Your new Samsung Galaxy S23 could be even easier to set up
Google’s Fast Pair eliminates the hassle of setting up new Bluetooth accessories. You bring a compatible smartwatch or earbuds near your phone, and a dialog box will automatically pop up to initiate the pairing process. Fast Pair is so good that the company evenbrought the feature to Chromebooks, Android TVs, and smart home devices. Now, it looks like Google is expanding Fast Pair capabilities to include setting up a new Android phone, with the feature potentially debuting on theSamsung Galaxy S23 series.
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Do note that the addition of Fast Pair won’t change how you set up a new Android phone and the data transfer process. It will only make it easier to discover your new phone and speed up the entire procedure.
Further evidence points to Google working with Samsung on launching the new Fast Pair feature with the launch of the Galaxy S23 series. The two companies have worked closely in the past to introduce new features exclusive to Galaxy and Pixel phones, so this would not be a surprising move. If that’s the case this time as well, we won’t have to wait long for Fast Pair support for new Android phones to go live, as Samsung isscheduled to announce the Galaxy S23 seriesin less than a week from now.
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