8 Useful Samsung Apps That Dont Come Pre-Installed on Galaxy Phones

Samsung is one of the few Android OEMs that makes a lot of genuinely useful apps. While you may be familiar with the ones that come pre-installed, there are a number of lesser-known but equally valuable apps that Samsung offers.

8. Samsung Flow

While there's no shortage of apps that let you connect your Android phone to your Windows PC, Galaxy users have a particularly reliable option in Samsung Flow. The app lets you view your phone's notifications on your PC and wirelessly transfer files, contacts, and notes between devices.

Samsung Flow also offers the option to mirror your phone screen directly to your PC, so you can interact with mobile apps and games using your PC's keyboard and mouse.

• Download Samsung Flow for Android and Windows (Free)

7. Samsung Email

While the built-in Gmail app is sufficient for most Samsung Galaxy users, Samsung also offers its own email app. The app has over 1 billion downloads and an impressive 4.5-star average rating on the Play Store, but Samsung rarely promotes it.

Samsung Email supports all major email providers, including Outlook , Yahoo, Exchange, and IMAP. The app also integrates a variety of customizable priority, security, and productivity features.

• Download Samsung Email (Free)

6. Samsung Studio

The Gallery app on Samsung phones includes a surprisingly capable video editor. It lets you trim, crop, and mute video files easily on your phone. However, it's not a full-fledged editor. For example, if you apply a filter, add text, or adjust the playback speed, the effect will apply to the entire video, not just a specific section.

Samsung Studio is a more advanced video editing tool that brings desktop-level flexibility to your Galaxy phone. Unlike the basic Gallery editor, Studio offers a full timeline view, giving you precise control over your edits.

• Download Samsung Studio (Free)

5. Expert RAW

The Camera app on Samsung phones offers some useful features like scene suggestions, a built-in GIF recorder, adding watermarks, and more. But if you have a high-end Galaxy device and know your way around manual camera settings, Samsung's Expert RAW app is a must-have.

One of the biggest advantages of using Expert RAW over the default Camera app is image quality. Unlike JPEG, which compresses images to reduce file size, RAW files retain the original, uncompressed data captured by the camera sensor. This gives you much more flexibility and detail when editing your photos in post-production.

• Download Expert RAW (Free)

4. Galaxy Enhance-X

Editing can turn a good photo into a great one. However, if you don't want to do the hard work of manually adjusting brightness, contrast, sharpness, etc., Galaxy Enhance-X is the app for you.

This free app uses AI to automatically fix and enhance your photos with just one tap. All you have to do is open the image in the Galaxy Enhance-X app and tap a button. For those who prefer manual control, Enhance-X also allows for manual adjustments, so you can tweak the blur, noise level, and sharpness to your liking.

• Download Galaxy Enhance-X (Free)

3. Smart Tutor

It's much easier to let tech support figure out what's wrong than to struggle to explain it over the phone or visit a service center, which is exactly what Samsung's Smart Tutor app is designed for.

When you contact Samsung Technical Support, the Smart Tutor app can allow them to diagnose and fix your phone remotely. It's not pre-installed on Galaxy devices (because most users probably never need it), but it can save you hours of frustration when dealing with technical issues.

• Download Smart Tutor (Free)

2. Samsung Music

Music streaming apps like Spotify , Tidal, and YouTube Music have become the go-to choice for most people these days. But if you're someone who likes to own your own music collection or just want a simple offline player without all the fuss, Samsung Music is worth a try.

The app's interface is clean, responsive, and completely ad-free, making it ideal for anyone who misses the old music players that used to come pre-installed on Android phones.

Samsung Music offers all the essential features you'd expect, including a sleep timer, playback speed control, and customizable playlists. You can even set songs as ringtones or alarm sounds directly from the app.

• Download Samsung Music (Free)

1. Good Lock

Of all the apps Samsung offers, if there's one that everyone wants pre-installed on every Galaxy phone, it's Good Lock. It offers a powerful suite of customization tools that can really take your Galaxy experience to the next level.

Good Lock includes modular apps called modules, each designed to customize a specific aspect of your device. For example, the Theme Park module goes beyond the basic themes, allowing you to customize elements like the quick settings panel, icons, volume sliders, and more.

• Download Good Lock (Free)

It's no surprise that your Galaxy phone comes pre-installed with a number of Samsung apps, such as Gallery, Smart Switch, Health, Wallet, and more. However, the apps highlighted above are really worth your attention. They offer powerful features that go beyond what you'd normally expect from stock tools.