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Nickolas Diaz

Samsung's solution for apps with 'excessive' ads is rolling out now

The back of the blue Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra.

What you need to know

  • One UI 8.5 tested a Device Care feature for handling apps with "excessive ads," and now that feature is arriving for Galaxy users.
  • The feature brings a "basic" and "intelligent" blocking options, where the latter will "analyze" alerts from your apps to see if they're an ad before sleeping them.
  • One UI 8.5 was spotted rolling out in the U.S. today (May 11).
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