Samsung said to scale back its own Android apps on Google's request

If a recent report from Recode is correct, Samsung has caved to pressure from Google to makeAndroid a little more pure.

The publication said the two companies started forming agreements at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month "that would bring Samsung's view of Android in line with Google's own." That means Samsung will consider changing or getting rid of its new Magazine UX interface that sits on top of Android, as well as highlight Google's apps for movies, music, and other services, instead of pushing its own, Recode said.

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