A few days ago, Samsung presented its new foldable phones, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6, which will be available in Europe. Both terminals arrive with the latest version of One UI, a few weeks after the launch of the new one, based on Android 15. This version includes new artificial intelligence features, among other improvements.
However, also There are safety related changes that were not present in previous modelsnot even on the Galaxy S24 series. This is something that brands like Apple have been doing for years, but now Samsung wants to do it too, especially to avoid possible problems for its users.
This is the Installing applications from third-party sourcesThat is, outside of the stores that carry all Samsung Galaxy phones, the company’s Galaxy Store, and the Google Play Store that carry all Android phones outside of China. This limitation can be disabled, but by default, it is set at the factory.
The feature, called Auto Blocker, is enabled out-of-the-box in One UI 6.1.1.which is Samsung’s version of the interface for the new foldables. This limits one of the biggest advantages of Android, which is the ability to manually install apps that we have downloaded from the Internet or perhaps programmed ourselves.
This feature has been present on Samsung for a few months, but it was not enabled by default. In those sold now, it seems that it will be a standard. To disable it, you must go to Settings, then to Security and Privacy and then to Automatic blocker
Of course, buyers of the new foldable devices who, when they go to set them up, restore a backup copy of their previous Samsung devices will not see this limitation active. This is because Smart Switch, Samsung’s information transfer tool, also records the configuration status of the Auto Blocker which is disabled by default in current models.