Samsung Removes Ads From Its One UI Android Apps

After years of Samsung filling up its stock apps with ads, the company is finally stopping that practice. As of today, Samsung Pay, Weather, and Health have officially stopped serving ads. 9to5Google reports: Users in the Samsung Community Forums found that ads had suddenly disappeared from the Samsung Pay app, and an investigation from the folks over at TizenHelp unearthed a comment from a Samsung employee that confirms some good news. As of today, October 1, Samsung has stopped serving ads to Samsung Pay and Samsung Health. Samsung has technically only confirmed this change in its home country, but we're seeing the changes in the United States as well. Notably, force stopping these apps seems to force the ads to be removed, just in case they're still live for you.

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