Useful functions of Samsung Galaxy S8. Samsung Galaxy S8: New features are useful and not very. How to enable notifications on the verses of the display S8

The new button "HOME" to the number of hidden functions relates in the literal sense of the word. Instead of the mechanical "real" button in there is a "pressure sensor", which is located inside the smartphone, under the display. The one who when the screen is turned off will click on the smartphone in its lower part, almost familiarly activates S8. By the way, passing the "Settings" menu chain - "Display" - "Navigation panel", you can reach the "HOME button" and configure how sensory it should react to touch.

Fingerprint scanner with special features

Galaxy S8 is to keep comfortable, no questions, but it lasts it until it comes to the use of the notification panel, which is dragged down, holding a smartphone with one hand, not very convenient. But it is possible to "pull" her down in Galaxy S8 and using a fingerprint scanner. You can activate the option in "Settings" - "Extended Functions" - "Control gestures on a fingerprint scanner". However, touch gestures compared to conventional swipes on the screen are unlikely to offer some advantages in comfort. On the contrary, it would be very cool if the info center could simply "pull down" from the middle of the screen - but, unfortunately, it is impossible to do so.

Alternatively, the info center can be painted down swipe on the scanner of the fingerprint scanner

Change the location of the control buttons

The location of the control buttons in smartphones from Samsung often caused irritation from Android users who are accustomed to the models of other manufacturers. After all, in contrast to how it was headed by Google, Samsung has a "Back" button on the right, and "recent applications" is on the left side. In Galaxy S8, nothing has changed, but now users have the ability to "fill" the location of these buttons. To do this, go to "Settings" - "Display" - "Navigation panel" - "Location of buttons". The panel itself, unfortunately, it will not work randomly.

Use Google Assistant instead of BIXBY

Who will help for a long time on the HOME program button, he can activate Google Assistant

High hopes associates Samsung with its Digital Assistant BIXBY, which must ensure the full voice control of Galaxy S8, which as of April 2017 is not implemented. But it turns out that Google Assistant has been hidden in the system, which all this can already be: the one who will hurt the "Home" program button for a long time, he will launch a new Google Service. Unfortunately, Samsung does not allow to reassign the corresponding BIXBY call button.

Reminders on EDGE-panels

The EDGE panel can hide a useful reminder function

For those who prefer "Reminders" to type text, and not dictate a voice assistant, Samsung offers a new Reminder application, which can be integrated into the hiding EDGE panel. To do this, you need to make a swipe on a thin white strip to the right edge of the display to open the mini-menu.

Through wheel settings, you can configure in the corresponding menu, which panels should be displayed in the so-called "side screen". Along with the "calendar", users S8 can activate here among other things and "REMINDER", as well as the Notes application. In the "..." menu, you can adjust the location, size and transparency of the white stripes on the edge of the display. If this feature is not needed at all, you can deactivate it in the "Settings" menu - "Display" - "Side Screen".

We change the screen resolution

Like the Galaxy S7 after upgrading to Android 7, Galaxy S8 also works not with the highest possible screen resolution, but with FullHD +, that is 2220 × 1080 pixels. If you have little, you can increase the image density through the "Settings" - "display" - "screen resolution" to the maximum 2960x1440 pixels, that is WQHD +. However, in practice, the difference between these two modes you are unlikely to feel. Since in the mode of working with the FHD + resolution during test tests, the smartphones worked for about 20 minutes longer, we recommend saving standard installations.

Who leaves the screen resolution on Full-HD +, he will receive a slightly greater duration of autonomous time

Tricks Cameras: Quick Start, Zoom, Selfie

To access the advanced camera settings, it is necessary to make a horizontal swipe left

One of the most practical functions S7 is a quick start of the camera application via double clicking on the "Home" button. S8 has a similar function, only twice press the "POWER" button. In the same way, the user can switch between the main chamber and frontal in the already open camera application. Alternative method - vertical swipe on the screen.

Conveniently can also be called the ability to zooming the "one hand": for this you need to pull or left, depending on the desired zoom change, for the shutter button. Who will make the horizontal swipe through the preview image to the right, which will open the extended settings menu, and left - the filter parameters.

Activate multi-window mode

On the Galaxy S8 screen, which has a ratio of the sides of 18: 9, two at the same time open applications look next to quite acceptable. To do this, click on the "recent application" symbol and click on a symbol with two rectangles in the header of the desired application. It is his system and will be placed on the upper half of the screen. On the bottom you, as usual, manage other applications. To close such a mapping, you need to push the info center from the desktop and click on X Multi-Windows.

In addition, the function that can be found in "Settings" - "Extended Functions" - "Multi Window", is also very flexible in the setting. Here you can activate both switches so that the multi-plate mode is turned on through a long pressing of the "recent applications" symbol, or with a decrease in the active application when you pull the left corner of the window to the screen center. In the first case, the closure is carried out through a long press on the symbol of "recent applications", in the second - by pressing "X".

Free scaling of windows during test tests was not very good for us. The second switching option is much more convenient.

Use the control mode of one hand

In most cases, Galaxy S8 can be fine enough to control one hand. But the one who would like to have control elements is even closer to the thumb, can take advantage of the special control mode of one hand. This feature can be found in "Settings" - "Extended Functions" - "Control Mode of One Hand". Now you can choose how the image of the finger will decrease - swipe from the bottom angle or triple click on the "Home" button - and everything is ready. After that, S8 can display content only on the screen, in a reduced form, but in our opinion, this is devoid of any meaning.

In the control mode of one hand, the system reduces the operating surface of the screen - to activate this mode can be triple by pressing the "Home" button

Configure the Center notifications

Location and number of buttons in the info-center Users, if desired, can adapt to their needs.

The one who often uses various "fast links" in the info center will be convenient to adjust it to themselves so that the most frequently called functions were at hand even closer. To do this, you need to slip down two times, and then press three points in the upper left corner. Through "Setting up a grid of buttons", you define how many "fast links" you want to see, and through the "location of the buttons" indicate which ones you consider the most useful. In the Galaxy S8 settings menu, other interesting functions are hidden, so it is definitely good to dig.

In more detail about Galaxy S8 and you can read in the reports on full testing of smartphones. How good in our opinion was the scanner of the iris and face recognition system, we will tell in a separate article.

Smartphones in recent years well show themselves in the photograph plan. Previously, the South Korean manufacturer provided too many unnecessary functionality, but recently the pre-installed camera application provides interesting, convenient and useful options. The flagships of this year are equipped with a high-quality chamber, which in skillful hands can work wonders.

New camera application

application Camera on Galaxy S8 It did not change too much compared to previous devices, but still it was updated to become more convenient for use. The new version of the elements places the most popular camera capabilities in the center. For example, now you can perform zoom when photographing, simply by moving the shutter button from left to right. Thus, one finger can be removed, and change the size of the image.

What is capable of each camera mode

The gesture of the finger to the right in the camera interface allows you to open various shooting modes. Among them are available next:

Bixby Assistant in Camera

Together with these smartphones, Samsung introduced a new digital assistant called BIXBY, which is not entirely ready for work. However, it is with the camera that the assistant is already working, we are talking about a function called Bixby Vision.

You need to click on the BIXBY button on the housing. Hover the camera to the object or landscape and the assistant will issue related images and links to the purchase of these items. Bixby Vision works with a variety of objects, including cosmetics with stickers and electronics from well-known brands. Sometimes an assistant confuses things.

Bixby is part of the camera application, motivating users often work with it, as well as the physical button on the housing motivates frequently specify voice requests. If you find her job useful for comparing what you see in stores with your own eyes with what you can find on the Internet, you can activate the "Quick Run" option in the Camera settings.

Using the focus manually

Do you want to master the bokeh effect on? Open the manual settings by spending the left next to the camera shutter button and select the Pro shooting mode. Here, click the "Manual Focus" option and move the cursor until you do the desired effect. You will see green lines in the viewfinder, which march on what the camera focuses. After that you can shoot photos.

Activation of quick launch

By default, quick start turned on initially. You need to quickly press the power button on the right side of the housing to start the camera application. You can use this option even on the screen off. If you are inappropriately disconnected this feature, you can return it in the camera settings.

Smartphones Galaxy S8 and got larger screens compared to the devices of the previous generation, so it is not easy to reach the most distant edges. For this reason, the convenience of photographing the shutter button floating across the screen. You can turn it on in the camera settings, it is two lines below the speed of the camera. When the option is enabled, the camera interface will show a floating button that can be placed in any location of the camera application.

Shooting video in front of the photo

In the settings of the application, turn on the "Photo in motion" feature to record a short video before photographing.

Fast switch between cameras

The switching button between the cameras is at the top of the application interface. You can also switch to a simple gesture up in the viewfinder, which is convenient to do with one hand.

Use photo filters

At the bottom of the camera interface, where the shutter button is located to the left to open the effects. Also here you can get from the face masks menu (Face Masks). There are many different filters available here, some of them are suitable for landscape photos, others for selfie.

Smoothing person

The permission of the front chamber Galaxy S8 is 8 megapixel, which is quite a lot. Light equal to F / 1.7, there is autofocus, so you can safely use this camera to photograph yourself and your friends. If you are not completely confident in your beauty, you can use the decoration modes that are built into the camera app to hide disadvantages. Click on the icon that looks like a man with long hair to open different decorations, such as skin smoothing, add artificial lighting or eye clarification.

Wide Agricultural Selfie

To shoot wide-angle photos on the front chamber, you need to run the gesture to the right on the site next to the shutter in the front camera mode, in the same way as the filter opens on the rear chamber. Wide-risk self-angle mode reminds panoramic shooting in the rear chamber, you need to spend the viewfinder from left to right to get a photo.

Use face masks

Samsung has built a function called "face masks" to the Galaxy S8 chamber; This is not the same as Snapchat filters, although it works almost identically. You can use them in the front chamber on yourself or on the rear chamber with other people. Unfortunately, it is impossible to use them together with other effects, just one filter can be used at the same time.

The smartphone market reigns a mad competition, which increases every year. Manufacturers tend to promise each other by presenting original functions available on their gadgets. Especially on this background, Samsung Electronics distinguished himself, with smartphones of which a whole sea of \u200b\u200buseful "chips", about which not everyone knows.

Protected folder

The protected phone is good, and the additional protected area in the phone is even better. If you store confidential information or important applications on your gadget, you can place them in this area that has been protected by the Samsung Knox platform. It looks like "Android inside Android": a separate home screen, a separate application installation system, isolated from the remaining OS. At the same time, both areas do not interact with each other: even if the attackers will receive access to your "main" operating system, they will not be able to get to a secure territory.

Multitasking

Lovers of large displays and maximum productivity adherents use the opportunity to open two applications at once on the smartphone in different windows, each - half of the screen. This allows you to simultaneously study the news reports and watch video on YouTube, or work with documents and discuss them with a colleague by video link. Or, for example, to flip Instagram and play games to relax from so effective work!

Smart. Switch

Easy and fast way to transfer data from an old phone to a new Galaxy smartphone. Using the Smart Switch application, you can quickly transfer contacts, photos as well as music, video, calendar events and applications. You can do this using a USB cable, computer, external storage or wireless way.

Screenshot Ladonew

Making screenshots on Samsung smartphones is simpler simple - enough to spend on the screen from left to right edge of the palm. One gesture - and ready! We believe that it is much more convenient than clamping several buttons.

Shot of the gesture or touch screen / key / voice

All flagship models Galaxy support photography and without monopods, just show the camera with a revealed palm or give one of the following voice commands (and in Russian): "take a picture", "remove", "smile", "take off", and for video - "Video recording."

SAMSUNG SMART VIEW

This is an application that provides several convenient and useful features at once. You can broadcast videos, images or even musical compositions from a smartphone on a Samsung Smart TV TV, thanks to Dual View - watch TV programs through a tablet or phone, if you are busy in another room, but do not want to break away from your favorite TV series or sports program, And the TV REMOTE mode will allow you to use a smartphone or tablet as a remote control.

Always ON. Display.

Look at the Gadget screen, dozens once a day became the habit of modern owners of smartphones. However, each time you press the buttons to activate the screen, it is not very convenient, and on the charge of the battery it affects it bad. To simplify this task, Samsung came up with Always On Display mode. The function allows you to display useful information on the screen: time, date, battery level, messages notifications and calls.

SAMSUNG PAY (NFC + MST)

Samsung Pay Mobile service is unique in that the smartphone can be paid almost everywhere. Secret - in own MST technology, allowing emulate a magnetic map band. MST allows you to make contactless payments even on those terminals that do not support contactless payment.

Built-in children's mode

As a PC, several users can work under different accounts, as on the flagship Samsung smartphones you can create a personal account with developing games, coloring, painting, tools for creating stickers, programs for changing voice and, of course, your favorite cartoons. The child will never fall on an unwanted site and will not see your personal photos - he will have his own gallery, and he can only call the contacts to which you provide access.

If you prefer to manage household appliances, such as a vacuum cleaner or a washing machine, with a voice, Yandex.Colonka with Alice's voice helper - it supports devices from both Samsung and other manufacturers.

Screenshot with scrolling

Another non-obvious, but very useful chip - screenshot with scrolling. Often, for certain purposes, it is necessary to fix the image of the entire web page, for example, stick long infographics or an article, and Samsung smartphones can easily do it. How it works? Open the page whose snapshot want to make, press the button combination or use the palm (and we mentioned above) for the screenshot. After that, below you will see the scrolling icon down. Click it until you cover all the necessary information. The function sews several screenshots into one long screen shot.

Fast charge

Remember how before we could do it for 3-4 days without charging the phone? With the advent of smartphones, the situation has changed much, the power consumption of gadgets has grown at times, and now only time to charge the smartphone every night. And if I did not have time? Fast charging technology (wired and wireless) was invented for such cases. A special charger increases the power of the charge energy, which allows you to quickly bring the gadget to combat readiness. Samsung is a Duo Pad that comes with a cooling turbofuel and allows approximately 33% to improve the Galaxy S10 smartphone wireless charging speed compared to Galaxy S9.

"Find the phone"

The "Find Phone" service available on Galaxy devices is a preventive measure against the loss of a smartphone. If you have lost your gadget, the service allows you to remotely track its approximate location and movement, block the screen and the power button, and even disable access to the Samsung Pay. You can also delete all the data stored on your device. If a SIM card change on a lost gadget, you can check the new phone number through the application.

Bixby scripts

Galaxy S10 offers up to six personalized and nine pre-installed scenarios based on the habits of the owner. For example, when you come home, the smartphone automatically turns on Wi-Fi and the sound of the call and notifications, and when you come to work, the device goes into a silent mode. In the evenings, he himself will go to the "dark" mode, reduce the brightness of the display and activate the blue light filter.

Recently, the company has released a software update for Galaxy S10, which allows you to reassign the BIXBY button to get quick access to the selected application. You can activate the feature in the Advanced Settings menu - the BIXBY key. You can assign the discovery of the selected application by double or single pressing the button, the Bixby assistant will start along the remaining combination.

March 29, Samsung introduced Galaxy S8 and S8 + smartphones. We are their main Android flagships of 2017, and this is not an exaggeration - new to the Korean company have many unique opportunities that have no other smartphone.

Built in screen home page button

Almost all the front part of the devices occups a screen, and it seems that Samsung got rid of the homepage button, which has all the previous models Galaxy S. This is not the case, the button remains, but it is not visible because it is built into the screen. Moreover, it is sensitive to pressing: in the settings you can choose which effort should be attached to work, as well as the level of vibration. This button allows you to turn on the device screen or quickly go to the Android home screen. Through the settings, you can also swap virtual return buttons and multitasking. There are no such features in stock version of Android.

Bluetooth 5.

Galaxy S8 and S8 + - First Smartphones with Bluetooth Support 5. In addition to other improvements in the updated Bluetooth standard, music is implemented immediately to two sound sources. This feature will allow listening to music from one smartphone at once to two people in wireless headphones or take it into two independent speaker systems.

Gigabit modem

Snapdragon 835 or EXYNOS 8895 processor is used in the new Samsung smartphones, and they both support Snapdragon X16 LTE modem that works with gigabit networks. There are no such networks in the commercial exploitation of such networks, they will appear with the introduction of 5G technologies.

Three biometric scanners

In Galaxy S8 and S8 + three biometric sensors for user authentication: fingerprint scanner, iris scanner eye and face recognition using a front camera. They are used for different purposes, and most of all the possibilities of the scanner of the iris.

"Limitless" wallpaper

Special for Galaxy S8 and S8 + Samsung has created a set of live wallpapers that work very interesting. On the on, but the blocked screen shows a dark starry sky, and the transition to the home page after unlocking is carried out with a smooth animation of the background image.

Static wallpapers for new Samsung smartphones can be downloaded for this link. There are 17 pieces, all with a resolution of 2980 × 1440 pixels.

Smartphone as computer

Attempts to release a smartphone that will work as a computer when connecting to the monitor, there were also before Canonical, and then Microsoft), but Galaxy S8 and S8 + are the first android devices that have such an opportunity. SAMSUNG engineers performed the work that Google should be done by good to do - they created the Android multi-color interface. What is steeper everything - in this way you can run any applications and games from Google Play on the big screen, and thanks to the use of a high-performance processor, there are no hangs in them.

Reliable battery

Galaxy S8 and S8 + batteries created by special technology, a baggage of which their capacity for the year of use will be reduced by only 5% against ordinary 20%.

646 New Emodzi.

The release of Galaxy S8 and S8 + company drew 646 new Emodi and pretended many existing ones. Among the previously unavailable emoticons - a man behind the Samsung laptop, a geiy flag, a scientist, a pilot, a cosmonaut and a guy with a hare ears.

"Together with Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, it is possible that the most impatiently expected Android-smartphones of the year, so that when the previously ordered smartphone is finally delivered to you on the threshold, you want to deal with him immediately.

And we speak not only about its features, as an expansive, 5.8-inch display from edge to edge or a brilliant 12-megapixel camera. S8 offers a storehouse of impressive functions, some of which are somewhat more useful than others.

Yes, the 8-core smartphone chipsets offers a reserve of performance, the smartphone uses a new innovative biometric security system, but it is shown, smoke deeper, and you will open the capabilities of Samsung Galaxy S8, which are waiting for their users.
These are the features that make you feel the master of the technology that will turn you out of the user of the smartphone in the Galaxy S8 connoisseur. The following tips, techniques and tricks for Galaxy S8 should be known each user.

1. Tab "Notifications" using fingerprint scanner

The total phone size is not called huge, but Samsung Galaxy S8 offers a noticeable area of \u200b\u200bthe screen. The panels are so much that it will be difficult for you to get to the top of the screen when you keep your smartphone with one hand. This does not mean that the "Notifications" tab falls from above becomes out of reach, however.

Instead, you can enable gesture management on the fingerprint scanner on the rear panel. This will allow you to lower the notification window by spending down the biometric sensor, without the need to stretch through the entire screen.

To activate this feature, you need to go to the settings - additional functions - fingerprint scanner and enable the option of the same name.

2. Configure the Edge panel

These curved edges of the stunning Super AMOLED display on Samsung Galaxy S8 are more than just an attractive feature. They hide a sea of \u200b\u200bfeatures and functions, as well as shortcuts for all your favorite applications and contacts.

To access them, you should pull the tab on the right edge of the screen. It will open shortcuts for the most frequently used applications. Switch again, and you will see your favorite contacts, while another wave opens the choice of smart functions, for example, you can make a screenshot.

On any of these tabs, you can click the settings icon at the bottom of the screen, which allows you to configure the type and quantity of content displayed on the tab.

There are more than a dozen pre-formed edge panels to choose from, starting with traditional weather to sport results, calendar and a telephone compass, there is also a flashlight function. For those who are looking for something more, additional panels can be downloaded from the network.

3. Multitasking on the split screen

Thanks to the new Infinity display (infinity), you have a large number of working area on Samsung Galaxy S8, so you would like to use this area by appointment, right? One way is multitasking for the divided screen, which allows you to run two applications side by side.

Some applications will not work in the split screen mode - the games will better work in full screen mode - but if you want to view a page on a social network, while working in an email or checking the recipe, measuring the ingredients, you can achieve this with minimal efforts.

In order to open the applications in this mode, you must first click the "Recent" button at the bottom of the screen. Now open the multitasking tab, which you find on already open applications (it looks like two rectangles) it will deploy the application on the screen. After opening the application, you can move it or resize, and you can return to a full-screen format.

4. Make smartphone unlocking more fun

If you use an IRIS eye scanner to automatically unlock the smartphone on a first look at him, but this is not enough for you to feel an iron person, the next funny feature of S8 will help you. You can enable additional overlays on the IRIS scanner preview screen to replace the electronic circles around the eye by graphics that looks a little more interesting.

To access this feature, you need to go to Settings - Lock Screen - Security - IRIS Scanner - Preview Window Masks. Here you can choose how you want to decorate your eyes, be it the face of a cute rabbit, the head of owls or safety glasses in the style of an iron man mask.

We know that the majority will choose, and this is not a cute rabbit.

5. Use Google Assistant

Just because Samsung's assistant is not ready for voice control in Russia, you should not lose your voice management. Thanks to the new Android, Samsung Galaxy S8 receives the Google Assistant assistant directly from the box.

It allows you to perform tasks, access some functions, search online, requiring only voice commands, Google Assistant is available on the long press of the "Home" button of your smartphone.

You must configure the helper before first use to teach it to your voice, but when you finish, you can perform any voice commanders with simple "OK, Google" prefix.

Fingerprint Scanner, Rainbow Eye Scanner, Face Scanner. Samsung Galaxy S8 is filled with biometric safety measures. There is also an option with a traditional PIN code, a template and password that will help unlock the smartphone. But what if the smartphone is smart enough to automatically unlock the device when understands what is in a safe place?

It is here that the SMART LOCK function is entered into the game, which allows you to configure the phone to automatically remove the block in certain situations, for example, when you are at home or in the Wi-Fi home network.

To activate, you need to go to the settings - Lock Screen and Safety - Smart Lock. Here you can choose the criteria on the basis of which the smartphone will unlock itself, for example, when it is in close proximity to the smart hours of Samsung Gear S3 or in a car.

7. Use the Pro-Functions of the Camera

SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 Smartphone 12 megapixel camera is shiny. Aperture F /1.7, automatic focus with phase definition and optical image stabilization, everything is perfectly adapted to capture stunning frames when you take automatically.

But the capabilities of this camera are much deeper, and you can configure everything based on individual needs in Pro mode.
In the Application "Camera", pull on the left side of the screen to open the shooting modes, among which panorama, rapid and even hyperlapse. Selecting the "Pro" option, however, will give you complete control over the built-in phone functions.

Here you can customize everything from passport settings for optical stabilization to camera shutter speed, exposure and white balance. You can also configure the camera exposure levels in search of a specific frame, guaranteeing a balanced frame regardless of the surrounding conditions.

8. Make a friendly screen for one hand

The large area of \u200b\u200bthe screen is an excellent feature from a visual point of view. But it can be overcome bulky in an attempt to control one hand. Fortunately, Samsung thought out this moment and granted Galaxy S8 some functions to control one hand.
You can make the screen content more compact by activating the control mode of one hand, it is enough to carry out the diagonal up from any (bottom) angle of the phone diagonally, and you can also click the "Home" button three times, quickly.

However, to cause mode any of the methods above, you must first activate the function. You can do this by going to the settings - additional features - one-handed mode.

9. Turn on the rescue mode on the phone

Samsung Galaxy S8 is not just a phone that will want to see all your comrades, it is worth only to get it out of your pocket, it is also a device that may end up save your life. To do this, you need to enable SOS Alert feature (SOS Messages).
To enable this feature, you need to go to settings - additional functions - sending SOS messages, then switch the option to the "On" position.

After you configure the alarm contact, the triple pressing the phone power button at any time will automatically send the SOS message to this contact, warning about what happened and requesting assistance.

You can improve this option that is not limited to standard alert, for example, by attaching the location according to GPS.

You can also choose, for example, connecting images to a message that are obtained from the front and main phone cameras, and you can send 5 seconds of sound recording.

10. Remove programmable keys

The Android softkeys are a decision subjective. Some of them love, others hate, and so far many claim that the "Back" button should be left, instead of the "multitasking" button (recent), others believe that it should be right. Well, fortunately, Galaxy S8 allows you to make your own choice.

Regardless of preferred settings, whether "recent home - back" or "Back - Home - Recent", you can configure the location of the phone keys according to your needs, just go to the settings - Display - Navigation panel - the location of the buttons and then Make your choice.

Among other things, you can configure the sensitivity of the control keys and even assign a new background color for the software buttons to highlight them better, enter the topic of design and so on. Do you like pink buttons?