Microsoft smuggles ads into Samsung mobile phones

Microsoft It gets worse at promoting its own services. For many years, Windows users have… Edge Browser Pressure on the eye in increasingly aggressive ways.

And now Microsoft is also in on the act Android smartphones Really bad. It’s not just that more and more mobile phones have pre-installed Microsoft applications, which sometimes can’t even be uninstalled: recently, this too Context menu Kidnapped.

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The system update brings Microsoft 365 to the context menu

In September there are many Samsung Galaxy smartphones Received a system update. If it was a phone with Microsoft 365 pre-installed, which includes millions all over the world, the context menu is now infected.

This pops up when you select text, for example. To copy it. Where it used to say “Copy” and “Share” in the introduction, it now says:Microsoft 365 noticeThis is the case even if you have not previously used Microsoft Office applications.

Futurezone has managed to do just that with Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 And Galaxy S23 Ultra Checks. Either way, the apps have not been used before. In both cases, after the update, the application became “Microsoft 365It can be found in Settings/Apps with the “Disabled” status.

How to get rid of a Microsoft 365 notification

If you click Microsoft 365 notification in the context menu, the app becomes active and opens. Once the app is activated, you can uninstall it in Settings/Apps, at least on newer Samsung phones. This can also be done without first opening it via the context menu. You can simply go to the app’s settings.activationThen press the same button again to uninstall Microsoft 365.

With the Microsoft 365 app, the Microsoft 365 notification also disappears. If you have the Microsoft Edge browser installed on your cell phone, you will see “Bing searchEven if you mainly surf the Internet using Chrome or Firefox.

Be patient if you don’t want to delete apps

If you want to keep Edge or Microsoft 365 but don’t care about their context menu commands, you’ll have to be patient. By repeatedly selecting other options, Microsoft prompts should appear in a file Surplus area They disappear because Android automatically puts favorites on top. The override area can be accessed by clicking on the three dots on the right side of the context menu.

With the update, Microsoft has not only expanded the context menu. Also the share sheet that appears when using apps “Share” function. Uses, and it basically shows Microsoft 365 options. The same applies here: either uninstall the app or wait for the options you haven’t selected to slide to the back of the list.