Samsung’s ‘most powerful Galaxy’, the Galaxy Book Pro Series is official
At the “Galaxy Unpacked April 2021”, Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 laptops. These innovative laptops are based on the enhanced Galaxy ecosystem and work seamlessly with your other Galaxy and IoT devices, which makes entertainment and workflow across devices smoother.
Samsung significantly worked with industry-leading partners Intel and Microsoft for the Galaxy Book Pro series in order to develop a new approach to mobile computing. As a result, smartphones and PCs flawlessly work together flawlessly across operating systems and never sacrifice performance for portability.
Design
The Galaxy Book Pro 360 and Galaxy Book Pro designed to meet the needs and routines of modern mobile-first consumers to make their daily experience smoother, simpler, and more intuitive than ever before. Surprisingly, the Galaxy Book Pro 13-inch weighs just 0.87kg and measures just 11.2mm thin, which lets users packing a purse or bag without making any tradeoffs. Not only design but they are also built with military-grade durability with 6000-series aluminum when it comes to endurance.
You can also turn any location into a mobile office, conference room, or theater without any kind of interruption. Besides, the Galaxy Book Pro series is Wi-Fi 6E Ready, which allows you to enjoy more bandwidth and a faster 6GHz internet connection at home or in the office.
The Galaxy Book Pro series laptops come with a long-lasting battery in order to let users done their tasks without worrying about the battery charging. At the same time, these powerful laptops support 65W Fast Charging, so you can top off the device quickly with a USB Type-C adapter.
Super AMOLED Display
The Galaxy Book Pro series laptops are Samsung’s first-ever Windows PCs with a Super AMOLED display. Furthermore, the display is Eye Care-certified by SGS8 producing less blue light emissions than standard LCDs to help your eyes stay fresh during your next binge-watch after work.
The intelligent color engine will automatically fix your color space based on the task at hand, movies and games appear vivid in the DCI-P3 or AMOLED native color profile. For tasks like photo editing, where you want your photos to come to life, the Galaxy Book Pro series will automatically optimize colors.
AKG speakers emit a crisp sound combining all this beautiful content. By turning on Dolby Atmos, you can experience a more submerged sound.
Hardware & Performance
The Galaxy Book Pro series is powered by next-generation hardware, including an 11th-generation Intel Core processor and Intel IREX graphics. The Galaxy Book Pro Series has been validated by the Intel Evo platform, indicating that it is in terms of industry-leading power, immersive graphics, ever-available connectivity, and long-lasting battery life.
Exceptional performance managers can also flexibly adapt to your computer location, environment, and system load. Automatically adjust fan noise, temperature, and battery usage, it will balance performance and power consumption to provide a seamless experience that lasts throughout the day, allowing you to easily bye-bye and multitasking.
The Galaxy Book Pro series has enhanced display features to make daily tasks more efficient and enjoyable. The redesigned Pro keyboard includes a scissor mechanism that improves speed and comfort with wider keys and rubber pellets, providing satisfactory 1mm travel in almost silent conditions.
The keyboard is paired with a 23% larger touchpad, which gives you more room to scroll through websites or take a pinch to zoom in on the details. Quick search software can quickly search for keywords in documents, so you spend less time browsing folders.
With Studio Mode, you can enjoy the video call environment, to help you do whatever you want, regardless of settings. Intelligent noise reduction technology can eliminate the ambient noise of the microphone, which is clearly visible. With Screen Recorder and Samsung Studio Plus, you can also record the screen in combination with sound and modify the video with an easy-to-edit tool to create the next viral game tutorial.
The Galaxy Book Pro 360 comes with the upgraded S Pen — now 2.5 times thicker, 13 — for a more realistic writing experience. This user’s favorite tool is perfect for taking notes in important meetings or classes, or for being creative when you use it randomly.
Pre-loaded clips sketch freely in Studio Paint. The studio offers professional-style brush options that can emulate real-world creations, or create time-lapse videos of the latest sketches, and share them with the producer community via PENUP.
Galaxy Ecosystems work better together: Samsung & Microsoft’s collaboration
The Galaxy Book Pro series can be easily used with other Galaxy devices to increase productivity and efficiency. The second screen allows you to expand display content in the Galaxy Tab to make it easier to perform multitasking via “copy” and “extended” modes and to increase productivity.
With the integration of Link to Windows and Microsoft Your Phone, you can answer calls, view notifications, use photos, messages, and five applications at the same time on your smartphone directly through your desktop. Can run, thus keeping the process smooth. You can collect all the photos in one place on all devices.
Get “Super Slow Motion” or “Single Access” content from your Galaxy smartphone and watch it on the big screen of the Galaxy Book Pro or Galaxy Book Pro 360. The content will be featured in the Galaxy Book Pro series with special effects in the same format as the Galaxy smartphone.
Now, Galaxy devices are more closely connected within the ecosystem. The easy Bluetooth connection instantly connects your Galaxy Buds to the Galaxy Book Pro series, so you don’t have to change Bluetooth settings back and forth between devices. With the Galaxy Book Smart Switch, you can transfer your favorite photos, movies, files, applications, and even settings from your existing Windows PC to the Galaxy Book Pro series so you can recreate and connect faster.
Quick Share
Quick Share for the Galaxy Book Pro series allows you to share content between your Galaxy devices or with classmates and coworkers in just a few clicks. Simply drag and drop multiple files and content between your Galaxy Book and your Galaxy smartphone with the near-instant transfer. In addition, with the auto-synced Samsung Notes between Galaxy devices, you can jot down an idea and view it on any other device whenever you have a moment of creative inspiration.
Quick Share for the “Galaxy Book Pro” series allows you to share content between Galaxy devices or classmates and colleagues with just a few clicks. You can drag and drop multiple files and content between the Galaxy Book and the Galaxy smartphone. In addition, with the Samsung Note that automatically syncs between Galaxy devices, you can write an idea and watch it on another device, being a creative inspiration.
SmartThings Find
The Galaxy Book Pro Series has also become the ultimate smart home hub through seamless SmartThings integration. With the first integration of the SmartThings application into the PC in the Galaxy Book Pro series, you can turn off the lights from the couch, change the temperature, and even start kitchen appliances.
With SmartThings Find, you can quickly find Galaxy smartphones, tablets, or wearable devices with Bluetooth without having to worry about losing the device again. Through complete Samsung Galaxy ecosystem integration, the Galaxy Book Pro series has now become the final link between your devices, thus fully connecting your digital world.
Availability
The Galaxy Book Pro 360 will be available in Mystic Navy, Mystic Silver, and Mystic Bronze color options. On the other hand, the Galaxy Book Pro will be available in Mystic Blue, Mystic Silver, and Mystic Pink Gold.
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Samsung could shift its investment from the EV battery business in the US. The company plans to adjust its investment in ESS from EVs due to a sluggish market. The move comes after low demand for EVs, particularly bikes, and growing demand for ESS.
TheElec reports that Samsung eyeing the growing demand for ESS (energy storage systems) in the US. North America’s largest power company NextEra Energy could be awarding Samsung with a potential 1 trillion won ESS order.
Samsung is investing in converting its EV battery pack production line in Michigan, US. The electric bike battery pack line will be dismantled and converted for ESS use. The investment is expected to begin as early as the fourth quarter.
- The ESS battery pack line will be located in Factory 1, where a battery pack line for Harley-Davidson is currently in operation.
- Factory 2 primarily produces battery packs for Stellantis PHEVs, such as the Jeep Wrangler 4xe and Grand Cherokee 4xe.
The Korean tech giant is pursuing a 1 trillion won order for ESS batteries from NextEra Energy. The order is estimated to be around 5GWh. The company has started accelerating its penetration into the ESS market since last year with its Battery Box.
Samsung is exploring advanced sensor-shift image stabilization (OIS) camera tech for future Galaxy phones. The company recently filed a patent application related to image stabilization technology for mobile devices in South Korea.
The latest Samsung patent suggests work on the sensor-shift image stabilization (OIS) camera is underway. However, Apple iPhone-like sensor shift camera tech is far from arriving on Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones.
The patent entitled “Actuator for optical image stabilization and camera module including the same” describes how less force is required to stabilize the sensor itself. This allows for a more precise correction of the sensor position.
The patent document shows that Samsung is continuing to develop its ideas and methods for sensor-shift image stabilization. The absence of such cameras is not a sign that the company has abandoned the idea.
Samsung has been working on sensor-shift image stabilization for years. The company aims to upgrade the Galaxy camera capabilities in the future. The sensor-shift stabilization offers a sharper image by moving the camera sensor.
Previously, patents related to sensor-shift telephoto camera surfaced. However, the Korean tech giant hasn’t commercialized the technology. The patent was published recently, but doesn’t mean we will be seeing this upgrade in the Galaxy S25 series.
The development suggests that Samsung won’t include it on Galaxies till an advanced variant evolves. As the exploration continues, sensor-shift OIS feature remains in hope for the future of Galaxy smartphone segment.
Samsung officially confirmed its teaming up with Qualcomm and Google for XR devices. Now, Qualcomm CEO revealed that the company is working with Samsung and Google to develop mixed-reality smart glasses.
According to the info, Samsung is working on portable mixed-reality smart glasses in collaboration with Qualcomm. Not XR headset, the company’s first extended reality product could be smart glasses with AI for new experiences.
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon shared new details about Samsung’s upcoming XR product. In an interview to CNBC, Amon confirmed the collab with Samsung will result in “a new product” that offers “new experiences.”
Beyond that, he hinted that this product will likely be a pair of XR smart glasses, not a headset. Just opposite to Apple’s approach, Samsung and Qualcomm aimed to create XR smart glasses that would be portable and easy to carry around.
“I want everyone who has a phone to go buy companion glasses to go along with it,” Amon said. “We need to reach a point where wearing smart glasses feels no different from wearing regular glasses or sunglasses. Only then can we achieve true scale,” he added.
The XR smart glasses could debut later this year, featuring artificial intelligence. Samsung and Qualcomm reportedly aiming to make XR glasses mainstream, while Google could support them with optimized software.
Following the trend, the XR smart glasses could pack on-device AI capabilities. Some AI features will run directly on the device, others on the phone, and certain tasks will require cloud processing – unlocking “a whole new set of experiences.”
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