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TECH T@LK

Samsung to use customized Google now working to

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip for develop location tags

Galaxy S23 series ulti-national tech con-

glomerate Google is final-
outh Korean tech conglomer- Mobile Platform for Galaxy’. Mly catching up with Apple
ate Samsung is set to unveil the and Samsung as the company is set to
SGalaxy S23 smartphone series It will have a clock speed of up to launch their own location tags.
at its Galaxy Unpacked event on Feb- According to GSM Arena, a
ruary 1. 3.36GHz instead of 3.2GHz (Prime tech-news related news website,
According to GSM Arena, a tech core) on the regular Snapdragon 8 Gen as per Kuba Wojciechowski and
news related outlet, the lineup is ex- Mishaal Rahman’s investigation of
pected to consist of the Galaxy S23, 2 (SM8550-AB). The rest of the fea- the developer’s console of the Fast
Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. tures of this customized Snapdragon Pair feature it now has ‘locator tag’ as both have a UWB module which
They are rumored to have the Snap- a listed device. The codename of the hasn’t been utilized so far. It could
dragon 8 Gen 2 SoC under the hood. 8 Gen 2 are expected to remain large- product is ‘Grogu’, ‘Groguaudio’ or be used for turning on and off Nest
However, a new report by 9to5Goo- ly the same as the regular version. ‘GR10’. It is developed by the Nest speakers, but the feature is still in de-
gle suggests that the Galaxy S23 trio team, but that does not necessarily velopment.
will be powered by a customized The 4nm modified chip is also mean it will be a Nest product. Google is also working with
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with a higher said to be manufactured by Sam- This gadget has an onboard chipset manufacturers to enable Fast
clock speed. sung’s foundry instead of TSMC. speaker, and comes with support for Pair support for Android products,
GSM Arena reported that the However, it’s unclear whether or not UWB (ultra-wideband) and Blue- allowing every manufacturer to de-
publication claims to have seen doc- Samsung will use the ‘Qualcomm tooth Low Energy - technologies velop their own trackers.
umentation that reveals the Snap- Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Plat- used for radio-based communication An eventual Google Grogu
dragon 8 Gen 2 used in the Galaxy form for Galaxy’ branding widely for short-range usage scenarios re- tag could be announced as early
S23 series smartphones will be called or keep it limited to the Unpacked ported GSM Arena. as Google I/O, traditionally taking
‘Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 event, as per GSM Arena. The Pixel 6 Pro and Pixel 7 Pro place in May, as per GSM Arena.

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