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I have Samsung Galaxy M12 on stock Android 12. When I'm reading about Samsung features on the internet (including samsung-related questions here), sometimes I found that I don't have such features on my phone, like Secure Folder.
What are the possible reasons for the lack of features?
There are at least 4 possible reasons:
Newer Samsung phones and tablets tend to have more features despite having the same Android version (One UI version). Example:
One UI is Samsung's customization on Android OS available since Android 9 Pie for the Samsung Galaxy series. While it packs many additional features outside of AOSP, there is also One UI Core, the stripped-down version of One UI usually found on budget models such as Galaxy M and A series.
Some known missing features:
Android Go is an Android variant optimized for devices with low memory spec. Although not Samsung-specific, some features may be disabled:
Android versions also affect which features are available on the device, although this is also not really Samsung-specific. (Since there are too many differences, please refer to Wikipedia for the summary of each version)
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