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Samsung’s new Bixby update introduces child-friendly features
The South Korean tech conglomerate Samsung has its own Artificial Intelligence voice assistant (AI), Bixby, just like Google’s ‘Google Assistant’. Bixby responds to users’ commands, which makes their Galaxy device experience even better. Now, the company has added one more utility to its AI voice assistant, which is nothing but its availability for kids. Let’s take a look at this ‘Bixby for Kids’ novelty.
For information, Samsung has recently rolled out the February 2023 update for Bixby, which is specifically to enhance Bixby’s utility. As we have mentioned above, Bixby is now available for kids as well; this ‘Bixby for Kids’ novelty is also a part of this new update. To make it available for kids’ use, a Bixby Assistant is specially customized, as the official notice revealed (shared on Samsung Members app).
Bixby for Kids: Uses and Availability
Notably, the best thing regarding the ‘Bixby for Kids’ service is now parents no longer need to be worried about their child using the phone and can feel safe. Informatively, now parents will be able to create groups to set up child accounts. These child accounts will let underage kids use those functions that are available for adults only. Besides, their parents can handle their child accounts through Galaxy devices.
As we have mentioned above, with the child accounts, the kids will be able to use adult-specific functions such as Ask Bixby Questions, Play Music, Play Songs, and Listen to Stories. In these commands, the newly-customized Bixby assistant will respond with kid-friendly and age-appropriate content. The service is in specific suitable for under 13 age group kids or the applicable age in your country.
Nota bene, the ‘Bixby for Kids’ service is indeed helpful and advantageous but is currently available in two regions only- the US and Korea. However, the company, in the coming time, will make it available in other regions as well.
Bixby is now available for kids!
Through your Samsung account, create a group for your family to set up
child accounts that they can use on Samsung devices.Children under 13 (or the applicable age in your country) can do similar
things as adults like:
- Ask Bixby questions
- Listen to stories
- Play music
- Play games
Bixby responds to your kids with age-appropriate and kid-friendly content.
This feature is currently supported in US and Korea, with more countries to
be added gradually.Additionally, functional improvements and bug fixes have been applied.
The Korean brand – Samsung has recently announced its two mid-range Galaxy smartphones – Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G. A new benchmark listing has a spot for Samsung’s affordable smartphone, Galaxy35 5G.
Samsung is now gearing up for its next affordable Galaxy smartphone, the M35 5G, as the reports are unvunveilhey have found a new benchmark listing for Samsung the Galaxy M35 5G.
The smartphone has been spotted with the model number as an identification code – SM-M356B on the Geekbench 6.2.2 database. Not only this, but it also confirmed the presence of 6GB of RAM and Android 14 OS. The chipset also came to know which is the latest Exynos 1380.
The codename for the motherboard is also mentioned, which is ‘s5e8835.’ The reports say that it has scored 656 and 1967 points in performance scores on the benchmarking platform. Exynos 1380 is the latest chipset of the Korean brand, which is a 5 nm processor. It consists of 4 Cortex A78 cores, which clock at 2.4GHz, and 4 Cortex A55 cores, which clock at 2.0GHz. It is coupled with a Mali g68 MP5 GPU. It also has an AI Engine.
This also offers connectivity options, which include the latest Bluetooth version 5.3 and Wi-Fi 802.11 ax with three bands. It supports a camera resolution of at least 200MP for capturing images, and for video recording, there is support for up to 30fps 4K recording. The storage supported is UFS v3.1, and RAM will be of the LPDDR4x/5 type.
Samsung has recently debuted its two smartphones, Galaxy A55, and Galaxy A35; the Galaxy A35 5G smartphone is powered by Exynos 1380 chipset. From this perspective, Galaxy M35 5G could be a variant of Galaxy A35.
At the moment, no specs and features of the device have been revealed or leaked. Still, since Galaxy M series smartphones usually have a bit higher battery power of at least 6000mAh, the forthcoming Galaxy M35 5G smartphone also arrives with the same battery power.
Firmware
Verizon rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices
Verizon has rolled out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices. Earlier, these devices had received the same update outside the US, but now they are gradually expanding to the US.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 are spotted getting new updates with the firmware version numbers F926USQS5HXBD and F711USQS6HXBD, respectively. It is worth noticing the update is currently available for the devices locked to Verizon, but it will soon be available on more carriers.
For your information, the latest update for Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 doesn’t bring any significant changes, but as it is the latest security patch, it will provide some internal fixes to maintain the security of the devices.
If you are getting some other issues from the last update, you should also update the device to the latest update, as it may also address some issues. Along with the update, other improvements may also be made to enhance the overall performance of the devices.
Suppose you use the Galaxy Z Fold 3 or Flip 3 device in the US. In that case, you can update the device to the latest version by simply going to the system settings and then to the software update. If you haven’t received the update, you should wait for some time, as it may arrive in the next few days.
Firmware
Samsung rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy S23 FE devices in the US
Samsung has rolled out the March 2024 security patch to almost all devices but still needs to complete the update distribution to all eligible devices. So, gradually expanding the update to remaining devices, the company has started rolling out the update for the Galaxy S23 FE in the US.
Notably, the Galaxy S23 FE devices are getting a new update in the carrier-unlocked version with the firmware version number S711U1UES2BXBF. The update has already been rolled out to almost all carriers, including AT&T, Bluegrass Cellular, C-Spire, Cellular South, Comcast, Cricket, DISH, MetroPCS, T-Mobile, Tracfone, US Cellular, Verizon, and Xfinity Mobile.
According to the official changelog, the March 2024 security patch is one of the standard maintenance updates that provides some internal improvements for the device, and there will be no visible changes available. In other words, users may experience some improvement in the functioning of devices, but it doesn’t particularly bring any specific changes for the device.
Going to the details, the March 2024 security patch includes more than 40 fixes, 37 of which are provided by Google and address the issues found in the Android OS, while 9 more features are introduced by Samsung that enhance the performance of Galaxy devices exclusively.
Suppose you are using the Galaxy S23 FE in the US. In that case, you can update the devices to the latest version by following the simple steps: first, go to the system settings, tap on the software update, and tap on the download and install button; if it shows a new update available, tap on the download button.