Samsung's Secure Folder is now available for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge.
Samsung has officially released the Secure Folder app for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge on the Galaxy Apps store. Secure Folder relies on Samsung's Knox security platform to set up a secure encrypted zone on your phone. Anything you store in the Secure Folder — apps, files, documents, or images — will be hidden behind an added layer of authentication, which can be accessed by a PIN, pattern lock, passcode, or biometric verification.
Apps that run in the Secure Folder are sandboxed, which provides an added layer of security while making it convenient to run two instances of an app on the same phone. You can customize the name of Secure Folder, or hide it altogether from the home screen for added privacy. Samsung also allows you to backup the contents of the Secure Folder and restore the data when switching to a new phone, with the data tied to your Samsung account.
You'll need to be running Nougat on the S7 and S7 edge for Secure Folder to work, and Samsung mentions that it will add support for other devices soon. Phones in the Galaxy A 2017 series already offer the feature, and it should be rolling out to the Galaxy S6 once it picks up the Nougat update.
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Samsung's Secure Folder creates a private space for your apps and files
Downloaded it the other day, and it can be used as well as My Knox. I can now be a double agent without getting my controls mixed up. Yay!
How is it different from Knox?
Let's say my phone is rooted, can I install apps in this secure folder that can't be installed on rooted phones or will they still see my phone is rooted?
I don't see the Secure Folder in Galaxy Apps store
You've have to be on 7.0 actually it was part of the grace ux from the n7 ,love this feature
Others folders arent secure?
Seriously? Do you also not understand the difference between a wallet and a bank?
This sounds like one of the more useful features Samsung has offered. Much more practical than most of their usual gimmicks. I'd like to see this added to Android proper.
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Their usual gimmicks usually turned into large profit for them. And eventually copied by other OEM's or even Google. Mainly features we've already been seeing on Galaxy phones for a long time. So yeah, keep hoping this gimmick lands in your Pixel.
Ok, so I just installed it. I'm making a list of passwords in Samsung's Memo app, (which I dropped in the secure folder). It works great!
Great idea, thanks for sharing. I'll do the same since I use Google Keep for that and I know that isn't very smart lol
Keep was my go to, but I realized I couldn't just drop a note or list from keep in there.
I guess both would work if I just copied it over too.
I really like this feature
It's about time! This was one of the features I really missed from the Note 7. My Knox is cool but Secure Folder seems to add a level of security.
But, won't those same apps be opened from outside the folder say for example from your list of all apps installed on the phone????
Secure Folder treats the apps you've installed in them as separate accounts from you normal apps. For example, Facebook in Secure Folder does not use your normal Facebook information [unless you want it to].
Is it the same as the "TRESOR" feature i'm playing around right now on my Honor 6X ?
(Encrypted space partition in internal memory where I can store files, data,pictures, videos etc password protected ?)
If yes, I find it very useful.
This goes a step further. You can also install apps that will act as new installs with completely difference accounts. So if you use Twitter, the Twitter app you install in Secure Folder does not use your normal Twitter data.
Thanks:)
I missed that from the Note 7.
It's actually a smart idea, where you can keep your personal stuff as usual but also keep your sensitive data and work stuff locked in another part.
Can you have different accounts in for example Gmail? Or calendar? Without them interfering with the normal accounts (or visa versa)?
Yep. It's like a VM, or a different phone inside your phone, accessible via your fingerprint.
Couldn't have said it better myself
What is the difference between Secure Folder and Knox?
Secure Folder is extremely powerful. It seems strange to be praising Samsung for innovative software, but I can honestly see this being a huge selling point for many people.
The problem with Secure Folder is that it is tied to Samsung phones. If I change to another brand of phone I lose all my files. I use a third party app to secure sensitive docs and photos which can be installed on any Android device.
If you change to another Samsung phone you'll lose all of your files also, unless you perform a manual backup withing the Knox container. One of the downsides of the security I guess, but keeps things safer.
hey sir . this is so nice info for samsung mobiler users thanks sir for sharing keep it up ......
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