![]() That speed isn’t reflected when it comes to OS updates, which can take months.Īs I mentioned above, the Galaxy S9 will ship with Android 8.0, not 8.1. Google keeps a list here if you want to see which manufactures stay up to date with security patches. Samsung receives Android security updates as quickly as the Pixel 2 does. This is the deal when you buy a Samsung phone, so there’s no point complaining about it anymore.” “Aside from this the Galaxy S9’s customisation of Android (now called ‘Samsung Experience’) will again include familiar bloatware: two app stores, two calculators, two web browsers, two mobile payment services, two clocks, etc. But, what’s much worse, is the amount of unnecessary bloat and duplicate apps that come as a result of Experience, as Forbes’ Gordon Kelly explains. So it’s not the most up to date software, which means users will miss out on new Android features. Also, the S9 ships with Android 8, instead of 8.1 (more on this later). It has improved dramatically since its sluggish, bloated early days but it’s still worse than stock Android, which is what the Google Pixel 2 runs. Samsung’s newly rebranded UX software ‘Experience’ (formerly known as TouchWiz) is what Samsung lays on top of Android. Samsung mitigates this with expandable storage up to 400GB(!), but the unlimited, uncompressed cloud storage is for Pixel People only. Instead, it’s unlimited storage for ‘high quality’ pictures, which are reduced resolution and therefore smaller files. Samsung owners also get unlimited Google Photos storage, but not for uncompressed images. This is offer is exclusive to Pixel and Pixel 2 owners. All Pixel owners automatically get unlimited, uncompressed free Google Photos storage space for their pictures and videos in full quality until 2020, after that Google will only store media up to a certain quality. With the Pixel 2’s great power comes great….storage space.
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