How to Use preinstall in a Sentence

preinstall

verb

• 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
• Brussels also frets that Google paid some manufacturers to preinstall the search app.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 July 2018
• 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
• Mixer also comes preinstalled as a no-friction game-streaming option in Xbox One consoles.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2019
• Google Pay is less popular despite being preinstalled on Android phones.
  — Rani Molla, Recode, 22 May 2018
• The Watch comes with the Nike Run Club app preinstalled, which offers over 180 workouts.
  — Dani Deahl, The Verge, 5 Oct. 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
• As is, Google bundles search and other services into Chrome and preinstalls the browser on Chromebooks.
  — Jennifer Elias,mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
• 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 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
• The company has now preinstalled all of its inventory with LoJack theft recovery systems.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 18 May 2017
• Apple's iMessage has similar advantages, preinstalled on millions of iPhones.
  — Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 17 July 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• India walked back an order requiring smartphone companies to preinstall a government cybersecurity app, following widespread backlash.
  — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 3 Dec. 2025
• 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
• In 2024, a California judge issued the injunction, which also barred Google from paying app developers or equipment manufacturers to launch apps exclusively on Play Store or preinstall the app store on their devices.
  — Julia Shapero, The Hill, 6 Oct. 2025