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At Microsoft’s recent Surface Event, the company presented all the Copilot Plus PCs, among which, Samsung’s entries included its Galaxy Book4 Edge laptops - a 14-inch one and two 16-inch ones. With that, Samsung has announced a new limited-time deal that offers a free 50-inch TV with a pre order of one of these laptops.

 


The price of the 14-inch Galaxy Book4 Edge starts at $1,349.99. The device is powered by a 12-core 3.4GHz Snapdragon X Elite processor chip with 4.0GHz Dual Core Boost. It offers 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD. The PC features a 14-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 120Hz 2880 x 1800 and up to 500 nits brightness, along with HDR and VRR, and 120 percent of the P3 gamut. It comes with two USB 4 Type-C ports, HDMI 2.1, and a combo audio jack.

Samsung is Offering a Free 50-Inch TV with Pre Order of its Copilot Plus PC



Samsung has expanded support for its range of audio technologies Auracast, 360 Audio, and Auto Switch. While these technologies have been accessible on Samsung’s devices, the blog post explains the extent to which they will be supported across the lineup. According to Samsung, the updates will begin to be introduced starting with the Galaxy Buds 2 and Buds FE from the end of February, and then to the Buds 2 Pro.

 

Auracast, an industry-wide and fairly new Bluetooth technology, allows a device to broadcast an audio stream to an unlimited number of endpoints like speakers and headphones. Auracast was first launched to Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Pro earbuds and its latest high-end TVs last year, following the Galaxy S24 series in January.

Samsung Announces an Expanded List of Devices that Support its Different Audio Technologies

Which Brands Have the Most Loyal Customers?

Companies are always looking into new ways to learn more about their customers so that they can in turn increase their sales. The research team at Qualtrics has released a new infographic that looks at which brands have the most loyal customers out there, basing it on the top 25 brand keys loyalty leaders from 2019 to 2023.

Which Brands Have the Most Loyal Customers? #Infographic



Samsung’s upcoming lower-cost ‘Fan Edition’ product lineup recently got leaked as a result of a premature launch of a product page for the new earbuds, on the company’s Argentinian website. The leaked products include the Galaxy Buds FE, Galaxy S23 FE smartphone, and Galaxy Tab S9 FE.

 


One of the photos shows the date October 4th on the phone screen, which may be an indication of the release or announcement date for the Fan Edition products.

 

Samsung Accidentally Reveals its Upcoming Fan Edition Product Lineup



A latest announcement from Meta has revealed that WhatsApp is officially rolling out to Wear OS smartwatches. The news of a potential launch was first shared at the Google I/O event and on Facebook by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg back in May.

 

On their Wear OS smartwatch, users will be able to start new WhatsApp conversations, reply to messages, and take calls, all within the little screen on their smartwatch. Additionally, options to respond with voice messages, emoji, regular text, and quick replies will be available too. Particularly on the Wear OS 3 smartwatch, users will be able to respond to messages without even having their phone nearby.

WhatsApp Rolls Out to All Wear OS 3 Smartwatches



Samsung’s latest gaming monitor Odyssey OLED G8 is now available for pre-order, priced at $1,499. It is the first in the company’s line of gaming monitors to feature a quantum dot OLED (QD-OLED) display.

 

Other features of the monitor include a 1800R curve, 3440 x 1440 resolution, and a fast refresh rate of 175Hz. The device is capable of producing up to 400 nits of brightness using the True Black 400 spec.

Samsung’s Odyssey OLED G8 Gaming Monitor is Available for Pre-order

 

The Companies who hold the Most Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patents


There has been an increase in patent filings by Chinese enterprises for artificial intelligence products rapidly in the past couple years. The companies that hold the most active Artificial Intelligence and machine learning patent families are now tech giant Tencent and search engine provider Baidu. Their progress is ahead of U.S. firm IBM, South Korea’s Samsung, Chinese insurance provider Ping An and former AI patent leader Microsoft. The latter company has been seeing one of its major AI investments come to fruition recently, as conversational AI bot ChatGPT by Microsoft partner OpenAI has been making waves. Microsoft suddenly announced another round of funding for OpenAI, believed to be to the tune of $10 billion.

 

The Companies who hold the Most Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patents #Infographic



South Korean news site Naver has reported that Samsung could be adding a significant design update to its upcoming phone, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5. The design change is thought to include a droplet-style hinge that would contribute to a much less noticeable crease in the phone when it folds, as well as lesser stress on the display.

 

Currently, the crease design in the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 phones is a U-shaped hinge, because of which the crease appears sharper and prominent.


Although Samsung is a leading Android mobile phone company and even proposed the droplet hinge design way back in 2016, competitors of the company like Oppo and Motorola have already resolved the sharp crease issue using the droplet-style hinge. It is speculated that Samsung held back from taking the initiative as a marketing strategy - perhaps the company wanted to wait till it brought out the water resistance feature that was first introduced to its third-gen folding devices in 2021, and then launch it with the droplet-shaped hinge. This would make its new devices stand out against Oppo and Motorola’s.

Samsung Reported to Give the Galaxy Z Fold 5 an Improved, Barely Noticeable Crease



Samsung is updating its Galaxy Buds 2 Pro with a special audio recording feature that can capture a 360-degree sound from the wearer’s surroundings when recording a video. The sound, also known as 3D audio, will be heard by a viewer exactly as it was perceived by the user, hence creating an immersive and more realistic listening and viewing experience.

 

The 3D audio uses LE Audio, an advanced new Bluetooth audio technology that not just enhances audio quality, but also contributes to better latency and battery life. The device will record the 360-degree sound through the microphones placed in both the earbud pieces.

Samsung to Soon Release 3D Audio Recording Feature in Galaxy Buds 2 Pro

 


In an attempt to attract iPhone users, Samsung has launched a new website “iTest”, which is going to let iPhone users experience the world of Android through a web app. This can be done by simply adding iTest’s web app to your iPhone’s home screen from the website.

 

“You’re about to get a little taste of Samsung, without changing phones. We can’t replicate every function, but you should quickly see that there’s nothing daunting about switching to the other side,” Samsung says about iTest.

 

Even though like how Samsung said, not every Android function could be replicated, the experience is still quite impressive as it accurately replicates the Android and Samsung Galaxy experience.

Samsung’s New “iTest” Web App Lets iPhone Users Explore the Android and Galaxy Experience

Samsung TV success timeline

Samsung was initially renowned for the quality phones it made but with time, the company expanded its categories and started manufacturing other electronic items such as Televisions, refrigerator, air-conditioners, cameras, monitors, wearable techs, sound systems and the list goes on. Talking about TVs specifically, the giant tech company has worked really hard in providing the consumers with a vast range of high-end televisions.

Samsung TV success timeline #infographic

 


After experimenting with AR glasses for years, Samsung just leaked evidence that suggests that it is working on developing an AR wearable computing device.

 

The wearable is reportedly going to offer the functionality of projecting a giant virtual screen, providing a giant virtual computer monitor, firing up an auto-dimming “sunglasses mode,” or serving as an instant first-person-view screen for the DJI drone. It should also allow viewing 3D digital objects appear in the real world.

Samsung’s First AR Glasses are in the Making

Apple leads the global smartphone market

Apple has always been ahead of other smartphone companies, mostly because of its incredible fame and craze among people all around the globe. Despite being pretty expensive, iPhones have always been the foremost choice for a large number of the world's population. The infographic below shows that Apple is once again leading the global smartphone market among the top five smartphone companies in the world.

In the fourth quarter of 2020, Apple launched its new iPhone models, i.e., the iPhone 12 series, which are also the company's first-ever 5G smartphones. The tech giant saw a phenomenal spike in sales after the launch of its 5G smartphones, which also pushed Apple to the top rank in the entire smartphone market worldwide.

Apple leads the global smartphone market #infographic

Samsung promotional reveal posted from iPhone turns into an online stir

In the wake of recent events, a new debate has stirred on all the social platforms. On January 13, a promotional post was shared by Samsung Mobile US on their Twitter account through iPhone. This note is undeniably noticeable in the tag that appears below a Tweet on the platform. As speculated by the people, this missive is being considered as one of the biggest take-ups on the popular company as well as the years-old rival of Samsung.

Taking a look back, many people, or more specifically, brand ambassadors of certain brands, have found themselves under serious strain for using smartphones belonging to brands different from those they have signed up for. It is rare among such celebrities to post promotional content about their brands while being careless with the devices they use to perform the task. For instance, the former CEO of T-Mobile, John Legere, used his iPhone to promote Galaxy Note 3 on his social account. David Ferrer, a tennis player, posted on Twitter to applaud the services of Galaxy S4 as a promotional stunt while using an iPhone. Similarly, Ksenia Sobchak, who was hired to promote the products of Samsung, was found using iPhone X, for which she was sued by the company immediately.

Samsung promotional reveal posted from iPhone turns into an online stir

 


Samsung posted an ad back in October, mocking Apple for not including a charging brick with the iPhone 12. It later took the ad down after rumors started going around about the company to be removing the charging brick equipment for the Galaxy S21 handsets as well. The now-deleted post showed a picture of a charging brick and the captioned read ‘’Included with your Galaxy.’’

 


This is not the first time Samsung has been caught pulling off such a move, as it has also previously deleted ads targeted at Apple, after adopting the same approach that it mocked its rival company for. For instance, when Apple launched the iPhone X without a similar plug, Samsung posted ads that made fun of the company, and then later deleted them when it released the Galaxy Note 10 without a  headphone jack.

Samsung Deleted Ads that Mocked Apple for not Including Charging Brick with the New iPhone

 


Samsung Electronics and TikTok have announced a new partnership to bring TikTok on Samsung Smart TVs. The service will be available to users in Europe for now, starting from the UK.

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The new TikTok app has been specifically designed to provide a home-viewing experience with the For You and Following feeds, along with the most liked and viewed TikTok content. There will be 12 categories of the content, including Gaming, Comedy, Animals, Food, etc. Moreover, people can watch #LearnOnTikTok videos for the latest cooking hacks, health and fitness tips, and other fun and educative things.

 

The service will be available for all Samsung Smart TV models from 2008-2010 onwards, says Samsung. This will also include Samsung’s award winning 4K and 8K TVs, The Smart Monitor, The Premiere, The Frame and The Serif.

 

The new app will be available to download on the Samsung Smart TV App Store and if you purchase a new Samsung TV, it will have the app pre-installed onto it. The content, whether one owns a TikTok account or not, will be available to watch for everyone.

Samsung and TikTok’s New Partnership: TikTok App Comes to Samsung Smart TVS in UK

Why Samsung’s AirDresser must be in every home

Samsung has launched one of the most innovative appliances to steam, refresh, and sanitize your clothes automatically in a machine. Since COVID-19 has made the entire world paranoid and it is extremely important to sanitize yourself, including your clothes completely when you come home from outside in order to wash away all the germs and pollutants.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made our lives so occupied that we couldn’t find enough time to look after daily household activities. From education to the job, everything has shifted online hence finding leisure time for house chores is only possible on weekends.

Why Samsung’s AirDresser must be in every home #infographic

 

The most affordable 5G smartphone

If you were looking to buy a 5G smartphone but they seemed very expensive, then look no further because Samsung has come up with a solution. Samsung has unveiled the new Galaxy A42 5G smartphone at the most reasonable rates, which can be a game-changer.


Samsung’s Galaxy A-series already has a lineup of one of the best smartphones in the market. With phones like A31, A41 and A51, these phones were second to none at the time of their respective release. The A-series has been more refined now and is now looking to copy the flagship phones of Samsung.

The most affordable 5G smartphone #infographic


Samsung just announced via a notice shown to users in its Camera app Bixby, that it is discontinuing a bunch of the AR features offered in the app, starting from the end of this month. The features that will no longer be available reportedly include Places, Home Décor, Styling, and Makeup. 


All the different features in Bixby offer a range of AR functionalities. For example, Places help with better navigation through overlaid map icons on Samsung’s camera that highlight local landmarks, stores, restaurants, etc. With Makeup, users can virtually try out a variety of makeup products on their faces, like eyeshadow, lipstick, blush, etc. Similarly, Styling allows for virtually trying out accessories like sunglasses. Home Décor allows users to virtually view the placement of different home appliances and furniture. 


Apart from that, Bixby also offers other helpful features like real-time translation and accessibility tools like Quick Reader, which helps users with visual impairments by reading out text seen by the camera.  

Samsung will Soon Take Down A Bunch of Bixby’s Augmented Reality Features

 

The World's 100 Most Valuable Companies and When They Were Founded

With the help of Forbes, this list was compiled of the 100 most valuable brands in the world. The tech industry has dominated the world market for some years and they hold the top 5 places on this list overall. The youngest company on the list, Facebook which was founded in 2004 holds the 5th spot with a staggering brand value of 88.9 billion. That is quite an impressive spot for only being 16 years old. The oldest brand at 221 years old and coming in at the 56th spot is Chase. 


Quick Facts: 

  • Oldest brand on the list is Chase at 221 years old 
  • Most common industry on the list is technology 
  • Most valuable brand on the list is Apple $205.5 billion 
  • The US holds the top 6 spots on this list 
  • McDonald's rounds out the top ten with $43.8 billion 

The World's 100 Most Valuable Companies and When They Were Founded #Infographic

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