# Galaxy Store (جالاكسي ستور)

> Galaxy Store is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Samsung](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/samsung.md)
- Categories: App Stores, Digital Goods, Game Stores & Launchers
- Official site: https://galaxystore.samsung.com/
- Community votes: 29
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/galaxy-store

## About

Samsung's app store for Galaxy devices offering apps, games, themes, and watch faces

## Activity summary

Restricted for users in Syria. A community report in February 2026 found that the Galaxy Store itself opens, but paid apps and themes are unavailable from Syrian connections. That same month a community volunteer emailed Samsung asking it to enable Samsung Wallet and Pay in Syria, citing the lifting of sanctions; no response has been recorded.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-27 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed Samsung's MENA privacy team at privacy.mena@samsung.com requesting that Samsung Wallet and Samsung Pay be enabled for users in Syria. The email was written in Arabic and referenced the December 2025 OFAC sanctions lift, EU sanctions revision, and included supporting documentation from unblocksyria.com/resources.
- 2026-02-17 — Investigated. Community member reported that Samsung Galaxy Store has restricted functionality in Syria. Submitted from a Syrian IP address (129.224.207.53) on Chrome/Android. While the app store itself is accessible, paid apps and themes are unavailable for users in Syria. The submitter noted they hope for full access including payment capability.

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/galaxy-store?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/galaxy-store/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/galaxy-store
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/galaxy-store.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/galaxy-store.md