Samsung is leaning heavily into the trade-in racket as a way of dropping prices for its new smartphones. Virtually any deal the company runs will include wildly high trade-in valuations. It even launched a new standalone trade-in scheme in Korea and France that doesn’t require the purchase of a new device.

Samsung is offering £200 for any broken or long-forgotten phones that are gathering dust in your drawers. It's all thanks to a supercharged new trade-in offer when you add the Galaxy S25, S25+, or Galaxy S25 Ultra to your shopping basket on the Samsung online store.

First, you'll want to download Gboard, which you can do from the Play Store. Then, navigate to Settings > General management > Keyboard list and default. Toggle Gboard on, then tap the option to personalize the keyboard's theme and behaviors. Then, in the keyboard menu, tap Default keyboard and select Gboard. You're welcome.

A new app called uTag lets you use Samsung SmartTags with any Android device. Here's how it works and how to get it.

Last month, Samsung unpacked its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S25 series. The company sent me two: the midrange S25+ and the top-tier S25 Ultra, while AT&T loaned me an Ultra on their network. (The Samsung models are on T-Mobile.)

While everyone was busy looking at the new iPhone 16E, Samsung Chile accidentally confirmed the existence of the Korean company’s own affordable rival phones. The Galaxy A56, A36, and A26 are all currently listed on an out-of-warranty repairs page,