The LG G5 and Galaxy S7 won’t support Android 6.0’s adoptable storage
With both the Galaxy S7 and LG G5 sporting expandable storage, and Google adding great SD support to Android 6.0, this year it seemed like storage enthusiasts would get everything they could ever want. Apparently that's not the case though, as both OEMs have shunned Google's new "Adoptable Storage" feature.
Android 6.0 Marshmallow added an adoptable storage feature, which allows you to format a microSD card as internal storage. Android will then merge the microSD card and internal storage into a single storage pool, allowing you to seamlessly install as many apps as you want, or load it with media. Samsung and LG don't appear to be a fans of the feature, though. Android Central tried the feature on G5 at MWC, and it didn't support adoptable storage, and when we asked Samsung about the feature, the company laid out its thoughts about the feature:
