One UI 9 will let Galaxy device users uninstall an app they previously were not allowed to

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PhoneArena
PhoneArena
Phonearena team
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• 2mo ago

Microsoft purchased third-party iOS and Android QWERTY keyboard provider SwiftKey for $250 million in 2016. SwiftKey is highly regarded among mobile device users, especially for its autocorrect and predictive text features. To install the app on your phone, you will click the appropriate link depending on the platform your phone uses: (iOS, Android). Samsung is now allowing Galaxy devices running One UI 9 to uninstall SwiftKey If you install SwiftKey on your iOS or Android phone, you can easily...

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Riabi
Riabi
Arena Apprentice
• 2mo ago

I made this account just to call this out. This sounds like the largest pile of bull. I'm currently using a S23 Ultra and remember downloading SwiftKey when I got the phone in 2023 as it was NOT pre installed. And I VERY easily uninstalled SwiftKey three months ago. At no point was I prohibited from removing the app from my phone and I verified that SwiftKey is no longer taking up space since uninstalling.

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RobG929
RobG929
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• 2mo ago

BS. My 2026 Galaxy A11 didn't come with SwiftKey. I had to install it.

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RobG929
RobG929
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• 2mo agoedited
↵Riabi said:

I made this account just to call this out. This sounds like the largest pile of bull. I'm currently using a S23 Ultra and remember downloading SwiftKey when I got the phone in 2023 as it was NOT pre installed. And I VERY easily uninstalled SwiftKey three months ago. At no point was I prohibited from removing the app from my phone and I verified that SwiftKey is no longer taking up space since uninstalling.

Just posted the exact same thing about my 2026 Galaxy A11+


No SwiftKey. I had to install it myself.


This article is A BUNCH OF f**kING LIES AND NONSENSE.

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Ouroboros
Ouroboros
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• 2mo ago

It's clearly model-dependent. S24 and S25 have the app preinstalled and it can only be deactivated. It may be related to the final date of some Samsung-Microsoft arrangement or deal.

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ric4129
ric4129
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• 2mo ago

Calling this out too. I have a Flip 5 and had to install Swifkey.

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MrCrucifer
MrCrucifer
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• 2mo ago
↵Riabi said:

I made this account just to call this out. This sounds like the largest pile of bull. I'm currently using a S23 Ultra and remember downloading SwiftKey when I got the phone in 2023 as it was NOT pre installed. And I VERY easily uninstalled SwiftKey three months ago. At no point was I prohibited from removing the app from my phone and I verified that SwiftKey is no longer taking up space since uninstalling.

Exactly I've used S/Note/Ultra's and I don't ever remember having Swiftkey pre installed let alone being a system app. Guaranteed it's not been a thing on the S22 and onwards.


Feels like someone saw an AI overview on Google and made a BS article

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