Apps & Services
Samsung TV Plus Gets a Fresh Look and Added more Channels with Latest Update
The free, ad-supported streaming service Samsung TV Plus, which it offers for its smart TVs, smartphones, and other devices, has experienced a 60% rise in usage, reveals Samsung. In addition to announcing the milestone, Samsung also included version 5.2 of the Samsung TV Plus app and the customary FAST tubthumping of sheer channel volume, with over 300 accessible in the United States and 2,500 worldwide. Samsung TV Plus, the industry-leading TV manufacturer’s free ad-supported TV (FAST) and video on-demand (AVOD) service, is set to launch with a plethora of new titles, channels, and product features. It is expected to be available on 535 million TV and mobile devices worldwide and reach 24 countries.
Users will get access to the “Best of Kids” programming from over 20 family-friendly channels, kid-friendly television series, and on-demand films through a dedicated kids experience that is part of the new home screen and discoverability features. Popular new material from the Adventures, like,
- Super Mario Bros. 3
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Blippi
- Barney and friends
- Baby Einstein
- Teletubbies
- Caillou
- Ryan and friends
- LEGOTM Channel
- Kidoodle.TV
- Slugterra
- Moonbug
- PBS KIDS
- Strawberry Shortcake
Things that you should not miss about the Samsung TV Plus Version 5.2:
- Expanded “Movie Hub,” a fan favorite:
- Samsung TV Plus has added new channels, Movie Hub West, Movie Hub Action, and Movie Hub Holidays, to its lineup of movie channels after The Movie Hub proved to be successful.
- Brings blockbuster films including “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” and “Titanic.”
- The Most Complete Fast News Offering:
- With the ability to access the news you need from all four major news networks, such as ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC,
- Leading business news networks include Bloomberg TV+, Sky News, Scripps News, Cheddar News, USA Today, and Yahoo Finance.
- Seasonal Preview: “Approaching Holidays”
- Users will have access to movies such as Feliz Navidad, Christmas Angel, among other favorites from Hallmark Movies & More, and Holiday Movie Favorites from Lifetime, spanning genres and channels.
- Along with its trademark Fireplace 4K channel, which has a picture so clear you’ll mistake it for real,
- Samsung TV Plus will also showcase playlists of holiday music videos that are ideal for decorating the halls.
- Wide Variety of Multicultural Entertainment:
- Samsung TV Plus provides a rapidly expanding selection of news and entertainment that is available in several languages and cultures.
- Recently, the service debuted 10 new first-to-FAST Spanish language channels from ViX, the international streaming service from Televisa Univision.
- It also includes Ebony TV on the Lionsgate channel, which offers shows like Are We There Yet?, Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself, Dear White People, The Great Debaters, and Snitch.
Salek Brodsky, SVP and GM, Samsung TV Plus, stated,With phenomenal l year-over-ye growth and an ever-expanding premium lineup of family-friendly shows, music playlists, news, sports programming, and more, Samsung TV Plus has a clear foothold in the FAST landscape. We are thrilled to present our catalog of free premium content from the world’s top creators in our new user experience, designed to enable the seamless discovery of the hundreds of channels and thousands of on-demand movies and TV shows available on Samsung TV Plus.”
Google’s developers are releasing an update for its Android Auto app with great constancy. After providing stable version 11.8, there is a new beta ready to test.
Google released Android Auto 11.9 Beta Update
This new Android Auto 11.9 beta build landed online a few hours ago, allowing users to test its features before the public rollout begins.
The latest Android Auto 11.9 beta is ready to download for all users who have registered for it. However, the update rarely brings significant changes from the previous updates. The mMountainvViewgiant didn’t offer the changelogs for the Android Auto updates, so the only way to find out what’s new in version 11.9 is to install it on your device and look for changes.
In the previous Android Auto 11.8 update, the redesigned Settings menu began rolling out to users. Installing Android Auto 11.9 beta doesn’t guarantee you’ll get the new Settings interface today, but it is required once Google enables the server-side update on your device.
Keep in mind that Android Auto 11.9 is still in the beta stage. As a result, you may encounter bugs and issues after installing it. As a result, you might experience crashes or other issues while using this beta version.
Google’s Gemini AI adds a new convenient and awaited functionality to the Gmail app for Android: the ability to summarize emails.
The previous reports have already revealed that the Gmail app for Android devices is going to have the ability to summarize emails using Google’s Gemini AI. Now, recent reports are revealing that this feature is close to launch.
A colleague Android Authority contributor and reliable cose sleuth Assemble Debug managed to activate the feature on version 2024.04.21.626860299 of the Gmail app. Google has not yet widely rolled out the feature, but we expect it to happen soon.
Expectations are that Google will formally announce the feature at the upcoming I/O 2024 event, along with many other announcements about the upcoming iteration, including the launch of the Pixel 8a.
Once the brand officially rolls out this feature, you will see a “Summarize this email” button under the subject line of their emails. If you hit the button, it will generate a quick summary of the email. This feature should be especially convenient for lengthy emails with lots of text and other details.
You will also have the power to rate the quality of the summary by tapping the thumbs-up and thumbs-down buttons under the summarized text. Probably, this will help Google improve Gemini’s summarizing capabilities. It will also offer a button to copy the summary to the clipboard.
Recently, Samsung has introduced several updates to its application to provide new experiences to its users. For instance, it has provided a new update for QuickShare connectivity and several Good Lock modules. Now, the company has started rolling out the update for the voice recorder.
Samsugn has rolled out a new update for the Voice Recorder application, which comes with version number 21.5.12.02. According to the changelog, the latest update for voice recorders is coming, which will improve the functionality of various functionalities. Unfortunately, the company hasn’t shared details about it. However, since the company introduced the transcribe ability for users with the One UI 6.1, it is possible that the company will improve this ability with this update.
But one thing is certain: if you are experiencing any issues while using any of the features, you should upgrade to the most recent version. To do that, you just need to go to the Galaxy Store and search for the voice recorder. Users can also sidelog the latest version of the application from external sources.
