Tag: Samsung Pass

Major Samsung Pay 5.0 Update Now Rolling Out
A few days back, Samsung announced the latest update for the Samsung Pay app. The main headline of the news is that in the latest version, Samsung has merged Samsung Pass services to the Samsung Pay app. Now, the latest 5.0.33 app version for Samsung Pay is released in the home country. Furthermore, Pay has received many new features like digital car keys, boarding passes, tickets, and a changed app interface.
The main focus of the app update is its integration with Samsung Pass. Users can now access all the Pass services like Digital car keys, login information, and blockchain features from the Pay app. With the Digital Car keys, users can control their supported cars.
It also becomes easy for users to book tickets from the app. Users can purchase movies, concert halls, stadiums, transport, and many more tickets. It is also easy to get boarding passes right from your smartphone with just a few taps.
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The change has also come to a screen configuration with easy navigation. Samsung has renewed all the menus and settings on the main screen and set up neatly, so anyone can easily access them. It has changed card placement with a beautiful stacking form.
Finally, Samsung has improved the overall app for better services and more security. Samsung Pay app is slowly and sequentially rolling out for end users. It will take some time to reach your country. The company said till 19 June, the update will reach every user.
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June 13, 2022
Samsung Pass & Digital Car Key Merged with Samsung Pay
Samsung has today announced to integrate its Samsung Pass into Samsung Pay. Now users can only access Samsung Pass from the Samsung Pay app. It will not hurt any existing features, and users can use them via the Pay app. The integration will take effect from the Samsung Pay app version 5.0 that you can install from Galaxy Store. The users who don’t use the Samsung Pay app, can for now use a separate Samsung Pass app.
After the integration, all the Samsung services like digital passes, cards, and smart locks will be accessible from Samsung Pay. The app will be supported for Android 9 or above version. We are not sure if it is called Samsung Wallet, or if there is another separate app for it. All the cards are stored here, but the company didn’t call it the Wallet app.
In Mexico, Samsung has separately launched Members Wallet app with all the services. Also with Samsung Pay, now users can send and receive money from the Blockchain app. Digital Key support has come to merge apps, and users can control their cars. Users can lock, unlock, open the trunk, find the car, start the engine, and open the sunroof.
The app will let you store movie tickets and travel tickets in your home country. It has listed supported companies to use these tickets with. The VP of Digital Life Team, MX Division Samsung, Jini Han says it is the biggest update for Samsung Pay. It will beneficial for all the users in everyday life.
For some time, the company will keep supporting the separate Pass app, but soon it will end the support. It is the same with the Samsung Pay app. If the users don’t want to merge both apps, then they should avoid the latest update. Even question arises if don’t want to go with a new version, how many times you can skip the latest updates.
June 9, 2022
Galaxy S21 Series Update Get Digital Key to Control Supported Cars
Update: Samsung has now officially announced the first car to support Samsung Digital key is Genesis’ V60 model. The Genesis car in South Korea will be controlled by the car key to open & close doors, start the engine, adjust seats & mirrors, and to open trunk. The digital key in Samsung Pass has also come to Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy Z Fold 2, Fold 3 & Z Flip 3 smartphones.
Original: Samsung is now releasing its latest October security patch for the Galaxy S21 series devices. The new firmware version is now rolling out in Germany, the Philippines, India, and South Korea, at the time of writing this article. Though the new update in other countries comes to fix minor issues, in the home country, it brought one of the major functions. Yes, Samsung has finally brought Digital Key function for Galaxy S21+ & Galaxy S21 Ultra devices. At the launching of these devices, Samsung promised to bring the Digital key feature to add a car key to Samsung Pass.
With the digital key feature, users can register their car key to Samsung Pass. If you are still not using Samsung Pass, then you should start using it if you have a supported car. Samsung has already stated the selected models of Audi, BMW, Genesis, and Ford will get car key support. At present, we don’t know which car models are eligible for this Samsung feature. With the Car Key, you can open & close the doors using an NFC tag. Also, you can start the engine while placing your smartphone on the wireless charging pad.
The Digital key function in Samsung Pass will soon be available in other countries including the US & European countries. The update which is releasing in South Korea is different than the update now releasing in other countries. The Galaxy S21 series in other regions are getting firmware number G99*BXXU3AUIE. In South Korea, the S21 series is getting firmware ends with ‘AUIG’. To check for the latest October update, go to Settings and check for any pending update in the Software Update section.
September 30, 2021