How to Use preinstall in a Sentence

preinstall

verb

• The Watch comes with the Nike Run Club app preinstalled, which offers over 180 workouts.
  — Dani Deahl, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2018
• The Facebook app comes preinstalled on many smartphones sold in the country.
  — Kurt Wagner, Recode, 19 Dec. 2018
• The website states that the console comes with 800 games preinstalled onto the console.
  — Makena Kelly, The Verge, 9 Dec. 2018
• Facebook, which has more than 2 billion users around the world, will no longer allow its app to come preinstalled on Huawei phones, according to Reuters.
  — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 8 June 2019
• The practice of forcing carriers to preinstall Google Search and Chrome web browser while excluding others was the subject of the 4.3 billion fine last year.
  — Alex Webb | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2019
• Most Android phones are filled with apps and widgets from the carrier or phone manufacturer preinstalled on a phone.
  — Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 28 Aug. 2017
• Brussels also frets that Google paid some manufacturers to preinstall the search app.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 July 2018
• In return for handset makers’ use of its version of Android, Google has required them to place its search engine front and center on their phones and preinstall a series of other Google apps.
  — New York Times, 8 Sep. 2019
• Mixer also comes preinstalled as a no-friction game-streaming option in Xbox One consoles.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2019
• The vulnerabilities Kryptowire found are often preinstalled at a system level, with no way to purge them from your device.
  — Wired, 15 Nov. 2019
• Nor do manufacturers have to preinstall any Google apps on devices using Android, which is an open source system, available free.
  — James B. Stewart, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2016
• Google Pay is less popular despite being preinstalled on Android phones.
  — Rani Molla, Recode, 22 May 2018
• This is no biggie: The average Android user already downloads 50 apps to his phone that weren’t preinstalled by the manufacturer.
  — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 27 July 2018
• And these aren't your usual email phishing or scammy app downloads—the vulnerabilities Kryptowire found are often preinstalled at a system level, with no way to purge them from your device.
  — Wired, 15 Nov. 2019
• Google does, but the internet giant has complex agreements with Android phone manufacturers that require these partners to preinstall its Play store.
  — Bloomberg News, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019
• Their hunting prowess does not come preinstalled, so novices can make successful shots at speedy targets only after a prolonged training period.
  — Jonathan Balcombe, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
• The company has now preinstalled all of its inventory with LoJack theft recovery systems.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 18 May 2017
• Chinese manufacturers sell about 450 million phones to customers abroad every year that are preinstalled with Google’s standard suite of mobile apps, such as search, maps and email, according to Counterpoint Research.
  — Liza Lin, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2018
• The Triada version that came preinstalled sometime in 2017 didn't contain the rooting capabilities.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 6 June 2019
• But the app's future is now in jeopardy as Apple incorporates period and fertility tracking features into its own free Health app, which comes preinstalled on every device.
  — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
• Apple's iMessage has similar advantages, preinstalled on millions of iPhones.
  — Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 17 July 2017
• But the app is facing an uncertain future as Apple incorporates period and fertility tracking features into its free Health app, which comes preinstalled on every device.
  — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019

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