Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge owners get more than $500 worth of digital gifts

Samsung had already told us that they’d be serving up a bag of digital gifts for anyone who buys the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, and now we have all the details. There’s an insane amount of value here as Samsung has valued the package at more than 0. Here’s a long list of everything you’re entitled to:

• Audible: Three months of Audible membership


• Dragons of Atlantis: Heirs of the Dragon: “Samsung Resource Pack” valued at 5,000 gold


• The Economist: Six months of digital subscription


• Endomondo: Six months of Endomondo Premium


• Evernote: Three months of Evernote Premium


• Fleksy Keyboard: Fleksy Keyboard and Modern premium themes


• Hancom Office 2014: Office editor download for an unlimited period from Galaxy Apps


• The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle Earth: “Samsung Resource Pack” valued at 100 Mithril


• Keepy: Six month Keepy Unlimited to save your kids art, school work and mementos


• Kindle for Samsung: One eBook every month


• LastPass: Three months of Premium for U.S. customers and six months Premium for international


• Life360: Six months premium service subscription


• Magisto: Three months of Magisto Pro HD


• NY Times Breaking News: Three months with a subscription


• OneDrive: An extra 100 GB of OneDrive storage for two years *Offer valid only on devices where OneDrive is preloaded


• PAC-MAN Friends: Samsung customers receive 30 cherries (plays)


• Parallels Access: Six month subscription


• Pocket: Six month subscription to Pocket Premium


• Shazam Encore: Special ad-free version


• VSCO Cam: Download The Minimalist Collection, which includes 10 VSCO Cam® presets


• Workout Trainer: Six months of Workout Trainer Pro+

Not all of it will be of interest to everyone who buys a Samsung Galaxy S6, but there’s enough variety here that you should find something worth taking advantage of. All of it can be had through Samsung’s Galaxy Gifts application that can be downloaded from the Samsung Apps Store. Be sure to check it out as soon as you can.

[via Samsung]

Samsung has 22 digital gifts for Samsung Galaxy S6 buyers

When (or if) you buy the Samsung Galaxy S6 or Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (see our hands-on here), you’ll surely be entitled to free gifts. Digital gifts, mind you, but gifts nonetheless. They’ll come in the form of premium in-app offers and subscriptions from a variety of different services. Here’s the shortlist of apps that’ll have offers tied to them:

1. VSCO


2. Magisto


3. Pac-Man Friends


4. The Hobbit: Kingdoms


5. Dragons of Atlantis: Heirs


6. NYTimes


7. The Economist


8. Kindle for Samsung


9. Audible


10. Workout Trainer


11. Endomondo


12. Uber


13. Keepy


14. PayPal


15. Life360


16. LastPass


17. Shazam


18. Fleksy


19. Evernote


20. Pocket


21. Parallels Access


22. Hancom Office

That’s a lot of stuff, folks. Unfortunately all it is right now is a list of apps as Samsung has yet to come out and formally detail the offers. We’re sure we’ll hear more once the device’s April 10th launch date creeps up on us, but for now just know that you’ll be getting your money’s worth in more ways than one if you happen to buy their latest phones.

[via SamMobile]

Amazon Echo’s Alexa becomes an open platform to add a digital assistant to any smart item

It looks like Amazon had bigger plans for Alexa than we thought. The digital voice assistant — which is the star of the show for the Amazon Echo that recently went up for pre-sale — is becoming an open platform which developers can use to add voice assistant features to their products.

They’ll do so through the use of the Alexa Skill Kit and the Alexa Voice Service, a collection of APIs and services that’ll allow you to implement Alexa in your products with ease. The Skill Kit is what will allow developers to support Alexa as if their app is one of Amazon’s own, while the Voice Service is what device makers use to implement Alexa in internet-connected hardware.

To kick things off and spur development, Amazon is also putting up a cool 0 million — called the Alexa Fund — to promote development of Alexa apps, devices and give startups the tools they need to be successful with it.

Amazon’s hope is that the end-result will be a wide range of Alexa-capable products that can make your smart home smarter than it already is, and without the need to buy their homegrown unit to do it.

Exciting times ahead indeed, and we can’t wait to see what comes of it. You can take a look at our Amazon Echo review to learn more about Alexa and how it can help you stay on task and up to date on everything in life.