Some Samsung smartphones include software that appears to artificially limit, or throttle, the performance of thousands of popular apps, Android salad Reports. Reports of behavior were increasing TwitterBeside Samsung Korean social communication forums.
At the core of the problem is Samsung software called Game Optimizing Service (GOS), which is said to be throttling the performance of 10,000 apps. This list includes popular apps like Instagram, Netflix, TikTok, and even Samsung’s own apps like Secure Folder and Samsung Pay. Crucially, however, it doesn’t seem to include benchmarking apps like 3DMark and GeekBench, which means it may not give an accurate picture of the phone’s performance. So, a benchmarking app will work just fine, but when you use an app like TikTok, you might not get the full performance you expect (and arguably, you deserve).
Test done by one korean youtube It shows the extent of the impact that can occur. By simply renaming a benchmark app that isn’t usually throttled (3DMark) to a popular game name (Genshin Impact), they were reportedly able to trick the phone into throttling 3DMark’s Wild Life Extreme benchmark, reducing its score from 2,618 to 1,141.
What is not clear at the moment are the phones with this game optimization service. Android salad She mentioned that she didn’t find the software on her Galaxy S22, Galaxy S20 FE, or Galaxy S10E, but she Act You find it on the Galaxy S21 Plus. but confusing 9to5Google Reports That the software has been installed on their Galaxy S22 Plus. The Korean Youtuber mentioned above appears to be showing the software that works on the Galaxy S22 Ultra.
If the story of the Android device maker throttling app performance sounds familiar to you, it may be because OnePlus has fallen for A very similar situation last yearPopular apps like Chrome and Twitter (but not benchmarking apps) have been shifted away from the high-performance CPU cores of a phone processor. OnePlus justified the decision Saying it was improving battery life and heat, users were upset that they weren’t told about this behavior up front.
Samsung has not yet responded to the edgeHe asked for comment on what the game optimization service aims to achieve, although if it’s similar to OnePlus, it’s probably also aimed at improving battery life. What’s less clear, however, is why users aren’t given the option to disable the behavior, or why they weren’t told by Samsung in the first place.