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Samsung Electronics Adds Custom Functions to Bixby

Samsung Electronics Adds Custom Functions to Bixby

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has updated its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital assistant Bixby, enabling users of its new flagship Galaxy S23 smartphones to talk on the phone by typing messages in situations where it’s difficult for them to answer the phone. Samsung announced on Thursday that it had added the [...]

Samsung Makes Active Use of Chinese Mobile Game to Promote Galaxy S23

Samsung Makes Active Use of Chinese Mobile Game to Promote Galaxy S23

SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is actively using a Chinese mobile game to highlight the performance of its latest Galaxy S23 series. The South Korean tech giant recently installed “Genshin Impact,” an online role-playing game from Chinese video gaming company miHoYo, on the Galaxy S23 devices it displayed at its domestic [...]

Zero Sum Game: Huge Popularity of Galaxy S23 Makes Foldable Phones an Afterthought

Zero Sum Game: Huge Popularity of Galaxy S23 Makes Foldable Phones an Afterthought

SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s latest smartphone release, the Galaxy S23, is gaining sensational popularity, while interest in foldable phones seems to be fading. Consumers are placing more value on the high performance of the new product than the utility obtained through foldable phones. Despite the advantage of having a large [...]

LG Electronics Showcases NFT Artworks via OLED evo TVs

LG Electronics Showcases NFT Artworks via OLED evo TVs

SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday it has showcased non-fungible token (NFT) artworks on its next-generation organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVs at an art exhibition in the United States. The firm has partnered with American sculptor Barry X Ball to exhibit his artworks, including a 39-second-long [...]

Samsung Unveils Discount Policy to Encourage Return of Old Home Appliances

Samsung Unveils Discount Policy to Encourage Return of Old Home Appliances

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Brazil office on Monday (local time) unveiled an online store-dedicated discount policy to promote the recycling of old home appliances. The new program, dubbed EcoTroca, provides a discount coupon to consumers who return old home electronics as a way to encourage their disposal in a proper and sustainable [...]

Automotive OLED Panels Emerge as Silver Lining in Dark Cloud Facing Display Industry

Automotive OLED Panels Emerge as Silver Lining in Dark Cloud Facing Display Industry

SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s display industry is facing strong headwinds due to the global economic slump, but automotive organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, for which demand is surging, are emerging as a silver lining. This year’s global shipments of automotive displays are expected to exceed 200 million units, according to the [...]

Samsung Aims to Use 100 pct Recycled Plastics in All Its Mobile Phones by 2050

Samsung Aims to Use 100 pct Recycled Plastics in All Its Mobile Phones by 2050

SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it aims to broaden the use of eco-conscious materials to all its smartphone products in the coming years. The world’s largest smartphone maker said it plans to use recycled plastic materials in all its new flagship Galaxy smartphones and stop using plastics in packaging [...]