What can you do with a microSD card on Android? Can you store apps and games? What's the difference between internal and external storage? We answer all.
Spotify has a SD card feature that's completely broken.
My Samsung camera App can't record 4k60 to the SD card, no matter the speed.
At least the Samsung file manager handles it decently :D
The same as always, why wouldn't it be? I decide how much capacity I want on my phone, pop it in, format and encrypt, and it amalgamates with the rest of my storage. Perfection.
You mean to say a phone without expandable storage is useless, just like a laptop that has the hard drive soldered to the main board and isn't upgradable. Both are consumer unfriendly devices.
I asked ChatGPT to provide a proper summary and conclusion:
Using a microSD card on Android in 2023 is somewhat different from the past. Here's a summary based on the provided article:
1. Availability: It's rare to find high-end Android phones with expandable storage in 2023. However, some midrange, budget phones, and a few high-end models like Sony’s Xperia still support it.
2. Basic Experience:
- Inserting a microSD prompts notifications for exploring or ejecting the card.
- Stock Android uses the Google Files app to view card contents.
3. Storage Type:
Portable Storage:
Treated as removable storage.
Files can be freely transferred between devices.
Not encrypted.
Internal Storage:
Treated as secondary internal storage.
Files and apps appear as if they're stored internally.
Encrypted, not easily transferable to another device.
Requires a faster microSD card.
4. Storing Apps and Games:
Can move some apps/games to the microSD card after installing them on internal storage.
Depends on developer settings and phone's interface.
For performance, demanding games should remain on internal storage.
5. Photos and Videos:
Most phones allow saving directly to the microSD card.
Third-party camera apps vary in this support.
6. Offline Storage in Streaming Apps:
Many streaming apps let users save offline content to the microSD card.
7. File Systems:
Android supports both FAT32 and exFAT.
FAT32 is more universally compatible but has a 4GB file size limitation.
exFAT supports larger files but might not be supported by all devices.
In conclusion, while using a microSD card on Android in 2023 remains fundamentally similar to past years, the nuances regarding formatting, app/game storage, and device compatibility have evolved. As always, it's essential to understand your phone's capabilities and needs before making decisions regarding microSD card usage.
It'd be a hell of a lot better if I could put my apps on either an SD or microSD card. Hell, it'd be bliss if JoiPlay had the capability to load shit from my SD card to save space on my phone. The pokemon fangames I really enjoy are by no means getting smaller.
Battery life is good so far. Nothing special. The screen seems sensitive as well, I can't really attest for anything like mobile gaming though.
Mind you the phone is 120hz, I think I might notice if the touch sampling rate was low, but again, I can't attest for gaming much. All I've played are rhythm games.
SD is fine, has always been fine. But people never replace them as often as they should. That's why they started trying to keep people from putting apps on them. They're pushing to make the cards to go away because it saves them from support calls and makes the phones appear to degrade slower.
could you just have a warning to the user that it appears that their SD card is slow? Feels like that should be doable. We used to get warnings when we'd plug in a USB2.0 device into a USB1.0 port on windows
I store all my music in there from my streaming service so I can have uninterrupted music when driving, cycling etc. Have about half a terabyte in there. My phone has enough memory that I dont need to store my apps on there. Also keep pics and video on SD card