Beep'nGo Pre-installed in Galaxy Gifts with Samsung Galaxy S6 Launch

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Apr 10, 2015, 06:00 ET

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile commerce leader Mobeam announced today that Beep'nGo, its top ranking coupon & loyalty app on Google Play, has once again been selected as a featured Samsung Galaxy Gifts partner for the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones. This means that users of these devices can easily discover and download the Beep'nGo app to get savings & discounts, as if it was pre-installed on the devices themselves, without adding to users' concerns related to bloatware.

Furthermore, the company announced that its light-based mobile commerce technology, which is currently embedded in nearly 200 million smartphones worldwide and allows all retail scanners to read mobile barcodes, will also be embedded on these two most anticipated Android devices of 2015. The Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge are the latest devices to embed the Mobeam technology. Other devices include Samsung's Galaxy S4, Galaxy S5, Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 4.

Previously featured as a Samsung Galaxy Gift partner on the Galaxy S5, Mobeam has since powered over 10 million mobile barcode transactions of loyalty cards and coupons in over 200 countries and territories within the past year.

Beep'nGo features Mobeam's patented technology which allows customers to carry and instantly transmit their loyalty cards, coupons, gift cards, tickets, and vouchers from their smartphones to all Point of Sale (POS) scanners at retail stores without any hardware or software upgrades. Without Mobeam's technology, laser scanners, which make up the vast majority of scanners in the market today, cannot scan barcodes from mobile devices because of the reflective screen and the powerful backlit display. The technology provides the first solution for this device-to-scanner communication barrier by converting barcoded information into beams of light that can be read by any scanner.

Beep'nGo, which launched one year ago this week, has already surpassed 8 million downloads and is establishing itself as the leading In-store shopping tool for shoppers to find the best discounts, offers, and coupons from leading retailers, brands, and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies. The app showcases over $2,000 in daily savings across multiple shopping categories. Additionally, Beep'nGo users can store their loyalty, membership, gift cards, and tickets inside Beep'nGo to use at stores and venues everywhere.

"We're honored to once again partner with Samsung and for Beep'nGo to be selected as a featured app within Samsung Galaxy Gifts," says Kang Lee, President and CEO of Mobeam. "We're also thrilled to bring a seamless mobile shopping experience to today's most advanced smartphones via the Beep'nGo app."

Owners of Samsung Galaxy S4, S5, Note 3, Note 4, and the new Samsung Galaxy S6 devices may click here to download and try the beaming supported version of Beep'nGo from the Google Play store. The app is also available without the beaming functionality for all Android smartphones. For more information on Mobeam, visit: www.mobeam.com.

About Mobeam

Mobeam, Inc. is transforming mobile commerce with its unique and patented light based communications technology. Overcoming the technical barrier preventing mobile phones from interacting with laser scanners at checkout, Mobeam's technology provides universal access at Point of Sale (POS), enabling the transmission of coupons, loyalty offers, gift cards, tickets and other barcode data at retailer stores worldwide. Mobeam's technology creates new capabilities for existing mobile phone designs, and requires no changes to retailer POS infrastructure. The company was recently named one of the hottest technology companies in San Francisco for 2013 by business research firm Lead411. Mobeam also took second place in CTIA's 2013 E-Tech awards for Payments, Banking, Mobile Commerce, Shopping and Rewards. Mobeam is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For more information, visit www.mobeam.com.

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