Samsung Link

Samsung Link
Developer(s) Samsung Electronics
Initial release May 29, 2013 (2013-05-29)
Last release
v1.8.2135
Development status Discontinued on
1 November 2016
Operating system Android (Mobile), Windows Phone (Mobile), Windows (PC)
Website

Redirects to theme store:

content.samsung.com/uk/contents/aboutn/samsungLinkIntro.do

Samsung Link was an apppplication for mobile devices that connected all devices and storage services in one place for integrated search and playback. According to a public release by Samsung:

Samsung Link will no longer be available as of [08:00 a.m., November 1, 2016, GMT+9] according to internal policy (“Effective Date”): Although the Samsung Link service will no longer be supported, all files stored on registered devices and cloud services will not be deleted. You can access those remaining files from each device’s and cloud storage’s website/application. [1]

Users could register their device, such as a personal computer, smartphone, or tablet to the same account, and listen to music, share photos or documents, and watch videos on their device remotely. Content on storage services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, or SugarSync could be also downloaded or streamed, although some SugarSync accounts discontinued on 7 March 2014. The application replaced AllShare, which did not require an Internet connection to be able to pair devices.

Features

Remote playback and transfer of content across devices

As well as content on a personal computer, content on devices with the same account could be played or transferred across devices while on the move.

Access content on television

Using the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) function supported by AllShare, users could play videos saved on their personal computer, smartphone, tablet, or television. In addition, once logged in with the same account, users could also access content on devices connected to other networks or on a storage service on their television.

Auto upload of recorded photos/videos

Users could choose to automatically upload content on their camera, personal computer, smartphone, storage device, or tablet.

Integrated search

With the integrated search window, Samsung Link would let users search for content across all registered Samsung devices or storage services with the same account.

History

The first Web version of AllShare Play Mini was released on February 13, 2012. Installed on Samsung Galaxy S III, it was released on May 29, 2012 as part of the official version of AllShare Play. As an integrated element of Allshare Play, the service was renamed Samsung Link on April 25, 2013.

Availability

Samsung Link was available on the following devices:

Note: There is anecdotal evidence that the Windows version of Samsung Link did not work on Windows 10.

References

  1. ↑ "Customer Support | CONTENT & SERVICES". help.content.samsung.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.

External links

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