I bought Samsung S8 few days ago and found some very useful tips for this beautiful handset. Thought it might be worth sharing with you.
1. Camera Tricks:
There are some amazing tricks that you can take help from while taking pictures from your S8.
Floating Camera Button:
This is something that the photographers would love! The people who love photography also love the convenience that they might have while capturing the shots. Floating camera button might be the convenience that you ever wanted while capturing pictures with your S8. The floating button lets you drag the shutter button around the screen and set it wherever you want to. To activate the floating camera button; go to the camera settings and turn on the option ‘Floating Camera Button’.
Zoom Option In The Camera Button:
Have you ever noticed the two dots at the left and right of the camera button? If not, open the camera of your S8 now and take a look at these dots. The amazing thing is that you can zoom in and zoom out through the help of the camera button by dragging it towards the dots. If you drag it on the right side, the camera would zoom in and if you drag it on the left, it would zoom out. How amazing is that! Now you won’t have to drag two fingers outwards simultaneously on the screen of your phone to zoom in, as you can simply drag the camera button.
2. Placement Of Navigation Buttons:
Although there are no buttons at the front of S8, but we are referring to the inbuilt navigation buttons in the screen of S8. You see the three navigation buttons whenever you turn on the screen of your S8, the amazing thing is that you can adjust the placement of these buttons. By this we mean that you can easily swap the places of back button and recent apps button according to your preference.
3. Skip The Lock Screen:
This is an option in the settings app of S8 that lets you open your phone easily and more conveniently. In this mode, you don’t have to press the home button and go to the home screen through the lock screen. If you enable this option, you would then just have to hard press the home button while the screen is locked to skip the lock screen and directly land on to the home screen. To enable this option, you would have to open the settings app in your S8, go to the Navigation menu and enable ‘Unlock with home button’.
4. Your Favourite Music On Two Devices!
Yes, you heard that right! You can play your favourite music through your S8 on two different devices with the help of Bluetooth. The two devices can be any devices that can play music through Bluetooth connection with your S8 e.g. speakers, headphones, etc. To enable this option, you would have to open the Bluetooth menu on your S8, then go to the menu at the right top corner of the screen and enable ‘Dual Audio’. Once it’s done, you can easily connect your phone with two devices and enjoy the music on both!
5. Navigation Bar Colour:
We all need some colours in our lives and also in our phones! Due to this reason, we are excited to inform that you can change the colour of the navigation bar according to your likings. For this you would have to go to the settings app and dig-in to the navigation menu, from there you can easily select the colour that you want for your navigation bar.
6. Sensitivity Of Home Button:
As discussed above, S8 has an inbuilt home button, but do you know that you can adjust the sensitivity of the home button? Yes, you can easily adjust the sensitivity of the home button in your [link removed] according to your convenience. For this you would have to go to the settings app in your phone and dig-in for the navigation bar option. Once there, you would have to drag the circle under the ‘Home Button Sensitivity’ option to adjust it.
7. App Shortcuts:
Though this option is not S8 specific and you can use it if you have Android Nougat installed in your phone. But if your S8 is upgraded to Nougat then you can easily long press a specific application for a list to pop up. You would be able to see certain options in that list related to the specific application and you can easily select any of them to customise the application settings. This option is just as the 3D option available in iPhone’s latest models.
8. One-Handed Mode:
Although this mode is in the predecessors of S8 as well, but this is still different in S8 and S8 Plus. For the ease of the users, S8 has its one-handed mode through which you can adjust the size of the screen and use your phone with only one hand. To enable this, tap the home button three times to shrink the screen. You can also adjust the screen position through tapping the arrow besides the screen. To go back to the original size, you can again press the home button three times.
1. Camera Tricks:
There are some amazing tricks that you can take help from while taking pictures from your S8.
Floating Camera Button:
This is something that the photographers would love! The people who love photography also love the convenience that they might have while capturing the shots. Floating camera button might be the convenience that you ever wanted while capturing pictures with your S8. The floating button lets you drag the shutter button around the screen and set it wherever you want to. To activate the floating camera button; go to the camera settings and turn on the option ‘Floating Camera Button’.
Zoom Option In The Camera Button:
Have you ever noticed the two dots at the left and right of the camera button? If not, open the camera of your S8 now and take a look at these dots. The amazing thing is that you can zoom in and zoom out through the help of the camera button by dragging it towards the dots. If you drag it on the right side, the camera would zoom in and if you drag it on the left, it would zoom out. How amazing is that! Now you won’t have to drag two fingers outwards simultaneously on the screen of your phone to zoom in, as you can simply drag the camera button.
2. Placement Of Navigation Buttons:
Although there are no buttons at the front of S8, but we are referring to the inbuilt navigation buttons in the screen of S8. You see the three navigation buttons whenever you turn on the screen of your S8, the amazing thing is that you can adjust the placement of these buttons. By this we mean that you can easily swap the places of back button and recent apps button according to your preference.
3. Skip The Lock Screen:
This is an option in the settings app of S8 that lets you open your phone easily and more conveniently. In this mode, you don’t have to press the home button and go to the home screen through the lock screen. If you enable this option, you would then just have to hard press the home button while the screen is locked to skip the lock screen and directly land on to the home screen. To enable this option, you would have to open the settings app in your S8, go to the Navigation menu and enable ‘Unlock with home button’.
4. Your Favourite Music On Two Devices!
Yes, you heard that right! You can play your favourite music through your S8 on two different devices with the help of Bluetooth. The two devices can be any devices that can play music through Bluetooth connection with your S8 e.g. speakers, headphones, etc. To enable this option, you would have to open the Bluetooth menu on your S8, then go to the menu at the right top corner of the screen and enable ‘Dual Audio’. Once it’s done, you can easily connect your phone with two devices and enjoy the music on both!
5. Navigation Bar Colour:
We all need some colours in our lives and also in our phones! Due to this reason, we are excited to inform that you can change the colour of the navigation bar according to your likings. For this you would have to go to the settings app and dig-in to the navigation menu, from there you can easily select the colour that you want for your navigation bar.
6. Sensitivity Of Home Button:
As discussed above, S8 has an inbuilt home button, but do you know that you can adjust the sensitivity of the home button? Yes, you can easily adjust the sensitivity of the home button in your [link removed] according to your convenience. For this you would have to go to the settings app in your phone and dig-in for the navigation bar option. Once there, you would have to drag the circle under the ‘Home Button Sensitivity’ option to adjust it.
7. App Shortcuts:
Though this option is not S8 specific and you can use it if you have Android Nougat installed in your phone. But if your S8 is upgraded to Nougat then you can easily long press a specific application for a list to pop up. You would be able to see certain options in that list related to the specific application and you can easily select any of them to customise the application settings. This option is just as the 3D option available in iPhone’s latest models.
8. One-Handed Mode:
Although this mode is in the predecessors of S8 as well, but this is still different in S8 and S8 Plus. For the ease of the users, S8 has its one-handed mode through which you can adjust the size of the screen and use your phone with only one hand. To enable this, tap the home button three times to shrink the screen. You can also adjust the screen position through tapping the arrow besides the screen. To go back to the original size, you can again press the home button three times.
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