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Free Game Streaming Comes to Samsung Gaming Hub with Blacknut Partnership
Blacknut and Samsung Electronics have unveiled a brand-new, exciting method for gamers to find games on the Samsung Gaming Hub. Players of Samsung Gaming Hub in the US will be able to play a number of games on Samsung Smart TVs that are compatible with Blacknut for free as a part of a recent effort. Users may play 11 complete games as a part of this “Free Game Pilot” without having to sign up or pay for a subscription during its brief existence. Gamers may attach their compatible Bluetooth controller to the Samsung Gaming Hub and play eleven complete games for free without downloading an app or making an account.
More titles will be added by the end of 2023. The Samsung Gaming Hub is powered by gaming streaming partner Blacknut. Through the Blacknut subscription service, users may create up to five distinct player accounts that are available at the same time. One of the profiles can be activated for a junior gamer, giving them access to a selection of kid- and YA-friendly titles and parental controls. Playable on any device that is suitable and connected, the Blacknut collection has over 600+ high-quality, carefully selected video games.
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On compatible Samsung Smart TVs, the Samsung Gaming Hub in US regions is now offering the 11 titles listed below as part of the temporary “Free Game Pilot”:
- Overcooked! 2
- Asphalt 9: Legends
- For the King
- Arise: A Simple Story
- Golazo! Soccer League
- Despicable Me: Minion Rush
- I am a fish.
- WRC 9: The Official Game
- Cat Quest
- Moving Out
- Pile Up! Box by Box
For the next three months, Samsung Gaming Hub and Blacknut will be running a “Free Game Pilot” that will allow users to play games for free. More games will be introduced throughout the pilot. Blacknut’s distinctive Hybrid Cloud, supported by the outstanding additional assistance of our cloud partners Radian Arc, powered by AMD technology, and Tencent Cloud, will provide the best possible player experience during this special event.
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Mike Lucero, Head of Product Management for Gaming at Samsung, states,At Samsung, we continually look for opportunities to expand choices for players and broaden the horizons of game streaming. Starting today, in collaboration with our partner, Blacknut, players have access to a select number of full games through the Samsung Gaming Hub, completely free.“ With our “Free Game Pilot,” we aim to offer players the opportunity to discover new games instantly, with no downloads or subscriptions required. Our goal is to minimize the time and effort required to pick-up and play and provide a seamless discovery experience directly to our players. We have always prioritized listening to our gaming community, and we anticipate valuable feedback from this limited-time pilot, which will serve as a foundation for our future endeavors.”
Olivier Avaro, CEO at Blacknut, commented,Blacknut continually strives to bring premium cloud gaming to all players by eliminating traditional hardware barriers and growing connectivity across devices and regions. We are thrilled to be the first cloud content provider to provide free access to premium cloud gaming at this scale; the “Free Game Pilot” with Samsung is the next step in bringing the Blacknut catalog to all who wish to play, and we cannot wait to receive feedback from our gaming community in the US and future players.”
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.