Protected by military-grade security, the new Samsung wallet is capable of storing digital car keys, identification cards, boarding passes, and payment data for quick payments. This is available to users in a few select countries in Europe, and the US initially.
Samsung Wallet For All Your Digital Needs
Aside from excelling in the smartphone industry by selling hundreds of millions of units every year, Samsung is also competing against digital services providers in most segments. The latest one coming in this pursuit is a new digital wallet service called the Samsung Wallet. Announcing this, Samsung said the data stored within this wallet is protected by military-grade security from its Samsung Knox – which combines fingerprint recognition and encryption to secure the data in the most effective way and let only the intended users access it. Samsung Knox is capable of storing the saved data in an isolated environment, thus putting it away from regular hacking and physical breaches into it. In terms of features, Samsung said its new wallet can store payment data, ID cards, and even digital keys of users’ vehicles! Currently, Samsung supports digital keys of select BMW cars – series 1 to 8, X5-X7, and iX models launched after July 2020, select Genesis models – GV60, and G90, and Hyundai Palisade. More models will be supported soon in the future, says Jeanie Han, EVP and Head of Digital Life, MX Business at Samsung Electronics. The company also noted that Samsung Wallet can be used for tracking their digital portfolios of stocks and cryptocurrency investments, and store driver’s licenses and student IDs. This service is initially available to the users in the USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom, with more regions coming soon.
