Samsung has confirmed that Mexico is the latest market to get its game-changing Samsung Pay service. This makes Mexico the second Latin market and 20th in the world to get Samsung Pay. Samsung Pay, as we all know, allows users to use their compatible Samsung Galaxy devices to make payments at physical PoS. However, the […]
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Bixby Voice goes live in India
As promised, Samsung has enabled Bixby Voice service for customers in India. The service is now available to all customers in India using the Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ or the Galaxy Note8 with US English as the default language. However, even with the US English, Samsung says, Bixby in India has been optimised to understand […]
Netflix adds HDR playback for Galaxy Note 8
Netflix has quietly added support for HDR-enabled content for Samsung’s Galaxy Note8. First noticed by https://www.sammobile.com/2017/09/04/netflix-starts-supporting-hdr-galaxy-note-8/SamMobile, the inclusion of Samsung’s latest device makes it the first smartphone from the Korean giant to support Netflix HDR-streaming. The discontinued Galaxy Note7, Galaxy Tab S3 and the Galaxy S8 series supports HDR functionality. Galaxy Note8 supports HDR10 format […]
Bixby Voice now rolling out to all US Galaxy S8 users
Samsung today announced the rollout of Bixby Voice for all Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ users in the United States. The official launch comes after a month Samsung started the Bixby Voice preview for select users. Updated Bixby now allows users to “navigate through select phone apps, services and settings with a combination of voice […]
Preview Bixby Voice before it goes live in US
Bixby’s capabilities have been limited to a few tricks but Samsung is now looking to expand it by adding voice-control capability. However, before rolling out to every Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ customer in the US, Samsung is inviting limited users to try out Bixyby’s voice feature. Bixby aspires to more than a run-of-the-mill virtual […]