Galaxy Buds Live support page appears on Samsung’s website

We had exclusively reported last month that Samsung will unveil its upcoming true wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Buds Live, in July. The design and some features of the earbuds have already been leaked. Now, a support page for the wireless earbuds has appeared on Samsung’s own website, confirming that they’re coming soon.

A support page for the Galaxy Buds Live with model number SM-R180 has appeared on Samsung Korea’s website. While the webpage doesn’t reveal images or specifications of the upcoming earbuds, it confirms the existence of the Galaxy Buds Live and hints that they’re launching soon. The earbuds had recently appeared in FCC’s database.

The Galaxy Buds Live are shaped like a kidney bean and feature three microphones on each side for active noise cancellation. They will be launched in three colors: Black, Mystic Bronze, and White. It is also being expected that the upcoming earbuds feature a built-in music player and wireless charging. They’re rumored to be priced below $150 to compete with Apple’s AirPods.

Samsung’s lineup of truly wireless earbuds also includes the Galaxy Buds and the Galaxy Buds+. Both earbuds feature an in-ear-canal design, automatic wear detection, Bluetooth 5.0 with AAC codecs, USB Type-C charging, and Qi wireless charging. The Galaxy Buds+ have relatively superior sound quality, thanks to a dual-driver setup.

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Samsung to spend $83.2 million in 2020 to develop better chip and display tech

Samsung has announced that it plans to spend KRW 100 billion (around $83.2 million) to boost the cooperation between academia and the industry so that better display and semiconductor technologies could be developed. The South Korean tech giant also said that it plans to expand its academia-industry cooperation program in the field of basic sciences such as mathematics and physics.

The company had opened the Industrial-Academy Cooperation Center in July 2018, and it is now celebrating its second anniversary. The cooperation center has supported research projects of more than 700 Ph.D. scholars, students, and university professors since its inception. Samsung’s program allows local universities to use the company’s advanced chip equipment for research projects.

Samsung Electronics said that its latest investment would help researchers at local universities whose projects have been delayed or suspended for the past few months due to the COVID-19 situation. In previous years, the company had invested KRW 40 billion per year to help researchers and students. Last year, Samsung had received requests from 10 universities to use the facilities for 100 research tests, and the company provided them the infrastructure for free.

The South Korean firm is also helping researchers with the registration of patents for ongoing projects. Samsung has devoted 10 percent of its latest investment in the fields of basic sciences such as chemistry, mathematics, and physics, which can be used in the development of new materials and data analysis.

Mr. Lee Han-Kwan, Director of Industrial-Academia Cooperation Center, Samsung Electronics, said, “We will expand our Industry-Academia Cooperation Program with Korean universities to help them in developing excellent and practical R&D. We expect to contribute to building a healthy ecosystem where top talent can expand into the company and expand its capabilities.“

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Samsung could source LCD display panels from LG

After Samsung Display announced its plans to stop the production of LCD panels completely, it was being reported that Sharp will carry on the duty to supply LCD panels to Samsung Electronics. However, Sharp alone can’t provide enough panels to fulfill Samsung’s needs. Now, it is being reported that Samsung is planning to source LCD displays from LG Display.

According to a new report coming out of South Korea, Samsung Electronics is in talks with LG Display for the purchase of LCD panels for its affordable TVs. A deal may be signed in the near future, and LG’s supply volume could be worth anywhere between KRW 1 trillion (around $832.91 million) and KRW 1 trillion (around $1.66 billion).

Earlier, it was being predicted by industry insiders that Samsung could source LCD panels from Chinese firms, China Star Optoelectronics and BOE, and from Taiwanese firm Sharp (now owned by Foxconn). However, it looks like Samsung prefers its rival LG over other firms. LG Display plans to supply large-sized LCD Panels to Samsung from its plant in Guangzhou, China.

This isn’t the first time LG is coming to Samsung’s rescue, though. The South Korean firm had supplied 65-inch and 75-inch LCD panels to Samsung in 2017 after Sharp had abruptly stopped supplying display panels for Samsung TVs. LG and Samsung are fierce rivals in the TV space, with the former claiming its OLED TV technology to be superior, while the latter claiming the same about its QLED TVs.

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Samsung named most beloved brand in Asia for ninth consecutive year

Samsung Electronics was recently named the most beloved brand in Asia, and it has been at the top position for nine years consecutively. The South Korean tech giant was placed at the top among 1,000 brands, and it won the highest rank in five major categories, according to the report.

A survey conducted by market research firms Campaign Asia-Pacific and Nielsen took into account answers from 8,400 people across fourteen nations in Asia. Samsung emerged to the top, followed by Apple Panasonic, LG, Nestle, Sony, Nike, Chanel, Google, and Philips.

Samsung was chosen as the best smart home technology brand, the best smartphone brand, the most powerful brand, and the most sustainable brand in Asia. The report stated that the South Korean firm’s continuous investment in innovation largely contributed to the result. The Galaxy Fold was counted among Samsung’s exceptional initiatives.

The company’s corporate outreach activities such as educational programs at Samsung Innovation Campus and the annual employee volunteer program, Samsung Love and Care, were highly rated in the new report.

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