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By Samsung Newsroom
“Instead of formulating thoughts through words, I compose with layered colors.”
– Athene Galiciadis, contemporary artist
Athene Galiciadis’ work draws its force from the movement of repeated forms. Across paintings, sculptures and installations, the Zurich-based artist uses grids, curves and blocks of color to build a formal language shaped by pattern, material experimentation and references spanning concrete art, design, craft, science and literature.
▲ Athene Galiciadis is a Zurich-based artist featured in the new Art Basel in Basel digital collection on Samsung Art Store. Photo courtesy of the artist. Galiciadis’ “Stillleben (Reflection on Longings and Belongings)” and “Stillleben (Window)” have been selected for the Art Basel in Basel (ABB) 2026 Collection on Samsung Art Store. The works were chosen for their strong use of color and pattern, qualities that translate naturally to the digital viewing experience on Samsung Art Store. Created in partnership with Art Basel, the digital collection features works by Switzerland-based artists from participating galleries and brings contemporary art from the fair to Samsung Art Store subscribers worldwide. Samsung Newsroom spoke with Galiciadis about form, color, the ideas behind the selected works and how digital presentation can bring art into the home.
A Personal Language Through Patterns
Q. Your work has a distinct language of shapes, colors and materials. How did this visual system develop?
I began developing this visual language while studying Fine Arts at ECAL(École cantonale d’art de Lausanne) in Lausanne. At the time, many artists in the Lausanne art scene were working with Neo-Geo aesthetics. I admired the rigor of that language, but I never fully connected with its precision. Rather than adopting it directly, I tried to translate it into something that felt closer to me.
▲ No two hand-painted patterns are exactly the same, with small variations giving Galiciadis’ geometric forms a sense of movement. Photo by Malle Madsen, courtesy of von Bartha Copenhagen. I started working with geometric forms, patterns, repetition and symmetry, but I deliberately embraced the handmade. Every shape was drawn or painted by hand, making it unique and slightly different from the one beside it. The patterns shifted subtly across the surface, not through a predetermined system, but through the small variations that naturally arise from manual repetition.
Q. How do you think about rhythm, variation and change within a composition?
Repetition has always been central to my practice, but I have never been interested in repetition as exact duplication. Because my forms are drawn and painted by hand, no element is ever completely identical to another. A line becomes slightly thicker, a shape shifts, a color changes in intensity. These differences accumulate and create a sense of movement across the surface.
I often think of repetition in terms of rhythm rather than pattern. A pattern suggests a fixed system, whereas rhythm allows for fluctuation, pauses, accelerations and unexpected turns. In that sense, my compositions are perhaps closer to biology than to geometry. They are structured, but never entirely predictable. They repeat, but never in exactly the same way. Over time, this visual language has become more than a tool. I see it as a placeholder for “in-betweenness,” a way to hold ambiguity, transition and multiple meanings at once.
▲ (From left) Galiciadis stands beside her ceramic works, the installation shows how repeated forms create rhythm and movement across the space. Photo by Malle Madsen, courtesy of von Bartha Copenhagen.
Q. How much of a work is planned before you begin and how much is decided through the act of making it?
I usually begin with a very clear image in my mind. I think visually, so many works start as an almost complete mental picture rather than a concept expressed in words. What fascinates me is that the finished work never looks exactly like that initial image. The image has to pass through materials, gestures, scale, time and the realities of the studio. In that translation, things inevitably shift.
I do not see these deviations as mistakes or compromises. On the contrary, they are often where the work becomes most interesting. While the starting point is often highly defined, the final work is always shaped through the act of making. It is a conversation between intention and discovery, between what I envisioned and what the work itself asks for along the way.
▲ Galiciadis often lets her works shift through material, scale and space during the creative process. Photo by Stefan Altenburger, courtesy of Museum Haus Konstruktiv.
Q. Are there certain materials, colors or forms you find yourself returning to over time? If so, what keeps drawing you back to them?
Yes, there are certain forms, colors and motifs that keep returning: snakes, spirals, pinks, triangles, zigzags and many others. I do not consciously decide to revisit them; rather, they seem to reappear on their own, as if they still have something to teach me.
I often think of artistic research as a spiral rather than a linear progression. You engage with something, move away from it, explore other directions and then return to it later. But when you come back, neither you nor the motif is quite the same. Perhaps this is why I am drawn to recurring forms. They become companions in a long-term conversation. Each time they reappear, they carry traces of previous works while opening up new questions and possibilities.
▲ Galiciadis returns to recurring forms and motifs as a way to revisit ideas over time. Photo by Stefan Altenburger, courtesy of Museum Haus Konstruktiv.
The Meaning of “Stillleben”
“The same structures that provide comfort and a sense of home can also become mechanisms of separation and exclusion.”
Q. Your palette often moves between soft pinks, greens and yellows, with darker blues and blacks adding contrast. How do you think about color as a way to shape tension, depth or atmosphere?
For me, color is something deeply personal. I do not approach it primarily as a decorative element or as a way of illustrating an idea. Rather, color is a way of thinking and a form of artistic research.
In many ways, this process replaces language. Instead of formulating thoughts through words, I compose with layered colors. Through this slow accumulation, I search for nuances, tensions and relationships that are difficult for me to articulate verbally. The depth that emerges is not only visual but also emotional and conceptual.
Q. What can you share about the works selected for the Art Basel in Basel 2026 Collection on Samsung Art Store and the moment in which they were made?
This work emerged within a larger constellation of paintings that I was developing simultaneously in the studio. I rarely work on a single canvas at a time. Instead, several works evolve alongside one another, creating a kind of conversation. What appears on one canvas often migrates to another; a color, form, rhythm or idea that begins in one painting may find a different articulation in the next.
▲ From left. “Stillleben (Window)” (2023) by Athene Galiciadis. Photo by Malle Madsen.
“Stillleben (Reflection on Longings and Belongings)” (2021) by Athene Galiciadis. Photo by Andreas Zimmermann. Both works were created within such a process. They carry traces of multiple explorations and conversations taking place across different canvases at the same time. Looking back, I see each work as part of an ongoing reflection on questions that continue to occupy me: belonging, displacement, memory, inheritance and transformation. Rather than offering answers, the painting became a space where these themes could coexist and interact.
Q. How did the title “Stillleben (Reflection on Longings and Belongings)” come to the work and what does it add to the viewer’s understanding of the piece?
The title emerged from two conditions that often feel inseparable. Questions of migration, displacement, in-betweenness, transformation, inheritance and identity run throughout my practice and shape how I understand the world. What does it mean to belong? Who is included and who remains outside? Belonging can offer shelter, care and nourishment, but it can also produce boundaries and exclusions.
Longing is particularly difficult to describe. For me, it is often connected to a desire to bridge a gap that is always present but was never entirely my own. It can be inherited across generations, carried through stories, silences, memories and cultural interruptions. It is a longing for connection, continuity and understanding, while knowing that some distances can never be fully overcome.
The same structures that provide comfort and a sense of home can also become mechanisms of separation and exclusion. For me, “Stillleben (Reflection on Longings and Belongings)”inhabits this space of contradiction. It reflects on the simultaneous desire to belong and the awareness that belonging is never simple, fixed or innocent.
Where Art Finds New Meaning at Home
Q. Samsung Art Store gives people a way to encounter world-class art in the spaces where they live. What interests you about that everyday relationship with artwork?
What interests me most is the possibility of creating an everyday relationship with art. Some of the most meaningful encounters with artworks happen not in museums, but in the spaces where we live and spend our time. When you encounter an artwork repeatedly, it becomes part of your daily life and the relationship deepens over time to become a piece of your memories and personal history.
This resonates with my interest in collaboration, participation and community building. I enjoy forms of access that allow art to enter everyday environments. Through projects such as Actioning, I have explored how meaning emerges through shared experiences and sustained engagement. I see art as something that can create connections and become part of a shared cultural life.
Q. How do you think the experience of viewing art changes when a work becomes part of a home environment?
I think the experience becomes slower and more intimate. In a museum, we often encounter artworks briefly and alongside many others. At home, the relationship unfolds over time and the artwork becomes part of everyday life.
You might notice it while drinking your morning coffee, passing through a room or returning home after a difficult day. Sometimes you look closely; other times it simply exists in the background. Yet it continues to shape the atmosphere of a space.
▲ “Stillleben (Reflection on Longings and Belongings)” (2021) by Athene Galiciadis is displayed on the 2026 OLED TV S95H. The work becomes an ongoing relationship. Meanings can shift over time and details that initially went unnoticed may suddenly become important. As the viewer changes, the work changes too. This reflects how I understand art: not as a fixed message, but as something open that continues to generate new associations.
“Some of the most meaningful encounters with artworks happen not in museums, but in the spaces where we live and spend our time.”
Q. For viewers who may discover your work for the first time through Samsung Art Store, what would you hope they take time to notice?
I would invite them to spend a little time with the work and allow their eyes to wander. At first glance, my paintings may appear structured, repetitive or geometric. But if you stay with them for a while, small shifts, irregularities and transformations begin to emerge.
I hope viewers notice that nothing is ever entirely fixed. Forms repeat, but they also change. Colors overlap, reveal and conceal one another. What may initially seem stable gradually becomes more fluid and complex.
Perhaps most of all, I hope people allow themselves to experience the work without feeling the need to immediately understand or interpret it. Much of my practice is concerned with things that exist between categories: between belonging and displacement, order and unpredictability, memory and imagination. These are experiences that cannot always be translated into words.
If viewers take the time to notice the rhythms, layers and subtle variations within the work, they may discover that the painting is less about providing answers than about creating space for reflection, curiosity and personal associations. I hope everyone can find their own point of entry and build their own relationship with the work over time.
▲ Samsung’s 2026 Art TV lineup offers digital collections of curated artworks through Samsung Art Store.
(From left) 2026 OLED S95H, The Frame Pro and Micro RGB. Samsung Art Store is an art subscription service available on Samsung Art TVs. The service offers more than 5,000 artworks in 4K quality from over 800 artists through more than 80 partners. Available across Samsung’s expanded 2026 Art TV lineup, Samsung Art Store brings curated artwork into everyday spaces through Samsung’s display technology and design.
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By Samsung Newsroom
Introducing a smarter way to prepare for your next event—weather insights, right where your ticket lives.
The Problem Every Event-Goer Knows
We've all been there. You're heading to an outdoor concert, a weekend football match, or a long-awaited festival. You have your ticket ready in Samsung Wallet. You arrive at the venue—and then it hits you, literally. Rain you didn't plan for. Wind that turns your umbrella inside out. Heat you didn't dress for.
The forecast was out there, sure—buried in a separate weather application you forgot to check. Or maybe you glanced at it last night, but things changed by morning. The truth is, weather information and event details have always lived in two different worlds. Until now.
Meet Weather Forecast in Samsung Wallet
Samsung Wallet is closing the gap between knowing your plans and being prepared for them. With our newest feature—Weather Forecast—real-time weather information is now embedded directly into your ticket details page. No application switching. No guesswork. Just the forecast you need, precisely when and where it matters most.
Powered by The Weather Channel (TWC), one of the world's most trusted weather data providers, this feature automatically pulls the forecast for your event's exact location and time—so you always know what to expect before you step out the door.
How It Works
The Weather Forecast integration is seamless by design. Here's what you'll see when you open a ticket in Samsung Wallet:
• Weather at a Glance. A clean, lightweight widget appears right beneath your event's location details, showing the expected conditions at event start time: temperature, weather icon (sun, rain, snow, storm, and more), and the event location name.
• Forecast for Your Event Time. Not the current weather. The weather when your event starts. Whether it's a 7 PM concert tonight or a Saturday afternoon game three days from now, you'll see the forecast tailored to the moment that matters.
• Severe Weather Alerts. In supported regions (including the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Australia, and South Korea), government-issued severe weather warnings appear directly on the widget. If there's a storm advisory or heat warning, you'll know before you go.
• Full Forecast, One Tap Away. Want the hour-by-hour breakdown? A single tap on the widget opens The Weather Channel's detailed forecast page—giving you the complete picture for the entire day of your event.
Why It Matters
This isn't just a nice-to-have. Weather Forecast on your tickets is a meaningful upgrade to how you experience events:
• Be Prepared, Not Surprised. Know whether to pack an umbrella, grab a jacket, or slather on sunscreen—before you leave the house, not after you arrive.
• Everything in One Place. Your ticket, your venue details, and now your weather forecast—all on one screen. No more bouncing between applications and trying to remember if you checked the right city.
• Timely, Not Intrusive. The weather widget appears automatically one week before your event and stays current with every refresh. It's there when you need it and gone once the event is over. No clutter, no noise.
• Smart Precipitation Tracking. The feature specifically checks for rain and precipitation in the critical window around your event—from 4 hours before through 1 hour after—so you're alerted to the conditions that matter most for getting there and getting home.
Built for the Real World
Life doesn't always go perfectly, and neither do data connections. That's why Weather Forecast is designed with graceful fallbacks at every step:
• No Internet connection? You'll see a clear message that weather data is unavailable—not a blank space or a loading spinner.
• Missing venue location? A simple "Check the weather" link still lets you manually look up conditions.
• API hiccup? A friendly prompt guides you to check the forecast directly on The Weather Channel's site.
• Multi-day event? You'll see the forecast for the start time before the event begins, then current conditions during the event days.
• Event over? The widget disappears automatically. Clean and simple.
Privacy by Design
Here's something you'll appreciate: Samsung Wallet does not use your device's GPS or collect any personal location data for this feature. The forecast is based solely on the event's venue information—the city and location already associated with your ticket. No tracking, no data sharing with third parties. The partner website opens only when you choose to tap. Your privacy stays intact.
Global Reach, Local Precision
Weather Forecast in Samsung Wallet is rolling out across Samsung Wallet markets globally, excluding China. Whether you're attending a K-pop concert in Seoul, a Premier League match in London, or a Broadway show in New York, your ticket now comes with a built-in weather briefing.
More Than Just Tickets: A Vision
While the first release focuses on event tickets and boarding passes, the architecture is built for expansion. Imagine checking the weather for your hotel reservation, your restaurant booking, or your hiking trip—all from within Samsung Wallet. This is the first step toward making Samsung Wallet not just the place where you store your plans, but the place where you prepare for them.
The Bottom Line
Samsung Wallet has always been about convenience—keeping your cards, tickets, and passes in one secure place. With Weather Forecast, it becomes something more: your personal event companion, helping you arrive ready for whatever the sky has in store.
No more arriving drenched. No more shivering in the stands. No more scrambling for weather information across multiple applications. Just open your ticket, check the forecast, and go—confident and prepared.
Weather Forecast in Samsung Wallet—because the best events are the ones you're ready for.
Availability: Rolling out globally starting in late July 2026 with the Samsung Wallet update, excluding China. Powered by: The Weather Channel Supported ticket types: Event tickets and boarding passes, with more coming soon. Severe weather alerts: Available in the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe, Australia, and South Korea. View the full blog at its source
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By Samsung Newsroom
At first glance, Sun Yitian’s paintings can feel bright, crisp and almost disarmingly familiar. But beneath their polished surfaces is something more elusive — a tension between innocence and artifice, nostalgia and unease. That quality has made her one of the most closely watched voices in contemporary painting today.
▲ Artist Sun is known for her work that reframes mass-produced objects. Credit:© Andrea Rossetti. Following Art Basel Hong Kong 2026, Sun’s “Ken” (2023) is exclusively featured in the new Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 Collection on Samsung Art TVs.1
To mark the occasion, Samsung Newsroom spoke with Sun about her artistic philosophy, her visual language and what inspired this collaboration with Samsung Art Store.
▲ “Ken” (2023) reflects Sun’s distinctive approach to culture. Credit: Sun‘s Studio and BANK.
Painting the Familiar Anew
Q. “Ken” (2023) is featured in this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong collection on Samsung Art Store. What’s the meaning behind this work?
My earlier iterations of “Ken” were all relatively small. This version is the first time I’ve painted him at a large scale — three meters across. I wanted the male figure in the painting to become the object of the gaze.
Barbie’s boyfriend feels very characteristic of our current moment. He has had all roughness and resistance removed. He is handsome, healthy and radiant. But he is empty. Inside, he is just plastic. He exists only as Barbie’s counterpart. I did not want to paint him as a toy, but as a living, beautiful head. When pilgrimage is stripped of traditional faith, it begins to reflect a problem of modernity.
“They were my companions in childhood, and they also carry the imprint of the time we live in.”
Q. Many of your paintings begin with familiar objects, toys or images from everyday life. What draws you to those subjects, and what do they allow you to explore as an artist?
I grew up in China in the 1990s, so I — and most people my age — did not have siblings. It was also a period of rapid economic change, shaped by reform and greater openness to global trade. My hometown, Wenzhou, is known for manufacturing.
As a child, I often visited local factories owned by friends’ families. The assembly lines and showrooms were filled with toys, eyeglasses and such goods ready for export to markets around the world. At home, I spent a lot of time alone with my dolls while my parents were away.
Later, when I was in college, I visited the city of Yiwu, known for its wholesale markets. I was struck by these small everyday objects — their shapes, materials, colors and textures all seemed to carry the atmosphere of a particular era. That experience led me to begin my “Man-Made Objects” series.
In the modern world, objects have become increasingly short-lived. I feel attached to these fleeting things made on assembly lines. They were my companions in childhood, and they also carry the imprint of the time we live in.
Q. What does painting allow you to do with these familiar objects that another medium might not?
Much like the subjects of my work, paint itself is also a material object. In a sense, I use one object — paint — to represent another object through realism. What matters to me is the painting’s physical presence. That is the key difference between a painting and an image of a painting on a screen: the painting exists physically as a real, tangible object.
I care deeply about the concept of painterliness, but I do not want my brushwork to be too expressive or too obvious. I do not want the texture to call attention to itself on the surface. I prefer to let it emerge quietly, in hidden and subtle places.
Where Nostalgia Meets the Present
“As a painter, I know painting is a very old medium. But as a younger artist, I am open to trying new languages and new tools.”
Q. What first drew you to painting as your way of seeing and interpreting the world?
I studied at an art school in Beijing, but painting had already been part of my life since childhood. Over time, through constant practice and repetition, I gradually developed my own artistic language.
When I was little, I loved Shogo Hirata’s fairy tale books and would constantly copy the characters. I was also obsessed with “Sailor Moon” and drew its characters over and over again. I still remember one moment in kindergarten when I drew a princess for my classmates and cut small slits into her dress with scissors. When I held it up to the sunlight, the light came through and made the dress seem as if it were glowing. Everyone was delighted. I think that may have been the moment I realized how interesting drawing could be — and that I wanted to keep doing it.
Q. Your paintings are incredibly precise, but they also leave room for ambiguity and feeling. How do you think about that balance as you work?
Only when the choice of object, the coolness of the brushwork and the objectivity of the viewpoint are pushed to a very high degree of precision can ambiguity and emotion rise within the painting. Otherwise, it would simply be a depiction of an object, without meaning.
▲ “Ken” displayed on The Frame Pro as a part of the Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 Collection on Samsung Art Store.
Q. How have you seen technology shape the way art is made, shared and experienced today — and where do you think that relationship is headed?
New technologies are constantly reshaping the way art is made today. As a painter, I know painting is a very old medium. But as a younger artist, I am open to trying new languages and new tools. That does not necessarily mean bringing them directly into my paintings. Rather, they push me to reflect on what painting means at this moment — what I should paint next, and how I should paint it.
From the Fair to Everyday Life
Q. Samsung Art Store creates a different context for discovering and experiencing art at home. How do you think your work resonates differently on displays than it does in a gallery or museum?
When my work is shown in a more private and intimate setting through a digital screen, it can take on a different feeling from the original painting. That shift is interesting to me because it allows people to encounter the work in everyday life, in a more personal way. On displays like The Frame, viewers can spend time with an image in their own space and notice details they might experience differently in a gallery or museum. At the same time, the original painting still has its own physical presence, so I hope people remain curious to see both. Right now, “Ken” is on view at the Long Museum in Shanghai.
▲ Users can explore a wide range of artworks in 4K quality on Samsung Art TVs. (From left) 2026 OLED S95H, The Frame Pro and Micro RGB.
Q. What interested you in partnering with Samsung Art Store to bring your art into the home, and what do you hope viewers take away from that experience?
I just hope my friends turn on their Samsung TV, see my giant “Ken” and get a little surprise!
Samsung Electronics serves as the official display partner of Art Basel and launches the Art Basel Collections on Samsung Art Store. These curated digital exhibitions are available exclusively on Samsung Art Store and feature artists showcased at four Art Basel venues — Hong Kong, Basel, Paris and Miami Beach. Samsung Art Store brings together more than 5,000 artworks in 4K from over 800 artists and 80+ partners in a single subscription service. Available across Samsung’s expanded 2026 Art TV lineup, it offers a new way to live with art through screens designed to fit naturally into everyday interiors.
Samsung Art TVs include all 2026 models with Samsung Art Store above the M80H, except S90H and S85H. ︎ View the full article
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By Samsung Newsroom
Samsung Electronics, a Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Partner, today announced that it has supplied professional monitors to support officiating and broadcast operations for select short track speed skating disciplines at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
“In environments where critical decisions depend on what people see, visual accuracy and reliability matter,” said Hun Lee, Executive Vice President of the Visual Display (VD) Business at Samsung Electronics. “We’re proud to see our professional monitors used in these real-world settings, and we continue to focus on developing display technologies built on precision and trust.”
Short track speed skating is one of the fastest and most technically demanding sports in the Olympic Winter Games. Races are often decided by razor-thin margins — sometimes as little as 0.001 seconds — and outcomes can hinge on brief moments such as athlete contact or the precise positioning of a skate blade. In these situations, officials rely on high-speed camera systems and real-time video review to evaluate incidents and ensure fair competition.
To support this process across short track speed skating disciplines, professional Samsung monitors are used to enable real-time video review and competition monitoring. With the aid of these monitors, officials can clearly assess critical moments and confidently make rulings.
ViewFinity S8: Supporting Officiating With Clear, Reliable Visual Review
In officiating areas near the field of play at Milano Cortina 2026, Samsung’s 37-inch ViewFinity S8 monitors (S80UD model) have been deployed to support fair play through real-time video review and competition monitoring.
The ViewFinity S8 features a 4K UHD (3,840 × 2,160) resolution and a 16:9 aspect ratio, offering a larger viewing area that allows officials to examine fine details without compromising clarity. Compared to standard 32-inch displays, the expanded screen enables clearer inspection of close calls at the same magnification, helping officials review footage with greater confidence. HDR10 support further enhances contrast and color expression, ensuring faithful reproduction of video feeds during critical decision-making moments.
Odyssey Ark: Supporting Broadcast and Production Operations
Samsung monitors have also been installed in video rooms operated by Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the official Olympic broadcaster for the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In these broadcast and production environments, Odyssey Ark supports teams monitoring multiple live feeds on a 55-inch display with a 1,000R curvature and 4K UHD (3,840 × 2,160) resolution.
Designed to enhance immersion while minimizing visual distortion, Odyssey Ark helps broadcast teams maintain a clear view of fast-paced action as competition intensity unfolds. A 1ms GtG1 response time supports consistent image clarity during dynamic scenes, contributing to smooth monitoring across live production workflows.
Bringing Advanced Monitor Display Technology to Global Sporting Events
During the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, Samsung is carrying out its global Olympic and Paralympic partnership campaign, “Open Always Wins.” First introduced at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, the campaign reflects the value of openness — embracing differences, rejecting discrimination and creating greater possibilities through collaboration. At Milano Cortina 2026, the message is shared alongside Team Samsung Galaxy, Samsung’s official Olympic and Paralympic athlete ambassadors.
Building on its experience supporting live competition and broadcast environments at Milano Cortina 2026, Samsung will continue developing monitor solutions optimized for global sporting events and complex on-site operations, supporting fair competition and seamless production under the most demanding conditions.
About Samsung’s Involvement in the Olympic Games
Samsung has been a Worldwide Olympic Partner since the Olympic Winter Games Nagano 1998. For nearly 30 years, athletes and fans have trusted Samsung’s transformative mobile technology to share the Olympic spirit globally and to help shape the digital future of the Olympic Games for Milano Cortina 2026 and beyond. The company’s commitment to the Olympic Movement soon faces its fourth decade of partnership and extends through LA28 Games. Samsung’s purposeful innovations in the wireless communications and computing equipment category, including equipment that features artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality and 5G will help to change the way the world experiences the Olympic Games.
About Samsung’s Involvement in the Paralympic Games
Samsung is a Worldwide Partner of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in the wireless communications and computing equipment category. Starting from Paralympic Winter Games Torino 2006, the company has proudly supported the Paralympic Movement and enabled athletes and fans around the world to share the excitement and inspiration of the Games through Samsung’s transformative mobile technology. Samsung’s commitment to the Paralympic Games will extend through to LA28 Games and be celebrated through innovative mobile and computing experiences powered by purposeful innovations in the wireless communications and computing equipment category, including equipment that features artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality and 5G.
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By Daniel
I’m still dealing with persistent UI lag and bugs on my Samsung S95B, and I’m surprised this issue continues even this year with brand new firmware 1661 and resets.
Symptoms:
Menu interface is slow and laggy, especially in Settings and Home screen.
Scrolling causes stutters or jumps/skips lines in some menus.
Delays when switching inputs, opening apps, or using Smart Hub.
UI gradually becomes less responsive the longer the TV stays on.
What I’ve tried (none of these solved it):
Updated to firmware
Multiple cold boots (hold power button until restart)
Smart Hub reset
Disabled TV Plus, Autorun content, ad services, autoplay previews, etc.
Clean install with only core apps
Factory reset → works for a few days then problem returns
Disconect internet
Only “solution” that works (but temporarily):
Using “Device Care > Memory Cleanup”
It improves UI performance significantly...
BUT only for couple hours
After that, lag and line skipping come back just like before.
So far, this is the only reliable way to temporarily fix the sluggish interface.
Likely cause (based on community feedback):
Tizen OS memory mismanagement (leaks, poor RAM recycling, app bloat)
Possibly related to ad-driven Smart Hub tiles or unoptimized background services
UI lag happens even with no streaming apps open and minimal setup
What I’m asking the community:
Has anyone found a real permanent fix????
Any way to disable Smart Hub completely or force a minimal launcher?
Anyone rollback to a more stable firmware (e.g. 1304, 1430) and fixed this?
Did anyone get Samsung to acknowledge or repair it under warranty?
It’s frustrating to have a flagship OLED 2500$ USD with incredible picture quality, but an TIZEN OS that feels like it’s choking on basic tasks. Hoping for any solutions beyond daily memory cleaning.
On my opinion this is a bad memory using that cause this. Memory because saturated over time.
In all case, Tizen team should redo their homework ASAP.
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