Apps & Services
Samsung Unveils “Designed for Samsung Gaming Hub” Program for Accessories
With the announcement of its “Designed for Samsung Gaming Hub” program, Samsung has stated that details will be revealed at CES 2024. To allow other businesses to create and market peripherals that work with the Samsung Gaming Hub, a third-party collaboration program is being launched. One of the things it announced was its collaboration with Performance Designed Products (PDP), a partner in gaming accessories. Designed specifically for the Samsung Gaming Hub, PDP is the first third-party partner to launch a product with an official license.
The “Designed for Samsung Gaming Hub” label, which indicates that the product has been tested for quality, performance, safety, and security on Samsung devices, will start to appear to gamers this year. No matter what Samsung device to play on that is supported, accessories with this badge ensure the greatest possible game streaming experience on Samsung Gaming Hub.
Although the PDP Replay’s official release date has not yet been announced by the firm, you may pre-order it now for $50. In the meantime, Samsung’s CES exhibit will include both Gaming Hubs on the new controller. The first device to be “Designed for Samsung Gaming Hub,” the “Replay Midnight Blue” wireless controller from PDP, was also unveiled by Samsung today. The manufacturer claims that the built-in battery of the new controller provides up to 40 hours of playback for the Replay Wireless Controller. The low-latency Bluetooth communication of the PDP also has a 30-foot range.
The Samsung gaming hub features a home button that instantly launches the gaming hub, an intuitive TV volume control button, and more. At the Samsung stand at CES, gamers can get a closer look at the “Replay Midnight Blue.” Pre-orders for the control can now be placed on the PDP website, Amazon.com, and BestBuy.com.
Jiho Ha, Head of Service Partnerships Group at Samsung Electronics, said, “Samsung recognizes the indispensable role of accessories in elevating gaming experiences. Building on our already-high level of compatibility, the ‘Designed for Samsung Gaming Hub’ program will see us collaborating with trusted partners to craft accessories that further enhance the premier experience of the Samsung Gaming Hub.”
Good Lock plays a key role in providing a platform for all the customizing applications or plugins of the Galaxy devices. For information, it provides several types of plugins like NavStar, QuickStar, LockStar, Camera Assistant, and many more. With these plugins, users can perform several customizations for the smartphone UI, including navigation bars, lock screens, home screens, notifications, and many more. To manage these plugins more conveniently, the company has started rolling out the update for Good Lock.
Good Lock is receiving a new update, version 2.2.04.95. With the latest update, the company has introduced some new changes that will fix the phenomenon of installation and deletion of modules, so users can easily manage them according to their requirements.
Along with this, the changelog also says to bring some fixes for the security-related functionalities, so if you are also having some issues while using any of the functions of Good Lock or want to get some performance enhancements, then you should go for the latest Good Lock update.
If you want to install the latest version of Good Lock, you can check its availability from the Galaxy Store. If it is available, tap on the update button, but if it isn’t available, you can also sideload the application through some external sources.
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.