Samsung snubs Apple fans by making its new gadget only compatible with Android
TECH company Samsung has turned away Apple fans by making its new gadget compatible only with Android devices.
The Korean electronics giant will release the Galaxy Ring later this year.
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The Ring is not only compatible with Samsung Galaxy devices, but can also be paired with Google’s Android products.
But it will not be compatible with Apple products such as iPhone.
The Galaxy Ring is a “more comfortable” health tracking device that people can wear while they sleep.
Hon Pak, Samsung vice president and head of the digital health team, said Samsung Health has about 64 million monthly active users.
“Ultimately, we hope that our devices are of such a caliber that people will be willing to switch,” Pak said.
The first clear images of the ring have also just been released after fans got a teaser in February.
The ring looks like a men’s wedding ring with a metal outside and a black inside of the ring.
The colors are limited to gold, silver and ceramic black.
Samsung has not announced what the price will be.
On the inside are the sensors that monitor the health of your body, with activities such as sleep tracking.
There are currently nine sizes of the ring, with each size having a different battery.
Pak said consumers want choice: “I want the ability to have other forms of wearables to measure health.
“And some want to wear the watch, some want to wear the watch and the ring and benefit from both. Some just want more simplicity.”
July will reportedly be similar to the launch date, reports say TechRadar.
But Samsung may have tough competition ahead from its biggest rival.
Recent reports claim that Apple is working on its own smart ring device.
The US-based company filed a patent for ‘a wearable electronic ring’ in 2019, and little has been known about it since.
But a new report from the Korean media outlet ET news suggests that Apple may develop the ring in the near future.
The Sun has contacted Samsung for comment.
Samsung – a brief history
This is what you need to know…
- Samsung is a large South Korean company made up of many companies that operate worldwide
- It is known locally as a ‘chaebol’, meaning ‘business conglomerate’.
- It was founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-chul as a trading company
- But over decades it expanded into food processing, insurance, textiles and retail
- It wasn’t until the late 1960s that Samsung entered the electronics industry – for which the company is best known in the West today
- It also launched businesses in construction and shipbuilding in the 1970s
- Today, Samsung’s main sources of revenue are its smartphones and computer chips
- The company accounts for about 20 percent of South Korea’s gross domestic product
- More than 270,000 employees work at Samsung worldwide
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