Bloatware

Sick of bloatware? The upcoming Realme Narzo 70 Pro will have fewer pre-installed apps – to put a specific number on it, there will be 65% fewer pre-installed apps. In fact, this is such an important feature that Amazon India’s landing page for the phone advertises it at the very top. We hate bloatware and we know that you do too. Realme has listened to users and is making an attempt to cut that back. Additionally, Amazon and the Narzo team polled users and found that the Sony IMX890 is one of the most wished-for…

iQoo 12 5G is confirmed to launch in India on December 13. The iQoo 12 series was unveiled globally on November 7 and included the vanilla variant and the iQoo 12 Pro. The company has previously confirmed the processor, OS, and availability of the phone in the country. The Indian variant of the iQoo 12 has been confirmed to get the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset and run Android 14-based Funtouch OS 14. It will launch as a successor to the iQoo 11 5G. Now, iQoo India CEO has revealed some more software details of the upcoming…

iQOO 12 bloatware, OS update detailsiQOO has confirmed that it will remove bloatware with the new Funtouch OS 14, based on Android 14. iQOO India CEO Nipun Marya has confirmed that the phone will not have pre-installed applications, including the ‘Hot Apps’ and ‘Hot Games’ folders.The iQOO 12 is guaranteed to receive three years of Android software updates and four years of security patches.The latest flagship from Vivo’s sister brand will be India’s first Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 phone, and also the first non-Pixel device with…

As we are waiting for the global iQOO 12 series release, the company announced that it's getting rid of the annoying bloatware with the arrival of Funtouch OS 14, based on Android 14. The new version of the software was announced a couple of months ago and even shared a list of devices eligible for the update. Anyone who has used Funtouch OS knows that iQOO likes to include a set of "Hot Apps" and "Hot Games" with its devices out of the box. With Futnouch OS 14 going forward, there won't be any of those. In other…

Honor 90 is confirmed to launch in India soon although the date has not yet been set. The handset was released in China earlier this year in May alongside the Honor 90 Pro. Madhav Sheth, previously associated with Realme India and the current HonorTech CEO has said that the Indian variant of the Honor 90, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoC and backed by a 5,000mAh battery with 66W wired fast charging support, will launch with bloatware-free software.In an official Honor mobiles YouTube interaction called…

After setting up a Windows device for the first time, you’ll notice plenty of software that’s already been installed.  Some of this is genuinely useful – most people couldn’t live without Settings or File Explorer, for example. But there are lots of other apps you’ll never use and might even forget about.  Microsoft includes lots of its own stock apps in Windows 11, but some PC and laptop makers also add their own. Not only are these annoying, they take up vital storage space and can slow down your device. …

It happens to the best of us. You’ve just purchased a new PC, and you’re excited about all the blessed empty storage that’s there for you to load with your favorite programs. But why is so much of the drive already full? What are all these notifications you’re getting from apps you’ve never heard of? And why is some antivirus program trying to scan everything you download?It sounds like your new device may have a bad case of bloatware. It’s quite common for PCs (even fairly expensive ones) to come preloaded with a bunch…

During its Galaxy Unpacked February 2023 event, Samsung revealed the next generation of Galaxy phones that make up the S23 lineup: the Galaxy S23, S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. These phones are packed with the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy chip from Qualcomm and have up to 12GB RAM and 1TB storage, a massive 200MP main camera on the Ultra, and plenty of other powerful features. However, an article from Ars Technica raises questions about the storage on the Galaxy S23 lineup. The standard S23 starts at 128GB…

Last updated: September 16th, 2022 at 14:39 UTC+02:00 Verizon recently started rolling out a couple of new firmware updates for the Galaxy S21 series and the Galaxy Z Fold 3. The latter device got new Android 12L and One UI 4.1.1 features, and both appear to have received the September 2022 security patch. However, in addition to new One UI features and better security, Verizon customers are also reporting that the latest update introduced more bloatware in the form of two mobile games. A few Galaxy S21 and Galaxy Z…

2. Uninstall the apps The best thing to do is uninstall these apps. In the search box, start typing "add" and the add or remove programs option will come up. Click it. Once you go to settings in your search bar, make sure to click the 3rd option under "Get quick help from the web."  Using apps instead of removing apps manually Going through all the bulk apps can be time-consuming and unnecessary manual labor. So, like in many cases, there's an app for that. Bulk Crap Uninstaller or PC Decrapifier are some apps…