Enlarge / The Galaxy S22 Ultra. It has a pen. (credit: Samsung)
Samsung has responded to reports that it is throttling thousands of apps on the Galaxy line of smartphones.
With the launch of the Universe S22, users found the packed-in “Game Optimizing Service” contained a list of approximately 10, 000 apps that were being throttled. This list is basically every popular, well-known app you can think of, covering everything from games to core Samsung applications like the home screen. The particular only apps the service seemingly didn’t target were benchmark programs, which means benchmark ratings are inaccurately reporting how much power the most-used apps have access to. Modifying a benchmark app like Geekbench to be disguised as a normal app leads to CPU scores dropping as much because 46 percent. The new Galaxy S22 isn’t the only smartphone with this throttling feature; it goes back as far since the Galaxy S10.
Samsung gave a statement to The Verge today, saying, “We value the feedback we receive about our products and after careful consideration, we plan to roll out a software update soon so users can control the performance while running game apps. ” The spokesperson continued, “The Game Optimizing Service (GOS) has been designed to help game software achieve a great performance while managing device temperature effectively. GOS does not manage the overall performance of non-gaming apps. ”
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