “Only two years”: Mistral CEO warns Europe that time is running out to build its own AI infrastructure

what changes (and what doesn’t) in the new generation of Samsung smart watches

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Samsung’s latest Unpacked has featured the brand’s three new foldables (yes, in this generation there are three different models), but we cannot forget the smartwatches, because there is a lot to tell. In this article we are going to review the most important differences between the Samsung Galaxy Watch9 and Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2 with respect to their previous generations. The differences between the four Samsung Galaxy Watch More shine and absence of the Classic One of the most notable absences in Unpacked has been the absence of the Classic model that we saw in the previous generation and it had a very practical rotating bezel. In this way, the brand has only presented two models: Samsung Galaxy Watch9 and Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2. between the Samsung Galaxy Watch8 and the Samsung Galaxy Watch9 there are no noticeable differences in their screens. We have two again 40 and 44mm configurations that we must take into account depending on the size we want. Where we are going to find differences is in the high range. Samsung has opted for the same size in the new generation of the Watch Ultra with a single 47 mm configuration. But be careful because while the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra offers a maximum brightness of 3,000 nits, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2 reaches a Brightness up to 5,000 nits. In practice this means that you will be able to see the screen better outdoors. From Exynos to Snapdragon At the performance level, things change with the arrival of the new generation, and Samsung has taken a fairly big step by betting on Qualcomm instead of its own processors. In this sense, while the previous generation (and here we are talking about the Watch8 and Watch Ultra) had the Exynos W1000, the Samsung Galaxy Watch9 and the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2 incorporate the Snapdragon Wear Elite. More battery The battery capacity in the Galaxy Watch9 grows very little compared to the previous generation, going from 325 (40 mm) and 435 (44 mm) mAh of the Watch8 to 390 and 445 mAh respectively. Where we do have a change, and quite a big one, is in the high range. The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra incorporates a 590 mAh battery, while the new generation arrives with a 800 mAh battery. The difference is notable and, although we will see this in its corresponding analysis, this will have a positive impact on autonomy. A much more complete sensor Although in general terms there are no major changes at the sensor level between both generations, there are some very interesting additions in the health section. The new generation comes with everything that the Galaxy Watch8 and Galaxy Watch Ultra already offered, but they also have the function of sleep apneaswhich is exclusive for Galaxy phones, and the cardiovascular health functions, the physical fitness index and hearing risk alerts. Price The previous generation is still on sale, so it can be purchased for a lower price than the previous generation: He Samsung Galaxy Watch9 It has a price from 409 euros (minimum configuration). He Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra It has a price of 749 euros. He Samsung Galaxy Watch8 can be found for a price of 324 euros (minimum configuration). He Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra can be found for a price of 630.85 euros. Which Samsung Galaxy Watch to choose? Why choose the Samsung Galaxy Watch8 The Samsung Galaxy Watch8 continues to be sold in many stores, and at a very good price. Right now the most notable thing is: Its pricewhich is inferior to its new generation. Your screenwhich does not vary too much from the Watch9. If you are going to buy a Galaxy Watch, it is important to keep in mind that the new generation right now has an introductory offer. The Watch9 is almost at the same price as the Watch8. Samsung Galaxy Watch8 – 40mm The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Why choose the Samsung Galaxy Watch9 The Samsung Galaxy Watch9 arrives with certain changes, especially internal. Where it stands out the most is in: Your processorwhich for this generation Samsung has opted for Qualcomm. Your batterywhich grows slightly compared to the previous generation. The new health functions. Samsung Galaxy Watch9 – 40mm The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Why choose the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra also continues to be sold at a lower price than the new generation. His key points right now are: performancewhich is still pretty good. Something to keep in mind is that the new generation is currently on sale with a launch offer, and at a lower price than the Watch Ultra. Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Why choose the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2 The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra2 is the watch that has undergone the most changes. Where it stands out the most is in: Its maximum brightnesswhich is now 5,000 nits. Your processorwhich incorporates the Snapdragon Wear Elite. The batterywhich grows a lot compared to the Watch Ultra. Your new health features. Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Technical sheet of the Samsung Galaxy Watch Samsung Galaxy Watch8 samsung galaxy watch ultra Samsung Galaxy Watch9 samsung galaxy watch ultra2 dimensions and weight 40mm: 40.4 x 42.7 – 30 grams 44mm: 43.7 x 46 mm – 34 grams 47.4 x 47.4 x 12.1mm. 60.5 grams 40mm: 42.7 x 40.4 x 8.6 mm – 31.5 grams 44mm: 46 x 43.7 x 8.6 mm – 34 grams 47.4 x 47.1 x 10.7mm 61.5 grams screen Super AMOLED 40mm: 1.34 inches, 438 x 438 pixels 44mm: 1.47 inches, 480 x 480 pixels sapphire crystal Maximum brightness: 3,000 nits 1.5 inch AMOLED Resolution 480 x 480 Maximum brightness of 3,000 nits Always On Display in full color Super AMOLED 40mm: 1.37 inches, 438 x 438 pixels 44mm: 1.47 inches, 480 x 480 … Read more

Two years later, where is the Samsung Galaxy Ring?

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It’s been two years since Samsung introduced the Galaxy Ringits first and highly anticipated smart ring, the one that We were crowding together to photograph at a Mobile World Congress and that promised to create a whole new category of health wearables. Two years later, I came to London to Samsung Unpacked and, in addition to the new foldables, they have also announced new watches, the Galaxy Watch9 and the Galaxy Watch Ultra2, but There is no trace of the Galaxy Ring. In the demo area there were many devices, most of them newly announced, but there were also others already known such as the Galaxy Buds 4 Pro or the original Galaxy Watch Ultra, but the Galaxy Ring was not exposed. There was a table decorated with motifs related to sports and health, so I thought maybe they had it there, but it wasn’t there either. I asked several Samsung officials and they told me that they had not brought it, but that the ring was still selling as always. Before continuing, we remind you that the members of Xataka Xtra can access discounts, benefits and exclusive opportunities in the Samsung online storein addition to exclusive raffles, a private Discord server and a growing catalog of discounts and advantages on digital services. You can join the community for only 30 euros per year. No renewal in sight Samsung renews its smart watches every year, but this has not been the case with the ring. It doesn’t have to be a bad thing, perhaps it is simply a category of device with fewer “showy” functionalities and does not lend itself as much to following an annual renewal cycle. However, they are two years without no comment on a possible renewal and the most striking thing: if we go to the Samsung press room, we see that the last article published about the Galaxy Ring It dates back to January 2025 and is about a Samsung Health update. What was once Samsung’s most anticipated product is today relegated to the background. The smart rings market The answer to the absence of the Galaxy Ring may lie in the smart ring market itself. According to Fortune Business Insightsthe global market was valued at $416.9 million in 2025 and is expected to reach $518.9 million this year. It sounds good on paper, but if we put it in perspective we talk about a category that remains tiny within wearables. The IDC data they make it even clearer. The firm predicts that in 2026 407.6 million wearables will be shipped, of which 159.7 million will be smart watches, 40.2 million bracelets, 13.6 million smart glasses and only 4.9 million will be rings like the Galaxy Ring. The difference in scale is enormous and even smart glasses triple the number of rings. The category is growing, but from such a small base that this growth is barely noticeable in the absolute figures of the sector. One of the reasons that works against this category is the price. The Galaxy Ring costs 449 euros, more expensive than some of its watches, but having much fewer features. It is clear that miniaturization is paid for, but for the consumer it continues to offer more of a watch or bracelet than a ring. A very small party to which Samsung arrived late On that tiny piece of land, Samsung has to compete with a brand that was already very established in the sector. We are talking about Oura, which according to Omdia data At the beginning of 2025 it had 74% of the market, followed by Ultrahuman and Samsung with 9% each. The smart ring market is a small niche and already conquered by a brand that had years of advantage specializing only in this. Oura launched its first ring in 2018 and has since released four more versions. Of course, it has not followed a cycle of annual renewals, but rather the update schedule is more irregular. In 2018 two models, three years later they launched the Oura Ring Gen3in 2024 came the Oura Ring 4 and this year, in May, they presented the Oura Ring 5. Does it make sense to renew? As we said, a ring has fewer flashy features and does not lend itself to introducing too many changes, after all it is a ring. Samsung could make it thinner and more discreet without sacrificing battery if it opted for silicon-carbon, a technology that allows creating denser batteries in less space, but beyond that there is not much room for major improvements. Samsung is not the only brand that has left smart rings a bit aside. Amazfit also introduced the Helium Ring in 2024 and has not updated it again. For its part, Honor also announced that it would launch a ring But today we continue to wait for it. Samsung is not alone in this, but it is true that it is a giant company, with a lot of muscle, that We are used to setting the pace for entire categorieslike folding ones or smartwatches, which is why the absence of the Galaxy Ring is striking. Perhaps the problem is that we assume that the logic of “renew every year and make noise” applies to any product in your catalog, but it really doesn’t make sense in smart rings. Time will tell if they continue betting on this category or if they end up diluting their wearable offering. Images | Xataka In Xataka | Best smart rings 2026. Which one to buy based on use and six recommended models

the most important differences in the new generation of Samsung

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Samsung has presented the new generation of its folding mobile phones through the new Unpacked, with new versions of the two already well-known models and a third brother that aims to be the competition for the folding iPhone. However, we are going to go point by point reviewing the differences between the two most traditional modelswhich are the most different. Technical data sheet of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Dimensions and weight Folding: 75.4 x 85.7 x 13.1mm Displayed: 75.4 x 166.9 x 6.1mm 180 grams Folding: 81.9 x 123.9 x 9.7mm Displayed: 161.4 x 123.9 x 4.5mm 201 grams folding screen 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X FullHD+ resolution (1,080 x 2,520 pixels) 400 pixels per inch 3,000 nits Refresh rate: 1-120Hz Vision Booster 7.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X QXGA+ resolution (2,448 x 1,848 pixels) 403 pixels per inch Refresh rate: 1-120Hz Vision Booster secondary / main screen 4.1-inch Super AMOLED Refresh rate: 60/120 Hz Resolution 948 x 1,048 pixels 5.5-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X QXGA+ resolution (1,248 x 1,972 pixels) 428 pixels per inch Refresh rate: 1-120Hz Vision Booster Up to 3,000 nits Low reflectance screen processor Exynos 2600 Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy Ram memory and storage 12/256GB 12/512GB 12/256GB 12/512GB 16GB/1TB main camera 50 MP wide angle, dual pixel AF, OIS, f/1.8, FOV 85º 12 MP wide angle, f/2.2, 123º FOV 50 MP wide angle, dual pixel AF, OIS, f/1.8, FOV 85º 50 MP wide angle, dual pixel AF, f/1.9, FOV 120º front camera 10 MP, f/2.2, FOV 85º Main screen: 10 MP, f/2.2, FOV 85º Folding screen: 10 MP, f/2.2, FOV 100º battery Dual 4,300 mAh (typical) 25W fast charging 15W wireless charging PowerShare Reverse Wireless Charging Dual 4,800 mAh (typical) 45W fast charging 20W wireless charging PowerShare Reverse Wireless Charging price From 1,299 euros From 1,999 euros At first glance you can take a look at the most notable differences between the two new phones. However, we are going to delve into the most differential characteristics. Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8, 256GB The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, 256GB The price could vary. We earn commission from these links What type of user are you? Two completely different formats He Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 They differ in many ways, but above all they do it in their formats. The first follows the line of previous generations, betting on a format with a horizontal fold and a clamshell design, while the second has a book format with a vertical fold. This… what does it mean? The Z Flip8 is more oriented for those people looking for a small mobilesince when folded horizontally it takes up very little space (85.7 mm high). The second is more oriented to multimedia content consumptionsince through the vertical fold we can use a much larger screen (7.6 inches) to watch videos, but above all to use certain applications such as social networks, some of which are very well optimized for this format. Processors: following the line of the Galaxy S26 We also found a big difference between the processors, something somewhat logical considering that the two phones will be launched with very different prices. In any case, the Z Flip8 is committed to Exynos 2600the same one we found in the Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26+. Instead, Samsung has decided to follow the same line as with the launch of its high-end mobile phones, betting on a Z Fold8 that incorporates the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 from Qualcomm, the same processor that we can find in the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. The battery and its fast charging At the moment it is too early to talk about autonomy, but what we do know is what batteries each of the new Samsung phones has. For the Z Flip8 we have a 4,300 mAh dual batterythe same one we saw in the previous generation with the Z Flip7. In the case of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, the brand has opted for a 4,800 mAh dual batterygiving in this case a small leap in terms of capacity with respect to the previous generation. We are talking about a difference of 400 mAh: it is not very large, but it is especially appreciated when using the folding screen, which is the largest and the one that consumes the most battery. Now, if we talk about the fast wired chargingthe Galaxy Z Flip8 maintains 25W, a very small figure for the range (and era) in which we find ourselves. On the other hand, the Galaxy Z Fold8 increases the charging power, raising it to 45W, a figure more in line with what we see both from Samsung and other brands. What prices do the new mobile phones have? Both the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 are two high-end phones. However, as we have seen so many times in previous generations, mobile phones have very different prices. He Galaxy Z Flip8 will go on sale for a price from 1,299 euroswhile the Galaxy Z Fold8 will be priced from 1,999 euros. However, even though these are the official prices, stores are beginning to launch introductory offers. At Samsung, for example, the Delivery and Release campaign is available while MediaMarkt offers a discount when registering (and logging in) in the store. Why buy the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 is a mobile phone that is clear about its audience, offering features that we do not see in other models of the brand. Its key points are: The format: Its folded size makes it a very compact mobile phone that is ideal for those people looking for a smartphone that takes up very little space in their bag or pocket. The use: The Galaxy Z Flip8 is aimed at general and non-specific use, whether for making calls, consuming multimedia content or … Read more

Samsung already has its own smart glasses. The difficult thing will be to differentiate them from those of their competitors.

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During the Galaxy Unpacked event held these days in London, Samsung has presented your long-awaited smart glasses. We are looking at two different designs developed in collaboration with the international eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. The glasses combine a light frame and a thin but resistant profile. The goal: to be able to wear them without problems throughout the day. It is a proposal that, yes, will have to compete with an increasingly lively sector and in which differentiating is beginning to be problematic. Before continuing, we remind you that the members of Xataka Xtra can access discounts, benefits and exclusive opportunities in the Samsung online storein addition to exclusive raffles, a private Discord server and a growing catalog of discounts and advantages on digital services. You can join the community for only 30 euros per year. Smart glasses that hide their ability Won-Joon Choi, COO of Samsung Electronics’ Mobile eXperience (MX) business, explained in the presentation that AI is also transforming mobile experiences, adding that “smart glasses create a new point of interaction and bring more personalized AI assistance.” The smart glasses from Samsung’s Galaxy family boast a particularly light and comfortable design, but without compromising the battery. This has an autonomy of up to nine hours with a single charge. The charging case allows for up to seven additional full charges. In that frame, the glasses include an integrated camera that provides visual context to the AI ​​experience. An exterior and interior LED indicator inform when recording is active, while recording is automatically deactivated when the glasses are removed from the user’s face or when the exterior LED is covered. Additionally, users have additional controls over privacy and personalization, and their audio, screen sharing, and video data is not used to train artificial intelligence models. And as the center of that experience, a Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chip which is responsible for providing the necessary performance for all the functions offered. Among others, this SoC is responsible for solving touch interaction, connectivity, energy efficiency and thermal management. During Galaxy Unpacked, Samsung presented two different designs, developed together with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. The Gentle Monster edition features a slim black frame that combines a straight top line with gently rounded bottom edges. The Warby Parker design presents a slightly raised top line in brown, a proposal that until now had not been seen so much in this type of wearables. In the press presentation we saw a third model with an equally differential design in which the frame had more oval and narrower lenses. Gemini by flag The other main protagonist of the user experience on this device is GeminiGoogle’s generative AI model that thus provides an assistant with which to interact by voice in a natural, immediate and intuitive way. Not only can we ask for help and assistance about what we see at all times, but we can also use it as a voice assistant to chat and ask questions of all kinds. Some of these use cases stand out at Samsung. Some work in collaboration with our mobile, for example summarizing long messages, translating in real time or reading information aloud. It is also possible to use the location to find a route, and the camera can also be used as an interface for Gemini to explain how to complete a manual task. Price and variants of Samsung smart glasses At the moment, Samsung has not provided information on the price or availability of these smart glasses, but we will update this information as soon as it is available. More information | Samsung

Samsung launches the Fold8 with passport format and the question is not only why this format, it is why now

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As already marks the summer tradition in the tech universe, Samsung has just presented new foldables. The different thing this time is that there are no longer two, but three models presented and the novelty is that the Galaxy Fold8 launches a new passport type formatmore square and compact when folded and more panoramic when open. The question we ask ourselves is why this format? But above all, why now? Samsung was a pioneer in folding products and has been betting on two very specific formats for eight generations now, the Fold and the Flip. That they add a third format is striking because it is the first time that Samsung does not set the standard and follows that of others. Let us remember that this format was first explored by OPPO with the OPPO Find N2and later by Huawei with the Huawei Pure X. The difference, and it’s not just any difference, is that this is the first to be sold in Spain. Returning to the question of timing; with the serious crisis of components that we are going through, with prices through the roof and manufacturers dropping that Maybe we don’t need a new high-end every yearSamsung arrives and presents not two, but three folding ones. And also taking risks with a new format. We have come to London to learn first-hand about Samsung’s new launches and we have taken the opportunity to ask Javier Vitón, product manager at Samsung Spain, about these issues. Before continuing, we remind you that the members of Xataka Xtra can access discounts, benefits and exclusive opportunities in the Samsung online storein addition to exclusive raffles, a private Discord server and a growing catalog of discounts and advantages on digital services. You can join the community for only 30 euros per year. A foldable for each type of client Samsung’s foldable trio for 2026 Samsung launched the first Fold in 2019 and in 2020 the Galaxy Z Flip. Since then, they have remained faithful to these two formats, with a clear distinction to the type of user they were aimed at: the Fold for those looking for maximum productivity and cutting-edge specifications, and the Flip for a younger audience and with a more affordable price. The new Fold with passport format is placed halfway between both: It has the advantage of a much larger screen, but when folded it is more compact than the classic Fold. Javier Vitón tells us that “We do not like to see the folding family as a family of devices tiered in specs and prices, but rather as a device for each type of person.” The Fold8 Ultra is the model for those who “want to get the most out of that large screen and be able to multitask with the highest product specifications,” while the new Fold8 is “perfectly suited to consuming multimedia content” and the Flip is more aimed at “very expressive young people.” In 2013 Samsung already said what they wanted to offer a mobile for each type of user and today, thirteen years later, we see that The strategy hasn’t changed much. “What we are looking for is a device for every need,” says Vitón, adding that the strategy goes beyond folding “Also with the S, the Galaxy A family… there is surely a product that can fit for each customer.” However, it is still curious that, in the midst of a component crisiswith the prices of RAM and memory through the roof, Samsung has decided to launch a third folding mobile phone. David Alonso, vice president of Samsung, is aware of this problem, but as he stated in statements to Xataka, “our scale, technological capacity, strategic alliances and supply planning allow us to respond with greater flexibility while maintaining investment in innovation to minimize its impact. The highest priority for Samsung is to ensure availability and stability of supply, compliance with our commitments to the consumer and offering real value to the user.” “Even in a complex context, we believe it is important to continue expanding the category with differentiated proposals” In his own words, “the arrival of Galaxy Z Fold8 responds to this long-term commitment. We have identified a clear evolution in the way people watch content, read, browse and play from their mobile, and this new format offers a more natural and immersive screen, allowing us to offer the lightest Galaxy Z Fold to date.” For Alonso, “even in a complex context, we believe that it is important to continue expanding the category with differentiated proposals that respond to real needs.” The strong point of the Fold8 This is what a 4:3 video looks like on the Fold8 and Fold8 Ultra The new Galaxy Fold8 was born after analyzing user behavior: “It has a 4:3 screen format that is ideal for consuming games, playing multimedia content such as videos or movies or watching sports.” In the image it is clearly seen: The videos adapt much better to the internal screen of the Fold8 than that of the Fold8 Ultra. In some videos that are more panoramic we still have the classic black bands at the top and bottom, but they are much thinner and the screen is better used. Regarding the external screen, Vitón tells us that “it has a 10:16 format that adapts perfectly to consuming social networks” and also highlights that it is very comfortable for writing. Unlike the Flip screen where we can only open some apps, here we have a perfectly functional mobile phone, only with a much more square format than we are used to. From what I have been able to try, I have found it quite comfortable, although I have to say that handling it with one hand seemed somewhat complicated at first. We’ll see in the review. The elephant in the room: the foldable iPhone Perhaps the answer to the question of why now is related to a fact that is difficult to ignore, and that is that everything indicates that Apple … Read more

Follow the presentation of the new Samsung foldables live with us

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If there is a date that marks the halfway point of summer, it is, without a doubt, the Samsung Unpacked. The Korean company brings us together every summer to present its new devices (foldable, it’s no secret where the shots are going) in an event that points out ways. Last year it was in New York, this year it is in London and, as it could not be otherwise, you will be able to follow it live and direct with us. Galaxy Unpacked will take place today, Wednesday, July 22, at 3:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time. You can follow it live through from our YouTube channelof our live page and from our Instagram profile. The schedules according to regions are as follows: Spain: 15:00 (14:00 in the Canary Islands). Mexico: 7:00 AM Colombia: 8:00 AM. Venezuela and Chile: 9:00 AM. Argentina: 10:00 AM. Live What we hope to see At the beginning of the year, within the framework of MWC, we learned about the Galaxy S26 Ultra and its brothers. The most conventional high-end is already on the table, so now is the time to get to know the new folding ones. Samsung renews its folding devices every year and around this time, aka the Z Fold and Z Flip, as well as smart watches. There have been various leaks that bring winds of change, but the most interesting is the one that came from Samsung itself. The firm published a series of very… suggestive videosin which he made us understand that would launch a new format. A third foldable? The evolution of the Fold or the Flip? We don’t know, but the company has something in the oven. Regarding the watches, it is to be expected that, having been completely renewed last year, in this event the improvement will be somewhat more incremental. We will surely see improvements in the battery, screen or performance. Samsung also has an outstanding debt with your glasses with Android XR and At Google I/O we saw a preview of what they have in the oven, so since dreaming is free… We will clear up doubts in a little while. We remember: the event will be today, July 22, at 3:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time. In Xataka | Follow Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked live

El Corte Inglés sells off all these Sony, LG and Samsung TVs in its online outlet today, July 18

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El Corte Inglés has many refurbished devices in its online store. There is everything, although the usual thing is that we mainly find televisions from previous years with fairly reasonable prices. For this reason we are going to review the best deals the store has today, July 17. Sony Bravia 7 65XR70 by 599 eurosa 65-inch TV with Dolby Vision and Atmos. LG 55QNED93A6A by 749 eurosa 55-inch MiniLED TV. Samsung TQ55S95FATXXC by 1,199 eurosa TV with OLED technology and anti-reflective treatment. LG OLED55G26LA by 899 eurosa smart OLED TV to install on the wall. Samsung TQ75QN74FATXXC by 1,399 eurosa 75-inch MiniLED TV. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Sony Bravia 7 65XR70 The Sony Bravia 7 65XR70 It is a smart TV that the brand launched in 2024, but for this price of 599 euros It continues to cause a lot of war. We are talking about a QLED TV with MiniLED backlighting that has a 65-inch diagonal and offers a refresh rate of 120 Hz. It is compatible with both Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos and its operating system is Google TV. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LG 55QNED93A6A The LG 55QNED93A6A It is a more recent TV than Sony’s, launched in 2025. It also has MiniLED backlighting, but in this case it comes with a 55-inch diagonal. Its refresh rate is up to 144 Hz through VRR, it is compatible with both Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos and supports multi-screen display to view two contents at the same time. Its price in this case is 749 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Samsung TQ55S95FATXXC The Samsung TQ55S95FATXXC It is another TV launched in 2025, although it is much more complete than LG’s. Its price is 1,199 euros and incorporates a panel with OLED technology and anti-reflective treatment. Its diagonal is 55 inches, it offers a refresh rate of up to 165 Hz and is compatible with HDR10+ and with Dolby Atmos. Plus, it works with both Alexa and Google Assistant. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links LG OLED55G26LA The LG OLED55G26LA It is a smart TV that in this case must be placed on the wall (includes support). Its price is 899 euros and incorporates a panel with OLED technology and a 55-inch diagonal. It reaches a refresh rate of 100 Hz and is compatible with both Dolby Vision IQ and Dolby Atmos. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Samsung TQ75QN74FATXXC Lastly, the Samsung TQ75QN74FATXXC It is a television from the Neo QLED range that incorporates a 75-inch diagonal screen. Its refresh rate is up to 144 Hz, it is compatible with HDR10+, it includes Multi-View mode to view two contents at the same time and it works with both Alexa and Google Assistant. Its price in this case is 1,399 euros. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | El Corte Inglés, Compradicción and Laura Lopez (header), Sony, LG, Samsung In Xataka | Best home theater projectors 2026. Which one to buy and 9 recommended models from 299 to 5,999 euros In Xataka | Mega-guide to set up a home theater: projector, screen, sound system and more

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