Samsung Quietly Downgraded the S26 Ultra S-Pen Here Is What It Can Still Do

Close-up photograph of using the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra S-Pen on the Titanium Silver display at an outdoor cafe table, demonstrating the stylus precision despite the lack of Bluetooth features.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra S-Pen lost Bluetooth and Air Actions two generations ago and never got them back. Samsung confirmed this officially. But the S-Pen still has genuinely useful tricks that most owners never discover. The confirmed truth about the S-Pen downgrade Air actions are not available with the Galaxy S26 Ultra S-Pen. Samsung confirmed this …

Dimensity 9500 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5: 6 Real Benchmark Tests Compared

Dimensity 9500 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 outperforms the Dimensity 9500 across both CPU and GPU benchmarks. That is NotebookCheck’s conclusion after testing both chips on reference devices. But coming to Qualcomm and MediaTek, there really isn’t much of a difference in actual usage. If anything, the Dimensity 9500 has the edge in efficiency. That is Android Central’s conclusion after a month with five Snapdragon devices and four Dimensity devices. Both are right. …

Android’s Theft Detection AI Is Locking Owners Out of Their Own Phones Here Is the Fix

Android's Theft Detection AI Is Locking Owners Out of Their Own Phones

Android’s Theft Detection Lock uses on-device AI to detect when someone snatches your phone and runs. The problem is it also triggers when you are scrolling Instagram, running for a bus, or riding in a car. Android Authority confirmed users are reporting excessive false positives. Samsung Community users documented random lockouts during normal use. Here …