Apps that come preloaded on your smartphone can be a touchy subject. An app I use every day and I’m glad to see on my phone out of the box could be considered bloatware by someone who doesn’t use it. Naturally, there are numerous Samsung apps on a Samsung phone, but you’ll find Google apps like Chrome, Gmail, and YouTube pre-installed, too, among a few others. However, plenty of other Google apps are worth using, and these are the ones I download first on my Samsung phone.
Before we begin, a brief disclaimer: Apps pre-installed on Samsung phones vary based on model and region, so while none of these came preloaded on my Galaxy S24 Ultra or Galaxy S25 in the UK, one or two might already be on your phone in your country.