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Samsung building a futuristic home in Korean smart city
On December 27, Samsung announced that it’s building a futuristic smart home in Busan EDC (Eco-Delta City), which is a national pilot city for smart cities in South Korea. Hosted by Korea Water Resources Corporation, the Eco-Delta City is a smart city built with 30,000 households on an 11.8 km square site in Gangseo-gu, Busan.
As an innovative technology operator in the smart home field, Samsung participated and supplied various home appliances and solutions to the 56th generation of Smart Village, a demonstration complex that is the first to move into Eco-Delta City.
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In South Korea, Smart Village introduces innovative technologies in five fields that include:
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- Healthcare
- Robots
- Living environment
- Data
- Water
These innovative technologies operate in the form of a ‘Living Lab’ where residents can experience a smart home while living in real life for the next five years.
And Samsung’s supplying 15 products including family hub refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, air dressers, dishwashers and vacuum cleaners, as well as QLED TVs, air monitors, and Galaxy Tabs.
Residents use SmartThings
In order to control home appliances, residents use Samsung’s SmartThings app, as well as control lighting, blinds, air conditioning, and heating, check absent visitors, manage unmanned parcels, and check notices. You can use it to live comfortably.
Besides, the Korean tech giant plans to play a role in suggesting an ideal model in the smart home field in the future smart city national pilot city by providing a variety of convergence services that help convenience in life.
Chan-Woo Park, vice president of Samsung Electronics Home Appliance Business Division said:
“Samsung Electronics is actively expanding the customized smart home experience based on premium home appliances and SmartThings, which boasts excellent expandability. We will continue to work hard to develop smart home solutions that allow people to enjoy a lifestyle that suits them.”
Circle to Search feature may be available on the iOS platform this year. In an exciting development, folks over at the Mac Observer discovered that Google is preparing to upgrade Chrome for iOS with Android’s awesome Circle to Search feature.
Chrome for iOS silently added a new “Lens Circle to Search” flag. When enabled, it will likely bring the feature to Apple’s iOS devices. Well, it is expected to be a Lens-powered feature available within the application itself, rather than system-wide integration.
Circle to Search debuted earlier this year with the Galaxy S24 series. It’s developed by Google for Galaxy and Pixel devices. As of now, a number of Samsung and Google devices have access to it. Meanwhile, the expansion may take place to more Android vendors and iOS too.
This feature is literally powered by Google Lens. Thanks to system-wide integration, it feels like a core feature of the Android operating system. Through an app update, Google seems to be planning Circle to Search beyond Android devices.
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Samsung today announced its Galaxy Studio Photo registered over 100,000 visits. This significant number of visitors shows that the company’s photo studio setup at Everland theme park is a big hit among millennials.
Last month, Samsung opened Galaxy Studio Photo at Everland. It allows visitors to experience the Galaxy S24 camera and AI features. In just four weeks, the studio has attracted over 100,000 visitors.
At the Studio, visitors can take pictures with various props in a theme park concept studio and then use Samsung’s Galaxy AI’s “Generative Editing” feature to create photos with a mysterious atmosphere.
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Visitors can use Galaxy AI features to their fullest by taking pictures of Everland’s various animals and plants with the Galaxy S24’s 10x zoom and then using “Circle to Search” to instantly search for related information.
The Korean firm also running an event at Everland. Here, visitors can experience the various features of Samsung Wallet, with the registering consumers will receive snack exchange coupons for Everland theme park.
“We are delighted that the number of visitors to Galaxy Studio Photo at Everland has surpassed 100,000 thanks to the high interest of consumers in Galaxy AI,” said a Samsung Electronics official. “We hope that more visitors will enjoy the fun experiences that the Galaxy S24 series and Galaxy AI have to offer.”
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Samsung’s Galaxy S21 FE now supports the Camera Assistant app. The company has silently brought this upgrade to one of its popular Fan Edition smartphones. However, some Camera Assistant features available in flagship phones don’t arrive on the S21 FE.
Folks over at SamMobile highlight that Camera Assistant support for Galaxy S21 FE went live in January this year. It’s worth noting that the Camera Assistant app received its last update in January, which probably made the S21 FE-supported model.
Camera Assistant is a free-to-download app available on the Galaxy Store. Support for S21 FE was initially planned to arrive with a One UI 6.0 upgrade. The company has also fulfilled its promise, while this significant development didn’t fall under our radar.
Once downloaded, you will be able to make changes to the stock camera application. Camera Assistant allows you to bring a 2x zoom button to the camera viewfinder, picture softening, burst shot when using the timer, distortion correction, and disable long press video recording.
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