Galaxy Store update in India brings sneaky app suggestions

Last updated: July 9th, 2019 at 12:47 UTC+01:00

Samsung rebranded the Galaxy Apps store to Galaxy Store with the One UI redesign earlier this year. An update was released for Galaxy Apps in February, bringing in the design overhaul besides equally the rebranding. The update has finally arrived for users in Republic of india, but you lot may not like information technology. While the update does bring the refreshed user interface, it may also trick you to download some apps yous may or may not demand.

Unnecessary app suggestions

Samsung is rolling out version six.six of Milky way Store in India. The new version appears to be easier to navigate, simply now, the Milky way Store as well suggests you to download some unnecessary apps when you first fire it up afterward the update is installed, through a collaboration with third-party app store Indus App Bazaar. And yous may hands go tricked into downloading those apps if you're not paying attention, every bit they come pre-selected. Yous take to manually deselect the apps to avoid installing them.

Samsung is probably doing this to make extra coin at present that it's losing profit on upkeep and mid-range phones due to aggressive pricing. Upkeep and mid-range Milky way smartphones launched in India offer like suggestions for apps when a device is first set upwardly and past putting up a persistent notification that only goes away once the user taps the notification and approves or denies the app suggestions. All the same, even Galaxy S10 owners are seeing these app suggestions in the Galaxy Shop, and it's not something they'll appreciate after paying upwardly of Rs. 70,000 (~$1020) for the flagship phone.

Galaxy Store update in India