Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy Z Flip5 alongside the Galaxy Z Fold5 at a special event in Korea on July 26, and the company itself has already confirmed the location, as well as the time frame, though it hasn’t committed to just the date. Still.
Either way, the Flip5 is shaping up to be a huge upgrade over its predecessor in terms of external screen properties, as has been said countless times before. That larger size won’t go to waste, according to a new report: It will house specially optimized Google apps.
Samsung has allegedly worked closely with Google to get the latter company’s apps, such as Maps, Messages and even YouTube, optimized for the external screen. Thanks to this partnership, once you get a Flip5, you’ll be able to send messages, watch videos and navigate places without having to open the device.
This is a far more useful feature than one of the Flip5’s main competitors, Oppo’s Find N2 Flip, can still boast today, many months after its international launch. It has a much larger screen than Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip4, but it’s not very useful. It seems that Samsung doesn’t want to fall into the same trap, and as such is preparing a series of specially optimized apps, including its own bundled keyboard, which will be usable in the folded state.
Whether or not that means more third-party apps will, over time, support running on the Flip5’s external screen remains to be seen, but Google builds among the most used Android apps, so having optimized ones out the door is a big step nonetheless. .
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