All apps for Samsung SmartTVs become free
Samsung has decided to change the commercial strategy of content through its televisions. Or at least that is what emerges from the latest events related to the applications, the SmartTVand its users in the United States And the Korean brand has confirmed that will stop offering paid applications for its televisions to focus exclusively on free contentAll this by carrying out refunds and other issues after the removal of some of these previously offered tools.
TVs SmartTV, very similar to smartphonesand tablets, also have an application store where you can download various tools to use on the big screen in the living room. Some of them even from payment However, it seems that this market has not had enough pull to maintain it, so Samsung has decided to eliminate paid applications and offer only free tools to its users. But then, what happens to those who enjoy any of these applications?
Samsung has set up an information web page for the United Stateswhere all users are informed of the changes and options for reimbursement of these applications.Something that expands the email that already sent to these users at the end of March informing about the removal of these tools. With this, and depending on each case, it is possible to request a refund for purchased applications that have been eliminated and whose service is no longer available.
This policy change does not, however, affect the services that are also offered through paths applications available onSamsung Apps such as Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Pandora , Spotify”¦ Services that carry content such as videos, movies, shows, or songs through Internet (streaming) to the television screen but through a paid subscription. And its applications are free, although it is necessary to have a user account and a paid subscriptionown to be able to access said content, but depending directly on the service and not on Samsung.
With all this, and since the end of March, the application store for televisions SmartTV, also called Samsung Apps, only has free tools to download to TVs. Games, video and music services, tools for physical exercise, news and information and a long etcetera for which you will not have to pay unless you start. All this without ceasing to provide service to paid content contracted or subscribed through other streaming streaming platforms
In the meantime, users who purchased paid applications prior to the cancellation of these tools will have to wait until May 12to claim the reimbursement of your money through Samsung Apps All this to get both the amount of the application and any balance deposited through your user account in this application store for smart TVs.
In the case of Spanish users there is no problem, since from the beginning Samsung Apps for televisions SmartTV offers free content or applications that allow you to enjoy paid services but whose tool does not involve any payment of prior to downloading.
