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Pre-installed apps on Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung and other phones: What you can install and what you can’t
Almost every smartphone brand has their own custom user interface (UI) built into Android. Xiaomi has MIUI, Oppo has ColorOS, OnePlus has OxygenOS, Samsung has OneUI, etc. While these user interfaces offer plenty of customization options, they also give their fair share of bloatware – the apps you get may or may not be needed and applications that you may or may not uninstall. There are brands like Nokia, Motorola, and more recently Nothing that offer stock Android, or in other words, no bloatware at all. We’re not debating which – stock UI or custom UI – is better. What we’ve done here is compile a list of apps that are part of the custom UI on phones from Xiaomi, Redmi, Oppo, Vivo, Realme, Samsung, and OnePlus. Read on to learn more:
Xiaomi / Redmi smartphone
Xiaomi / Redmi smartphone
Pre-installed Apps (13) |
Can be uninstalled |
Guard | No |
Download the app | No |
Cleaner | No |
Topic | No |
Share with me | No |
Mi Pay | No |
Amazon | Right |
Right | |
Zili | Right |
Spotify | Right |
Right | |
Netflix | Right |
Service and Feedback | No |
Vivo smartphones
Oppo smartphone
Samsung Smartphones
OnePlus smartphones
Realme smartphone