com.samsung.android.mydevice Copy

Reported on devices as "Nearby devices", this Samsung component's label matches the Nearby devices button in the quick panel on Galaxy phones and tablets. Samsung's page documents the feature, not the package, so the tie between the two is inferred from the label. 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. For a Galaxy phone or tablet to appear as a discoverable device, Samsung says One UI 7 or higher is required for all features, with limited features from One UI 4.1.1 and Continuity Service 1.2.27. Its requested permissions, which include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, location and Samsung account access, fit that role; this site aggregates permissions across observations rather than per build, so which builds request them cannot be established. 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, which is consistent with Samsung's One UI 7 requirement for the Nearby devices button. Samsung's page also describes limited features for devices on One UI 4.1.1 or higher, so the observed range here does not establish that nothing related is present on older software, and which package serves those limited features could not be sourced. For Android Enterprise, EMM and kiosk use no enrolment or policy role is identified in the sources cited here. If it is the component behind Nearby devices, 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 would be expected to do 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 17 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 (580 packages, 11729 observations).
• Its largest observed manifest declares 43 permissions: 4 runtime (user-granted), 7 signature or system-level, 5 install-time and 27 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 in 13 of 30 observations - a newer build was installed over the one in the system image. Multiple observations can come from the same device profile.