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Samsung's working to make TouchWiz even better. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Android

Samsung’s working to make TouchWiz even better. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Android

Samsung hopes to improve battery life on its latest devices with a more efficient TouchWiz launcher.

The South Korean company has already begun testing a version that uses the Vulkan API coming in Android N to improve performance and reduce battery drain.

Thank you, Samsung! Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Thank you, Samsung! Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Samsung has gotten a lot better at optimizing its TouchWiz software for its large, high-resolution displays in recent years, and now it’s giving users the ability to change it themselves with display scaling on the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge.

Samsung's new Music app. Screenshots: Samsung

Samsung’s new Music app. Screenshots: Samsung

Samsung’s fancy new Music app for Android, which has been available in beta form since mid-March, now supports the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5. If you own one of these, you can download the app now from the Play Store — and you’ll want to!

Android 6.0.1 with TouchWiz on Galaxy S7. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Android 6.0.1 with TouchWiz on Galaxy S7. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

If you’re still waiting for Android 6.0 Marshmallow to come to your Samsung Galaxy smartphone, you’re missing out on a whole bunch of great new features. But you don’t have to miss out on the new look.

Samsung’s new icons and user interface changes can be had on Lollipop-powered handsets thanks to the new TouchWiz 6.0 theme.

Good luck finding a better phone than this today. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Android

Good luck finding a better phone than this today. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Android

Building a smartphone that beats the Galaxy S6 has likely been Samsung’s biggest challenge so far. How do you improve upon an already stellar design and one of the best smartphone cameras on the market? You build the Galaxy S7.

With its curved glass back, larger battery, Dual Pixel camera and even more powerful internals, the Galaxy S7 is the smartphone to beat in 2016. 

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