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2020-2022: The Samsung Developers Podcast, where we engage, educate, and inspire designers and developers to succeed with Samsung. Hear from Samsung developers talking about the latest tech and new trends. Get insight into all of the opportunities available for Android developers looking to develop for Samsung. Learn about all of the fascinating things our developer community is building for its users. https://developer.samsung.com/developers-podcast

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2020-2022: The Samsung Developers Podcast, where we engage, educate, and inspire designers and developers to succeed with Samsung. Hear from Samsung developers talking about the latest tech and new trends. Get insight into all of the opportunities available for Android developers looking to develop for Samsung. Learn about all of the fascinating things our developer community is building for its users. https://developer.samsung.com/developers-podcast

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English


Episodes

Foldables: Google, Microsoft & Samsung

7/13/2022
8/11/22 Season 3, Episode 7: Foldables Guy Merin, Microsoft Ade Oshineye, Google Soren Lambaek, Samsung On today’s show we have 3 guests on the podcast from leading companies in the foldable space. · Guy Merin, Senior Director of Engineering, Surface Duo Developer Experience, Microsoft · Ade Oshineye, Senior Staff Developer Advocate, Google · Soren Lambaek, Developer Relations Engineer, Samsung Not only do we chat about foldable trends and developer resources, but how companies are...

Duration:00:51:19

Miklós Váradi, The Tiny Digital Factory

5/18/2022
5/18/22 Miklós Váradi, The Tiny Digital Factory Season 3, Episode 6 Miklós Váradi, Product Manager at The Tiny Digital Factory, the gaming studio behind the motorsport racing game GT Manager. Not only do we chat about the challenges of releasing GT Manager worldwide during the pandemic, but also the different promotions related to the version of GT Manager available on Galaxy Store. Topics Covered: • The Tiny Digital Factory • GT Manager • Publishing on Galaxy Store • Marketing •...

Duration:00:20:01

Maria Ly, Skimble

5/4/2022
5/4/22 Maria Ly, Skimble Season 3, Episode 5 Maria Ly, founder of Skimble, the company behind the mobile fitness app Workout Trainer. Not only do we chat about how Skimble began as a small startup but also their collaboration with Samsung Health and the Made for Samsung team. Topics Covered: • Skimble • Rock Health • Workout Trainer • Publishing on Galaxy Store • Marketing • Discoverability • Monetization • Generating Revenue • In-App Purchase (IAP) • Galaxy Badges • Best of...

Duration:00:23:02

Chris Benjaminsen, FRVR

4/20/2022
4/6/22 Chris Benjaminsen, FRVR Season 3, Episode 4 Chris Benjaminsen, founder of FRVR, the super successful game publisher with over 70 titles on Samsung services. Not only do we chat about monetization and game revenue strategies, but how the FRVR platform has allowed them to scale their global reach. All music from today's show is from FRVR games, composed by Rasmus Hartvig. Topics Covered: • FRVR • Publishing on Galaxy Store • Marketing • Discoverability • Monetization •...

Duration:00:40:26

Biodome Games

4/6/2022
4/6/22 Tobias Thorsen & Peter Holm, Biodome Games Season 3, Episode 3 Tobias Thorsen & Peter Holm founders of Biodome Games, winners of the 2021 Best of Galaxy Store Award, for Best Instant Play Game. Not only do we chat about their award-winning mobile game Gold Digger FRVR, but how being acquired by a larger game publisher has allowed them to focus more on game development, while the publisher handles the marketing aspect of producing games. Topics Covered: • Biodome Games • Studio...

Duration:00:48:35

Derrick Lee, Polycube

3/16/2022
4/16/22 Derrick Lee, Polycube Season 3, Episode 2 Derrick Lee, Content Manager at Polycube, winners of the 2021 Best of Galaxy Store Award, for Best Theme Collection. Not only do we chat about their approach to designing and marketing compelling themes, but also how Polycube is looking to expand their use of contract designers from their home country of Korea to include designers from all around the world so that they can create for a global audience. Topics Covered: • History of...

Duration:00:27:57

Eric Krause, Riot Games

3/2/2022
3/2/22 Eric Krause, Riot Games Season 3, Episode 1 Eric Krause, Global Head of Marketing for the League of Legends Group at Riot Games Not only do we talk about the beginnings of Riot Games and their award-winning mobile game, League of Legends, Wild Rift, but how Riot Games has grown to become more than just a gaming company. Topics Covered: • Riot Games Beginning • League of Legends Franchise • Best of Galaxy Store Awards • Wild Rift • Developing for Mobile • Publishing on...

Duration:00:58:04

SDC21 – Samsung Developer Conference

11/2/2021
11/2/21 SDC21 – Samsung Developer Conference Season 2, Episode 8 After taking a year off due to the pandemic, we recently held our annual developer conference, SDC21. This year’s conference was a virtual conference, with insightful highlight sessions and in-depth tech talks. In this episode, I sit down with several Samsung insiders, to recap the many highlights from this year’s show. We'll chat about One UI 4, the Samsung Incubation Program, SmartThings, Bixby, our partnership with...

Duration:01:04:53

Eric Cloninger, Samsung Developer Conference Preview

10/6/2021
10/6/21 Samsung Developer Conference Preview Season 2, Episode 7 Today’s show is a special episode of the podcast. Last year we were not able to have our annual Samsung Developer Conference because of the pandemic, but this year we are back with SDC21, a virtual conference this coming October. I sat down with Eric Cloninger, who leads developer relations at Samsung. Not only do we talk about some of the highlights from our past developer conferences, but what you can look forward to this...

Duration:00:29:39

Samsung Internet Advocates

6/7/2021
6/7/21 Samsung Internet Advocates Season 2, Episode 6 In this episode, I am joined again by Dan Appelquist from Samsung Internet, but along with Dan this time will be several of the developer advocates that work with Dan that help developers build for the Samsung Internet browser. During our chat we’ll talk with experts on building responsive web experiences for foldable devices, privacy and security on the web and exciting new technologies related to WebXR and the Samsung Internet...

Duration:00:56:24

Bala Thinagarajan, Samsung Knox

4/26/2021
4/26/21 Bala Thinagarajan, Samsung Knox Season 2, Episode 5 Bala Thinagarajan is the Director of Product Management with Samsung Mobile and part of the Knox team. Knox is the security platform developed by Samsung that makes Android devices the most secure devices on the market. Not only do we talk about security for consumers of Samsung devices but also the many resources available for developers building with Knox and the benefits offered to business enterprise customers. Topics...

Duration:00:20:13

Olga Gabay, Zeru Studi

4/12/2021
4/12/21 Olga Gabay, Zeru Studio Season 2, Episode 4 Olga Gabay is a 2020 Best of Galaxy Store award winner for her phone UI theme design, Dark Warrior. Not only do we talk about her approach to design, the impact of COVID, but also the challenges related to using licensed imagery. Topics Covered: • Themes Studio • Galaxy Store • Galaxy Store Badges • Social Media • Licensing IP • Marketing • Best of Galaxy Store Awards Samsung Developers Visit the Samsung Developers website at...

Duration:00:26:46

Amy Lee, The Art Institutes

3/29/2021
3/22/21 Amy Lee, The Art Institutes Season 2, Episode 3 Amy Lee is the vice president of mentorships and career readiness at The Art Institutes, a collection of private schools located throughout the US. For several years now, Samsung and The Art Institutes have worked together to help students learn how to design, code and create for Samsung. Amy talks about classes, curriculum and what it takes to be a student at The Art Institutes, and the close collaboration between Samsung, the...

Duration:00:31:27

Tan Nguyen, butterfly-effected GmbH

3/8/2021
3/8/21 Tan Nguyen, butterfly-effected GmbH Season 2, Episode 2 Tan Nguyen is the Director of Business Development at butterfly-effected GmbH, the company that has licensed such big brands as SpongeBob, Minions, Star Trek, South Park, Hello Kitty, and many more. Every month Galaxy Store users download over 1 million apps created by butterfly-effected, and Tan gives us a little insight into their success and their challenges. Topics Covered: • Galaxy Themes Studio • Galaxy Store •...

Duration:00:33:17

Drazen Stojcic, Urarity

2/22/2021
2/22/21 Drazen Stojcic, Urarity Season 2, Episode 1 Drazen is the 2020 Galaxy Store award winner for best watch face collection. Not only do we talk about his rise to becoming one of the top watch face sellers on Galaxy Store, but also his fascinating career path. And it all started when he became an award-wining author after writing his first novel at the age of 16. Topics Covered: • Galaxy Watch Studio for Tizen • Galaxy Store • Galaxy Store Badges • Social Media • Photography •...

Duration:00:51:09

Hyunah Kwon/Charlotte Allen, Galaxy Store and 2020 Awards

10/5/2020
10/5/20 Charlotte Allen, Senior Developer Marketing Manager, Samsung Hyunah Kwon, Director of Product, Galaxy Store & Games, Samsung Season 1, Episode 14 In the season one finale, I interview Charlotte Allen and Hyunah Kwon. Charlotte is the driving force behind Samsung's annual Best of Galaxy Store Awards, and Hyunah is the Director of Product for Galaxy Store. Not only do we talk about the history of the awards, past highlights of previous awards, but we chat about exciting new changes...

Duration:00:27:16

Swalé Nunez, Samsung AppStack

9/21/2020
9/21/20 Swalé Nunez, Head of B2B Developer Relations for Samsung Season 1, Episode 13 In this episode, I interview Swalé Nunez, Head of B2B Developer Relations for Samsung. Swalé is part of the team that just launched AppStack, the cloud software marketplace for businesses. Not only do we talk about the benefits for small and medium business being able to manage their workplace apps, but the advantages for partners that are bringing their software solutions to AppStack. Topics...

Duration:00:28:40

Prasad Rayala, Samsung DeX

9/8/2020
9/8/20 Prasad Rayala, Product Manager for Samsung DeX Season 1, Episode 12 In this episode, I interview Prasad Rayala, Product Manager for DeX, the Samsung technology that allows users to extend their Galaxy mobile device into a desktop computing experience. Not only do we talk about the advantages for developers optimizing their apps for DeX, but how easy it is to get started. Topics Covered • What is DeX • Devices that run DeX • Compatible operating systems • Optimizing apps for...

Duration:00:30:12

Diego Lizarazo, Samsung Developer Evangelist

8/24/2020
8/24/20 Diego Lizarazo, Samsung Developer Evangelist Season 1, Episode 11 In this episode, I interview Diego Lizarazo, Senior Developer Evangelist at Samsung. Diego is a self-proclaimed tech geek and he is all about coding apps. Both Diego and I work together as part of the Samsung Developer Program and I have invited Diego to be a future guest host on the podcast. Where my specialty is design, Diego’s specialty is coding, and his tech geek personality shines as we chat about his path to...

Duration:00:55:52

Chris Shomo, Infinity Watchfaces

8/10/2020
6/29/20 Chris Shomo, Infinity Watchfaces Season 1, Episode 10 In this episode, I interview Chris Shomo from Infinity Watchfaces, one of the first designers to start selling watch faces on Galaxy Store and has become a very successful app designer. Along the way he has inspired many other designers to start creating for Samsung with his willingness to share his knowledge and expertise. Topics Covered: • Galaxy Watch Studio for Tizen • Galaxy Themes Studio • Galaxy Store • Galaxy Store...

Duration:00:55:58