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Samsung Shares Vision for Smarter, More Sustainable Home Living at IFA 2023
According to Samsung Electronics Co., the future of living will involve completely linked houses and an eco-friendly manner of life. The company highlighted its vision and technological advancements towards this on Thursday. At a press conference held one day before the IFA tech trade fair in Berlin officially opened, the South Korean tech giant showcased its most recent products and technologies designed for sustainable and intelligent living. Knowing how urgent the climate situation is, the firm set bold targets to achieve net-zero carbon emissions for its Device eXperience (DX) Division by 2030 and for the entire company by 2050.
With 31% of its activities now running on clean energy, up from 11% in 2021, Samsung said that it has made progress in converting to renewable energy sources, which will help it fulfill these targets. Samsung Europe’s Chief Marketing Officer, Benjamin Braun, started by recalling some of the organization’s significant breakthroughs that altered the status quo and influenced technical advancement. Samsung reaffirmed its dedication to unapologetically leading new initiatives, highlighting its position as an industry leader.
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Samsung has partnered with other industry titans, like Ocean Wise and Patagonia, to address global environmental concerns by developing creative solutions based on scientific facts. The firms teamed up to create the Less MicrofiberTM Cycle for bespoke washing machines in September 2022, marking a significant advancement in the fight against microplastic pollution.
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In June 2023, Samsung took this a step further by utilizing its collaboration with businesses to create another ground-breaking invention.
Charlie Cox, Manager of Microplastic Solutions at Ocean Wise, drew attention to the creation of the ground-breaking new Less MicrofiberTM Filter for Samsung washers, which has the potential to cut down on microplastic emissions from laundry cycles by up to 98%. In addition to using 100% recycled paper for product packaging, South Korean tech continues to outfit its Galaxy smartphones with internal and exterior parts manufactured from recycled materials. Samsung Food, a new AI-based application that allows users access to thousands of recipes, has been released by the marketing director, Zeena Hill, at Samsung U.K.
With its 98-inch Neo QLED 8K TV, the firm added more smartness to entertainment. A personalized, limited edition of the Frame TV for Disney fans has been released by Samsung in collaboration with Disney. With titles like Starfield, the newest action game from Bethesda Game Studios, Samsung demonstrated its Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor and the Freestyle 2nd Gen portable projector, both of which are excellent for gamers. The best gaming experiences were discussed by Florian Liewer, Senior Director of International Gaming Marketing at Microsoft.
With Samsung’s AI Energy Mode, appliance energy use is optimized, resulting in less energy wasted and lower energy costs all at once. To change the way homes are built, the firm teams up with the producer of EV chargers, ABB, and the seller of household inverters, SMA. The business continues to be enthusiastic and upbeat as it investigates the amazing possibilities of technology through new endeavors like the deployment of 6G, the growth of AI capacity, and many more.
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.
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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.
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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.