Apps & Services
Samsung apps that are available for all Android users
Samsung is one of the leading hardware companies, but in the past few years, the Korean giant has been focusing on the software department; there are many useful apps designed by the company which are not only available for Samsung users but also available for other Android users.
Here we are listing some apps that offer useful functionalities, and they will be available for every Android user.
Samsung Internet
Samsung Internet is one of the best browsing applications for Android devices. Several features in the app make it more useful; let’s explore them.
Privacy Dashboard – you can see the trackers blocked by the app, which is trying to see your browsing history. It also blocks pop-ups and automatic downloads and gets warnings about harmful sites.
Secret Mode – It is basically a more powerful version of incognito mode; you can lock secret mode with a password or fingerprint to secure your private tabs.
Video Assistant: It also provides a video player with intuitive gesture-based controls to replace the native video player of a third-party app.
Samsung Internet comes preloaded with every Samsung smartphone, but it is available for all Android devices; you can easily install it from the Play Store.
Samsung Health
Samsung Health application allows you to manage your health. The app allows you to automatically record many activities, creating a healthy lifestyle easier and simpler than ever. You can easily track and manage your fitness activities, such as running, cycling, swimming, etc. It can also monitor your sleep patterns in more detail with the Galaxy watch. Make your mornings more refreshing by improving the quality of your sleep levels and sleep scores.
Apart from these, it also offers some exclusive features for women’s health. It supports menstrual cycle tracking, related symptom management, and personalized insights and content through your partner. The app is available for all Android users; you can download it from the Play Store.
Samsung PENUP
Samsung PENUP is a social network platform that is made for creatives; here, you can create and share your original artwork, participate in events and challenges, view popular artwork, and follow your favorite creatives.
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The app is designed to give a creative environment to drawing lovers; it supports the S-PEN so you can easily smoothly make different artworks; however, the S-PEN is mandatory for drawing if you have a third-party stylus, you can easily do that in the PENUP application.
Samsung SmartThings
SmartThings provides an interface to control your smart home devices. It is compatible with over 100 smart home brands. So you can control all of your smart home gadgets in one place. With the smartThings, you can control multiple smart homes quicker and easier.
You can easily connect your Samsung smart TVs, smart applications, smart speakers, and brands like Ring, Nwar, and Philips Hue all from one app. This app is available on Play Store, so anyone who uses an Android phone can download it.
Samsung Smart Switch
Smart Switch offers you the freedom to move your contacts, music, photos, calendar, text messages, device settings, and more to your new Galaxy device. Plus, Smart Switch™ helps you find your favorite apps or suggest similar ones on Google Play.
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This application is also used for cross platforms, iOS owners can transfer data from their drive to any Galaxy device or other Android devices; this application works on iOS 5.0 or above. And it also gives you connectivity with Windows, so you can also transfer the data to your PC as well.
Samsung has released a new update for the “Samsung Core Services” application, version 3.1.01.1. With the latest update, the company has brought many significant changes to its applications, but they will surely improve their functionality.
According to the changelog, the latest update for the Samsung Core Services application includes new improvements, minor bug fixes, and some device performance enhancements.
For your information, Samsung Core Services is an application that provides the primary features used by Samsung applications quickly and easily through application updates, as opposed to software updates.
If you want to get the constant service of the Korean giant’s original application, then you should keep the “Samsung Core Services” application up-to-date. To do that, simply go to the Galaxy Store, select the menu option, then tap on the update option. If the update is available, tap the update button.
For starters, the Samsung Core Services application gives several utility options, such as Samsung Search. It provides a device search engine platform that enhances the functionality of various Samsung applications, including Contacts, Settings, and Finder. Along with this, the application also offers query suggestions to users, manages the incoming message, and extracts the verification to provide inline suggestions in the keyboard.
Samsung is delicately providing photo editing tools under the Gallery application. It has recently introduced some new features with the One UI 6.1 update, which also brings enhancements to the photo editing features. To maintain its stability, the company has released a new update.
Samsung Photo Editor Update
The Samsung photo editor update is coming with the firmware version number 3.4.21.45. The latest update doesn’t get any official description about the changes, but it is expected that the update will improve some functional improvements that will enhance the working of the editing features.
If you are having any issues editing photos through the default photo editor after installing One UI 6.1, then you should check out the latest update from the Galaxy Store. It is worth noting that the update comes with a software package of 51.81 MB and is limited to Galaxy devices running Android 14 and One UI 6.0 or above.
Samsung’s photo editor offers a variety of tools that allow users to easily edit photos in various ways. Use the transformation menu for concision edits such as changing angles, resizing, and more, as well as different filters from the menu to change the overall feel of your photo. Along with this, there are multiple features available that will help you give the photo a whole new touch, and Samsung frequently adds new features from time to time, so keep the application up-to-date to get a better experience.
Google is not only responsible for providing major software support for Android devices, but it is also continuously working to enhance some utility features through its original applications. One such example is Google Photos, which has recently introduced several AI features that help to quickly edit photos and provide some features to manage videos. Recently, the company has introduced the ‘Carousel’ element, which adds innovative photo exploration to the application.
Google has brought a new update for its multimedia manager application, Google Photos. It is spotted on the Play Store with the version number 6.81. With the software update, the company has made a new change to the main screen of the application. After installing the latest update, when the user opens the application, it will provide a fresh experience while scrolling through images on the main screen.
Carousel gets a new effect and gives a new photo-exploring experience
With the new update, Google has introduced a new ‘Carousel’ component of the Material 3 library. Now, when you scroll, it offers a smooth parallax effect, which is different from normal scrolling. The component is stacked on top of the screen, which gives you the opportunity to revisit old memories with different tabs. To get the new scrolling tab, you just need to update the application to the latest version.
How to update Google Photos
Google Photos update is now available to download. Users can easily install the latest update via the Google Play Store. To directly jump to the download page, you can use this link, or you can also usually go to the Google Play Store and search for Google Photos.