UWB (Ultra-Wideband) gets the support of the well worship company in the field of smartphones, Samsung Electronics where companionly Samsung Pay gets upgrade features of a ‘digital home key’ in it. Samsung Pay users who have installed the Zigbang UWB smart door lock can easily open the door of their home simply by accessing the door lock.
Samsung is the first in the world to support a UWB
The Korean-based company shooks a gesture with Zigbang to bring the first UWB-equipped smart door lock. In Samsung Pay, the UWB digital home key is installed. Meanwhile, there is no need to struggle to find the house key in a pocket or bag anymore. Because it is able to be done to enter and exit smoothly in a non-contact way without any additional authentication procedures. Nor it is needed any other formality, such as entering a password.
In addition, through the Zikbang app, family members can set each other to know who is entering and exiting the door when they open the door. If the user loses the smartphone, the use of the digital home key can be stopped through ‘Find My Device‘ on the PC. Samsung Pay’s direct UWB digital home key can be used on Galaxy Fold 4 and S22 Ultra Plus equipped with UWB function.
In 2019 Korean tech giant established FiRa (Fine Ranging Consortium), a UWB technology standard organization. Which was the digital home key service that also utilizes UWB technology certified by FiRa. UWB technology is a short-range wireless communication protocol that uses radio waves, such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and is characterized by using high-frequency bands to enable precise distance measurement in centimeters (cm) and support directionality.
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