Some Motorola owners have reported a brief but unusual path when launching Amazon from the app drawer. Instead of opening the shopping app directly, the tap appears to trigger Chrome first and then route through a third-party URL before Amazon finally appears.
The behavior has drawn attention because it happens on Motorola devices themselves, including built-in software that comes preinstalled on many phones from the company. In some cases, the effect is so fast that it can be easy to miss unless the screen is watched closely.
The first report surfaced from a Motorola Razr 60 Ultra user on the r/Android forum. After that, 9to5Google said it reproduced the same behavior on Motorola hardware, which helped bring the issue into wider view.
What makes the case more notable is that the redirect does not seem to happen in every scenario. When Amazon is opened from the home screen, the app reportedly launches normally, without the Chrome flash or the same detour through an external URL.
Attention quickly turned to Smart Feed, Motorola’s preinstalled app that is already present on many of the company’s phones. Network logs were said to show a connection to devicenative.com, a service associated with ad placement on Motorola smartphones.
Version differences also became part of the discussion. An older Smart Feed build, v2.03.0056, was said not to show the behavior, while the newer v2.03.0070 version on the Razr Fold did.
That raised the possibility that the redirect was introduced in an update rather than being long-standing behavior. In other words, the issue appears linked to a newer version of the preloaded software rather than something embedded from the start.
The reported redirect also goes beyond a simple change in how the app opens. The URL path is said to insert an Amazon affiliate code before the user reaches the app, and the code mentioned in the reports is “sramz-kff-008-20.”
That matters because affiliate codes can shift commission credit when traffic passes through a particular link path. In this case, the URL cited was kira-abboud.com, a domain said to point to fashion influencer @kirasfashionfinds on Instagram.
Even so, 9to5Google noted inconsistencies in that connection. The domain was not listed on the influencer’s social accounts that were checked, and the affiliate code inserted in the redirect reportedly did not match the code used in the influencer’s public links.
For users who want to check whether their device behaves the same way, the trigger appears to be specific. The redirect is tied to opening Amazon from the app drawer, which means people who usually launch it from a home screen shortcut may never notice anything unusual.
Because the sequence lasts only a fraction of a second, the experience can look like a minor visual hiccup at first glance. But the underlying behavior involves an external redirect, which is a very different issue from a simple app launch delay.
For affected Motorola users, the reported workaround is straightforward. Smart Feed can be disabled through Settings, then Apps, by finding Smart Feed and turning it off.
For now, Smart Feed remains the focus because it is the app traced to the strange Amazon launch path. The broader concern is less about a brief Chrome flash and more about the possibility that bundled software can quietly turn an ordinary app launch into an affiliate-driven redirect.
Source: gadgets.beebom.com
