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Pre-installed software (also known as bundled software) [1] is software already installed and licensed on a computer or smartphone bought from an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). [2] The operating system is usually factory-installed, but because it is a general requirement, this term is used for additional software apart from the bare ...
This is a list of mobile apps developed by Google for its Android operating system. All of these apps are available for free from the Google Play Store, although some may be incompatible with certain devices (even though they may still function from an APK file) and some apps are only available on Pixel and/or Nexus devices.
Most mobile devices are sold with several apps bundled as pre-installed software, such as a web browser, email client, calendar, mapping program, and an app for buying music, other media, or more apps. Some pre-installed apps can be removed by an ordinary uninstall process, thus leaving more storage space for desired ones. Where the software ...
Avast Threat Labs also discovered that many pre-installed apps on several hundred new Android devices contain dangerous malware and adware. Some of the preinstalled malware can commit ad fraud or even take over its host device.
DivestOS was an open source, Android operating system. It was a soft fork of LineageOS that aimed to increase security and privacy with support for end-of-life devices. [4] It removed many proprietary blobs and pre-installed open source apps. DivestOS builds were signed with release-keys so bootloaders may be re-locked on supported devices.
By default Google apps are not installed with GrapheneOS, [5] [12] but users can install a sandboxed version of Google Play Services from the pre-installed "App Store". [12] The sandboxed Google Play Services allows access to the Google Play Store and apps dependent on it, along with features including push notifications and in-app payments.
/e/ (also known as /e/ OS and /e/OS, formerly Eelo) is a fork of LineageOS, [4] [5] an Android-based mobile operating system, and associated online services. [6] /e/ is presented as privacy software that does not contain proprietary Google apps or services, [7] and challenges the public to "find any parts of the system or default applications that are still leaking data to Google."
Spy Mouse was a video game developed by Firemint for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. The game was originally released in August 2011 by Electronic Arts. Shortly after being launched, it quickly became the most popular app on the iOS App Store. [1] On May 4, 2015, this and many other old titles were shut down by EA.