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Samsung Could Drop Bixby As Part Of Deal With Google 

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Samsung Electronics Co. It is the latest effort by Google to convince Samsung to lose one of its services and instead promote Google’s search, Assistant and Play Store apps, a source told the news service. Samsung has maintained its independence and consistently made efforts to promote its own apps and collect all the cash.

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Samsung Looks To 5G Retail As Revenue Declines

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Smartphone shipments for Samsung increased in the second quarter of 2019, the company said in its latest earnings report , thanks to retail sales of its mid-level models. In the three months that ended March, Samsung’s profits fell about 60 percent on-year to 6.2 can now accept Samsung Pay for in-app payments. and Korea.”.

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Samsung Eyes Second Smart Speaker

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A new report claims that Samsung is set to release another smart speaker next year, in addition to the Galaxy Home. According to SamMobile , the other Samsung speaker will reportedly bear the model number “SM-V310” and come in black. According to data, Bixby is only used by 6 percent of consumers in the U.S.,

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Samsung Pay And PayPal Power In-Store Payments

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Using NFC mobile wallets in stores has seen lackluster adoption despite their slick and convenient user experience. The lack of ubiquitous acceptance, coupled with the lack of utility, has kept consumers from making the NFC mobile wallet a major part of their in-store payments experience. Samsung Pay Inc.

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Samsung Electronics To Integrate Bixby With All Its Electronics

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Samsung Electronics is all in on Bixby , its voice-activated digital assistant, with the Financial Times reporting it plans to install Bixby on all its electronics by 2020. Samsung is behind U.S. To get more users to adopt Bixby, Samsung said it will launch the service in more foreign languages during the next few months.

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Samsung SDS Partners On Mobile Payments Solution

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Infosys Finacle, part of EdgeVerve Systems, and Samsung SDS, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, announced a new partnership aimed at providing consumers with a frictionless mobile banking/payment solution.

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Mastercard Rolls Out Support Of Samsung Pay In UAE

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Mastercard announced Tuesday (April 4) that Mastercard cardholders from select banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will now be able use the Samsung Pay service to make payments in a quick and secure way. Mastercard said it has been actively driving contactless payments in the market.

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