Apps & Services
Samsung Stand By Its Promise, Launches Wallet App Via Galaxy Store
A few days ago, on June 9th, we received news from Samsung that it will integrate Samsung Pay & Samsung Pass for a more user-friendly and convenient experience. Read the full story here.
Just after a week, On June 16th, Samsung again announced that the Samsung Wallet would be integrated with its other digital services, namely SamsungPay and SamsungPass, to store and access digital IDs, payment, loyalty cards, keys etc. digitally for users’ convenience and ease of access. Read about it here.
Samsung Wallet: Payment’s New Ecosystem
This announcement also reintroduced the Samsung Wallet. Samsung Wallet has originally launched nearly ten years ago and shut down in 2015.
Now Samsung has fulfilled its promise, and it has launched the app in six countries after the launch in its home country, which are the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK, via Samsung’s own Galaxy Store.
It seems on the surface that The Korean Behemoth is trying to follow the path of Google Pay; however, some, including this one, believe that it’s more likely that this is a crossover attempt to stand and create a payment ecosystem like Apple’s & Google’s, as Samsung is brand neutral and agnostic in its approach.
Samsung Wallet: Benfits
This is an upgrade to the SamsungPay app while taking its URL address in the Galaxy Store. Samsung introduced four benefits of the merger of Spay & Spass they were ;
Digital Key Function, Digital Ticket and Assets Management, Samsung Pay’s Digital Asset Inquiry Function, and Samsung Knox.
This centralized system of payment with the Spay & Spass merger will provide users benefits such as ;
Storing payment cards, house keys, airline passes, entertainment & commute tickets, ID cards, records, passwords, cryptocurrency credentials, and as far as the health service records.
Samsung Wallet As Digital Key For Your Cars
Although this would have been incomplete without a security measure, Samsung deployed its native security system known as Samsung Knox, which will provide a digital security service that protects from external threats like hacking, remote control access, theft, and/or access to personal info, etc.
Companies such as BMW, Genesis, and Hyundai models supported this digital key storing functionality for commuting via road; Airlines that partnered were Korean Air initially, which later expanded to Korean Air, Jin Air, and Jeju Air.
These partners and services are likely to expand for ease of access in everyday life of customers.
However, these services, features & functions are subject to availability and can change, as informed by Samsung.
It is anticipated that the customers have to update the app to SWallet when interacting with SPay & Spass. The SWallet works on Samsung smartphones running Android 9 Pie or higher.
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Samsung has released the Galaxy Enhance-X’s new update. The company doesn’t attach any specific changelog for the application; therefore, it looks like a standard improvement update, but after the installation, we got to know about some new changes in editing sections. Let’s take a deeper look.
Samsung Galaxy Enhance-X: new changes
Samsung has rolled out the new update for the Enhance-X with version number 2.0.89. With the latest version, users will get some new interface changes, including a new redesign of the editing suggestions and a new set of icons.
When you open a picture or video in the Galaxy Enhance-X, it automatically analyzes the content with its AI and suggests to you a set of options that you can use to easily edit. Despite the redesign of these options, the series of suggestions has not introduced any additional innovation.
Along with the icon changes, the company has also changed the order of them. The company has moved the ‘Fix lens distortion’ option from the section that offers the option of real test adjustment image or cropping to the secure related faces.
Installation
To get the advantages of fresh changes, you can check for the latest update. To do that, just go to the Galaxy Store and check for the list of updates. If you find the Galaxy Enhance-X new update available, tap on the update icon to get it on your device.
WhatsApp is one of the popular social media giants that is commonly used worldwide; however, at the same time that WhatsApp became popular gradually, several social media applications arrived, but they didn’t survive in the market. WhatsApp, with its convenient features, has a strong consumer base and is successful in providing better services. However, users who use the beta application sometimes get issues, like recently encountered annoying bug issues while opening the documents.
According to the reports, several users have faced an issue where they are unable to download the document file. Specifically, when they tap on the download button, it reacts as if the application is out of network and shows a pop-up message that says, “The download was unable to complete. Please try again later.” It is worth noticing that the issue only appears for beta testers. So a stable user will not get any trouble from this issue.
Usually, this type of pop-up message appears when you are not connected to the proper network. But according to the information, several beta testers are facing this issue while on a strong network. Most probably, it might be some server-side problem with interpreting the stable network.
However, WhatsApp has resolved the issue with the latest update, version 2.24.10.15. So if you are also facing the same issue, then try to update the application to the latest version. To do that, go to the Google Play Store, then search for WhatsApp, and tap on the update button.
Google already made the Android 15 Beta 1.2 available to download for Pixel owners and is gradually but actively moving towards the stable version. The stable version of Android 15 could offer more access to third-party developers for Digital Wellbeing tools.
A few years ago, Google introduced its Digital Wellbeing application in 2019, this helps users balance their digital lives by tracking how much time they spend on each application. It includes various tools such as Dashboard, App timers, and more.
Third-party developers have been limited in how they can use the digital wellbeing tools, but that may be changing with Android 15. For now, third-party applications can only make Do Not Disturb schedules using Android’s Digital Wellbeing APIs, but in the scenarios where Android 15 lands by the end of this year, they will get the power to more fully make use of the tools Google has been keeping to itself.
Particularly, third-party applications will be permitted to make changes to the screen, for instance, by turning off the Always On Display or authorizing Dark Mode. Granted, developers have acknowledged workarounds to enable those features, but now it appears that those functionalities will have official support, a report says.
If this report came true, then users would have a wider variety of applications to manage screen time and focus at their convenience, instead of relying simply on Google’s built-in tools. However, a few core functionalities; for instance, disabling touch and adjusting brightness will possibly remain restricted. It will be interesting to see the exact change in the stable version.