Samsung unveils DRVLINE self-driving car platform

Samsung has been focusing on avenues of potential future growth and it believes that self-driving cars hold great promise. The company has been working in this space but not with ambitions of making its own self-driving car. It’s going to make the hardware and software that powers the technological systems required to make a car drive itself. The company today unveiled its DRVLINE autonomous driving platform that unifies its self-driving car technology...

Harman’s Digital Cockpit platform brings Bixby to cars

Harman International became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung less than a year ago. The company didn’t just own a variety of premium audio brands. It has made significant technological advancements in connected technologies for the automotive industry. Samsung and Harman now have a joint mission to become the leader in the in-car connectivity market. To that end, Harman today unveiled a reinvented...

Bixby coming to Samsung Smart TVs this year

Samsung introduced Bixby with the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ last year and it was only a matter of time before the company expanded its AI-powered virtual assistant to other devices. Smart TVs seem to be a natural habitat for assistants like Bixby and with competitors like Google Home and Alexa already having an established presence in this space, Samsung is finally bringing Bixby into the fold as well. The company has confirmed today that all Samsung...

Samsung outlines strategy for a seamless Internet of Things experience

Samsung has revealed its vision for an intelligent and seamless Internet of Things experience at the Consumer Electronics Show 2018 in Las Vegas today. It has unveiled new products and services that will connect consumers across the devices at home and on the go. Samsung also revealed that it has spent more than $14 billion on research and development in 2017. It has created a new artificial intelligence...

Watch Samsung CES 2018 press conference live stream online

Samsung’s much-awaited CES 2018 press conference takes place in just over an hour. The company already unveiled a couple of new consumer electronics products during its First Look event yesterday. The CES 2018 press conference will provide us with a broader look at some of its plans for the new year. Watch Samsung CES 2018 press conference live stream There have been a lot of rumors recently about what Samsung will talk about during its CES 2018...

Galaxy Note 8 finally gets December patch, Secure Wi-Fi and Live Focus improvements in the UK

The unbranded Galaxy Note 8 (SM-N950F) hasn’t received any new firmware updates in the United Kingdom since September 2017. This means that users have missed out on features like Secure Wi-Fi that were added over the past month. Even the security patch wasn’t updated until today. Samsung is now rolling out a new firmware update for the unbranded Galaxy Note 8 in the United Kingdom. The update includes...

Samsung planning to launch the Galaxy On7 Prime in India next week

In 2015, Samsung launched their Galaxy On series smartphones in India to compete with Chinese brands in online sales. Since then Samsung has been gradually adding new models to their Galaxy On line-up. Samsung currently sells Galaxy On5 Pro, Galaxy On7 Pro, and Galaxy On Max in India. As per a report in IANS, Samsung is now planning to launch the Galaxy On7 Prime in India as an Amazon-exclusive in...

Samsung’s new Family Hub refrigerator comes with Bixby and SmartThings integration

Samsung has unveiled their new Family Hub refrigerator at CES 2018. The new Family Hub refrigerator comes with a long list of features pertaining to food management, home automation, and entertainment. The new Family Hub refrigerator offers features like checking what’s inside the fridge from anywhere, leaving notes on the ‘White Board’, seeing who is at the front door through a connected doorbell,...

[Poll] Would you pay more for Samsung’s experimental/research devices?

Samsung is gigantic, to say the least, and it also happens to be one of the most innovative corporations. For the last few years, though, Samsung has playing it safe when it comes to launching game-changing products before the market is ready for them. It’s great for the average consumer that the company is focusing on making things work right instead of being the first out the gate with a new product, but it’s not so good for the die-hard fans. Early...

Galaxy A8 (2018) goes on sale in the Netherlands

Samsung’s newest Galaxy A lineup is now available for purchase in the Netherlands, or at least the smaller of the Galaxy A8 handsets is. The Galaxy A8 (2018) can be purchased in the country starting today for a price of €499, in black, gold, or gray. The blue version isn’t on offer yet, and is likely to take a few months to arrive even if Samsung plans to make it available in the Netherlands....