Apps & Services
Samsung Pay’s Plan to Aid Card Firms with Marketing
Samsung Wallet is comparable to Apple Pay and Google Pay due to its integrated contactless payments, coupons, and ID. It is a platform for Samsung smartphones and wearables that enables you to pay for products and services without cash or credit cards by tapping your Samsung device close to a contactless payment terminal or by approving an online payment. With Samsung Pay, every transaction is protected by your bank’s fraud prevention and authenticated by fingerprint, pin number, or iris scan. More than 16 million users access Samsung Pay and also work with credit card readers that are not NFC.
On Tuesday, it was reported by a number of sources in the credit card business that Samsung Electronics was reviewing a marketing plan that would refund a portion of the fees it charges credit card issuers. The company that created the online mobile wallet platform Samsung Pay, Samsung Electronics Co., is considering a complementary business model whereby it charges credit card firms for using Samsung Pay.
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“An intensifying competition against its emerging rival Apple Inc. has forced Samsung Electronics to charge credit companies fees,” said an unnamed official from a credit issuer. “Samsung Electronics, however, is mulling taking an approach that strengthens its partnerships with credit lenders, which have suffered financial difficulties.”
Although the price amounts have not yet been determined, industry sources predicted that Samsung Electronics would adopt a variable pricing strategy that would depend on cost reduction on variables like the market share of a certain credit card issuer or the number of card payments. For instance, if Samsung Pay levied a 0.15 percent fee for every transaction, then credit card firms would be required to pay an annual fee of 70 billion won. The charging process will be based on the result of the action.
Samsung’s exclusive Good Lock app and its modules are finally available on the Google Play Store. Previously, this app only appeared in the Galaxy Store.
Initially, Samsung introduced its Good Lock app back in March 2016, then stably released it on June 27, 2023, but only on its Galaxy Store. It is a free application that permits you to customize the user interface and experience on Samsung Galaxy devices.
Samsung Galaxy owners who prefer Google Play instead of the Galaxy Store can now easily download the Google Lock app directly from the Google Play Store. This is being speculated by a post on X shared by, Tarun, who stated that “Good lock is now available in the Google Play Store. I hope it will be available in more countries.”
By this statement, it is pretty clear that, at the moment, only in particular countries is the Good Lock app available in the Play Store, but it is expected that it will be available in more countries soon. However, the tipster didn’t mention the regions where this app was finally housed in the Play Store.
Apart from this, reportedly, Good Lock’s One Hand Operation+ module is available on the Play Store. The Korean giant has already mentioned ‘Early Access’ to Good Lock’s name in the Play Store, so the company is testing the waters right now. It is expected that it could remove the ‘Early Access’ tag once things get stable.
Google has started preparing for the May 2024 system update for Android devices. The company has published information about updates that improve its own applications, and here it has discussed some fixes that enhance the functionality of Google Play services.
According to the official page, Google has made some new changes that will provide resolution to the issues found in wallet and system management services. Additionally, under system management, the update has brought some improvements that improve privacy and stability.
Google Play services v24.17 (2024-05-01)
Wallet
- [Phone] Bug fixes for Wallet related services.
System Management
- [Auto] Updates to system management services that improve Privacy.
- [Auto, Phone, TV, Wear] Updates to system management services that improve Stability.
It is worth noticing the new changes made to the wallet to improve the services for smartphones. Meanwhile, the system management changes will be noticeable in Android Auto, smartphones, Android TV, and WearOS.
Regarding availability, the new changes will be gradually available for all Android smartphones. Users can take advantage of the new features by individually updating the Google application, or they can wait for the company to fully release the Play system update, which will bring a wealth of innovation to the Android ecosystem.
If Android users are using a stock Android device, they can easily check for the new Google system update by following these simple steps: open settings, tap on security and privacy, touch the system update, tap on the Google Play system update, and if the new update is available, tap on the install button. However, the steps can vary because of different UI skins, but the play system update option is typically available under the security and privacy menu.
Samsung One Hand Operation+ provides unique functionality to Galaxy users; they can complete various tasks with only one hand. To make it possible, the company has optimized its software to support almost all the applications that are open in the popup view. Now, for more convenience, some users are demanding a new feature to minimize them.
According to a user, if the company provides the minimize button for the popup window, it will give them the them the convenience to manage them and give them the power to individually remove them from the screen and open them quickly.
As of now, when you want to remove the popup window from the screen, you tap on the home button, but it closes all the windows, including the active one, which ruins the experience of multitasking.
Now, after taking it as a request, the community moderator has said that the request to minimize the feature will be taken into consideration and may be provided with the next update, but he hasn’t confirmed that the feature will come in the next update.
For more clarification, you can check the official statement: “We will review the requested pop-up view minimization feature and, if possible, add it in the next update. Please understand that we cannot give a definitive answer as to whether or not features will be added.”
If you also use the popup window functionality on your devices, then you may also need the minimize option to properly control it, and then keep the One Hand Operation+ plugin up to date. May it provide the desired feature in the next update?