[3][5][6] With that phone, the bundled MicroSD card is the main location for storage of apps and user-generated data, such as photos and multimedia.

In September 2011, Samsung rolled out an update in the Netherlands marked "PDA:KPS PHONE:KPA CSC:KP1 (XEN)".

Changes associated with the 2.3.6 update include a new lockscreen, a new phone icon, the blue-glow scrolling effect, and a few other cosmetic changes related to the system UI.

Samsung has not made Android 4.1 available for Gio[8] due to its less powerful hardware, though users can upgrade via Root and ClockworkMod Recovery.

As the Galaxy Gio phone contains a central processor based on ARMv6 architecture, then the most recent Firefox version for ARMv6 devices is 31.3.0esr, released on 17 October 2015.