{"id":34068,"date":"2019-09-09T13:30:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T17:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=34068"},"modified":"2023-12-14T14:50:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T19:50:18","slug":"samsung-works-google-app-partners-android-developers-provide-seamless-foldable-experience-galaxy-fold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-google-partners-android-developers-foldable-experience-galaxy-fold\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Works with Google, App Partners and Android Developers to Provide a Seamless Foldable Experience on Galaxy Fold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.<\/strong> is unfolding the future with a first-of-its-kind mobile device: the Galaxy Fold<\/a>. It marks the beginning of a new era in mobile technology, and we\u2019ve been working alongside our partners and the Android developer community to design a new and complete foldable user experience.<\/p>\n

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Efforts to design this software experience for the Galaxy Fold began at the framework level in April 2018. As part of this process, Samsung developed a whole new UX and collaborated closely with Google to provide integrated OS support from Android.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t just build new category-defining hardware, we worked with major partners to design and deliver a brand-new mobile experience and foster an ecosystem that gives users access to the best applications and services,\u201d said ES Chung,<\/strong> EVP and Head of Software and AI, Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics<\/strong>. \u201cThis is software innovation that incorporates both an immersive UX and a new UI perspective to provide a seamless experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Since the introduction of the Infinity Flex Display at SDC 2018<\/a>, Samsung and Google set up test labs in cities across the globe \u2013 from Seoul to Mountain View to Beijing \u2013 to work with and encourage partners and developers to test and verify that their apps and services are optimized for the Galaxy Fold and the Android ecosystem. Alongside this effort, Google introduced changes in Android 10 to offer improved resizable activity, multi-resume functionality and an updated Android Emulator to help support multiple-display type switching \u2013 opening the door to future foldable device optimization. Now, select applications that Android users know and love have been updated to deliver an immersive, foldable experience on the Galaxy Fold.<\/p>\n