com.samsung.android.mydevice Copy

Reported on devices as "Nearby devices", this is the Samsung component behind the Nearby devices button in the quick panel on Galaxy phones and tablets. In our sample it is signed by the same Samsung key that signs the device framework, so it is an OEM component, and it has no launcher icon. Samsung describes Nearby devices as a way to see your devices at a glance and connect them by dragging one onto another, then use the functions available between connected devices from a pop-up. Samsung's requirements are that the phone, tablet or PC is signed in to the same Samsung account with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on, and that Galaxy phones and tablets run One UI 7 or higher. Its declared permissions, which include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, location and Samsung account access, fit that role. It is distinct from Nearby device scanning, the longer-standing Samsung setting that notifies users of devices available to connect, which is documented separately on this site. Version note: in our sample the package appears only on Galaxy devices running Android 15 or later, consistent with Samsung's One UI 7 requirement; it is not expected on older software. For Android Enterprise, EMM and kiosk use it has no part in enrolment or policy. It is a convenience for connecting a user's own Samsung devices, which relies on a Samsung account, so on a dedicated or locked-down device without a personal Samsung account it does little. Disabling it would be expected to remove the Nearby devices panel, but whether other Samsung connected features depend on it could not be sourced, so test on one device first.

• Connected Experience - Samsung US →
• Package provenance for com.samsung.android.mydevice - Android System App Database →

• Signed by the device maker's own signing key (Samsung), so it is an OEM preinstall, and that single certificate is consistent across all 15 device profiles. 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 43 permissions: 6 runtime (user-granted), 7 signature or system-level, 6 install-time and 24 vendor or uncatalogued.
• APK size ranges from 7.3 MB to 13.0 MB across the reporting device profiles, so the build differs substantially between them.
• Reported as an updated system app on 11 of 15 profiles - a newer build is installed over the one in the system image there.