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Instagram experiments with new Samsung Galaxy Watch5 cost to

age verification tools be higher than Watch4

n order to better manage and distinguish between younger users amsung’s upcoming Galaxy We’re looking at a USD30 price
engage with younger and older and adults after receiving criticism Watch5 family of wearables increase here when you consider
Iusers, as well as to better target from privacy and child safety experts. Swill cost more than the Watch4 that the 40mm Galaxy Watch4 cost
them with age-appropriate and rel- Instagram currently only asks products that were introduced last USD270 with Bluetooth only and
evant content and advertising, Ins- users to confirm their age when teen- year. USD320 with LTE. This one will
tagram has been experimenting for agers attempt to edit their birth date According to GSM Arena, the have a USD50 price increase be-
years. The Meta-owned platform is to reflect that they are 18 or older. price of the 40mm Galaxy Watch5 cause the 44mm Galaxy Watch4 costs
currently testing a new set of features Users can send in images of different with Bluetooth will be USD300; the USD300 MSRP with Bluetooth only
designed to verify when people say ID cards to prove their age, and as of LTE version will cost USD350. Priced and USD350 with LTE, as reported
they are 18 or older, including video right now, users in the US will also at USD350 for the Galaxy Watch5 by GSM Arena.
selfies, vouching from adult friends, have two more options: social vouch- 44mm Bluetooth-only model and Priced at USD400 (Bluetooth) or
and providing an ID. ing and AI estimation. USD400 for the LTE-capable model. USD450, the 46mm Galaxy Watch4
According to The Verge, creat- Instagram will ask three of the The Galaxy Watch5 Pro will only be Classic will be replaced by the Gal-
ing an Instagram account requires user’s mutual followers to confirm available in one size, 45mm. axy Watch5 Pro (LTE). As a result,
that you be at least 13 years old, but their age for the first method, social It will cost USD490 in its Blue- the new model will cost USD90 more
the company has historically done vouching. The reciprocal followers tooth-only version; if LTE is add- than the outgoing model.
little to enforce this requirement. It have three days to respond to Ins- ed, the price rises to USD540. The These price increases are signif-
didn’t even bother to ask new users tagram’s request and must be over Pro will be offered in Titanium and icant when expressed in percentage
their birthdate prior to 2019, much the age of 18. The second technique, Black. Pink Gold, Gray, and Sil- points and are undoubtedly not go-
less make an effort to validate this known as AI estimation, entails send- ver will be available for the 40mm ing to win over any new clients. Who
information. However, Instagram ing a video selfie to Yoti, a third-party Watch5, while Blue, Gray, and Sil- will be willing to pay more for the al-
has added an increasing number of business that employs machine learn- ver will be available for the 44mm leged increases in battery life is still
age-verification features and ways to ing to determine an individual’s age. Watch5. unknown.

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