TL; DR
- There is a Samsung Galaxy S23 Performance toggle to turn off the Game Optimization Service (GOS).
- This feature is inspired by the Galaxy S22, which has gone through a lot of controversy.
- Time will tell if a switch is necessary on the Galaxy S23, but it is there.
in 2022, samsung It faced a lot of criticism when it turned out that it was throttling games on the Galaxy S22 series via the Game Optimization Service (GOS) but not throttling benchmarking apps. Basically, this allowed artificial scores to be obtained on benchmarks that users could maintain in the real world. In response, Samsung pushed an update within One UI that allowed users to do so Turn off GPS manually. This allowed the full power of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor (plus the Exynos 2200 model) to be harnessed in games.
Today, Samsung took off the covers Galaxy phones 2023. right Now, Android Authority I learned that the Samsung Galaxy S23 has a GOS performance toggle as well, which seems to be quite the same as what we saw on the Galaxy S22. Check out the screenshot below.
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It is unclear what the presence of this switch means. One of the main reasons Samsung introduced this option on the Galaxy S22 was because the phone’s processor was overheating and it was a drain on the battery in some scenarios (like gaming). Ostensibly, it is Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Inside the Galaxy S23 series should solve this problem, based on what we’ve seen from the 8 Gen 2 and 8 Plus Gen 1 phones. Not to mention, Samsung worked with Qualcomm to fine-tune the chip for these phones. Samsung shouldn’t need to switch GOS at all.
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However, this could just be a carryover from the Galaxy S22, giving users the option to toggle battery/performance optimizations on and off. Some users may still find this useful for extended gaming sessions, where heat will inevitably become an issue. However, if the 8 Gen 2 is as efficient as it is intended to be, the switch may not do much in terms of the Samsung Galaxy S23’s performance outside of more extreme use cases.
A GOS toggle is present, but it’s not clear what, if any, effect this has on performance yet.
However, there is a chance that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy does not completely solve the previous overheating/battery drain issues. If so, the GOS switch might be there because Samsung thinks users might want to turn off optimizations for it. This way, you can proactively try to avoid the violent controversy of the past year.
We’ll need to do our full round of testing with the Samsung Galaxy S23’s performance before we can come to any conclusions here. However, if you were wondering what was going on with GOS on the Galaxy S23, this is what we know so far.
