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Samsung looking at India and Indonesia as alternative production hubs in Asia

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If you own a Samsung smartphone, there’s a good chance the device was made in a factory in Vietnam. However, is likely to change going forward. Samsung reportedly wants to reduce its dependence on Vietnam for the production of new devices.

According to The Elec, the company is looking at India and Indonesia as alternative production hubs in Asia, with India likely to gain the most from a potential move. The plan reportedly involves reorganizing production capacity across seven different manufacturing facilities spread across Asia.

As of 2021, Vietnam accounts for 60% of Samsung’s global smartphone production capacity, followed by India at 20%, and Indonesia at 4%. The company owns two production facilities in Vietnam that have a combined production capacity of 182 million smartphones a year. By next year, Samsung aims to bring this number down to 163 million smartphones per year.

Samsung’s mobile phone factory in Noida, India, is the world’s largest mobile phone industry

In comparison, India — where Samsung operates a single factory — currently churns out 60 million units a year. By 2022, Samsung wants to increase that figure to 93 million units a year. This makes sense since Samsung’s production facility in India is claimed to be the world’s largest mobile factory. It was inaugurated in July 2018.

Before the pandemic hit, Samsung was on course to increase the production capacity in India to 120 million units. That, however, did not happen, and it seems Samsung is settling for a much lower figure of 93 million units a year in India in the immediate future.

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By the end of 2022, Samsung wants to make 19 million more units in India. As for Indonesia, where Samsung makes 10 million units per year, Samsung aims to increase the output to 18 million units a year.

Once Samsung completes this restructuring process, Vietnam will still account for 50% of its smartphone production. India will increase its share to 29%, while Indonesia will see a marginal increase to 6%. Samsung has earmarked a total of $140 million to facilitate this expansion — with $90 million going to India and $50 million headed to Indonesia.

Samsung’s decision to reorganize its manufacturing strategy is largely the result of increasing labor costs in Vietnam, the report adds. The company was also hit badly by COVID-19-induced lockdowns in Vietnam, which led to prolonged factory shutdowns.

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Samsung One UI 6.1 (Galaxy AI) Official Changelog

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Samsung One UI 6.1 Galaxy AI Changelog

Introduced with the Galaxy S24 series, Samsung‘s One UI 6.1 update has begun expanding to more Galaxy devices from March 28. The changelog of the One UI 6.1 update is now listed with the expansion for the Samsung Galaxy S23 series, Galaxy Z Fold 5, and Galaxy Z Flip 5 smartphones.

One UI 6.1 is the latest custom skin of Samsung, which introduces Galaxy AI features. The update highlights several smart functions to Samsung Internet, Gallery, Voice Recorder, Call, Messages, and more that use AI to provide a better and more intuitive experience.

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Below is a list of all the new features of the One UI 6.1 official version changelog.

Samsung One UI 6.1 Galaxy AI Changelog

Samsung One UI 6.1 Changelog:

Circle to Search

  • Circle to Search quickly provides information about objects, images, or text shown on your screen. Touch and hold the Home button to enable Circle to Search, then simply circle the displayed content using your finger to see additional details.

Call

  • Tap the Call assist button during a phone call.
  • Select Live translate, then start talking. The other person on the call can hear what you say in their language.
  • You can select the language you’d like your call to be translated to. Use the download option in settings to download more languages

Samsung Messages

  • Chat Assist will suggest corrections and other useful details. You can change your writing style or get spelling and grammar corrections and suggestions. For example, after composing a message using the Samsung Messages app, select the AI icon   on the Samsung keyboard, then choose the correction you’d like to implement and wait for the AI to process it.
  • Select Chat translation to view messages in your language.
  • Select Writing style to change the tone of your messages.

Interpreter

  • With Interpreter, you can engage in spontaneous conversations with locals while traveling as the split-screen feature generates text translations for live conversations.
  • Tap Interpreter in the Quick Panel, choose your preferred language, and tap the mic button to speak. You can download additional languages in Interpreter settings.

Samsung Note

  • With AI in Samsung Note, you can simply turn big blocks of text into easy-to-read bullet points with the Auto format option by selecting the AI icon  . In addition to Auto format, you can choose other options. The Summarize option gives you a quick summary of the text you selected. Correct spelling helps to correct your spelling errors. Translate can translate your notes to the language you’d like to translate them to

Voice Recorder

  • With AI, you can easily summarize and translate your voice recording from meetings, lectures, voice memos and more into text by using the Voice Recorder app. In addition, you can summarize them for a quick review.
  • Select a recording you want to transcribe > select Transcribe > select the language > wait for the AI to process the transcription.
  • Once the AI process is completed, you will see the full text transcript. Select Summary if you’d like a quick summary. Select the   button to translate the text to a different language.

Browsing Assist (Samsung Internet)

  • Summarize and translate webpages as you browse the internet.
  • Tap the Browsing assist icon and get a summary or translation of the current webpage, powered by advanced intelligence

Gallery

Generative Edit

  • Reimage your pictures with Photo Editor. You can move people and objects around, resize them, or remove them entirely. You can even change the angle of images, then fill in the gaps around the edges.
  • For example, select a photo from the Gallery app > select Edit > select the  icon > select an object and move it to a different position > select Generate > and select Done once the AI process is completed. Save the image if you like the complete look. Please note, an AI generated image will have a mark   on the bottom of the image to show it is processed by AI and not a real picture.

Edit Suggestions

  • If you’re not sure how to edit a photo or video in the Gallery app, let AI Edit Suggestion help you out. This feature provides editing suggestions, such as removing reflections and unwanted objects, remastering your photos, colorizing and adding portrait effects to transform and elevate your photos and videos.
  • Select the icon to view the suggested editing options on the photo you selected, then chose the option you want to implement.

Call & Text on other devices

  • Call & Message Continuity syncs your calls and messages across your Samsung devices.
  • To enable this, go to settings > Connected devices > select Call & Text on other devices.
  • Once you’re in settings, choose the device you want to sync your calls, messages or both to. Please note Samsung account is needed.

Mobile network settings

  • 5G toggle on and off settings have been added to the Mobile networks menu to allow you to turn off 5G if you don’t want to use it. Simply toggle it back to enable 5G again. Go to settings > Connections > Mobile networks > Choose the 5G setting you want to turn off (“Allow 5G service” or “Use 5G standalone networks” or both).
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Galaxy Z Fold 5 users in Europe receive One UI 6.1 update with Galaxy AI

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Samsung has just recently started rolling out the One UI 6.1 update with Galaxy AI for the Galaxy Z Fold 5 smartphone in the US and the company is now expanding this update in Europe. Users can identify this major update through One UI build version F946BXXU1CXCF.

One UI 6.1 update is based on Android 14 and brings powerful Galaxy AI capability to provide a more intuitive experience. It also installs the March 2024 security update and updates stock apps to the latest available version.

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 users will have to download a 3GB package to install the One UI 6.1 and Galaxy AI features in Europe. If you have received the update notification then install it now to enjoy below mentioned features.

The Circle to Search feature allows users to search by circling objects or text on their screen. During calls, Live Translate provides real-time speech translation. Chat Assist in Samsung Messages offers writing style suggestions, and the Interpreter function converts spoken words to text in various languages.

Moreover, the Gallery app’s Generative Edit enables creative photo editing, while AI Edit Suggestion provides helpful tips. Samsung Note Assist formats text, summarizes content, and translates notes.

Furthermore, the Voice Recorder app now transcribes and summarizes voice recordings. In the Samsung Internet app, users can summarize or translate web pages.

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Samsung Galaxy S23 getting One UI 6.1 and Galaxy AI features in Europe

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Samsung Galaxy S23 One UI 6.1 update Europe

After the US, Samsung has begun releasing One UI 6.1 update for Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra users in Europe. The update brings a bundle of features and enhancements along with the full Galaxy AI suite.

Users of Samsung Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra can identify the One UI 6.1 update in Europe through One UI build version S911BXXU3CXCF, S916BXXU3CXCF and S918BXXU3CXCF respectively.

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One UI 6.1 brings Galaxy AI features and improvements in user experience, performance, and security. The update brings Circle to Search, Live Translate, Chat Assist, Interpreter, Note Assist, Transcript Assist, Browsing Assist, Photo Assist, and Generative Wallpaper.

In addition, it installs a March 2024 security patch to improve system security and stability. If you have received the update then install it now through Settings >> Software Update >> Download and Install.

Breaking: One UI 6.1, Galaxy AI update starts rolling out to Verizon Galaxy S23 series in the US

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