Samsung Galaxy Store

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Samsung Galaxy Store

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Basic data

developer Samsung Electronics
Publishing year 2009
operating system Android , Samsung Gear
category App
German speaking Yes
www.samsung.com/de/apps/galaxy-apps/

Samsung Galaxy Store (formerly Galaxy Apps, previously Samsung Apps) is an app store and the software of the same name from Samsung , which is supplied as standard on Samsung smartphones . The Galaxy Store Germany offers over 10,000 apps (as of July 29, 2011) for Galaxy smartphones. More than 13,000 apps are available worldwide. In addition, watch faces for Samsung smartwatches can be obtained.

According to Yvonne Birkel from Samsung's PR team, 11,750 apps are available for the bada operating system. The largest part (7,185 apps) is chargeable, 4565 apps are free. Expressed as a percentage, 61% are chargeable, 39% free.

Galaxy apps for smartphones are not to be confused with Samsung apps for smart TV devices , a similar service for internet-enabled TVs.

history

The store launched in September 2009 in the UK , France , Italy and Germany . The store is now available in over 100 other countries. The range of apps is different around the world and varies from country to country.

In 2019 the name was changed to Galaxy Store. The App Store also got a new OneUI style design.

Program categories

Galaxy Apps offers applications in the following categories (as of October 28, 2011):

category Available
applications
proportion of
entertainment 1226 8.5%
Education / e-book 742 5.2%
Games 2563 17.8%
Health / fitness 691 4.8%
Lifestyle 54 <1%
Music / videos 228 1.6%
News / magazines 357 2.5%
navigation 217 1.5%
productivity 416 2.9%
reference books 883 6.1%
Social networks 156 1.1%
to travel 41 <1%
Theme 5440 37.8%
Utilities 1344 9.3%
brand 6th <1%
Handmark Apps 28 <1%

compatibility

Get supported:

  • all Smartphones in the Wave series with Samsung's Bada operating system
  • all Android smartphones in the Galaxy range
  • all Galaxy tablets with Android
  • all Samsung smartwatches

success

On September 22, 2010, Samsung announced that after a year of existence, the 10 million downloads mark in Europe had been exceeded. On March 24, 2011, Samsung Apps had 100 million downloads.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Samsung bada Apps Store Crosses 100 Million Dls. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 1, 2011 ; accessed on November 5, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.techtree.com
  2. Almost 12,000 apps available for Bada. Retrieved November 5, 2011 .
  3. Samsung celebrates Samsung Apps anniversary, now available in 109 countries. Retrieved November 5, 2011 .
  4. Samsung app store achieves 10 million downloads in Europe. Retrieved November 19, 2015 .
  5. Samsung bada Apps Store Crosses 100 Million Dls. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 1, 2011 ; accessed on November 5, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.techtree.com