The technology giantās new products automatically enable the Auto Blocker feature.
Auto Blocker prevents users from downloading apps from unauthorised sources, such as those not found in the Galaxy Store or Google Play Store.
Under Auto Blocker, users who attempt to install apps from unknown or unauthorised sources will receive a pop-up alert, and Auto Blocker will prevent them from continuing with the installation.
If an app you know is safe cannot be downloaded, Samsung suggested briefly disabling the Auto Blocker feature and attempting the download again.
Auto Blocker also prevents malicious chargers, computers, and other devices from sending commands to your phone when connected using a USB cable, and from installing any system software via USB cable.
Google said the changes meant users would no longer be able to purchase TV episodes and seasons from Google TV on Google TV devices, Android TV devices, and the Google TV mobile app.
However, users are advised they can continue to purchase TV shows from YouTube, depending on country availability.
The company yesterday (early this morning AEST) announced three premium variants of its main Pixel lineup, along with its first foldable phone to be sold in Australia.
Doubling down on the entire ecosystem of smartphone products, Google also announced new versions of the Pixel Watch and Pixel Buds headphones at its Made by Google event at the companyās headquarters in Silicon Valley, California.
The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold is also launching Down Under on September 2.
Googleās Fold is a wider device than Samsungās and has a new thinner form factor, new hinge and a large 8-inch internal display and 6.3-inch external display.
However this foldable market certainly isnāt for the faint of heart. With a price tag of $2699, it sits just below Samsungās foldable pricing.
The 3G network closure will now take place this October.
I believe the 3G spectrum will be repurposed to improve 5G to make it more reliable, robust and with fewer dropouts and get into hard to reach places.
If they can do this, probably no need for 6G? 5G is plenty fast enough and faster than most NBN services.
The only issue with 5G is that its either super fast or it slows down and there is a big difference between the two. If they fix that then maybe?
Itās faster but Telstra do cap the speed on 5g on a lot of plans. I still think they may need to extend it even beyond October.
6 G will come, its inevitable.
the thing is that we do things on the net that even 10 years ago were inconceivable because of the bandwidth we have. 4K streaming is a prime example.
Iāve been online long enough to remember the days of listening to sporting events in glorious 16 kbs on real player because thatās all my connection could handle.
as for 5G being faster than NBN thatās due to the liberals bungling of it. universal FTTP would have set this country up for the next 100 years.
Thereās a less known cousin to Mooreās Law called Butters Law - This states that the amount of data that can be transmitted by an optic fiber will double every 9 months.
all you need to do is update the equipment at both ends and this is where the research is being done. Bell Labs in the USA for example do not do any research into HFC or copper anymore
But at the same time i think we have reached a plateau of how much speed we realistically need. Does anyone really need to be able to download gigabytes of data in just a few seconds (which is all you might get from 6G or beyond in terms of more speed)? This would be rare and not an everyday occurrence for almost everyone.
What I think we need is more reliability so that 5G speeds become more reliable and robust in peak times so that 4K streaming with no buffering is a given.
I have been to several AFL matches at the MCG in the last couple of years. My mobile is capable of doing 5G but during match breaks, there is quite a lot of buffering, because almost everyone wants to check the news or browse on social media at the same time. And thatās after the stadium underwent a network upgrade.
Hopefully as the technology improves, there will be no more buffering and everyone will be able to utilise the same kind of fast mobile speeds in large venues such as sports stadiums.
5G is more than just about increasing speed though - latency drops dramatically which makes it viable for a whole raft of activities that were the domain of fibre connectivity, it also has the capability of running smaller-sized cells which allow for densification of cells to increase client connectivity numbers.
5G is potentially a lot more transformational for business and industry over what the general consumer will need (or use)
The 3G shutdown reminds me of the Telstra CDMA network closure and furor that the then-new NextG 3G network wonāt be as comprehensive as CDMA.
Seems like a bit of deja vu now.
Had forgotten all about CDMA!
I had to look up what this was and then realised I didnāt even have a mobile phone when CDMA was a thing. lol.
I used to do a lot of country trips around the time and had a separate CDMA phone because it had far superior reception in the more remote areas than GSM.
Yep, the whole time Iāve been listening to this Iāve been remembering all the same arguments with the CDMA stuff. Which barely caused any dramas. I was working at a Nokia repair centre at the time and we had a couple of people bring in their phones because they didnāt work anymore and theyād ignored everything but apart from that life moved on after a couple of weeks of some people grumbling, just like it will here. Hearing people say about the cost of living crisis and how people canāt afford a new phone is just ridiculous when you can get compatible phones at the supermarkets for not very much and it has been known for years that it was going to happen.
Just like the move from analogue to digital TV, moving from dial up to broadband, moving from AM to FM radio, black and white to colour TV and so many other tech evolutions, it has to happen and we canāt stay stuck in the past forever.
Kind of a good thing Telstra went all in for 3G UMTS and HSPA, instead of 3G CDMA2000 and EVDO. The major issue with the latter was you couldnāt use voice and data at the same time!