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Samsung Pay to combine Kakao Pay as Apple enters Korea
Samsung has recently announced it’s collaborating with Naver Pay. Now, a new report suggests that Samsung Pay could be integrated with Kakao Pay in South Korea. It’s worth mentioning that Apple Pay recently got the green light to begin servicing in the Korean market.
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According to Koreabizwire sources, Samsung is in talks with Kakao Corp. to mutually integrate mobile payment services between Samsung Pay and Kakao Pay in Korea. This partnership could let Samsung Pay users make online payments and MST-based offline payments (magnetic secure transmission) via the Kakao Pay app.
As a reminder, the South Korean tech giant signed a business agreement with Naver Financial Corp. last month. The agreement cleared the way for Samsung Pay to be used at over 550,000 Naver Pay-affiliated online stores.
Naver Pay and Kakao Pay are the top two mobile payment service providers in South Korea. With collaboration with both firms, Samsung is attempting to establish its mobile payment ecosystem by expanding the usability of Samsung Pay.
Apart from this, a partnership with Samsung Pay would benefit Naver and Kakao by overcoming the limit of using QR codes or barcodes for offline payment, as well as contributing to increasing the number of affiliated stores where their payment services can be used.
It’s worth mentioning that Apple is rapidly targeting Samsung in different fields in the industry. With Apple Pay’s debut in South Korea, Samsung may face tough competition, which has no challenging rival in the country at present.
On May 4th, Samsung revealed that it has partnered with GP Explorer, a Formula 4 competition. The race is making a comeback on September 9 with 12 teams competing in Le Mans. Today, Samsung announced that it will be partaking in GP Explorer 2023 with a Galaxy-themed team and Formula 4 car.
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According to the information, the second edition of the GP Explorer created by Squeezie, of which Samsung is a major partner, will make its big comeback on September 9 with twelve teams competing on the Bugatti Circuit at Le Mans.
Among these stables, a Samsung mystery stable was unveiled today. At the wheel of the Formula 4 in the colors of the brand, two pilots whose identity is still kept secret will share training and behind the scenes of the competition, thanks to the Galaxy S23 Ultra and Galaxy Z Flip4.
Thanks to the excellent photo and video quality of Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra and its super-powerful zoom, the general public will be housed in the front row to follow training, preparation, and behind-the-scenes of the competition.
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Samsung has not yet started the One UI 5 Watch Beta Program. As there are still two days remaining in the month, the company may begin the trial anytime for Galaxy Watch 4 and 5. Well, we are sharing a cool trick using which you can cancel sending diagnostic data to Samsung during One UI 5 Watch Beta.
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In order to participate in the Samsung One UI 5 Watch Beta program, you will need to agree to send diagnostic data at the subscription stage. Without ticking the sign, you won’t be able to sign up for the Beta activity, leading you to wait until late 2023 to get new features of the OS.
However, you can turn this setting off by following the path in the Galaxy Wearable app: Watch settings > Watch information > Legal information > Sending diagnostic data to Samsung. Even with this setting set as OFF, you can still keep and use Beta software.
Regardless, the company recommends setting it as ON, because the diagnostic data is only used for finding problems and improvement points of Beta software. Now, it’s up to you whether you want to share the device’s diagnostic data with Samsung or not.
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Earlier this year, the MX Division revealed a plan to develop XR devices, which Samsung sees as a new cash cow on top of smartphones. KEDGlobal sources are claiming that the Samsung Exynos XR device chip market plan is now taking concrete shape.
The company has been taking steps to develop XR (extended reality) chips to challenge Qualcomm and Google in the fast-growing market. Samsung is reportedly considering developing new processing units for XR (extended reality) products or modifying the existing Exynos line.
Samsung’s System LSI Division, the chip giant’s only fabless division, produces the Exynos series of processors embedded in smartphones, cars and wearable devices. A processor acts as the brain or a central processing unit, but SoCs are not designed for XR gadgets.
XR devices like smart glasses create immersive experiences, enabling three-dimensional virtual meetings and offering live translated captions of foreign languages. Their CPUs gather and process sensor data; measure and track a user’s body and eye movements; and estimate the user’s location.
Qualcomm is at the forefront of the XR device chip development. However, Samsung said earlier this year that it would collaborate with Qualcomm and Google to develop XR devices, independently of its System LSI Division within the company.
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