Samsung has launched a NewsON panel, bringing on-screen content to Samsung Smart TV sets in South Africa, enabling viewers to get access even in a low bandwidth set-up to things like popular news and weather reports.
The new NewsON feature is freely available for Samsung Smart TV owners through the Samsung Smart Hub, which allows users to read news stories and see weather reports which they can click through, see story summaries or full articles, as well as stream news video clips.
The new interactive interface funnels the local stories as well as weather reports for all the main cities in South Africa, with Flickr photos in the background.
Smart TV users can get access to the new NewsON panel by upgrading the Smart TV firmware to version 112.6.
"NewsON gives users a more connected life by providing readily accessible and relevant local content," says Lance Berger, the head of product marketing TV/AV at Samsung Electronics South Africa.
"This new feature is part of Samsung's commitment to expanding the TV experience beyond simply watching television and movies, and to bring knowledge, news and the most immersive entertainment experience to everyone, everywhere," says Lance Berger.
