Samsung loves to include its own apps and services on devices. This can lead to some confusion when you get a new Galaxy device and are faced with unfamiliar things. "Samsung Free" is one of the most prominent, then, what is it?
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Bixby Home was introduced in the Samsung Galaxy S8 series. The concept is similar to the Google Discover panel on Pixel phones.. It's essentially a news feed that lives in the leftmost home screen panel in Samsung's default launcher..
Samsung Daily replaced Bixby Home in 2019 and kept all the same features. Samsung has been slowly reducing its use of the Bixby brand, and this movement was part of that.
That brings us to the latest version, Samsung Free, which was introduced together with One UI 3.0 at the end of 2020. As with the other brand changes, the functionality is practically the same. They just gave it a new coat of paint.
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What is Samsung Free?
Samsung Free is best described as a content aggregator. Content includes news posts, podcasts, Live TV and even games. This is all found in four tabs on the left-most home screen page.
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if the name “Watch” if the name Samsung TV Plus Service. This is the company's live TV service that comes on your smart TVs and mobile devices.. It is a combination of typical cable TV channels and some proprietary broadcast-only channels.
Listens
The eyelash “if the name” if the name. It's organized into a bunch of different categories with popular and recommended podcasts in each one.. The Listen tab also includes a built-in podcast player. You can even subscribe to podcasts, so you don't need an additional app.
Read
The eyelash “Read” if the name. It is a concept similar to the Google Discover feed, but with fewer customization options. You can view trending stories in several different categories.
Play
if the name “Play” if the name. The good thing about these games is that you don't have to install anything to play them. if the name “if the name”, which is already on your Galaxy device. You can quickly browse games by category and jump to one to kill time.
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How to remove Samsung for free
If all this does not interest you, you can easily disable it. In other words, if you even want to use Samsung's built-in launcher. Using a third-party launcher is one way around Samsung Free, but that's a bit extreme if otherwise you like the Samsung launcher.
First, long press a blank space on the home screen.
The home screen will zoom out and you can slide your finger to the leftmost page, what is Samsung Free.
Just turn off the switch at the top of the page.
That is all! Samsung Free will no longer be on the leftmost home screen page. You can return it to your Samsung Galaxy home screen at any time by following the same steps and turning the switch back on.
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