14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung will take the wraps off the Galaxy Note 10 next week at its Unpacked event in New York, and one of the guests taking the stage to discuss the new features of the device is none other than Microsoft.
The latest speculation regarding the collaboration between Microsoft and Samsung indicates that the two have recently agreed to pre-install Redmond’s Your Phone app on the Galaxy Note 10, in addition to the rest of the Microsoft apps that were already pre-loaded.
This means the “Microsoft apps” folder on the Galaxy Note 10 will thus expand with this generation, and users will be offered not only Office apps, OneDrive, and Skype, but also the newly-developed Your Phone app.
With Your Phone, Microsoft brings Android smartphones and Windows 10 PCs in sync, providing users with features like phone notifications and screen mirroring on the desktop.
More Samsung phones getting Your Phone app
By the looks of things, the renewed partnership between Samsung and Microsoft doesn’t concern only the Galaxy Note 10, but an entire “wave of Samsung phones,” as per the sourced linked above. This means Samsung could pre-install Microsoft apps on several of its new devices, including the Galaxy Fold set for debut in September.
More recently, however, it’s been rumored that the OneDrive promo offered to Samsung customers came to an end in late July. The campaign allowed Samsung phone owners to get an additional of 100 GB of free storage on OneDrive at no cost, so beginning with the Note 10, the two companies have allegedly decided to renew their collaboration without this promo included.
Neither company confirmed the plan over pre-installed Microsoft apps on Samsung phones, but we’ll find out everything in a few days as the debut of the Galaxy Note 10 is just around the corner.