Draft:Samsung Free

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Samsung Free is an application on Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets, integrated in One UI and accessible from the homescreen swiping to the right. Samsung call it a "one-stop entertainment center."[1]

Samsung Free consists of four sections:

  • Watch: streams television content from Samsung TV Plus
  • Listen: streams podcasts from Samsung Podcasts, which includes publishers such as (in the United States) American Public Radio, CNN Audio, iHeartRadio and NPR;[2][3] content depends on region and the service is not available in certain regions like South Korea[4]
  • Read: aggregates news, including from Upday for users in Europe
  • Play: instantly allows users to play a number of casual games without requiring installations

Samsung Free launched in 2020 replacing Samsung Daily, which itself replaced Bixby Home before it.[5][6] In 2023, Samsung Free was replaced by a new Samsung News for users in the United States.[7][8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Samsung Free | Apps & Services | Samsung Gulf". Samsung ae. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  2. ^ "Samsung adds a podcast section to its free-entertainment app". Engadget. 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  3. ^ "Samsung launches Samsung Podcasts". podnews.net. 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  4. ^ https://www.samsung.com/sec/apps//samsung-free/
  5. ^ "Samsung Daily Feed got replaced by a new Samsung Free service for more users". TestingCatalog. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  6. ^ Kavafian, Hagop (2019-12-11). "Bixby Home to make way to Samsung Daily, bringing minor improvements (Update: It's Samsung Free now)". Android Police. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  7. ^ Rao, Chethan (2023-04-19). "Samsung News replaces the virtually unknown Samsung Free app, now rolling out in the US". Android Police. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  8. ^ https://9to5google.com/2023/04/18/samsung-news-is-coming-to-your-galaxy-smartphone/