TL;DR
- Samsung has announced a new partnership with Amazon Music to preinstall the latter’s app on select Samsung smartphones and tablets.
- Amazon Music is also making its way to the Galaxy Store, with new subscribers getting a three-month free trial to the Unlimited subscription.
- This is bad news for people who prefer a clean, bloatware-free experience on their smartphones and tablets.
Samsung is no stranger to preloading bloatware on its flagships, with the Galaxy S26 series being the recent example. Future buyers of Galaxy smartphones and tablets will now have one more preinstalled app to deal with.
The company today announced a collaboration with Amazon to preinstall the Amazon Music app on upcoming Galaxy smartphones and tablets. Samsung didn’t specify which of its models will get this treatment, only saying the app will be preloaded on “select” devices.
