Following the 3rd generation foldable phone, other models are scheduled to proceed sequentially Samsung Electronics is the 3rd generation foldable phone Galaxy Z Flip 3 (provided by Samsung Electronics) 2021.10.6/News1 (Seoul = News 1) Reporter Oh Hyun-joo = Samsung Electronics applied an update related to the game optimization service (GOS) function to the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip 3 released last year following the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy Tab S8. According to the industry on the 16th, Samsung Electronics distributed the new software One UI 4.0 the night before on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 to allow users to directly select the GOS app activation level. This update includes a function to ΔRemove the initial CPU/GPU performance limit when running the game ΔProvide a game performance management mode in the Game Booster ΔGOS release (off) bypass external app blocking function. GOS is a function introduced to prevent overheating when operating game apps that need to process a lot of data quickly. This is an app that Samsung Electronics has applied since the Galaxy S7 in 2016, but at that time users were able to deactivate the app as a paid app. However, as the operating system (OS) was updated to Android 12-based One UI 4.0, the expedient did not apply, and immediately after the Galaxy S22 was released, suspicions about performance limitations arose in earnest. Samsung Electronics conducted a GOS-related update for Galaxy S22 and Galaxy Tab S8 customers on the 10th due to a series of controversies, but some customers are preparing a class action lawsuit related to violations of the Labeling and Advertising Act. Geekbench, a famous smartphone performance evaluation site, removed the Galaxy Tab S8 series of tablet PCs from the benchmark list the day before, following the Galaxy S22, 21, 20, and 10 series on the 4th. Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics will also sequentially update software for other models, including the Galaxy S21 and 20 series.
