Android-smartphones will receive one of the "chips" iPhone 11

Released in the fall of 2019, the Apple iPhone 11 received a rather interesting innovation - the U1 chip with Ultra Wideband technology

(UWB) to support Ultra Widebandconnections. This technology can be used to transfer files, as well as pinpoint the location of other Apple devices equipped with U1. Now it has become known that Samsung smartphones may receive the same option.

About which device will be the first to receive thistechnology, no information. Evidence that this will be a Samsung device is the company's partnership with NXP, the manufacturer of the U1 chips.

In essence, support for ultra-widebandThe connection will allow Samsung to develop its own version of AirDrop. Xiaomi and other manufacturers have already tried to make an analogue, but so far it works on Wi-Fi technology, not UWB. In Russia, by the way, there may be problems with the implementation of the latter due to the refusal of departments to allocate the necessary frequency range.