Last night the official presentation of the Galaxy S4, the smartphone with which Samsung will try to surpass (or at least repeat) the success of the S III. In New York City, a unique setting, an important fiefdom of its great rival in the market, Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, South Koreans devoted a large part of the Unpacked to explaining the new software services present in TouchWiz. We make a pass through them.
It seems like Samsung You are avoiding as much as possible to refer to its operation with the system Android, something that is taken for granted, but that never hurts. The trend in this regard is growing and the Korean firm demonstrated it by emphasizing the details of software incorporating the Galaxy S4 and that are exclusive to the manufacturer and the interface TouchWiz.
Dual camera
A new feature where LG they have been ahead of them with their Optimus G Pro. It gives the possibility of making video calls at the same time that the interlocutor can see both our face and what the rear camera of the device collects. In this way the other person has a perspective similar to ours.
Photo and sound
It allows taking pictures while adding a brief sound to the image. The idea is to be able to comment on sensations of the moment or catch small sound pieces and link them to the photo.
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El Galaxy S4 It will come with a much improved voice tool that we were able to see a demonstration of throughout last night's event. It is simply a matter of choosing an input language, an output language and speaking to the terminal that will return what we have already said in translation. It works offline and can be integrated into conversations of Kitten. Supports German, Portuguese, French, Italian, Spanish, English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
Smart pause and control
Another feature where LG he was ahead. The Galaxy S4 it will pause video playback when we stop looking at the screen and scroll down each time we reach the viewing limit.
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It is not a new application, but it has been optimized for the S4 in various aspects. Its purpose is, basically, to facilitate the work use of the device and separate it from personal use. That is, one apart from the phone has a professional profile, with a specific data protection and the other a personal profile That allows, for example, that our family can use the terminal to watch a movie or put music without isolation from our work.
S Health
An application for keep us healthy that regulates and offers us useful guidelines eating and physical activity. It also works with accessories to measure certain constants, blood pressure, heart rate, etc.
Shot Drama
It is an update of another feature that already existed in the S III but that has been enhanced and now allows to take around 100 photos in a few seconds.
Story Album
El Galaxy S4 incorporates a smart way to organize the photos we take putting them together in albums and it does so depending on the places and times in which we have taken them.
Adaptive Screen
There is a trait quite similar to this in the Xperia Z. The system configures the screen in such a way that we will always see the best possible image whatever the task we are carrying out. If we are watching a movie, it will be possible in cinema mode and if we read a book in reading mode.
Group Play
We can link and share content with the devices that we have around without having to be connected to a WiFi network. It allows, for example, to play the same video in up to eight other terminals that are more or less close to each other, we can even play the same song in all of them and put on a little concert.
voice driver
It is a kind of voice assistant that allows you to manage the Galaxy S4 while we go driving. The application can read text to us, or it allows us to make phone calls, search for music and play it, open navigation applications, etc.
In addition, Samsung has confirmed that all these news will also reach the Galaxy S III in an update.
Source: Android Authority / Gizmology.