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| April 2025 | The Galaxy S20 series reached its end of life with the March 2025 security patch, while the S20 FE continues to receive quarterly security updates. |
| 2024 | Samsung announced plans to allow apps to request and virtually present additional credentials through Samsung Wallet. |
| October 10 2024 | Kazakhstan introduces national identity card digital support in Samsung Wallet, allowing citizens to keep their ID cards as a QR code that can be used offline without internet connection. |
| April 2024 | Samsung extended software support for the S20 series to a 5th year, transitioning from monthly to quarterly security updates. |
| November 2023 | Game Launcher feature was renamed to Gaming Hub, marking a rebranding of Samsung's game management interface. |
| September 2023 | Samsung Wallet began supporting Campus IDs on Wear OS devices. |
| August 2023 | Samsung Wallet launched on Wear OS with the Galaxy Watch6, initially supporting tickets, loyalty cards, gift cards, health passes, and boarding passes. |
| February 9 2022 | Samsung officially announced Samsung Wallet at the February 2022 Samsung Unpacked event, combining Samsung Pay and Samsung Pass into a single digital wallet platform for Samsung Galaxy devices. |
| January 2022 | All four Samsung Galaxy S20 models received the One UI 4 update based on Android 12. |
| December 2020 | Samsung began releasing the Android 11 update with One UI 3 to all Samsung Galaxy S20 models. |
| August 18 2020 | Samsung announced that all variants of the S20 series would receive three generations of Android software updates and 4 years of security updates. |
| 2018 | Samsung expanded Always-on Display functionality to additional Galaxy A series devices, providing more smartphone models with the power-efficient display feature. |
| November 7 2018 | Samsung Experience 10.0 beta version released, which was later discontinued and replaced by One UI 1.0. |
| August 9 2018 | Samsung Experience 9.5 launched, introducing Bixby 2.0 with natural conversation and faster response times, and adding Emoji 11.0 support. |
| February 8 2018 | Samsung Experience 9.0 released with Android 8.0 Oreo, featuring enhanced Bixby capabilities, Dual Messenger, improved Finder search, redesigned Home interface, and SmartThings device management. |
| 2017 | Samsung introduced the Always-on Display feature for Galaxy A series devices, as well as S7/S7 edge smartphones, enabling users to view time, calendar, or selected images on a minimally powered AMOLED screen. |
| September 15 2017 | Samsung Experience 8.5 launched, introducing App Pair for multi-window functionality, expanded S Pen features, and improved facial and iris recognition for Galaxy S and Note series phones. |
| April 21 2017 | Samsung Experience 8.1 released, adding DeX desktop experience, Bixby intelligent interface, Bixby Vision, and Samsung Connect support for smart appliance control. |
| January 19 2017 | Samsung Experience 8.0 launched with Android 7.0 Nougat, introducing a redesigned UI, consistent iconography, updated Edge UX, Tilt to Unlock feature, and expanded Always-On Display capabilities. |
| 2016 | Samsung updates TouchWiz to version 6.0 for Galaxy Tab S2 and various smartphone models, running on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. |
| 2015 | Samsung introduces TouchWiz 5.0 for Galaxy Tab S2 and Galaxy Tab A series, running on Android 5.0.2 Lollipop. |
| January 3 2013 | Samsung announced the NX300M, a rangefinder-styled digital mirrorless camera and the first consumer product based on the Tizen operating system, featuring an improved tiltable display that can rotate 180 degrees for selfie mode. |
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