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You told us: Readers are heavily split over OEM accounts on their phones
July 21, 2025
Android phones will prompt you to log in to aGoogle accountto install apps and download updates. Some OEMs, however, offer up their own accounts and services, too. Usually, users can avoid logging in to these entirely at the expense of some additional features. But often, these features are pretty useful.
To this end, we asked readers in arecent polltheir feelings towards OEM accounts and whether they use them at all. Here’s what they told us.
Are you logged into an OEM/manufacturer account on your phone?
Readers were pretty torn on this one. The poll published on our site garnered more than 2,800 responses. A solid 56.7% of readers are logged into an OEM account on their devices. This trend continues onTwitter, where 52.1% of readers voted “Yes.” Results onYouTube, however, swung the other way around. Some 52% of the ~24,000 voters say they are not logged in to an OEM account on their devices.
Our original poll article defined an OEM account as a secondary account offered by third-party manufacturers. The likes ofSamsung,Huawei, andXiaomiall offer their own account login options alongside Google. Judging by the comments, several users across all three platforms use custom ROMs, Pixel devices, or iOS. Google and Apple’s devices require users to log in with their respective accounts. Keep in mind that those voting with Pixels or iPhones may have skewed the results.
Those who are logged in to OEM accounts do so to access themes, promotions, and third-party services. Several users who don’t, however, feel there is nothing to be gained by logging in.
Here’s what you told us
That’s it for this poll. Thanks for your votes and comments. If you have any additional thoughts on the topic or the poll results, be sure to drop them down below.
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