Leifeng network news, march 4, South Korean Twitter user @GaryeonHan posted that Samsung Galaxy S22 invented an application called GOS (full name Game Optimizing Service" (game optimization service).
According to a large number of netizens, the application will limit the performance of the APP. Because most Galaxy phones have GOS pre-installed, more than 10,000 apps have been affected so far.
In cooperation with @GaryeonHan and a number of Korean netizens, a list of 10,000 app restrictions was listed. There are not only many gaming apps in these apps, but also common apps like YouTube Vanced, Netflix, Samsung Pay, Strava, foodpanda, Microsoft Office, LinkedIn, and Zoom.
Even Samsung's own apps are among them, such as Samsung Cloud, and even the default phone dialer pre-installed on Samsung phones.
How GOS limits performance and which apps are not trapped
At 11:00 p.m. Beijing time on February 9, Samsung's new flagship model S22 was launched, and once it was on sale, it achieved very good sales.
According to Sammobile, even with the new Galaxy S22, it will perform unsatisfactorily when playing games, not because the Exynos 2200 / Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has poor performance, but because the Galaxy S22's GOS is at work.
While the Game Optimization Service may seem like it can boost game performance from its name, it actually limits the speed of non-gaming apps.
As soon as the game is running, the Galaxy S22's GOS is launched with a long list of apps that meet the "Gaming" standard.
In response, Samsung said that the Galaxy S22's GOS is a built-in application that optimizes GPU and CPU performance to prevent overheating of the phone caused by long periods of gaming.
However@GaryeonHan points out that GOS imposes performance limits even when it is not needed, such as when the temperature of the device is within a reasonable range.
But not all applications are "under the control" of GOS. In the list of application restrictions, there is no reference to the benchmark APP. This suggests that Samsung isn't letting benchmark applications be affected by throttling.
In a test by a South Korean video blogger, he renamed a working app to a GOS-restricted app and then benchmarked it. The results show that the former has a much lower performance score.
For example, one of the working apps of Wild Life Extreme has a benchmark score of 2618 points, and after the name change, its benchmark score is only 1141 points, a direct drop of 56%.
After learning of this operation, some netizens said that if the game is renamed to the name of the benchmark application, whether it will produce a significant improvement in performance. If it will be greatly improved, this is obviously a sign that Samsung is deliberately stifling the performance of the game.
Samsung's behavior has also triggered Samsung users to express their protests on major social platforms.
In response, Samsung responded that in order to meet customer needs, we plan to push software updates in the near future to provide customers with a "performance first" option.
With Samsung, they said that they will continue to listen to customers' opinions and feedback and do their best to satisfy customers.
Samsung has an app called Game Optimization Service, and most Galaxy phones come pre-installed. From the name, the Game Optimization Service seems to improve game performance, but it actually limits the speed of non-gaming apps.