Image: Samsung Newsroom media resources During the Samsung Designer Conference 2022 on Oct. 12, the business released the brand-new One UI 5, the evolution of SmartThings and the new Samsung Knox Matrix and expanded its health and wellness environment for the Galaxy Watch.
Samsung held its yearly Designer Conference in San Francisco, combining designers, developers and designers. The company, like numerous others, was eager to worry its vision for smarter and highly individualized experiences that are centered on the consumer.
Ahead of SDC22, TechRepublic spoke with Seungwon Shin, vice president and head of security for Samsung’s Mobile Experience Division, throughout a pre-briefing to get the scoop on the new announcements and the obstacles of developing brand-new security and personal privacy functions.
“Actually, Samsung internally already had the technologies … The concern truly for us was how to deliver these technologies into services that consumers feel comfy utilizing and how to secure the consumer gadgets without users needing to do all the complicated configuration,” said Shin.
What’s new in One UI 5?
Image: Samsung Newsroom media resources Throughout SDC22 the business announced the release of the brand-new One UI 5. Samsung’s One UI Beta program was at first introduced in August 2022. The company discusses that the feedback from thousands of Galaxy users who participated in the One UI Beta program shaped the new One UI 5 experience.
The One UI 5 provides a brand-new style that concentrates on individualized mobile experiences. Icons are bolder and simpler, alerts can be checked out at a glimpse, and the pop-up call display screen has been upgraded.
Among the brand-new functions, Bixby Text Call permits users to respond to call simply by typing a message. Samsung’s smart platform Bixby converts the text to audio and shares it straight with the caller on the line. The function is developed for users to take calls even in environments where they can not be heard, like a hectic train or a loud show.
Another upgrade is Samsung’s Routine. The brand-new option permits users to change to various smart device modes, such as “early morning routine, work routine or sleep regular.” With routines, users can set off a sequence of actions on their device based on their activities, creating with One UI 5’s modes customized settings for various parts of their life.
To organize the Home screens, users can now use the new Stack widgets, which enable users to drag and drop widgets on top of each other and swipe left or right to quickly and easily scroll through each one. The new One UI 5 also comes with new Smart ideas for widgets. Smart recommendations automatically suggest apps and actions based on usage patterns and the context of a user’s mobile activity. Other features include wise text extraction and image extraction.
Shin describes that Samsung works in three main locations to lead in security and mobile privacy: real end-to-end defense, information separation for independent work and individual profiles, and runtime defense.
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Anchored in the hardware, Knox is the heart of the Samsung Galaxy security.
“Knox architecture offers a hardware-based security system. This indicates that despite the fact that the assailant has compromised some of the software in the mobile system, they can not catch the secure wallet or some of the vital info of the consumer due to the fact that it is stored in the hardware,” Shin described.
Galaxy users trying out the beta variation of One UI highlighted the new Security Dashboard as one of their favorites. In this brand-new control panel, users can manage the privacy and the gadget’s security settings and discover recommendations or cautions.
The One UI 5 likewise features a brand-new notification on the Share Panel that cautions a user if they’re about to unsuspectingly share an image which contains possibly sensitive details such as a picture of a credit or debit card, driver’s license, Social Security card or passport.
Shin explains that with the brand-new control panel, users can see and personalize settings for the camera, microphone and tracking places. In addition, they can comprehend what applications have actually utilized the cam or microphone.
“So, if the customer does not like that type of tracking, then she or he can easily turn off those functions,” Shin stated. Additionally, the business will offer security updates for a minimum of 5 years for its customers.
Samsung will also broaden the Samsung Wallet to 13 brand-new markets this year, consisting of Denmark, Finland, Qatar, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and UAE. The wallet was initially released in June 2022 to markets consisting of China, France, Germany, Italy, the U.K. and the U.S.
With the wallet, the business looks into the future of digital finance trending internationally and positions itself to take on leading wallets like those provided by Apple or Google. The wallet can store anything from bank cards and digital secrets to take a trip passes, driver’s licenses and trainee IDs. Like all of Samsung’s features, it is safeguarded by Samsung’s security platform, Knox, that includes fingerprint acknowledgment and encryption.
SmartThings and Calm Innovation
Image: Samsung Newsroom media resources Samsung is likewise wagering strongly on Internet of Things clever house devices. With the new One UI 5, users can manage all gadgets with their smart devices. The incorporated SmartThings and Bixby platform is how the business wants to build an user-friendly wise house experience capable of supporting several home gadgets.
“As technologies become more complicated, we will constantly search for ways to make life easier, more connected and more versatile, so our customers can focus on what matters most,” said Jong-Hee Han, vice chairman, CEO and head of the Device Experience Department at Samsung Electronic Devices.
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The vision the company calls Calm Innovation conserves users time on a setup by instantly enabling smart gadgets to interact. Samsung reimagined SmartThings and its linked services and partnerships, consisting of Samsung’s Center All over, extending its capabilities to the whole wise house.
Additionally, Samsung announced a broadened partnership with Google to take wise house interoperability to the next level. In the coming months, Samsung Galaxy phone and tablet users can onboard Matter-compatible devices to both the SmartThings and Google Home environments. Users can now prevent running several apps and accounts to control each device by connecting devices in between different ecosystems.
“Unlike some other suppliers, we are attempting to collaborate with several partners to ensure the security of their mobile experiences,” Shin said.
On the other hand, with the brand-new Bixby House Studio, developers can now develop differentiated, tailored experiences for the SmartThings platform.
“Nowadays, all our devices will be connected. In this environment, there shouldn’t be any sort of possible risk. To deal with threats, we have actually proposed the Knox Matrix,” Shin said.
Knox Matrix: Blockchain IoT security
As smart gadgets and IoT become more common, so do breaches. Cyberattacks take advantage of weak clever devices to access a broader network. To offer cutting-edge security solutions for this new environment Samsung provided Knox Matrix, a private blockchain-based platform that turns qualified Samsung devices into a guard to protect the user’s entire device environment.
Knox Matrix keeps Galaxy devices, Televisions and other home devices protect while allowing tailored privacy through the new Security and Personal privacy control panel. The system scans for vulnerabilities, recommends security updates, and offers users information management options to keep personal privacy and security top of mind.
“We are going to establish a trusted and safe channel on the Samsung devices, which implies that our smartphone, our clever television or our wise air purifier– they can get in touch with each other to monitor each other and share information about the security,” Shin included.
The company reckons Knox Matrix is an innovative principle for multi-device defense, a field they deem the next battlefront for security and privacy. With Knox Matrix, when smart gadgets are connected and interacting with each other, not just do they produce a layer of network gadgets, however they can identify if a device is breached and block and isolate it from the network. Knox Matrix supports devices based upon Android, Tizen or other operating systems.
“We started the design process for Knox Matrix in 2015. And we carried out our internal laboratory tests in addition to evidence of concept, which validated the needs in addition to the possibilities of this technology. So, here at SDC, we are introducing it for the first time,” Shin explained.
When questioned if they expect numerous updates and patches in the near future, Shin included that Knox Matrix leverages a great deal of the existing features of Knox.
“So, we do not foresee a lot of updates, but we are making preparations to apply incremental updates moving forward,” Shin said.
Health tech: Wearables, medical research study and road safety
Image: Samsung Newsroom media resources Samsung also revealed brand-new efforts to continue developing its health services and services. Throughout the conference, the business highlighted a new application programs user interface that provides adjustable level of sensitivity for Fall Detection for the Galaxy Watch. Galaxy users can adjust level of sensitivity levels– standing still, moving or working out– by means of the Galaxy Wearable app.
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In addition, designers can now produce services utilizing Galaxy Watch’s Fall Detection algorithms that sense a user’s stumble or fall by combining various sensors, consisting of an accelerometer and gyroscope.
The business likewise provided the Toolkit for Medical Research of Samsung, a new open-source healthcare technology that supports medical research at hospitals, institutions, health centers and other care companies. The tool is developed to accelerate research study processes and deliver sophisticated data and insights through wearables like the Galaxy Watch.
Researchers can use this open-source project to construct modules that allow individuals to sign up with a research study, with the objective of simplifying the onboarding process.
“Versatile study design templates are likewise in location to please the ever-changing requirements of organizations. From there, relevant information and insights are collected more quickly from wearable gadgets, while participants are directed with actionable insights throughout the process,” the business discussed.
Samsung Health and Fitbit likewise embraced Health Link. This platform provides centralized personal privacy controls, making it easier for users to grant or reject consents to health and fitness apps. Health Link likewise works in the physical fitness apps Leap Physical fitness, MyFitnessPal and Withings.
Lastly, with the Samsung Privileged Health SDK, Samsung partnered with Tobii, an eye-tracking and attention computing tool, to make roadways much safer. The Privileged Health SDK can identify early driver fatigue and tension signs and figure out the user’s level of drowsiness while on the roadway by noticing real-time heart rate levels through the Galaxy Watch.
From brand-new opportunities for designers to healthcare, clever house gadgets, security innovations and their new skin for Android, Samsung is pushing forward on a broad front to make advanced and complicated technology available to users in a simple way. It’s no simple accomplishment to bring the latest in mobile tech into everyone’s hands. It might seem seamless and uncomplicated, however behind it, the business has actually invested countless hours in research and development and continues to innovate.
