Samsung may add a security chip to its phone batteries for your protection

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Unless you get your phone's battery replaced from an authorized Samsung service center, how would you know that they used a genuine part? Substandard or fake parts, particularly batteries, can cause all sorts of problems.



To protect you from such issues, Samsung will reportedly start to add a security chip to the batteries for some of its phones.



You'll be able to verify the battery inside your phone



Korean media is reporting that Samsung will start installing a security chip in the batteries for some of its low-end and mid-range phones, like the Galaxy A series, initially. This will be the first time that Samsung utilizes such chips so that verifiable authenticity for batteries can be guaranteed.



Users who get their phone batteries replaced will then be able to verify if the part used by the service center is genuine, and not an unofficial or fake part. This will ensure quality and safety for a critical component inside the phone.



Samsung may roll out this new safety initiative gradually, with the company installing the chip in approximately 50 million units of the aforementioned devices next year. It stands to reason that eventually, this initiative will be expanded across the company's entire lineup.



The company hasn't officially confirmed this initiative as yet, but it's not something that hasn't been done before. Apple already has a verification program in place for iPhone batteries, so there's no reason why Samsung can't do something similar.




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