SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to stay on as the world’s third largest vendor of true wireless stereo (TWS) products, including wireless earbuds, for this year as competition heats up in the fast-growing hearables market, a report showed Thursday. Samsung’s market share in 2021 was estimated to stay unchanged [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday unveiled its upgraded smart tracking tag leveraging advanced wireless communication technologies that can locate people’s lost items with better accuracy. The Galaxy SmartTag+ uses both Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and ultra-wideband (UWB) solutions, according to Samsung. The latest product will be available beginning next [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s wearable device market grew more than 50 percent last year, industry data showed Tuesday, due to rising demand for IT products amid the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. Domestic shipments of wearable products, including smartwatches, wireless earphones and electronic wristbands, totaled 12.76 million units in 2020, up 50.7 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday its study showed its Galaxy Buds Pro wireless earbuds could help people with hearing impairments. The study, which was published last week in Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology (CEO), a renowned scientific journal dedicated to ear, nose and throat research, suggested that the Galaxy Buds [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. was the third-largest vendor of wearable devices in the fourth quarter of 2020, a market report showed Tuesday, amid soaring global demand for wearbles despite the pandemic. The South Korean tech giant shipped 13 million units of wearable devices in the October-December period, up 20.5 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s third-largest smartwatch vendor last year, a report showed Friday, as its rivals Apple Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co. expanded their sales. Samsung’s smartwatch shipments suffered a 1 percent on-year drop to 9.1 million units in 2020, according to market researcher Counterpoint Research. Apple [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday its fitness app with advanced health tracking features will soon be available in 31 new countries as the South Korean tech giant tries to expand its health service amid the pandemic. The world’s largest smartphone maker said the Samsung Health Monitor app received a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday rolled out its new wireless earbuds boasting upgraded audio quality and sleek design as the South Korean tech giant eyes expansion of its presence in the fast-growing hearables market. The Galaxy Buds Pro debuted at the online Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event, alongside the company’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co.’s share in the global wireless earphone market dropped slightly in the third quarter of the year, a report showed Friday, as more consumers lean toward cheaper products amid the pandemic. Samsung accounted for 5 percent of the global truly wireless stereo (TWS) product shipments in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. moved up to the third spot in the global smartwatch market in the third quarter of the year thanks to brisk sales of the Galaxy Watch3, a report showed Thursday. Samsung accounted for 10 percent of the global smartwatch shipments in the July-September period, up 2 [...]