realme phones to get single-click option to disable recommendations in apps


Realme has gained popularity since its inception because of value-for-money (VFM) offerings in the mid-range smartphone segment. According to the recent Counterpoint research report, the brand had about 16% industry market share in Q3 2019 in India with 6x growth compared to last year. realme smartphones started receiving updates bringing system-wide Dark Mode a couple of months ago, the company has already announced its plan to introduce realme UI in January 2020.

Now, the company has announced its plans to introduce recommendations in ColorOS 6, these recommendations will be shown to users to promote apps and commercial links. These content recommendations in the OS will appear in the Phone Manager app and Security Check page after installing new apps. realme will provide its users an option to turn off content recommendation with a single-click in seconds.

realme says, it is introducing recommendations to offer more surprises to users and maintain a healthy and sustainable business model, but the company will also ensure the protection of your privacy and compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Dear realme fans,

We hope you had an amazing 2019! We sure did, thanks to your love, and support of our realme family.

We are excited to have pushed bounadries by offering the best in class features in each price segment. We have created a record of being the fastest growing smartphone brand in the world and are aiming to create the best lifesytle ecosystem for users in 2020 – bringing an enhanced and highly anticipated realme UI customized software experience.

To continue offering more surprises for you and manitain a healthy and sustainable business model, we have introduced commercial content recommendations in the OS. realme phones with ColorOS 6 and above will receive such recommenadtion update. We encourage you to update the system timely to enjoy a better operating experience and receive latest Android security patches.

Content recommendation will promote apps and commrecial links. The content reocmmendation in the OS will appear in two places – the Phone Manager app and Security Check page after installing new apps. It will also ensure protection of your privacy and complinace with relevant laws and regulations.

realme has always been committed to provide our users a friendly experience and have given you the option to turn off content recommendation with a single-click in seconds: Settings > Additional Settings > Content Recommendation.

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