Samsung ditched the “signature” capacitive (hardware) navigation buttons (Back, Recents, and Home) Â in Galaxy S8 and S8+ as explained in Galaxy S8 layout page and new features of Galaxy S8 page, and embraced the modern software-based on-screen navigation buttons which can be found in almost all other Android devices.
But Samsung did one step further to allow you to customize Galaxy S8 navigation buttons and navigation bar.
Update 1: You can now even choose to hide or show the navigation bar in any apps in Galaxy S8 and S8+.!
This Galaxy S8 new feature guide will show you how to use and customize the on-screen Galaxy S8 navigation buttons, and the Galaxy S8 navigation bar.
What can you do to customize Galaxy S8 navigation buttons and navigation bar?
In stock Android, the on-screen navigation buttons are fixed, although a few vendors, for example, LG, may allow you to add more buttons in the navigation bar.
Samsung used not only different (and a bit confusing as well) icons for the three standard buttons (Recents/Overview, Home and Back), but also made the layout of these navigation buttons customizable in Galaxy S8 and S8+.
For Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ on-screen navigation buttons and the navigation bar, you can:
- switch locations of the Recents and Back button.
- customize the background colour of Galaxy S8 navigation bar.
- adjust Galaxy S8 Home button pressure level sensitivity.
Please note, the fingerprint scanner was decoupled from the Home button in Galaxy S8 and S8+, and is now relocated to the back of the phone (next to the main camera) as detailed on Galaxy S8 layout page.
How to customize Galaxy S8 navigation buttons layout?
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