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Spotify Evolution From Music Streaming to Social Networking

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Spotify Evolution From Music Streaming to Social Networking
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Spotify is becoming a social network. The new comments feature allows podcasters to respond directly to their audience. It’s the latest in a line of features from Spotify, including Polls and Q&As, all designed to make the app more interactive.

The 2023 revamp brought a TikTok-like discovery feed. Now artist profiles opened up sales of merchandise and tickets. Stories by users further increase the social side of Spotify. Comments are an interesting feature, but how far will this go? Will this eventually extend to music artists? Spotify’s VP of Podcast Product hinted it might. This would notch up the activity of larger fanbases orbiting musicians. Apple tried and failed with Ping and Connect, but Spotify hasn’t claimed itself as a social network and has also slowly rolled out social features, observing the market.

This music app adds in-app video feeds set on TikTok. CEO Daniel Ek confirmed this influence, concentrating on increasing user experience by taking cues from market trends. Spotify Clips enables artists to share videos of 30 seconds. Countdown Pages and video messages keep fans engaged while waiting for Spotify Wrapped. This strengthens the bonds between artists and fans. Comments are yet another method through which Spotify retains the users engaged within the app. Users can share thoughts in quite a similar way to traditional social networks. It is going to vie for users’ time or money from ads by turning into a social network, with audio at its center.

Samsung Galaxy Watch7 Latest Wearables for Enhanced Health

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Samsung Galaxy Watch7 Latest Wearables for Enhanced Health
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Samsung Electronics unveiled its new smartwatch, Samsung Galaxy Watch7, which would increase wellness using advanced AI and health monitoring features to pay more focus on the overall understanding of personal health and wellness.

The Galaxy Watch7 includes personalized workouts by the user. More than 100 exercises can be tracked, and routines can be formed. Available on the watch also is Race, which compares real-time performance. The Galaxy Watch7 offers complete health monitoring, including heart rate, ECG, and even blood pressure. AI algorithms do more in-depth testing on the sleep pattern.

  • Samsung Galaxy Watch7
  • Samsung Galaxy Watch7
  • Samsung Galaxy Watch7
  • Samsung Galaxy Watch7

The Galaxy Watch7 hardware is improved, with an enhanced BioActive Sensor for more accurate readings and a new 3nm process processor that enables savage performance with even better power efficiency.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch7 represents an iconic design created by Samsung. It features a circular design and new watch bands for instinctive experiences with connected Galaxy devices. The lineup is available in two sizes, 40mm and 44mm. Colors available are green and cream for the 40mm, and green and silver for the 44mm.

The Galaxy Watch7 is now available for pre-order in Malaysia. Pre-orders start from 10 July 2024, with general availability from 24 July 2024. For further details, log onto Samsung’s official website.

Revealing Huawei’s Mobile AI Era and 5.5G Advancements

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Revealing Huawei’s Mobile AI Era and 5.5G Advancements
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Huawei’s executive director, David Wang, noted that with the coming of commercial 5.5G, to a large extent, it ushers in the mobile AI era. Wang stressed that 5.5G is, to a large extent, essential for the integration of artificial intelligence across devices and ushering in a new phase of intelligent services at MWC Shanghai 2024.

Wang Emphasized how 5G evolved very fast to 5.5G with the recent announcements in standardization and deployment, more than 60 carriers were on the roadmap for the commercial launch of 5.5G to enable premium digital connectivity worldwide.

Three deep shifts, according to Wang, are taking place in the mobile AI era: multi-modal human-machine interaction, AI-native content creation, and the evolution of mobile devices into intelligent assistants. These next-generation capabilities are expected to bring a sea change in user experience across industries.

The proliferation of AI-driven interactions will exponentially increase data traffic, enormously outperforming the past decade. Wang heralds generative content and richer interactive functions as an onghest of new data-driven innovations.

As AI is integrated into IoT and smart vehicles, Wang predicts a sea change in industries concerning safety, efficiency, and user experience. Wang mentioned intelligent driving systems and further development of IoT beyond human-to-human connections.

The Huawei way of thinking is to apply AI with improved, accelerated network-based implementation and to enhance productivity with AI to improve networks. According to Wang, several upgrading efforts are needed in terms of network capabilities to support the different requirements of the mobile AI era.

As 5.5G has become the cornerstone for the future development of technology, Wang emphasized cross-industry cooperation to reach all potential of the mobile AI era. Huawei will continue innovating and working together for a connected, intelligent world.

Samsung XR Headset: A New Era in Mixed Reality

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Samsung XR Headset: A New Era in Mixed Reality
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Samsung just concluded its Galaxy Unpacked July 2024 event, held in Paris, where it launched a collection of devices ranging from the Galaxy Z Fold 6 to the Galaxy Z Flip 6, the Galaxy Ring, and the Galaxy Watch Ultra. But there is one device that everybody was waiting for and which didn’t make it to the stage the so-called Samsung XR headset.

The event did see Samsung surprise everybody for the most part with what is claimed to be an announcement for a new XR platform—due later this year. Formerly rumored to arrive in mid-2025, this shoves the release window back by half a year and begins to get very interesting for tech fans.

The next-generation Samsung XR headset will make its market, getting viral among people compared to the Apple Vision Pro, it’s designed for seamless VR/AR integration with ultra-high-resolution displays to give closer-than-life visuals.

But what will really set the two apart is that, while Apple’s Vision Pro lacks gaming controllers, supporting just hand-tracking for now, Samsung plans on its XR headset shipping with gaming controllers. That move places Samsung’s offering as versatile for entertainment and productivity.

While not focused exclusively on gaming, like the Meta Quest 3, Samsung’s XR headset is said to support Android XR for broad app support. It will thus have full access to the Google Play Store, so users can expect a library of apps on launch day.

The announcement is a part of Samsung’s entry into the mixed reality market, along with the demand to democratize advanced augmented reality and virtual reality technologies. It hopes to be affordability-rich and change how consumers use digital content with its Samsung XR headset.

Discover The Samsung’s Latest Galaxy Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro

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Discover The Samsung’s Latest Galaxy Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro
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First off the blocks were the new offerings from Samsung on the matter of earbuds—the Galaxy Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro. Announced during the event at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked on July 10, 2023, these bits place the predecessors well and truly in the shade.

Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro Overview

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  • Galaxy Buds 3 White
  • Galaxy Buds 3 Pro
  • Galaxy Buds 3 Pro White

The refresh brings both the Galaxy Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro into an all-new design with a stem, very similar to that of AirPods, allowing volume-swiping gestures. The Buds 3 sports the same ‘open type’ design as the AirPods 3rd Generation, while the Buds 3 Pro makes use of in-ear tips for better noise isolation, enabling active noise cancellation features.

Galaxy Buds

Equipped with 11mm dynamic drivers, the Galaxy Buds 3 does pack support for Hi-Res Audio and 360 Audio spatial sound. The former gets a two-way speaker system while the latter gets adaptive ANC with ambient sound detection for better refining of the listening experience.

What lets the earbuds shine, however, is in the realm of AI powers, both models areklärung adaptive EQ and ANC adjustments based on environmental cues. Besides the so-called ‘Interpreter’ that does real-time language translation directly into users’ ears—initially with limitations related to languages.

Samsung presents the world with its very first look at Super-Wideband Call technology, powered by AI to filter out those distracting background noises for crisp calling. As far as batteries are concerned, both have generous capacities, but the latter now features visual cues with ‘Blade Lights’.

Pricing of Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro

Inside, it costs $179 / £159 / AU$299 for the Galaxy Buds 3, and $249 / £219 / AU$399 for the Buds 3 Pro in silver or white colors. Preorders start July 10, but it hits general availability on July 24, catering to global markets.

The Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro represent new heights in wireless earbuds, bringing forth top sound, smart features, and premium looks. While the competition currently remains very strong, both of these devices may easily become extremely popular with many, especially among those after state-of-the-art audio.

Galaxy Watch Ultra a Game-Changer in Android Smartwatches

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Galaxy Watch Ultra a Game-Changer in Android Smartwatches
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Announced at the same time as the new Galaxy Ring and other flagships during the Samsung Unpacked event, the Galaxy Watch Ultra represents a quantum leap in the smartwatch roster for South Korea’s tech giant. Tipped to cost about $650, it packs a stunning design and some next-generation health features that will put stiff competition toward the Apple Watch.

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  • Galaxy Watch Ultra
  • Galaxy Watch Ultra
  • Galaxy Watch Ultra

The Galaxy Watch Ultra takes up space with a polarizing “squircle” design that combines a round screen in a 47mm square-ish titanium case. Although lighter than one would have thought, the bulk may not be for everyone, the Galaxy Watch 7 appears sleek in comparison.

It provides differentiated health tools unique to this device, such as advanced sleep apnea detection and serious workout capability, really interesting for athletes or people living an active lifestyle needing something more professional than regular smartwatches.

Galaxy Watch Ultra
Galaxy Watch Ultra
Galaxy Watch Ultra
Galaxy Watch Ultra

It’s taking an Apple-like playbook, making the Galaxy Watch Ultra a strategic middle point, very much akin to what we have seen with the Apple Watch SE and Series 9. Joining it was the Galaxy Watch 7—very similar in overall feature set—but for $300, it gives the features to those wanting to dive deep into health tracking without the Ultra’s heavy-duty design.

The Galaxy Watch Ultra comes with an extremely vibrant 1.5-inch AMOLED display that can go up to 3,000 nits of brightness and uses a touch bezel—to the dismay of many—for navigation.

With its robust build, advanced health sensors, and price tag, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra enters as one of the strongest rivals to ever hit the Android smartwatch market. Whether it is going to turn people away from Apple’s ecosystem or not, its features do look promising to win the hearts of tech-savvy users in search of high performance and style.

Exploring Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6: What’s New?

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Exploring Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6: What’s New?
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At Unpacked, the company launched the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6, with AI enhancements in several areas of its ecosystem. Not much in hardware changes, but it sparkles when it is about its AI capabilities.

Tools such as Note Assist for translations and summaries and PDF overlay, for translations of text within documents, are some of how Galaxy AI will enhance user experiences. Composer generates text for social media, while Live Translate makes multilingual conversations more seamless.

New AI-based features will create 3-D avatars in Portrait Studio and a more advanced version of its Interpreter mode for real-time translations across main and cover displays. Sketch-to-Image will transform any rough sketch into a photorealistic image.

The Z Fold 6 has larger AMOLED screens, with the cover display increased from 6.2 to 6.3 inches. It offers sharper visuals and quicker refresh rates of as fast as 120Hz. It gets bright, peaking at 2,600 nits, which makes it suitable against most lighting conditions.

  • Z Fold 6 Silver shadow
  • Z Fold 6 Pink
  • Z Fold 6 Navy
  • Z Fold 6 Silver shadow
  • Z Fold 6 Pink
  • Z Fold 6 Navy

The Fold 6 improves gaming with its 7.6-inch foldable screen and refresh rate of 120Hz. Large vapor chamber cooling and additional support for more graphics-intensive tasks, like ray tracing, boost it even higher.

Not much has changed on the camera front, at least. It still has a premium design available in three standard colors and two more exclusive ones. Durable and suave, it folds up into quite a compact form factor, which easily fits into a pocket for carrying.

It will be available in options such as Silver Shadow, Pink, Navy, and specially Crafted Black and White, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 is priced starting at $1,899.99. The preorders are now open for the gadget-loving and busy professionals.

This architecture encompasses every single aspect of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 with a blitz of its AI capabilities, display enhancements, gaming prowess, design elements, and digital display in the markets.

Samsung Unveils the Galaxy Ring, a New Health-Tracking

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Samsung Unveils the Galaxy Ring, a New Health-Tracking
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Samsung has announced its foray into the digital health ring category—the Galaxy Ring—at the Galaxy Unpacked event. The finger-worn wearable beefs up health tracking on Samsung’s ecosystem. It is now available for pre-order. The Galaxy Ring is targeting competition with devices like the Oura Ring. Add in AI insights, said Samsung, so users can monitor their health better.

What are the capabilities of the Galaxy Ring?

Samsung has fitted the Galaxy Ring with its already existing sensor technology. The ring will also be fitted with an accelerometer, heart rate sensor, and skin temperature sensor. Data streams from these sensors into the Samsung Health app, which then tracks sleep, heart rate, respiratory rate, and menstrual cycle. There’s also a general Energy Score that sums up daily well-being and gives advice.

Samsung Galaxy Ring

It provides Heart Rate Alerts in the case of abnormal heart rates. Workouts are automatically detected, and inactivity is warned against. The ring can even turn into a remote shutter trigger for Galaxy smartphones. This shall keep users connected and up to date with information about their health.

This Ring is crafted from the finest titanium Samsung has to offer. It boasts IP68 with a rating of up to a depth of 100 meters. Depending on its size, it weighs from 2.3 grams to 3 grams. On a single charge, the battery lasts for up to seven days. Titanium Black, Silver, or Gold options are provided for users as well.

  • Galaxy Ring
  • Galaxy Ring

Pre-Order and Pricing

In the US, pre-orders for the Galaxy Ring start as early as July 10, with general availability beginning on July 24. Its $400 price tag makes it easy for Samsung fans to incorporate the new device into their health-tracking routine.

It integrates well within the Samsung ecosystem. Users get insights into their bodies in detail. For those already using Samsung devices, this will be another useful addition to their bundle. Samsung seems to move continuously towards more innovation and expansion in health tracking.

Tech meets class—Samsung’s Galaxy Ring packs advanced technology into a classy overall look, bringing ultra-deep health insights and fitting seamlessly into the Samsung ecosystem at 400 dollars. This will make for a compelling offer for health-conscious users. Pre-order now to experience the newest in wearable technology.

Xbox Game Pass Pricing Changes and New Subscription Options

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Xbox Game Pass Pricing Changes and New Subscription Options
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Microsoft will increase the price for both its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscriptions starting September 12th. For those subscribed to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, this change will raise the price by $3, pushing it to a monthly $19.99. For PC Game Pass subscribers, it’s getting a $2 price hike, from the current $9.99 to $11.99 per month.

Xbox Game Pass Pricing Changes

Price adjustments come concurrent with Microsoft’s addition of a new “standard” subscription tier for Xbox Game Pass. Available for $14.99 per month, the option won’t feature day-one access to first-party Xbox games but will include online console multiplayer access—something that had not heretofore come under the Xbox Game Pass for Console subscription.

Current subscribers to the Xbox Game Pass for Console tier will have their stacks remain valid for up to 13 months from September 18th. New subscribers, though, will no longer be able to access the console-specific subscription option after July 10th, pending the availability of the new Xbox Game Pass Standard subscription.

Xbox Game Pass Pricing Changes

The changes come in advance of a planned reinforcement of the Game Pass service with highly anticipated titles, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, later in the year. The price changes are concentrated on the Ultimate subscriber base, which makes up the lion’s share of Game Pass users, and bring along previous $1 or $2 per month rises that saw action a little more than a year ago.

Microsoft’s decision to increase the price of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate can be viewed as a move to deter abusers, offsetting the added costs associated with Activision’s Call of Duty series in the deal. It was officially confirmed earlier this year and had some gamers up in arms over the deal.

CelcomDigi Launches AiX a Cutting-Edge 5G in Malaysia

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CelcomDigi Launches AiX a Cutting-Edge 5G in Malaysia
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Officially, CelcomDigi launches its AiX, a state-of-the-art 5G- and AI-powered facility, located in Hi-Tech Park, Subang Jaya. The one initiated by Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil, the purpose behind AiX, is to drive cross-industry collaboration through the power of emerging technologies.

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil at CelcomDigi

According to CelcomDigi CEO Datuk Idham Nawawi, AiX would integrate with global tech leaders like Huawei, AWS, and Microsoft to execute some of Malaysia’s number one digital ambitions. That, therefore, underlines innovation and sustainable growth for CelcomDigi initiated by RM55 million in collective investment.

A partnership model with AiX, which has a diverse ecosystem of 40 global names and local names, from Huawei, ZTE, AWS, Digital Nasional Berhad, and Ericsson, among others. Companies that enable the co-creation of digital solutions critical to Malaysia’s tech transformation.

AiX features two new exclusive areas: The Infinity and The Gallery. The Infinity provides virtual digital simulations in an immersive way, using state-of-the-art tools, while The Gallery presents real-world industrial use cases in multiple sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, and agritech.

Visitors to AiX get to experience the technologies powered by 5G and AI, deployed across eight verticals, which include logistics, energy, and education. CelcomDigi has also placed on the center stage 13 live-use cases currently piloted with enterprises in Malaysia, proving the very real benefits of these innovations.

With AiX, CelcomDigi creates a milestone in promoting digital innovation in Malaysia. For AiX, which integrates 5G, AI, and other emerging technologies, it will hopefully accelerate the country’s journey to become a reputable digital hub.

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