Samsung confirms the Galaxy ‘Kill Switch’ – This changes Android

Republished on May 31 with news on the release calendar of an IU 8, which brings the new Kill Switch and other safety upgrades.

Samsung moves quickly to recover the land Lost through its UI delays. The Galaxy-Maker has now confirmed that early access to the Beta One Ui 8 is now available, “Start of a new era of software intelligence. “What is happening then is critical. How far will Samsung fall behind the release in June of Pixel?

But the advantage that Samsung has this time is the relatively modest scale of an IU 8 against the wholesale update of the user interface 7 which has still not finished its deployment. But literally hidden from the various adjustments that we know how to come is a brilliant update that could change the situation. “Consider it as a killing switch for your private digital life.”

That’s how it Android police Describe the new “Hide the secure folder” button which instantly disappears the icon and the applications of the folder. “When hidden”, the applications and data stored in a secure folder are encrypted. All applications of the folder will stop working and you will not receive any notification of them until you are and decrypt the secure file. »»

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That’s what I really like. This is a deployment at the OS level of the type of personal security and intimacy which is essential when children and others could browse your phone, play games or watch media or watch photos. This also prevents clumsy notifications from appearing when your phone could be visible to others.

Android authority made its usual deep dive on the new upgrade, and says “a secure folder on an 8 user interface is easier to use and safer than ever”. This is particularly welcome given the Security vulnerabilities highlighted with a secure file In recent months, and that Samsung has chosen to follow a different way of the generic private space of Android.

The other upgrade of the title is to force users to re -register their biometric safety for a secure folder, by separating it into its own enclave. This means that if you have registered someone else’s digital imprint for access to the generic phone – one of your children or your partner, this does not mean that they will have access to the personal secure file which is distant.

“While your locking screen already helps keep the data on your phone out of occasional access,” Android authority Said, “offers an additional safety layer, especially practical if you know that other people will use your device. You can move your most private data to its encrypted protection, and even fully hide its presence. ”

This Kill switch will however make the titles: “A new button of quick parameters does not only hide the secure folder without forcing you to do through settings of settings, but also firm the applications that you have moved there and to silence their notifications. Considering that this is where Samsung encourages us to keep our opinion most sensitive, a super-Beau way to sweep everything under the carpet is completely like an addition of brandard. ”.

This should completely change the way you use Android and remember to cut it from data and applications that are for you and you alone. Once live, if it is transparent and polished as promised, it is something that other phones – including the iPhone – should copy.

Meanwhile, there are encouraging news for Samsung users who have just received a user interface 7 and Android 15 after these long delays and which will now require when a user interface 8, Android 16 and the last secure file update will be on their phones.

By Sammyfans“The company targets an ambitious chronology of the stable version of the summer of 2025, arriving potentially from July, months before the traditional autumn update calendar of Samsung. This accelerated development cycle is aligned with the launch of Google among the first manufacturers to offer the last Android experience in June 2025.”

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Android 16 provides a new level of security to phones, with Google’s new advanced data mode, stopping many of its vulnerabilities, such as flow applications and higher risk network connections. This is now in beta version on pixels and should also come to Samsungs, although Galaxy phones are already better locked than pixels.

Samsung and Google found it difficult to highlight the collaboration between the two companies while accelerating the process of thrusting a user user interface. It is not surprising. The delays of an IU 7 leading to a difference of six months between the owners of pixels and the owners of galaxies were a disaster that nobody wants to review.

“By prioritizing speed, stability and innovation”, ” Sammyfans Said: “Samsung reports, he has caught up. For Samsung, a user interface 8 represents not only a software update, but a strategic repositioning which could redefine the expectations of the users of the galaxy for future versions.” This is now what is really going on in the coming weeks.