In the review of Samsung’s new laptop equipped with ARM SoC, Galaxy Book 4 Edgewe’ve emphasized many times how an ecosystem saves a product that would have more than one drawback if it could only rely on Samsung tools. However, when looking at the final economics of the product, it’s Samsung’s ecosystem that makes it a laptop that makes a lot of sense.
In this article we would like to try to explain what an ecosystem is and understand how it works. In this specific case we rely on Sasmung, having recently tried many of the company’s devices in a short period of time and therefore being able to catch your attention and distinguish it. As a smartphone, we choose S24 superthe most well-equipped of the brand. Unfortunately, we don’t own any of the company’s other devices, such as TVs, appliances, cleaning products, or tablets, but we’ll discuss those anyway.
Therefore, our equipment of choice is:
What is an ecosystem? The term is borrowed from SeaWorld and, according to Trecani, refers to – A group of living organisms and non-living matter with which the exchange of matter and energy is established within a defined area. So, in the world of technology, we’re talking about a set of devices that interact with each other in multiple ways. Unlike biological ecosystems, these ecosystems are closed: the most famous are of course those of Samsung and Apple.
Leaving aside objective definitions, in my personal (and critical, if we wish) opinion, the definition of an ecosystem consists of the following specificities:
- connection speed
- Easy to use
- Integration
- continuity
The connection between the various devices is truly instantaneous: the smartphone recognizes the headphones immediately and the laptop recognizes them without any problems, using three basic tools (which we will delve into later), namely Connect to computer (This feature is actually available on all smartphones on Windows, including the iPhone, but Samsung has integrated it deeper into One UI), Samsung process Samsung’s always-on service is called continuity of service e Multiple controlswhich precisely minimizes unnecessary user interactions, thus greatly simplifying and speeding up operations: the first handles the management of notes, making it easy to copy and paste text and images between laptops, smartphones and tablets Possibly, while the second acts as an aggregator between connected devices. The connection between the laptop and Galaxy Buds 3 Pro is done in the traditional way. Through Bluetooth pairing, the laptop will be able to identify the power levels of the earphones and the box respectively.
So far, apart from synchronizing with a smartphone (or tablet) to collect sleep, health and other data, there has been no integration with a watch. The watch can also be used to take photos remotely via a smartphone. For detailed information on the watch’s functionality, we obviously recommend that you refer to full review.
So we’ve basically seen how easy and fast it is to get Samsung devices to communicate with each other: Here the third requirement comes into play, and that is Integration. For everything to be truly efficient, it’s crucial that devices communicate with each other. For example, you can use your laptop as a mouse to control tablets and smartphones, which is very convenient.
Another form of integration undoubtedly involves the possibility of synchronizing content with each other: notifications, calls, multimedia content. This is possible thanks to integrated PC connectivity tools and Samsung Flow. Samsung Flow is cleverly designed: it’s a “chat” where each device can share multimedia content (audio and video) as well as any files and notes from Samsung Notes, which will appear on the same device. on a connected device. In order to write this article and attach screenshots, I used this feature frequently, which is very convenient in any situation. As you can see in the screenshot below, in just a few seconds I was able to get the same content on my laptop and smartphone.
Even some streaming content is blocked by Samsung Flow, and when I play a song on Youtube Music, the app immediately warns me on my laptop.
We talked about productivity: using a Samsung tablet (presumably the latest S series) as a second screen for a laptop gives a shining example of productivity applied to the integration between devices, and goes something like this: We can use MacBook and iPad combination to achieve. I think it would be redundant to explain why this type of solution, especially on the move, is a real killer feature that allows you to have an expanded workspace in a small space, a true mobile office. As mentioned, we don’t have a Galaxy Tab S7 or later to show you at the moment, but you can see how it works (with relevant screenshots) directly on the official website, on this page.
One crazy tool that deserves its own article is undoubtedly SmartThings, a Samsung app dedicated to the connected home. There is a whole minister Created by Samsung, where it is discussed we invite you to check it out. It’s really impossible, if not unfair, to condense everything that can be done into three lines of code. Furthermore, since the sheer number of Samsung devices currently connected is truly mind-boggling and literally reaches every corner of the house: from household appliances (small and large, from refrigerators and washers and dryers to microwaves), to air conditioners, to robots Vacuum cleaners, home automation, pet care and more, ideally you can create an entire connected home using just SmartThings-compatible devices. SmartThings lets you manage all of these devices from an energy perspective, a security perspective (remote monitoring, or in the case of smart tags and wearables, allowing them to be found if stolen or lost), and an entertainment perspective. (To name just one) audio, video (Samsung TVs) and ambient lighting (e.g. Philips Hue light bulbs). Samsung has signed numerous agreements with third-party manufacturers, so it’s not uncommon to find non-Samsung devices that are perfectly compatible with SmartThings. In our linked mini-site you can also find a full list of supported devices, which are already in stock and growing.
Integration also means conversations, interconnections, functionality without human intervention: this is what routines are for, and everyone who uses One UI knows and appreciates this very well. As far as connected devices go, it’s really impressive how events or activities can be put together so that they can interact with other activities or with the device itself, or even for fitness or everyday activities. Small things put together make life more comfortable and give meaning to the expression “connected home.” These routines can be created for specific moments of the day, or for example, when a device performs a specific activity or (in the case of a security device) detects an anomaly and then performs a series of actions.
As far as audio goes, I found Music Sharing to be very interesting, and if you have multiple Samsung smartphones, it allows you to control a Bluetooth speaker connected to one of the smartphones without having to pair it with all of them, which would otherwise be the case. This is impossible, considering that Bluetooth devices always have a limited number of smartphones that can be paired with them.
Among the requirements of the ecosystem we mentioned the importance of continuity: Continuity, described in a rough but I hope effective way, is the possibility to start a task in one device and continue it in another : Being able to quickly switch headphones between devices is invaluable in this regard, and that’s where Buds AutoSwitch comes in.
We mentioned notifications and call management: when you get a call, you can respond using almost any Samsung device, from laptops to headphones, including watches, with just a tap or tap.
If we consider Samsung’s concept of continuity, what Samsung calls “continuity service” is one of the most important services. You can use apps from your smartphone directly on your PC, but there are many more features, such as continuity of web browsing (actually, to be honest, Chrome already allows this on all brands of devices) and note management. Coming back to the fact that all this also needs to be simple and fast, we can confirm that this is indeed the case without any specific setup being required.
We hope that using Samsung’s ecosystem as an example is helpful: we also hope that it clarifies as much as possible what “ecosystem” means.
From this point of view, like Apple, Samsung is the company that focuses the most on this: it is not enough to have an almost infinite number of devices, but it is necessary to make these devices able to interact with each other in order to save us time and make our tasks Being simpler allows us to do more activities.
Samsung has its own mobile interface (One UI) and also offers many other services that are not part of the brand’s ecosystem and are explicitly related to mobile device or operating system customization, as well as advanced artificial intelligence features (but not those). A bunch of stuff called Copilot+, right Microsoft? If you want to know more about these topics, let us know in the comments or write to us Soviet telegram.
We would like to state that this content was created entirely by us, without any partnership with Samsung, nor was we compensated in any way. We use devices provided by Samsung for our personal reviews, but this is not sponsored content.
