Samsung is shutting down two apps it used to brag about
Samsung's AR Doodle and Quick Measure are getting the axe.
Samsung is discontinuing two AR apps that it once touted with great enthusiasm. These are AR Doodle and Quick Measure, both of which will be discontinued by the end of 2026. Samsung announced that future iterations of One UI will no longer support the apps, rendering them obsolete. Prior to AI's dominant and often overused status, augmented reality, or AR, saw its own moment of glory.
Similar to other buzzwords of the time like metaverse and blockchain, AR experienced a surge in popularity. However, following AI's meteoric rise, such terms have lost some of their luster, yet continue to coexist as complementary to AI. Samsung's decision to sunset these apps seems to be driven by the need to reduce support for once-hyped AR applications. The company shared the update through refreshed changelogs for the apps on the Galaxy App Store.
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