As promised, we are back to normal. Don’t even think about buying a Kindle or subscribing to a new streaming service until Black Friday 2026.
Instead, let’s talk about a new Samsung foldable with even more folds. The Galaxy Z Trifold is breaking cover and will launch in Korea and other select countries (read: not the US) on December 12th.
Unlike Huawei’s initial trifold, the smartphone features an inward-folding display to protect the 10-inch-wide main display. The cover screen measures 6.5 inches when folded, while the entire trifold measures 12.9 mm when collapsed and is at its thinnest at 3.9 mm when unfolded.
This may seem a bit heavy compared to super-thin smartphones, but it is much thinner than Samsung’s first Z Fold (17.1 mm) that came in 2019. Presumably, this is a 10-inch tablet (with the correct screen ratio) packaged in a smartphone form factor.
The phone is powered by a custom Snapdragon 8 chip, backed by a 5,600 mAh three-cell battery and support for 45W super-fast charging. Like the Z Fold 7, the rear camera lineup includes a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens, a 200MP wide-angle lens, and a 10MP telephoto lens.
Was there a conspiracy? Samsung says the TriFold will be available in the US and elsewhere in the first quarter of 2026. The company has not yet set the price, but it could happen.
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This morning’s other big stories (and deals).
You should still be able to cast to older Chromecast or Google Cast devices.
struggled to cast stranger things Over the long weekend? It wasn’t you – and it probably wasn’t your TV’s fault either. Netflix is ending support for casting from mobile devices to multiple TVs. According to a help page viewed by Android Authority“Netflix no longer supports casting shows from mobile devices to most TVs and TV-streaming devices. You must use the remote that came with your TV or TV-streaming device to navigate Netflix.” The company previously removed AirPlay support in 2019 due to “technical limitations”.
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Embattled executive John Giannandrea is leaving the company.
Apple has hired AI researcher Amar Subramaniam, a longtime Google executive, to lead its AI efforts. Subramaniam, whom Apple describes as a “renowned AI researcher”, spent 16 years at Google, where he was head of engineering for Gemini. The company also announced that the current AI executive, John Giannandrea, will retire in 2026.
Giannandrea has been largely blamed for the delay in delivering the next generation version of Siri. He joined Apple in 2018 after a stint at Google, including as vice president of search. While her appointment was seen as a major coup for Apple at the time, the company has failed to deliver on its more personal AI-focused version of Siri, which it previewed early last year. Not at the beginning of this year: last year.
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Free users can generate two images per day.
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Google has announced that free users can currently generate two images per day on its Nano Bana Pro image generator, up from three previously. “Image creation and editing are extremely demanding,” the company writes. “Limits are subject to change frequently and will reset daily.”
This is because the new model is a vast improvement over the previous one. The text rendering part has been significantly improved and can even render legible text on top of an existing image. It can blend multiple elements into a single composition, supporting up to 14 images at once. Google is also limiting free use of Gemini 3 Pro.
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