Samsung’s annual Developer Convention (SDC) highlighted the most recent multi-device experiences and companies enabled by cross-platform and a very linked ecosystem
Samsung Electronics held its annual Samsung Developer Convention (SDC) in the present day on the Moscone Middle in San Francisco. Now in its ninth convention, the developer and associate occasion targeted on Samsung’s dedication to open innovation and repair technique whereas highlighting its platforms together with Bixby, Samsung Knox, SmartThings and Tizen for builders.
In the course of the keynote, Samsung launched new methods to create safer, more healthy and extra sustainable experiences by its multi-device ecosystem, which has been significantly enhanced by new SmartThings connectivity options and an up to date Samsung Knox Matrix. The occasion additionally spotlighted One UI 6, the most recent model of its class-leading cellular consumer interface, that includes an array of personalised types and new options for an all-around smartphone expertise.
“Over 500 million Samsung merchandise are bought yearly, and the variety of individuals utilizing Samsung accounts exceeds 600 million. To us, that is each an enormous achievement and a profound accountability,” stated Jong-Hee (JH) Han, Vice Chairman, CEO and Head of Gadget eXperience (DX) Division at Samsung Electronics. “Samsung’s applied sciences join numerous individuals, services. I consider that if you happen to — our builders and companions — be a part of this journey of innovation, we are able to create better alternatives and a brighter future collectively.”
CEO JH Han additionally emphasised that sustainability and safety are the muse to all of Samsung’s newest updates, as each values are important for innovating responsibly in a brand new age of hyperconnectivity.
Good Properties Extra Related Than Ever
Samsung’s imaginative and prescient of the linked house is deeply rooted in SmartThings and open innovation. Since making use of the Matter customary final yr, the entire variety of SmartThings customers who’ve linked appropriate services has elevated to over 290 million. Now, the SmartThings Residence API1 makes it simpler than ever for builders to create SmartThings-based apps, and the SmartThings Context API gives new methods to leverage AI and sensing expertise for higher consumer experiences.
Samsung is embedding SmartThings Hub performance into present and new merchandise, together with Samsung Sound Bars and Good TVs, so customers can shortly and simply begin their sensible houses from their linked gadgets. This Multi-Hub Community additionally means when it’s time to switch or add a tool, there’s a highly effective and secure community of others able to preserve the sensible house proceed. These experiences are enhanced additional with Samsung’s work with Aqara, who joined Samsung onstage to share how its Web of Issues (IoT) sensors work with SmartThings to create extra intuitive and accessible sensible houses.
Samsung additionally introduced the second-generation SmartTag2 at SDC23. With battery life lasting as much as 700 days,2 an IP67 ranking for water and dirt resistance and a streamlined and smaller design, the SmartTag2 can observe misplaced gadgets by rain, snow, and even underground with Bluetooth Low Power (BLE) connectivity.
Bixby is more and more integrating with SmartThings. This yr, Samsung introduced extra intuitive command management for multi-device surroundings. Now, even when a number of gadgets are linked in the identical house, Bixby intuitively understands which system is finest suited to every command, with a deeper understanding of each situation. Sooner or later, Bixby will evolve to supply personalised experiences with easy instructions by understanding customers’ languages extensively and optimizing their intentions.
As a rising variety of linked gadgets come collectively to construct these new experiences, safety and privateness is extra essential than ever. Final yr, Samsung launched Knox Matrix, Samsung’s blockchain-based safety imaginative and prescient for a future whereby gadgets linked in an ecosystem can shield one another — in addition to their customers. This yr, Samsung is updating Knox Matrix’s key options together with Credential Sync and Belief Chain. Samsung can also be bringing Knox Vault to extra gadgets together with Samsung Neo QLED 8K TVs in 2023 and choose Galaxy A sequence smartphones that launch with One UI 6 or later in 2024. Engineered for an age of hyperconnectivity, these developments allow better comfort and selection for customers, empowering them with added methods to securely do what they love.
Tizen OS: Maximizing Developer Alternatives
Over the previous decade, Tizen has successfully powered digital screens together with TVs, house home equipment, screens and indicators. This yr, Samsung introduced that Tizen is coming to much more gadgets together with house home equipment with a 7-inch display whereas additionally boosting experiences with on-device AI and the Residence AI Edge Hub. With Residence AI Edge expertise, home equipment with decrease computing energy can request AI companies to the gadgets in the home with robust computing useful resource comparable to CPUs and NPUs. This can in the end make all gadgets within the house clever.
Tizen can also be powering Samsung’s immersive gaming experiences, together with the Samsung Gaming Hub which now helps 3,000 video games on the cloud platform — a 300% enhance because it was launched final yr. And, with HDR10+ GAMING and Samsung’s IRIS device for graphics builders, there’s by no means been a greater time to discover the digital worlds of gaming on Tizen.
Tizen can also be providing elevated assist for the rising open-source semiconductor structure RISC-V and the programming language RUST, alongside new options just like the Distant Take a look at Lab to check apps and experiences on Samsung TV gadgets within the cloud.
One UI 6: Enabling Your Galaxy, Your Manner
The brand new One UI 6 presents extra methods to make your smartphone expertise simpler to navigate, easier to handle and somewhat extra you. It features a revamped Fast panel with a refreshed, intuitive feel and look with settings grouped collectively for simpler use. With One UI 6 a brand new unique typeface has additionally been launched: One UI Sans, to enhance readability on digital screens. For images, One UI 6 analyzes the photograph you might be viewing and suggests essentially the most related AI modifying instruments all inside one simple to entry device. And with Samsung Studio, you can also make multi-layered edits to your video like including textual content, stickers, and music precisely the place and if you need inside the video.
With its capability to supply a personalised and intuitive consumer expertise alongside streamlined capabilities, One UI 6 really lets customers get extra out of their smartphones than ever earlier than.
Taking Well being Care to the Subsequent Stage
Samsung Electronics additional used SDC23 to share its enhanced well being options primarily based on the ability of connectivity. New digital well being experiences offered by SmartThings and Samsung Meals, and a personalised sleep surroundings are enabled by the higher connection of customers, gadgets and companies. To construct on these experiences, Samsung introduced its continued dedication of the Samsung Privileged Well being SDK, which allows builders and companions to create digital well being options utilizing the Samsung BioActive Sensor.
Moreover, Samsung highlighted its newest scientific analysis collaborations with Brigham & Girls’s Hospital, the MIT Media Lab, Tulane College and Samsung Medical Middle with MIT Media Lab’s Dr. Pattie Maes joined Samsung onstage.
Samsung additionally shared extra particulars of its new Samsung Meals service, together with the Meals AI and Imaginative and prescient AI applied sciences, which provide a complete meals expertise throughout all linked gadgets. This features a creator program for recipe-sharing and companies for grocery purchases, personalised suggestions, and extra. Samsung plans to supply Samsung Well being integration with Samsung Meals in order that customers will be capable of obtain strategies for weight loss program administration.
Samsung invitations builders, creators, companions and others to hitch in its dedication to open innovation and higher experiences enabled by connectivity. For extra details about SDC23, please go to www.samsungdeveloperconference.com.
1 An utility programming interface (API) is software program that permits two functions to speak with one another.
2 Battery life relies on outcomes from inner lab checks for typical utilization sample situations carried out by Samsung. Examined with outcomes from a pre-release model of the system utilizing inbox CR2032 battery. Precise battery life could range relying on completely different utilization patterns, system mannequin, or the battery producer.
