Canalys: Samsung passed Huawei to become the world’s second-largest smartwatch maker in Q2 2022, shipping 2.8M units, up 58% YoY, on strong Galaxy Watch 4 sales (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Victoria Song / The Verge:
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro review: longer battery life, looks nice, and improved bezel, but misleading specs, quite thick, and uncomfortable for petite users  —  At least, in terms of reading and battery life  —  I didn’t think I was going to like the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro.

Canalys:
Global smartphone market fell 9% YoY in Q3, the third decline in 2022 and the worst Q3 since 2014; Apple grew its market share from 15% in Q3 2021 to 18%  —  In Q3 2022, the global smartphone market recorded its third consecutive decline this year, dropping 9% year-on-year, marking the worst Q3 since 2014.

Woojin Son / Counterpoint Research:
Global smartwatch shipments increased 30% YoY in Q3 2022, led by India, up 171%; Apple grew 48% YoY, Samsung dropped 2.7% YoY, and Noise grew 218% YoY  —  – Driven by the basic smartwatch segment, the global smartwatch market grew 30% YoY.  — India grew 171% YoY, taking the top spot …

Tracy Qu / South China Morning Post:
Canalys: smartphone shipments in India fell 6% YoY to 44.6M units in Q3 2022; Xiaomi shipped 9.2M units, down 18% YoY, for a 21% share, followed by Samsung  —  Xiaomi Corp held onto the top of the leaderboard in India ‘s vast smartphone market, despite the sector’s overall decline …

Andrew Romero / 9to5Google:
Samsung rolls out Maintenance Mode, meant to keep a device’s data safe during repair, to select Galaxy devices with One UI 5 worldwide  —  Handing your phone off to be repaired can be a little anxiety-inducing, given that it contains your valuable info.  Samsung has a new “Maintenance Mode” …

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Some YouTube viewers say ads on the platform have been expanding greatly in length and quantity recently, with reports of five to 10 unskippable ads per break  —  The experience of watching YouTube has been infiltrated by ads over the years as a means of maintaining the platform and supporting creators financially.