Is TouchWiz set for another overhaul? Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Google has teamed up with Samsung to help fix its TouchWiz software, according to a new report. The South Korean company has made significant improvements with its latest lineup of devices, but there’s still plenty of room for optimization.

TouchWiz icon badges be gone! Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

If you don’t mind using Samsung’s own TouchWiz launcher, but you hate the icon badges that leave your home screen looking messy, you’ll be pleased to know you can disable them. Samsung doesn’t make it easy, but it is possible in just a few steps.

Here’s how.

A custom theme on the Galaxy Note 5. Photo: Samsung

If it doesn’t look like your phone, it’s not your phone… apparently.

That’s the tagline for a new Samsung ad that hopes to remind iPhone users they can’t customize iOS, and should therefore choose a Galaxy smartphone instead.

Gear S2 isn’t strictly for Samsungs. Photo: Samsung

Samsung unveiled its new Gear S2 and Gear S2 classic smartwatches earlier this week, and for the first time, they’re not just for use with Samsung’s own Galaxy devices. Here’s the full list of Androids they’re compatible with.

Samsung wants to cut even more off of Apple’s $548 million award. Photo: Kārlis Dambrāns/Flickr CC

Samsung is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to cut more money off the $930 million Apple won in a patent lawsuit. The company is arguing that the appeals court’s earlier ruling is still unfair, even after successfully convincing the panel to chop off $382 million already.