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[Update: Not present] Adoptable storage may come to Samsung devices with Android Pie
Adoptable storage may be coming to Samsung devices with Android Pie, if a screenshot in our Galaxy Note 9 forums tells us anything.
When Android Marshmallow was launched back in 2015, it introduced a feature that dramatically improved the user experience for many, myself included: adoptable storage. When you first introduce a new microSD card on an Android Marshmallow (or higher) device with adoptable storage enabled, the system will ask if you want to use it as portable storage or format it as adoptable storage. If you choose the latter, Android will format and encrypt the card so that it can be used only on that device. The adopted storage will then serve as an extension of the phone's internal storage, allowing you to install apps and storage app data inside that SD card. It sounds like a simple enough feature, but one company that has refused to support it on most of their Android phones is Samsung.
Enable Adoptable Storage for Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
Modify the Samsung Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge to use adoptable storage. Use Your SD card as internal storage with this simple mod.
Android Marshmallow came with the ability to format SD cards so they can be read as internal storage by your device. This is called adoptable storage. If you're an owner of a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge, then you probably noticed that this feature was left out. In this video, Jared takes us through the steps to manually enable this feature on your phone.