Samsung has now confirmed the feared bad news for millions of Galaxy users, as they fall further and further behind Google’s Pixel and other Android devices, to say nothing of Apple’s iPhone, its arch rival in the premium smartphone category. For those who have paid $1000-plus for a new flagship, this will come as a nasty surprise.

A new update seems to be killing Samsung Galaxy S10 and Note 10 phones, leaving them stuck in a perpetual bootloop.

A new update has reportedly bricked older Samsung Galaxy models, according to reports from owners. Samsung users on Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) have suggested that a recent update has caused the Galaxy S10,

It's a problem that may be familiar to some Galaxy S10 owners. Samsung also released an update that broke the phone back in 2019 where users were asked to enter a PIN even though they never made one. Entering any PIN would cause the phone to reboot and ask for the PIN again. Similarly, the only fix was a factory reset.

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Currently, you can add a digital key for a smart lock to your Samsung wallet and open that to access the lock’s control from your phone. With this new function, you won’t need to unlock your phone or access the wallet to control the door; just tap your phone or smartwatch on the lock, and it will open.

Samsung has confirmed that an update to its SmartThings app caused major issues for older Samsung Galaxy smartphones. 9to5Google first reported that the update, which rolled out from Samsung over the past few days,

Samsung recently pushed a SmartThings Framework update that bricked several Galaxy S10 devices. Users who downloaded the patch (v2.2.02.1) are caught in a terrible booting loop and some are suggesting that you factory reset the phone through Recovery Mode.

Samsung has replaced a SmartThings app update that caused many old Galaxy S10 and Note 10 phones to get stuck in an infinite boot loop.

The Android 15 rollout is taking longer than expected this year. It's October, and the update still hasn't hit any Google Pixel devices — not even the new Pixel 9 series. The same goes for Samsung Galaxy phones,