Rumors circulated this week that Samsung intends to stop displaying ads in its stock apps pre-installed on smartphones. Banner ads should disappear with future One UI updates. This is exactly what will happen, a Samsung representative confirmed to The Verge.
According to him, the company has decided to stop displaying ads in standard apps, including Samsung Weather, Samsung Pay and Samsung Theme. The update itself, which brings these changes, will be ready by the end of the year. The decrease in advertising dominance is driven by the company’s desire to offer customers the best device experience based on their wants and needs.
The exact release date of the update has not been named, but at least there is a landmark when it may appear. Recall that with the release of One UI 2.5, the company offered non-deletable advertising. This move caused a flurry of criticism and negativity towards the company, which, not only breaks high prices records for its devices, but also tries to get additional income from advertising.
We can assume that the update will be based on Android 12 and, if so, then only those models that will update to the current version of the green robot will get rid of ads.
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Of course, owners of Samsung devices are interested in whether their model will receive an update to Android 12 and when it will happen. Some sources have published a list of devices that, presumably, can expect to receive a new version of the green robot, and here it is.
List of devices that we expect to receive One UI 4.0 based on Android 12:
- Galaxy S21 / S21 + / S21 Ultra;
- Galaxy S20 / S20 + / S20 Ultra / S20 FE;
- Galaxy-S10 Lite;
- Galaxy Note 10 Lite ;
- Galaxy Note 20 / Note 20 Ultra;
- Galaxy-Z Fold 2;
- Galaxy Z Flip / Z Flip 5G;
- Galaxy A71 / A71 5G;
- Galaxy-A72;
- Galaxy A51 / A51 5G;
- Galaxy A52 / A52 5G;
- Galaxy-A42 5G;
- Galaxy A32 / A32 5G;
- Galaxy A Quantum;
- Galaxy-Quantum 2;
- Galaxy M62;
- Galaxy M42 5G;
- Galaxy-M31;
- Galaxy M12;
- Galaxy F62;
- Galaxy-F12;
- Galaxy Xcover 5;
- Galaxy Tab S7 / S7 +;
- Galaxy-Tab S6 5G;
- Galaxy Tab S6 Lite.
Models for which the update will be the last major:
- Galaxy S10 / S10 + / S10e / S10 5G;
- Galaxy Note 10 / Note 10+;
- Galaxy-Fold;
- Galaxy A90 5G;
- Galaxy A41;
- Galaxy-A31;
- Galaxy A21 / A21s;
- Galaxy A11, A12;
- Galaxy-M51;
- Galaxy M31 / M31 Prime Edition / M31s;
- Galaxy M21 / M21s;
- Galaxy-F41;
- Galaxy F02s;
- Galaxy Xcover Pro;
- Galaxy-Tab S6;
- Galaxy Tab A 8.4;
- Galaxy Tab A7;
- Galaxy-Tab Active 3.