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				<title>Samsung Elevates OLED TV Gaming Experience with NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatibility</title>
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									<description><![CDATA[Samsung Electronics today announced that its 2025 OLED TV lineup will feature NVIDIA G-SYNC compatibility, delivering ultra-smooth gameplay, low latency, and]]></description>
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<p>Samsung Electronics today announced that its 2025 OLED TV lineup will feature <strong>NVIDIA G-SYNC</strong> compatibility, delivering ultra-smooth gameplay, low latency, and enhanced responsiveness to meet the needs of gaming enthusiasts worldwide.</p>
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<p>With <strong>NVIDIA G-SYNC</strong> compatibility, Samsung’s 2025 OLED TVs synchronize the TV’s refresh rate with the GPU’s frame rate, reducing screen tearing and stuttering for a seamless and immersive gaming experience.<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1"><span>[1]</span></a> Paired with Samsung’s <strong>Motion Xcelerator</strong> technology, which supports refresh rates up to 165Hz, gamers can enjoy exceptionally fluid visuals and sharp clarity during fast-paced action scenes.</p>
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<p>“With the addition of NVIDIA G-SYNC compatibility and our most advanced gaming features yet, Samsung’s 2025 OLED TVs deliver elite-level performance for even the most competitive players,” said Kevin Lee, Executive Vice President of the Visual Display Customer Experience Team at Samsung Electronics. “By building on our leadership in display innovation and integrating real-time AI enhancements, we’re redefining what gamers can expect from a TV—on and off the battlefield.”</p>
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<p>The new lineup also supports <strong>AMD FreeSync Premium Pro</strong>, ensuring broad compatibility and adaptive sync performance across a range of GPUs. Additional core gaming features include <strong>Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) </strong>to minimize input lag and deliver instant response, and <strong>Samsung Gaming Hub</strong>, which provides instant access to console and cloud-based gaming platforms, including <strong>Xbox</strong> and <strong>NVIDIA GeForce NOW</strong>.</p>
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<p>To further elevate gameplay, the 2025 OLED TVs introduce <strong>AI Auto Game Mode</strong>, which intelligently analyzes game genres and scene content in real time to automatically optimize picture and sound settings—eliminating the need for manual adjustments. Gamers can also take advantage of the <strong>Game Bar</strong>, a pop-up interface that allows quick access to key settings without exiting the game.</p>
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<p>While engineered for elite gaming, Samsung’s OLED TVs also deliver a premium cinematic and connected home experience as well. Features such as <strong>AI Upscaling</strong>, <strong>Glare Free</strong> screen technology, and <strong>SmartThings</strong> integration ensure immersive visuals and effortless control in any environment.</p>
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<p>The NVIDIA G-SYNC compatibility feature will be available on Samsung’s flagship S95F model and will subsequently roll out to additional models in the 2025 OLED lineup.</p>
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<p>For more information on Samsung OLED TVs, please visit <a href="http://www.samsung.com">www.samsung.com</a></p>
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<h6><a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> NVIDIA G-SYNC compatibility requires connection to a compatible NVIDIA graphics card and may require enabling VRR settings in both the TV and GPU driver settings. Performance may vary depending on system configuration.</h6>
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				<title>[Editorial] Connecting Innovation and Sustainability: Samsung’s Focus for CES 2023</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>We are living in a world that is very complex and changing rapidly.</p>
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<p>We now have to navigate uncharted waters where everything is changing – from technology to markets to consumers – and we face additional challenges of the pandemic and uncertainties in the global economy.</p>
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<p>As such, the ‘environment’ and the ‘experience’ of how we live has become more important, and our concern for creating a sustainable future has deepened.</p>
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<p>As a global leader in consumer electronics and information and communication technologies (ICT), Samsung Electronics has a responsibility to establish an eco-conscious value chain through its innovative technologies and products, as well as to provide more valuable and enlightening experiences to each and every consumer.</p>
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<p>That is why Samsung has been focusing all its efforts to recognize sustainable innovation as the essential value and key element in its business.</p>
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<p>At CES 2023 in January, Samsung will outline its plan for “Bringing Calm to Our Connected World” by underlining our responsibilities and vision to strive towards this goal and share our journey together for creating a sustainable and prosperous future.</p>
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<h3><strong>SmartThings: Providing Evolved Hyper-Connected Experiences That Are Invisible Yet Present in Our Lives</strong></h3>
<p>At CES 2023, Samsung will present a new and expanded SmartThings experience that integrates your home ecosystem seamlessly with a system that is supported by enhanced security.</p>
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<p>We will also explore easier and safer ways to connect devices and appliances, and how to make customized experiences for each user more precise using AI.</p>
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<p>We are closely cooperating with various industry partners to embody the SmartThings experience, creating a new path to provide optimal and customized connected experiences to users according to their individual preferences and lifestyles.</p>
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<h3><strong>Sustainable Future in the Hyper-Connected Era</strong></h3>
<p>In order to provide better daily life experiences, Samsung has been paying attention to how technology can address difficulties and problems encountered in everyday life. In addition, we have continued to identify ways to contribute to creating a more sustainable future by developing products that are sustainable and equipped with innovative technologies.</p>
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<p>Since we announced our <span><a href="https://news.samsung.com/ca/samsung-electronics-announces-new-environmental-strategy">new environmental strategy in September of 2022</a></span>, we have underlined how we plan to contribute to overcoming the climate change crisis through our innovative technologies, including ultra-low power semiconductors and energy saving products. We also announced our goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.</p>
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<p>Saving energy through SmartThings and developing eco-conscious innovative products showcase how we are upholding our sustainable, forward-thinking values.</p>
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<p>In addition, we are actively promoting our environmental and societal efforts by participating in sustainable business management partnerships with other stakeholders such as international organizations, industry players and citizens.</p>
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<p>We joined the steering committee for the Asia Clean Energy Coalition (ACEC), together with major global companies and NGOs, in order to expand renewable energy supply to the major production bases in Asia.</p>
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<p>Furthermore, we joined the Semiconductor Climate Consortium (SCC) as a founding member during the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference held in November of 2022. Through this organization, we aim to set and implement plans to reduce the overall greenhouse gas emissions of the semiconductor industry, create eco-conscious ecosystems by setting a carbon reduction target, develop greenhouse gas reduction technologies and support green technology startups.</p>
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<p>We will continue to pave the way for the hyper-connected era, empowering consumers to help create a sustainable future by simply using Samsung products.</p>
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<h3><strong>Samsung’s Sustainable Journey</strong></h3>
<p>When developing new technology for users, we have always been asking the question “What should we do?” rather than “What can we do?” This is because technology can change the way people communicate with each other and experience the world, making daily life more enriching and acting as the driving force toward a better future.</p>
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<p>At CES 2023, we will show our industry-leading efforts that go beyond simply making great products with advanced technologies and aim to unleash new experiences through technology, making our daily lives and the world better.</p>
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				<title>Samsung Showcases the Future of Connected Living at CES 2019</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 23:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
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									<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Mississauga, Ont. – January 9, 2019 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced how the company’s investment and leadership in AI, IoT, and]]></description>
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16"><b>Mississauga, Ont. – January 9, 2019 –</b><span> </span>Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced how the company’s investment and leadership in AI, IoT, and 5G technologies will serve as the building blocks for its vision for Connected Living. The company also unveiled its future AI-powered robotics platforms, which can be used to manage activities of daily living, such as helping an aging population independently manage their health routine.</span></p>
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">“2019 is Samsung Electronics 50<sup>th</sup><span> </span>anniversary, and for the last five decades, we’ve been committed to bringing meaningful innovations to consumers everywhere,” said HS Kim, President and CEO of Consumer Electronics Division, Samsung Electronics. “In 2019, we’re taking things to the next level, and leveraging our industry leadership to make our vision of Connected Living a reality.”</span></p>
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<span style="color: #333399;">Accelerating the Intelligence of Things with IoT, 5G, and AI</span><br />
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Driving Samsung’s Connected Living philosophy is the Intelligence of Things – IoT, 5G, and AI working together across devices, to create seamless experiences. At its CES press conference in Las Vegas today, the company explained how its work in these core technologies is enabling innovation throughout its product portfolio.<br />
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Since unifying the SmartThings app and introducing the SmartThings Cloud, the SmartThings ecosystem has grown significantly. The number of registered SmartThings users has grown 220 percent and app installs have increased 61 per cent. The number of partners participating in this ecosystem has also grown by 44 per cent. Today, consumers can enjoy SmartThings experiences with devices from top global brands like Amazon, Google, Bose, Sylvania, and Plume.<br />
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Samsung leveraged its telecommunications leadership to make major strides in bringing 5G connectivity to consumers. Samsung is the number one patent holder with ETSI[1], having registered more than 2,000 5G essential patents as of November 2018. And it is the world’s first company to receive FCC approval in the U.S. on its commercial 5G network infrastructure equipment. The company powered the commercialization of home and mobile 5G networks with major U.S. carriers and all three mobile carriers in Korea, with additional trials running in Europe and Asia.<br />
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Samsung believes that AI is most useful when it helps to simplify a complex world. To that end, the company established seven Global AI Centers, and is adopting unique technologies into its products and services. And to ensure that Samsung works with the best and the brightest in the field, Samsung NEXT and the Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC) have invested in more than 20 AI-related startups over the last five years.<br />
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<span style="color: #333399;">Bixby, Samsung’s Intelligence Platform, Expands</span><br />
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Bixby started as a smarter way to use your Galaxy phone. Today, it is evolving to become a scalable, open AI platform that will support more and more devices. The company announced that Bixby intelligence will be infused into its 2019 QLED and premium TVs, and smart appliances like refrigerators, washers, as well as air conditioners, mobile devices, AI speakers and more. What’s more, Bixby is expanding to a new Digital Cockpit and robotics platforms.<br />
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Uber, Ticketmaster and others are using Bixby to make their services more intelligent. Today, Samsung announced that iHeartRadio joined as a new partner. And, Bixby will continue to grow as more partners, such as Google, join the ecosystem.</span></p>
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Samsung also announced its core AI philosophy: Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. As it works to advance AI technology, Samsung is committed to ensuring the algorithms it builds are inclusive, the protection of user information and privacy are top priorities, and it’s easy for consumers to understand what the company does with their data and how it is handled.<br />
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<span style="color: #333399;">Next Level Experience of Samsung’s 2019 Portfolio</span><br />
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Samsung also introduced a lineup of new innovations, all of which streamline and simplify day-to-day tasks, and offer a more personalized and unique experience for each user, in a way that only Samsung can.</span></p>
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<p><b>Entertainment:</b></p>
<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Samsung unveiled its 98” QLED 8K – it’s largest yet – adding to its 2019 lineup that features 65”, 75”, 82”, and 85” models. Embedded with the Quantum Processor 8K chip, the 2019 8K line delivers the best in QLED picture quality, design, smart features in more sizes than ever in stunning 8K resolution. Whether a viewer is watching content through a streaming service, set-top box, HDMI, USB or even mobile screen mirroring, Samsung’s proprietary AI-based technology can recognize and upscale any content, regardless of the native resolution, to near pristine 8K quality. This is Samsung’s smartest and most powerful TV yet.</span></p>
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">In 2019, Samsung Smart TVs offer more ways to search for content and more compatibility with connected devices than ever before. Users also have more options than ever to quickly and easily find and control their favourite content with just their voice by using new Bixby and the AI Remote as well as even more ways to control their Samsung TVs through Amazon Echo and Google Home.</span></p>
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">In a move to deliver more entertainment options, value and open platform functionality to Samsung Smart TV users, Samsung announced it will offer iTunes Movies and TV Shows and Apple AirPlay 2 support on 2019 Samsung Smart TV models beginning this spring. Support on 2018 Samsung Smart TVs will be made available via a firmware update. In an industry first, a new iTunes Movies and TV Shows app will debut only on Samsung Smart TVs in more than 100 countries. AirPlay 2 support will be available on Samsung Smart TVs in 190 countries worldwide.</span></p>
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<p><b>Home:</b></p>
<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Family Hub 2019 is more intuitive and intelligent than ever before. The new Family Board offers a completely redesigned screen experience, letting family members communicate and share memories in a creative space on the front of the fridge. Honored with a CES 2019 Innovation Award, Family Hub 2019 with the new Bixby lets users interact in natural language to get answers to complicated questions, preset the oven, search for recipes, and even call an Uber. In addition, Bixby visually shows you information on the screen for a richer experience and displays an array of visual information. These new features will also be available via automatic update for most earlier Family Hub models.</span></p>
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<p><b>Work:</b></p>
<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Samsung revealed a line of new, innovative products that combine productivity and flexibility to help consumers get things done more conveniently. Samsung Space Monitor leverages its sleek design and functionality to allow users to focus on what’s on the screen and not what’s around it. Its unique built-in space saving solution, a minimalist, fully-integrated clamp stand that grips to the desk, tilting back and forth to free up space for optimal user productivity. Beyond aesthetics, Samsung’s Space Monitor is a feature-rich, high-performance monitor. The 27-inch model offers QHD resolution for incredibly detailed, sharp images, while the 32-inch model presents content in 4K UHD.</span></p>
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<p><b>Connected Driving:</b></p>
<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Samsung also presented its latest development with HARMAN, showcasing its innovation in automotive technology. The Digital Cockpit 2019 offers an enhanced connected car experience focused on connectivity, personalization, and safety.</span></p>
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">With the integration of Bixby’s connected car experience, drivers can remotely check how much gas they have before going on a long road trip or set the car temperature before heading out for the day. Using onboard cameras, the new Digital Cockpit recognizes specific drivers and passengers and sets up the car’s personal space accordingly – adjusting the display preferences, seat height, lighting, and queuing up favorite playlists. Passengers can even enjoy personalized screens on the rear seats and connect to In-vehicle Samsung DeX to get work done on-the-go. The Digital Cockpit 2019 also provides a safer driving experience with the mirror replacement vision system and camera-based safety solutions.</span></p>
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">All of this is possible thanks to Cellular-V2X technology that incorporates Samsung’s expertise in mobile network solutions with automotive technologies. With Samsung’s C-V2X, cars will be able to receive and analyze information that will make the driving experience safer and more enjoyable.</span></p>
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<p><b>Device Solutions:</b></p>
<p><span class="s-font-size-16">In order to power tomorrow’s AI technologies, Samsung emphasized that today’s AI infrastructure must evolve to handle intelligence at the edge. For this reason, the company is working to launch a comprehensive portfolio of solutions that will shape the future of intelligent devices.</span></p>
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Samsung’s mobile memory and AI-enabled processors, including the recently-announced Exynos Auto line, will allow for faster and more efficient on-device processing. At the same time, its advanced memory solutions will meet the rigorous demands of tomorrow’s datacenters and enterprises as they look to complete more complex AI tasks.</span></p>
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<h3><span style="color: #333399;">Robotics Platforms for the Future of AI</span></h3>
<p><span class="s-font-size-16">Samsung offered a peek into the future of Connected Living by demonstrating its latest developments in robotics platforms including the Samsung Bot Care, Samsung Bot Air, Samsung Bot Retail, and Samsung GEMS. Among the robotics platforms, Samsung gave a first public demonstration of Samsung Bot Care, which helps consumers manage their daily health routines. With its advances in AI and robotics, the company is harnessing its best assets to make a positive impact on society and shape a better world.</span></p>
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<p><span class="s-font-size-16">For more information including photos and videos, please visit<span> </span><a href="https://news.samsung.com/">news.samsung.com</a>. Samsung’s CES booth #15006 is on Level 1 of Central Hall in the Las Vegas Convention Center and will be open from January 8-11, 2019.</span></p>
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				<title>Samsung Delivers Vision for Open and Intelligent IoT Experiences to Simplify Everyday Life</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 20:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><strong>Mississauga, ON – January 9, 2018 –</strong><span> </span>Samsung Electronics Canada today at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) outlined its vision and strategy for intelligent Internet of Things (IoT) experiences.</p>
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<p>During today’s press conference, Samsung demonstrated its unique ability to deliver simplified, seamless connected consumer experiences across Samsung devices at home, at the office and on-the-go. Samsung has been working to make all Samsung products IoT ready by 2020. In addition, the company announced today its plan to advance IoT adoption via an open, consistent and intelligent platform.</p>
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<p>&#8220;At Samsung, we believe IoT should be as easy as flipping a switch. With the new products and services announced today, we’re making IoT easy and seamless,” said Hyunsuk (HS) Kim, President, Head of Samsung’s Consumer Electronics Division and Samsung Research. “We’re committed to accelerating IoT adoption for everyone and making all Samsung connected devices intelligent by 2020. These advancements will help consumers realize the benefits of a seamless and simple connected life.&#8221;</p>
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<h3><span style="color: #333399;">Intelligence of Things for Everyone</span></h3>
<p>The Samsung IoT philosophy is built on the concept of open innovation, making it accessible to more people and when infused with intelligence, enabling consumers to personalize their experience. Today’s fragmented and complex IoT ecosystem is a barrier to adoption. For IoT to be approachable and accessible, it requires scale and open innovation. Thanks to a robust portfolio of Samsung products including TVs, appliances and smartphones, and 5G connectivity leadership, Samsung is well-positioned to deliver an open IoT ecosystem via SmartThings.</p>
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<p>Samsung is working with partners such as the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) to set common industry standards. OCF is the largest IoT standardization body in the world and Samsung’s ARTIK chip, air conditioner and Family Hub refrigerator have already been certified by the association for interoperability criteria needed for IoT.</p>
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<p>In spring 2018, Samsung will unite its IoT applications, including Samsung Connect, Smart Home, Smart View and more into the SmartThings app to connect and control any SmartThings-enabled device directly from their phone, TV, or car from a single application. Additionally, Samsung announced plans to connect HARMAN Ignite to the SmartThings Cloud, moving the IoT experience beyond the smart home to the car.</p>
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<p>An integral part of Samsung’s vision is to connect devices and make them intelligent. With Bixby, Samsung is bringing its personalized intelligence service to more devices. In 2018, select Samsung Smart TVs and new Family Hub refrigerators will have voice control via Bixby to simplify everyday tasks. With devices and services working together and infused with intelligence, in-home activities become easier.</p>
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<p>Because increased connectivity requires improved security, Samsung announced that it has incorporated its trusted Samsung Knox technology into its connected devices, including Smart TVs and Smart Signage, additional mobile products and Smart appliances. Knox technology includes a hardware security system and firmware updates to help ensure devices are protected.</p>
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<h3><span style="color: #333399;">Building the Connected Future</span></h3>
<p>Samsung highlighted its ongoing commitment to investing in breakthrough technologies. In 2017, Samsung spent more than $14 billion on R&amp;D. The company also increased investments through Samsung NEXT – a key initiative to accelerate its transformation into an integrated hardware and software company.</p>
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<p>Samsung also created a new AI Center as part of its newly consolidated Samsung Research unit. The AI Center, which includes four labs in Toronto, Montreal, Cambridge (UK) and Russia in 2018, will be coupled with Samsung’s ongoing work in Korea and in Silicon Valley and the company’s M&amp;A activities to drive its AI ambitions forward.</p>
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<h3><span style="color: #333399;">Seamless Device Experiences</span></h3>
<p>New products and services announced at CES 2018 highlight exactly how Samsung is making progress to create seamless IoT experiences.</p>
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<li><strong>Home:</strong>Starting this year, Samsung Smart TVs will create a connected fabric between devices to provide effortless log-in for users from the moment the TV is unboxed. The new Family Hub refrigerators offer a wide range of smart features like syncing food storage with meal preparation, and keeping family members better connected and organized. Samsung Smart TVs and Family Hub refrigerators featuring Bixby, give Samsung TVs greater access to applications, the ability to easily search movies by genre and actors and display personal photos and provide the Family Hub refrigerators with the ability to recognize individual voices of family members and give personalized information such as news, weather and calendar updates. Samsung Smart TVs and Family Hub refrigerators will also operate on a single connected cloud platform, the SmartThings Cloud, serving as a smart dashboard to monitor and control connected devices.</li>
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<li><strong>Office:</strong>Samsung is redefining the concept of the traditional office with flexible solutions that fit the needs of the modern mobile workforce. The 55-inch Samsung Flip interactive digital flip chart simplifies office collaboration by connecting seamlessly with group members’ smartphones and notebooks for faster content and idea sharing. Up to four different participants can introduce content or annotate directly on screen at the same time using either their fingers or an embedded pen.</li>
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<li><strong>Mobility:</strong>Samsung is helping to lead the transition to 5G networks that will usher in a new set of connected experiences. Samsung is partnering with wireless carriers and broadband providers to conduct the first customer trials of 5G connectivity with up to 100 times faster speeds than the 4G LTE available on phones today. With 5G connectivity, Samsung demonstrated its vision for more comfortable driving experiences. The Samsung Digital Cockpit shows how cars will become seamlessly connected with other ‘things’ as part of IoT. The new dashboard design, along with Bixby, allow drivers to easily control the in-car experience and connected devices at home through voice, touch, gesture and context-based triggers. Passengers can also enjoy ultra-fast streaming movies on the go. The industry-first 5G-capable Telematics Control Unit (TCU) can download and upload data faster and enables vehicle-to-everything communications, laying the groundwork for better autonomous driving.</li>
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