Samsung Kies 3

Samsung's Kies software name originally stood for Key Intuitive Easy System. With Kies you can easily transfer files between your mobile device and Windows PC, keep both in sync and keep your mobile device backed up.

Features:

• Backup and restore of contacts, messages and other data
• Syncing of contacts, schedules and multimedia
• Multimedia syncing (music and videos)
• Photo, Video and Music libraries
• Keep your mobile devices updated with the latest firmware
• Transfer Photos and Videos to your PC
• Works with Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10

Samsung Kies 3 lets you back up, sync and update the firmware of Samsung phones and tablets from a Windows PC.

When it was introduced, Samsung Kies was the standard way to connect your Windows PC to your Samsung mobile device. The software allowed users to update their phones' firmware from the PC (before the over-the-air update systems most mobile devices use today), back up their mobile data, transfer captured photos and video to their PCs and keep both devices in sync. It came with multimedia libraries for managing photos, videos, and music. It allowed you to backup contacts, text messages and more onto your PC so that they could be easily restored if your mobile device was ever lost, stolen or became inoperable.

Today, however, most of these features and tasks are handled by OTA (over the air) update services, and cloud services that let you store and backup all your data in one place. Samsung has replaced Kies with Smart Switch and no longer develops it; the last Kies 3 build is 3.2.16084.2. Kies is still useful for people with older Samsung smartphones and tablets, and for users who do not use cloud services.

Kies 3 supports devices starting with the Galaxy Note III (Android 4.3 or later), and Kies 2.6 supports devices older than the Galaxy Note III. Kies 3 requires Android 4.3 or higher, Windows Media Player 11 or higher, or Windows Media Feature Pack. A Wi-Fi connection is also possible, but firmware upgrades are available only over USB.