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No MST support for Samsung Pay in USA

Magnetic Secure Transmission, (MST), is a contactless payment solution that emulates the magstripe terminals still used by many credit card readers in the U.S.

The bad news is that it will not be available to U.S. users on the S21 series or on future releases.

However, strangely enough, some other countries will still be able to use the MST technology as this article from xda developers explains...

Samsung kills MST: the US Galaxy S21 won’t support Samsung Pay’s best payment method

The U.K, Ireland, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia and India are among those that will continue to feature MST.

Remote HD camera, how hard can it be?

Sounds like something that could setup with Tasker. Have it take full resolution pictures, and then sends them back to the PC by email or something?

Thanks man,
..or if I instead use two mobiles: No.1 sends a command - No.2 takes picture and respond with a MMS? That's all I want.

Yes I've heard about this Tasker for various remote control actions. I will have to check it out.

No MST support for Samsung Pay in USA

That's interesting because I don't think magstripe payments are used in the UK any more, it's all Chip and PIN, or contactless there now isn't it?

Do financial institutions still issue magstripe only credit cards and payment terminals in the US, or are they all chip or RFID now?
That's true mikedt

In fact, if Samsung had removed it here in the U.K., I doubt many people would have even noticed.

To quote from that link... "Magnetic Secure Transmission, is a contactless payment solution that emulates the magstripe terminals still used by many credit card readers in the U.S. It’s one of the features that made Samsung Pay the best mobile payment service in the U.S.". So I guess it is a big deal in the States still.

Congrats to Joe Biden & Kamala Harris our 46th President and Vice President

AGAIN CONGRATS TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND TO VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!!!!!! now that was an Inauguration. Given the circumstances i would say that was the best celebration of the peaceful transfer of power that i have seen in a very long while. it beats that idiots fire and brimstone speech......what a night and day difference. it was like breathing for the very first time.....like we were holding our breath for the past 4 years and suddenly took that very first breath of clean air.

i have never felt more hope then i do now.

the Biden team put together a very impressive showing of how the United States should celebrate the Inauguration. you got all of the A-list celebrities that the idiot could not get. Lady Gaga did a very great job singing the National Anthem. I also liked how they ended the night with Katy Perry's Fireworks with a very most impressive fireworks showing.

and in the middle of the festivities Biden rolled up his sleeves to put forth a bunch of executive orders to erase most of the idiot's legacy including halting of the stupid border wall and destroying the stupid Muslim ban. he had over 15 executive orders ready to go once he was officially the Commander in Chief.

No MST support for Samsung Pay in USA

Magnetic Secure Transmission, (MST), is a contactless payment solution that emulates the magstripe terminals still used by many credit card readers in the U.S.

The bad news is that it will not be available to U.S. users on the S21 series or on future releases.

However, strangely enough, some other countries will still be able to use the MST technology as this article from xda developers explains...

Samsung kills MST: the US Galaxy S21 won’t support Samsung Pay’s best payment method

The U.K, Ireland, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia and India are among those that will continue to feature MST.

Best S21 Plus 5G cases

These days a case for your phone is a must given the amount of glass and the cost of repair. A good phone case can be a very sound investment for any new owner.

Already we are beginning to see the web being flooded by cases for the the S21's which range from the silicon sleeves right up to the tough armoured cases, with or without kick stands, wallets and the list goes on.

So, which case are you getting?

Samsung are obviously offering a range of cases...

Samsung Phone Covers U.K.

Also, some on-line stores are offering a range of cases from well known manufacturers such as OtterBox, Spigen, Olixar, etc:

MobileFun in the U.K. have an ever growing range of cases for the Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus 5G...

Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus Cases

Best S21 5G cases

These days a case for your phone is a must given the amount of glass and the cost of repair. A good phone case can be a very sound investment for any new owner.

Already we are beginning to see the web being flooded by cases for the the S21's which range from the silicon sleeves right up to the tough armoured cases, with or without kick stands, wallets and the list goes on.

So, which case are you getting?

Samsung are obviously offering a range of cases...

Samsung Phone Covers U.K.

Also, some on-line stores are offering a range of cases from well known manufacturers such as OtterBox, Spigen, Olixar, etc:

MobileFun in the U.K. have an ever growing range of cases for the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G...

Samsung Galaxy S21 Cases

S21/Plus/Ultra spec comparison

It can be very confusing when there are 3 different models of phone being launched that all bear the Samsung Galaxy S21 name but offer different features and builds.

The following link to the GSMArena site takes you to a comparison of the 3 S21 models and highlights their differences to hopefully help making a choice of which is best for you...

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra, Compare specs

S21/Plus/Ultra spec comparison

It can be very confusing when there are 3 different models of phone being launched that all bear the Samsung Galaxy S21 name but offer different features and builds.

The following link to the GSMArena site takes you to a comparison of the 3 S21 models and highlights their differences to hopefully help making a choice of which is best for you...

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21 Plus and S21 Ultra, Compare specs

Android Accessibility screen reader UI with Amazon Fire voices?

I'm half blind, android Accessibility screen reader "select to speak" feature (definitely not the TalkBack) helps me IMMENSELY by reading almost everything for me, web, apps, most images, etc... The only problem is, how annoying the voices options there are, they're all horrible. I have a Gen 9 kindle Fire 7" tablet, the voices are PERFECT, I could easily read a whole book in 1 day with their voices, but their only "VoiceView" option to read for me is HORRIBLE, next to useless. Is there any way to mis those 2 together on either Fire OS or Android OS?

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