Samsung Experience
software overlay developed by Samsung Electronics
Samsung Experience (stylized as SΛMSUNG Experience) is a discontinued user interface by Samsung Electronics for its Galaxy devices running Android 7.x "Nougat" and Android 8.x "Oreo". It was introduced in late 2016 as a beta build based on Android 7.0 "Nougat" for the Galaxy S7, succeeding TouchWiz. It has been succeeded in 2018 by One UI based on Android 9 "Pie" and later versions. Older devices (like the Galaxy S7) that received Android 7.0 Nougat first received Samsung Experience 8.0. In comparison, newer devices (such as the Galaxy S8) launched with Android 7.0 Nougat with Samsung Experience 8.1, excluding the Galaxy Xcover 4 and Tab S3, both of which came with Samsung Experience 8.0.
History
TouchWiz was the former name that Samsung used for its UI and icons. It was originally released in May 2008 for the SGH-F480 mobile phone. Reviewers had criticized Samsung for including too many features and software bloat, especially in the Galaxy S4, which included what many users called a Samsung "feature creep". In the following years, though, Samsung had incrementally removed the bloatware and extra features, until TouchWiz was no longer recognized as TouchWiz, leading them to rename it. The Samsung UX Innovation team collaborated with the design firm Pentagram on the icons, colors, and Bixby wordmark.
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