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The Tasks edge panel, made by Samsung, labelled simply "Tasks" on devices. It is one of the panels in the same One UI edge panel feature as Clipboard edge. Samsung describes the Tasks panel as a way to jump straight to a specific action inside an app, such as writing a message or adding a calendar event, rather than opening the app and navigating to it. In our sample it is signed by Samsung's platform key and carries a large privileged permission set, which is consistent with a panel that launches and drives other apps from a system surface. Version note: as with the other panels, what changes across releases is the feature around it rather than the package. Samsung's regional instructions differ on whether reaching the panel list includes an Edge screen step, and Samsung documents the One UI 6.1.1 redesign that folded the Smart select panel into the Apps panel. Android Authority reports that recent One UI releases restrict users to Samsung's preinstalled panels. We could not source a change specific to the Tasks panel. For Android Enterprise, EMM and kiosk use the relevant point is that this panel is a shortcut surface that can start actions in other apps from over the top of the foreground app, which is exactly the sort of side door a dedicated-device lockdown is meant to close. Where the whole feature is unwanted, Knox Service Plugin's Allow Edge screen policy switches edge panels off across the fleet, which is preferable to disabling packages one at a time. The panel is user-deselectable in Samsung's own Settings, so disabling the package should simply remove it from the list, but confirm that on a test device first.

• How to make the most out of Edge panels - Samsung UK Support →
• Add or remove Edge panels on your Galaxy phone or tablet - Samsung US Support →
• Discover the redesigned Edge panel on your Samsung Galaxy - Samsung CA Support →
• Device restrictions (Allow Edge screen) - Knox Service Plugin, Samsung Knox Documentation →
• Why Edge Panels are my secret weapon for multitasking on Samsung phones - Android Authority →
• Package provenance for com.samsung.android.app.taskedge - Android System App Database →

• Signed by the device maker's own signing key (Samsung), so it is an OEM preinstall, but 2 different certificates appear across the fleet, so OEMs ship their own builds of it. It also signs the Android framework, so it is a platform-level key on its device(s). Inferred from the certificate appearing only on Samsung devices (508 packages, 10196 observations).
• Its largest observed manifest declares 32 permissions: 7 runtime (user-granted), 8 signature or system-level, 4 install-time and 13 vendor or uncatalogued.
• APK size ranges from 2.0 MB to 4.1 MB across the reporting device profiles, so the build differs substantially between them.