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Digital application distribution platform by Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Store

Developer(s)	Samsung Electronics
Initial release	14 September 2009; 12 years ago (2009-09-14) (as Samsung Apps)
Platform	Android, Samsung Gear (Tizen), Bada, Samsung Galaxy feature phones
Available in	multiple languages
Type	Digital distribution
Website	galaxystore.samsung.com

Samsung Galaxy Store's first logo from 2009 to 2012

Samsung Galaxy Store (marketed as Galaxy Store; formerly known as Samsung Apps and Galaxy Apps) is an app store used for devices manufactured by Samsung Electronics that was launched in September 2009.

The service is primarily supplied pre-installed on Samsung Galaxy smartphones, Samsung Gear, and feature phones (such as the Samsung REX and Duos).

The store is available in 125 countries, and it offers apps for Android, Tizen, Windows Mobile, and Bada platforms. Apps from this store are updated by notifying the user via the Samsung Push Service, which has been installed in over one billion smartphones over the years.^[1]

Ratings system [edit]

The Samsung Galaxy Store has a rating system used to determine what app is okay for a child.

Rating	Restricted?	Description
All	No	Apps with this rating are suitable for all ages. No explicit material should be used in apps with this rating.
4+	No	Apps with this rating are recommended for ages 4 and up. No explicit material should be used in apps with this rating.
12+	No	Apps with this rating are recommended for ages 12 and up. It may contain mild violence, mild sexual content, and mild bad language.
16+	No	Apps with this rating are recommended for ages 16 and up. It may contain mild violence, mild sexual content, mild bad language, crude humor, mild blood, and simulated gambling.
18+	Yes	Apps with this rating are suitable for adults. It may contain strong violence, strong sexual content, strong bad language, alcohol use, tobacco use, and gambling. Apps with this rating are not meant for minors.
Banned	Yes	Apps with this rating are not available for purchase due to them having content that is too objectionable.

Samsung apps provided [edit]

Booking.com^[2]
Weather Channel^[3]
Yelp^[4]
Device Assistance
Samsung Archive
Calendar
Samsung Cloud (till 2021)^[5]
Samsung Gallery
Samsung Gear
Fit Manager
Samsung Health
Samsung Internet
Samsung Internet Browser
Samsung Keyboard
My Knox
Samsung Level
Samsung Link
Quick Measure
Samsung Messages
Samsung Music
Samsung My Files
Samsung Notes
Samsung Pay
Samsung Smart Home
Samsung Smart Switch
Galaxy View Remote
Samsung Video Library
Samsung Voice Recorder
Samsung Game Plugins

References [edit]

^ "Samsung Push Service - android market data, growth and stats". AndroidRank.org. AndroidRank. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
^ "Galaxy Store Page". galaxystore.samsung.com.
^ "The Weather Channel for Samsung - Galaxy Store". galaxystore.samsung.com.
^ "Galaxy Store Page". galaxystore.samsung.com.
^ "Samsung Cloud". support.samsungcloud.com.