Package
com.samsung.android.offline.languagemodel
Samsung Language Core
Guidance
Shown on the device as "Samsung Language Core", this is a Samsung component with no launcher icon, signed in our sample by a Samsung OEM key. Its update description, as reproduced by a user on Samsung's own community forum, says it powers AI features in Samsung apps with language understanding and generation while running fully offline, so that data stays on the device. That fits Samsung's Galaxy AI support documentation, which offers a "Process data only on device" switch under Settings > Galaxy AI and says most translations are handled on the device itself. That support page does not name this package, and no Samsung source found lists which features call into it, so that mapping is not asserted here. Version note: Samsung says Galaxy AI needs One UI 6.1 or later on compatible models. In our sample this package appears only on Galaxy S and Z series devices running Android 15 to 17. This site's roll-up records versions from 1.0.00.26 to 4.1.01.19 and APK sizes from about 4.8 MB to about 3.2 GB; those figures do not establish what changed between builds. Whether it also shipped on One UI 6.1 (Android 14) builds, and how its role differs between those major versions, could not be sourced. For Android Enterprise, EMM and kiosk use, no enrolment or management role is identified in the sources cited here. Based on the description above, disabling it would be expected to stop on-device AI language features in Samsung apps from working locally, which matters most where an organisation requires AI processing to stay on the device rather than in Samsung's cloud. Its large update size is worth noting on storage- or data-constrained fleets. Test on the target model before disabling it.
Package intelligence
Observed signing, permission, version and size signals from contributing devices - descriptive of that sample, not a verdict. These come from the v2 Package Search sync, which not every device has contributed to yet, so for some packages this detail is partial or not present at all.
- Signed by the device maker's own signing key (Samsung), so it is an OEM preinstall, and that single certificate is consistent across all 9 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 9 permissions: 3 runtime (user-granted), 1 signature or system-level, 3 install-time and 2 vendor or uncatalogued.
- APK size ranges from 4.5 MB to 3038.4 MB across the reporting device profiles, so the build differs substantially between them.
- Reported as an updated system app in 17 of 19 observations - a newer build was installed over the one in the system image. Multiple observations can come from the same device profile.
Declared permissions (9)
Largest permission set observed for this package. Text is Android's own published description where one exists; platform permissions Android does not document show their granted protection level (in grey) instead; vendor or unknown constants show the name only.
| Permission | Description |
|---|---|
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE |
Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected. |
INTERNET |
Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet. |
READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE |
Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage. |
READ_PHONE_STATE |
Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call. |
WAKE_LOCK |
Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep. |
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE |
Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage. |
WRITE_SETTINGS |
Allows the app to modify the system's settings data. Malicious apps may corrupt your system's configuration. |
com.samsung.android.offline.languagemodel.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION |
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com.samsung.android.permission.BROADCAST_GEN_AI_RECLAIM_TRIGGER |
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Manage on devices
ADB commands for this package (the inverse of each is included so you can undo). Run from an authorised shell or wire the equivalent into your DPC. Verify on a test device first - this database doesn’t yet classify which packages are safe to change. --user 0 targets the current user; drop it (and use a privileged shell) to act device-wide.
/system, so Restore re-adds it (-k keeps app data)Seen on
Each record is a device profile (make + model + Android version). Each unique handset that syncs against a matching profile will increase the observations of a package, thereby increasing confidence that a package is expected to be on a device.
| OEM | Model | Android | Provenance | Observations | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung | SM-F766B | Android 16 | - | 1 | 11 Nov 2025 |
| Samsung | SM-F971B | Android 17 | OEM Samsung | 3 | 1 Nov 2026 |
| Samsung | SM-S721U | Android 15 | - | 5 | 5 Aug 2025 |
| Samsung | SM-S731B | Android 16 | OEM Samsung | 1 | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Samsung | SM-S906B | Android 15 | - | 1 | 2 Jun 2025 |
| Samsung | SM-S921B | Android 15 | OEM Samsung | 2 | 22 Jul 2025 |
| Samsung | SM-S921B | Android 16 | OEM Samsung | 2 | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Samsung | SM-S921U | Android 15 | - | 1 | 19 Jun 2025 |
| Samsung | SM-S926B | Android 16 | OEM Samsung | 1 | 14 Apr 2026 |
| Samsung | SM-S928B | Android 16 | OEM Samsung | 2 | 12 Jun 2026 |
| Samsung | SM-S928U1 | Android 15 | - | 1 | 12 Sep 2025 |
| Samsung | SM-S931B | Android 15 | - | 1 | 20 Sep 2025 |
| Samsung | SM-S931B | Android 16 | - | 1 | 23 Nov 2025 |
| Samsung | SM-S936B | Android 16 | - | 1 | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Samsung | SM-S937B | Android 15 | - | 1 | 25 Aug 2025 |
| Samsung | SM-S938B | Android 15 | - | 2 | 25 Aug 2025 |
| Samsung | SM-S942B | Android 17 | OEM Samsung | 1 | 25 May 2026 |
| Samsung | SM-S948U | Android 16 | - | 1 | 9 Sep 2026 |
Known labels
Locale-aware display names seen in the wild.
| Label | Locale | Seen |
|---|---|---|
| Samsung Language Core | en | 12 |
| Samsung Language Core | en-us | 12 |
| Samsung Language Core | en-gb | 8 |
| Samsung Language Core | it-IT | 5 |
| Samsung Language Core | de-de | 2 |
| Samsung Language Core | en-nl | 2 |
| Samsung Language Core | it-it | 2 |
| Samsung Language Core | en-GB | 1 |
| Samsung Language Core | nl-nl | 1 |
| Samsung Language Core | pl-PL | 1 |
| Samsung Language Core | pl-pl | 1 |