The Galaxy Upcycling at Home program will offer consumers the option to repurpose their old phones into things like a baby listening monitor or security device with Samsung Knox. You could put an old Samsung phone in a nursery and it can listen for a crying baby, for example, and send you notifications. Samsung also teased the system could potentially be used as a pet care tool.
• Using an improved artificial intelligence (AI) solution, Galaxy devices can more accurately distinguish sounds in everyday surroundings, and users can choose to save certain sound recordings. For example, if the device detects sounds such as a baby crying, dog barking, cat meowing, or a knock, it will send an alert directly to the user’s smartphone and the user can listen to the recorded sound.
• Devices can also be used as a light sensor to measure the brightness level of the room. Users can easily set the device to automatically turn on the lights or the TV through SmartThings if the room becomes darker than the preset standard of light.
• Devices can also be used as a light sensor to measure the brightness level of the room. Users can easily set the device to automatically turn on the lights or the TV through SmartThings if the room becomes darker than the preset standard of light.
Because these features require the phone to continuously operate, Samsung has introduced some unspecified battery optimization solutions so as to not wear out the battery longevity from frequent charging/discharging. The only devices that are currently supported by Galaxy Upcycling at Home are all S, Note, and Z series devices released from 2018 onward (ie. the S9, Note 9, and any newer devices) running Android 9 Pie or later. Samsung says that “more devices will be supported in the future”, which hopefully includes some Galaxy A series devices.
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