Samsung has signaled it intends to take on Google and Qualcomm.
The Korean giant’s weapon of choice to niggle Google is a Windows port of the “Samsung Internet” browser it ships on smartphones.
The Korean giant says the port “marks the first step toward Samsung Internet becoming a gateway to truly ambient AI across the Samsung Galaxy ecosystem.” Won-Joon Choi, COO of Samsung’s Mobile eXperience business, said the browser “unlocks a more connected experience across mobile and PC, while setting the stage for more intelligent browsing experiences to come.”
“Looking ahead, Samsung Internet’s capabilities will redefine how users interact with the web, evolving from a PC browser that waits for input to an integrated AI platform that understands users while protecting personal data at every level,” he added. Samsung’s announcement of the port mentions the browser “proactively anticipating user needs” and “delivering personalized assistance” so it becomes “a browser that evolves with its users and devices.”
For now, users who log in to a Samsung Account will get summarization and/or translation of web pages, and the chance to synchronize bookmarks, passwords, and sessions across devices.
Samsung released its browser in 2012, and in 2016 made it a standalone app. In the latter form, it’s shipped with hundreds of millions of Galaxy smartphones, but according to Statcounter has never achieved more than 7.43 percent market share on mobile devices – well behind market leaders Google and Apple, and their Chrome and Safari browsers.
It’s hard to say why PC users would rush to adopt the browser on Windows, absent more details about Samsung’s plans for “ambient AI”.
A beta version of Samsung Internet for PCs is available now in the USA and Korea, for Windows 11 and – bafflingly – Windows 10. The company teased “ plans for broader expansion to follow.”
Exynos improvements
Samsung’s dig at Qualcomm appeared in its Q3 results announcement, which reveals the company “plans to strengthen the competitiveness of the Exynos processor for key flagship models and leverage differentiated image sensor technologies to broaden market presence.”
That’s a reference to the fact that Samsung’s Galaxy S25 range – its flagship premium handsets for the year – used only Qualcomm processors. In most other years, the company makes two models of its flagships, some using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon silicon and others with its own Exynos.
Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragons have included strong neural processing (NPUs) units to power the AI features. Some Exynos models already include NPUs, but Samsung seems to think they need improvement.
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The results announcement also mentioned plans for Samsung’s memory business to spend next year focusing on mass production of HBM4 products “with differentiated performance, while simultaneously aiming to scale out the HBM sales base.”
Samsung intends to expand HBM4 production capacity, and “concentrate on expanding sales of other high-value-added products, such as DDR5, LPDDR5x and high-density QLC SSDs to meet demand for AI applications.”
That’s welcome news as South Korea’s other major memory maker – SK Hynix – this week announced it had sold out production of memory it will make next year.
Samsung’s memory unit achieved record revenue in Q3, helped by its HBM3E product entering mass production “and being sold to all related customers.” The Korean giant has also shipped HBM4 samples “to key clients.”
That’s welcome because Samsung has to date failed to cash in on the AI infrastructure boom. Perhaps the company is finally ready to win a bigger share of the hundreds of billions Big Tech is spending on servers.
The company posted ₩86.1 trillion ($60.5 billion) in consolidated revenue for the quarter, an increase of 15.4 percent compared to the previous quarter. Operating profit hit ₩12.2 trillion ($8.5 billion), a 160 percent jump from Q2. ®
Samsung has signaled it intends to take on Google and Qualcomm.
The Korean giant’s weapon of choice to niggle Google is a Windows port of the “Samsung Internet” browser it ships on smartphones.
The Korean giant says the port “marks the first step toward Samsung Internet becoming a gateway to truly ambient AI across the Samsung Galaxy ecosystem.” Won-Joon Choi, COO of Samsung’s Mobile eXperience business, said the browser “unlocks a more connected experience across mobile and PC, while setting the stage for more intelligent browsing experiences to come.”
“Looking ahead, Samsung Internet’s capabilities will redefine how users interact with the web, evolving from a PC browser that waits for input to an integrated AI platform that understands users while protecting personal data at every level,” he added. Samsung’s announcement of the port mentions the browser “proactively anticipating user needs” and “delivering personalized assistance” so it becomes “a browser that evolves with its users and devices.”
For now, users who log in to a Samsung Account will get summarization and/or translation of web pages, and the chance to synchronize bookmarks, passwords, and sessions across devices.
Samsung released its browser in 2012, and in 2016 made it a standalone app. In the latter form, it’s shipped with hundreds of millions of Galaxy smartphones, but according to Statcounter has never achieved more than 7.43 percent market share on mobile devices – well behind market leaders Google and Apple, and their Chrome and Safari browsers.
It’s hard to say why PC users would rush to adopt the browser on Windows, absent more details about Samsung’s plans for “ambient AI”.
A beta version of Samsung Internet for PCs is available now in the USA and Korea, for Windows 11 and – bafflingly – Windows 10. The company teased “ plans for broader expansion to follow.”
Exynos improvements
Samsung’s dig at Qualcomm appeared in its Q3 results announcement, which reveals the company “plans to strengthen the competitiveness of the Exynos processor for key flagship models and leverage differentiated image sensor technologies to broaden market presence.”
That’s a reference to the fact that Samsung’s Galaxy S25 range – its flagship premium handsets for the year – used only Qualcomm processors. In most other years, the company makes two models of its flagships, some using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon silicon and others with its own Exynos.
Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragons have included strong neural processing (NPUs) units to power the AI features. Some Exynos models already include NPUs, but Samsung seems to think they need improvement.
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The results announcement also mentioned plans for Samsung’s memory business to spend next year focusing on mass production of HBM4 products “with differentiated performance, while simultaneously aiming to scale out the HBM sales base.”
Samsung intends to expand HBM4 production capacity, and “concentrate on expanding sales of other high-value-added products, such as DDR5, LPDDR5x and high-density QLC SSDs to meet demand for AI applications.”
That’s welcome news as South Korea’s other major memory maker – SK Hynix – this week announced it had sold out production of memory it will make next year.
Samsung’s memory unit achieved record revenue in Q3, helped by its HBM3E product entering mass production “and being sold to all related customers.” The Korean giant has also shipped HBM4 samples “to key clients.”
That’s welcome because Samsung has to date failed to cash in on the AI infrastructure boom. Perhaps the company is finally ready to win a bigger share of the hundreds of billions Big Tech is spending on servers.
The company posted ₩86.1 trillion ($60.5 billion) in consolidated revenue for the quarter, an increase of 15.4 percent compared to the previous quarter. Operating profit hit ₩12.2 trillion ($8.5 billion), a 160 percent jump from Q2. ®
