Samsung's Android Go Phone Won't Bring the Stock Android Experience

Android Go seems to be an interesting prospect for a lot of companies, and Samsung is the latest visitor to join in the program. Samsung's first device was spotted on GeekBench with the model number SM-J260G. Later on, it was discovered that the device would sport a Quad-Core Exynos SoC, 5-inch Super AMOLED display, forth with 1GB RAM. However, while that was all about hardware, we seem to have new news regarding the bodily software inside the device.

As reported by Sammobile,Samsung's first Android Go smartphone won't be running stock Android, every bit evident by the leaked images of the smartphone that the company has received. The device volition have the Become versions of Google'due south official apps installed over Samsung's usual Experience UX.

While that may come as a surprise to some of you, it really shouldn't. Start off, nowhere on the Android Get landing page does Google land that its users will go the stock Android experience. Furthermore, Samsung has been pushing hard to improve the entire Samsung Feel. As such, information technology makes all the sense for the Due south Korean giant to stick to its custom peel than go the stock Android mode.

Samsung's Android Go Phone Won't Bring the Stock Android Experience

Apart from the custom pare, the leaked images also show that Samsung is using its standard Device Maintenance characteristic, named "Smart Manager" which came preloaded on its devices until 2016 for Android Go's information saving and storage management functionality. Additionally, the device will feature on-screen navigation keys, but there is no infinity brandish. The Android version is eight.1, which is the minimum for Android Go devices. The security patch date is December 5, 2017, merely we expect the device to launch with the latest security patch.

Samsung's Android Go Phone Won't Bring the Stock Android Experience