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Samsung Galaxy S8's self-support tech will boost mobile pay use

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Payments, payment technology and mobile commerce are another growing use of smartphone devices.

Although there’s been little focus on the use of payments with the new Samsung Galaxy S8 thus far, as time goes by it is expected that an increasing number of customers will rely on digital self-support materials to answer queries about the use of payment tech.

These materials will come in the form of Q&As, tutorials, interactive guides, videos, and a host of online materials available to carrier agents who will still be focused on providing customers with the knowledge they need on their device.

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A Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy S8+ smartphone is displayed at KT Corp.'s Olleh Square flagship store in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, April 21, 2017. Samsung's latest marquee device, the S8, began shipping this week. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
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Companies building up their omnichannel strategies to improve customer support rather than selling their products in bulk as rapidly as possible ensure a better outlook, and creates a positive impression to customers. Positive acknowledgment from current customers assist brands in knowing what they are doing is keeping those customers instead of losing them to competition.

Effective service is impossible without customer knowledge, and to assemble customer knowledge is the capable utilization of predictive analytics, machine learning, and studying the forever changing patterns of customers wants and needs.

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 already has current and prospective customers talking. With its screen covering almost the whole entire front of the device, people are flocking to this cosmetic feature. Along with its looks, its features are also getting positive ratings from tech-savvy customers and highlighting the Galaxy S8 as a success thus far.

Aside from its special features and looks, the entertaining performance given by this device isn’t the only aspect reigning. The customer service experience Samsung and its carriers are providing its customers is intimidating the competition and leaving Samsung to lead customer service to where it is supposed to be.

Anyone who has a smartphone has found themselves in need of troubleshooting or wanting their complaint to be heard. Customer service agents have become accustomed to being only of use when a customer has run into a problem, with no strategy for other motives. Also, many customers would like to experience tools that can aid them in maneuvering around their smartphone so they can have a better idea of how certain functions work.

To be able to predict the actions of their users leveraging online aids for self-support and machine learning, companies are employing these techniques for better understanding of their customers and produce great customer support.

This is where the Samsung galaxy S8 has the chance to show off how it has strategized its customer support to keep up with changing trends.

To make available an incredible device to customers, it is important to comprehend the distinctive sorts of their needs and what they want out of their device. Take into consideration young teens and young adults, as well as older adults. In order to follow through on what different types of customers utilize for tech support, the use of predictive analytics offers insight from past devices and information. This information allows Samsung and customers to work together to provide the service needed for the S8.

It is most likely younger generations that are more focused on downloading various applications and self-support guides to adapt their device to their interests, and older generations prefer how to change their wallpaper to customize a ringtone to a contact. Regardless of age group, the S8 had a great deal of support information for any question.

A significant number of these customer support areas were anticipated for the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8, and because of new features making their debut, it became the center of attention. So what has the launch of Samsung’s recent device shown us?

A new feature that became popular was the use of Bixby, a personal assistant with intelligence right on the S8 device. Before its arrival, it was expected to need extra customer support along with tech support for another new feature, the iris scanner.

However, Bixby’s “ready feature” failed to be available immediately during launch and carriers instead planned on security-related support requests. Though not readily available, Bixby still was in the limelight in customer support materials downloaded and surpassed security support downloads.

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