Samsung is a renowned name and world-class manufacturer in various household and consumer durables for several years now. Starting from the super fast 5G speed to various incredible new features, they seamlessly push their limits towards new innovations in the tech world.
Here, we will be going to review some interesting fragments of Samsung for the year 2022.
Addition to the Samsung Foldable lineup
When it comes to foldable series that has worldwide acceptance than its Samsung Galaxy flagship foldable devices. While the company’s latest lineup is the Galaxy Z Fold4, and the Galaxy Z Flip4 that have been introduced in 2022 at Galaxy Unpacked event.
Both of these devices are equipped with advanced and innovative features and functionalities with respect to their predecessors. They possess the latest software and hardware specifications which make these devices the mainstream ones.
SEAL Business Sustainability Award 2022
The South Korean giant has been awarded the 2022 SEAL Business Sustainability Award for reprocessing ocean-bound plastic. The plastic waste including fishing nets is into well-built recycled material for its Galaxy line-ups.
This award gives acknowledgment towards the development of innovative and sustainable solutions in the business. And it has been decided by a panel of expert authorities on environmental, social, and governance initiatives. While Samsung has received SEAL 2022 for its sustainable efforts in order to reduce plastic waste and initiate making the planet eco-friendly.
Enabled Tizen OS-Enabled Smart TV Manufacturing
Samsung has signed up for a collaboration with the leading Original Development manufacturer. It includes the brands like Atmaca, Tempo, and HKC. With intended to produce a new line of smart TVs, that uses Tizen OS for the first time. Thus, this association will enable leading TV brands to offer a premium smart TV experience to consumers in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
Also, these new TVs will offer Samsung TV Plus to be included as the default package, which offers free news and entertainment channels.
Additionally, the user will get access to Samsung’s AI assistant, Bixby, which enables you to explore features, and content, in order to offer you a more customized experience.
Expanded Into Smart Energy and Home Automation Solutions
Recently, Samsung SmartThings is associated with Constellation, Logical Buildings, and Oracle Utilities in the US markets. The company stepped toward this initiative in order to provide the best possible solutions for home energy needs. Samsung brings intelligence to its devices that help consumers to manage energy usage smartly.
To Cough Up $14M Over Misleading “Water-Resistant” Galaxy Adverts
This is also one of the great news of 2022 when Samsung imposed a penalty of 14 million Australian dollars. This penalty is for making false claims about its phones that are showcased to be water resistant. It misled the users to believe that their devices hold off submersion in pools, hot tubs, and ocean water.
It is to be informed here that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) filed a lawsuit against Samsung in 2019.
Faced Class Action Suit Over Security Breach
Another notable piece of information that has been disclosed in 2022 is a class action lawsuit filed in a district court in Northern California. As per the same, Samsung intentionally failed to mitigate a security breach of personally identifiable information (PII) in its systems that occurred in July 2022. And being aware of the break-in done by cyber criminals ‘Lapsus$’ in February 2022. They neglect things intentionally and do not fix them.
Claims Likely to Be Investigated for Samsung’s S22
On the other hand, the South Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly investigating Samsung over the allegation that its throttling app performance on its Galaxy S22.
As Galaxy store lists the Game Optimizing services as an app with features to enhance system performance during gameplay. Although, the service throttles the speed for saving battery life and also prevents heat generation.
Samsung: Leading the Way Towards Innovation
Therefore, the company has had a great successful year with many achievements tags credited to its name. Be it their Galaxy line, next-gen foldable phones, and their line-up of tablets. All these make its presence strong in the tech industry, and it continues to be a leader in technology innovation.
