Touch and hold an app to display shortcuts to common or recommended tasks within the app (supported apps only). Samsung keyboard cover for Galaxy S8 Plus: A physical keyboard when you need it". ZDNET . Retrieved 16 October 2022. Samsung requires access to location information whenever location is turned on. It's in the terms and conditions, but they don't specify who they plan to tell when you go on holiday. Simpson, Campbell (30 March 2017). "Samsung Galaxy S8: Australian Pricing And Release Date". Gizmodo . Retrieved 5 December 2017. In October 2017, Galaxy S8 users reported on Reddit that they were unable to receive SMS messages, with no fix available and without any comment from Samsung. [138] See also [ edit ]

Slowness: Nothing to do with the design, but I noticed the phone slowed down a little after the month I had it. Even though I cleaned out all the RAM and cache, it began to feel kind of "sluggish". Abhijeet (8 February 2018). "BREAKING: Galaxy S8 Android 8.0 Oreo update now rolling out". SamMobile . Retrieved 8 February 2018. Fingas, Jon (16 May 2017). "Samsung sold over 5 million Galaxy S8 phones". Engadget. AOL . Retrieved 18 May 2017. The S8 and S8+ use non-removable 3000 and 3500 mAh Lithium-Ion batteries respectively, as compared to 3000 and 3600mAh on the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge respectively. Samsung stated that it had engineered the batteries to retain their capacity for a longer period of time than previous models. [61] Walter, Derek (2 September 2016). "Everything you need to know about wireless charging". TechHive. International Data Group . Retrieved 30 March 2017.

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Your daily step count will be shown in the notification panel. To hide it, press and hold the notification, then turn off Current steps.Barton, Michael (17 May 2017). "Das Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, welche Schnelladetechnologie wird verwendet und welche ist die beste Powerbank? - Techtest". TechTest.org (in German). a b Gibbs, Samuel (24 January 2017). "Samsung Galaxy S8 to have bigger 'infinity' display, insiders say". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 April 2017. Carman, Ashley (29 March 2017). "The Galaxy S8's face-scanning feature might make you forget about its misplaced fingerprint scanner". The Verge. Vox Media . Retrieved 5 April 2017. Machkovech, Sam (12 April 2017). "Samsung's new voice assistant won't understand English when Galaxy S8 launches". Ars Technica. Condé Nast . Retrieved 27 April 2017.