You cannot skip Galaxy S8 Home screen if you want to use Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+. Â Samsung introduced some new features to Home screen in Galaxy S8 and S8+.
This Galaxy S8 how-to  guide explains to you the new features of Galaxy S8 Home screen and the meaning of all items in Galaxy S8 Home screen.
What is Galaxy S8 Home screen?
All Android phones have a home screen, which is usually the default screen after the phone is unlocked.
In addition, all Android phones have a hardware or a software home button which will bring you to the “home” of the home screen if there are more than one home screen page.
Galaxy S8 or S8+ is not an exception.
But in Galaxy S8 and S8+, Samsung ditched the hardware Home button and used software based navigation buttons as explained in this guide.
Although you can customize the navigation buttons and navigation bar in Galaxy S8 or S8+, Â the Home button (as shown in Galaxy S8 layout and S8+ layout) is always in the center (between Recents and Back buttons).
Another new feature in Galaxy S8 and S8+ is the quick switch between Galaxy S8 Home screen and Galaxy S8 Apps screen (aka app drawer).
As explained in this guide, you can quickly switch between Galaxy S8 Home screen and Apps screen by swiping upwards or downwards.
Although Galaxy S8 or S8 was shipped with Android Nougat 7.0, not Android 7.1, Samsung introduced the context menu in Galaxy S8 Home screen. The context menu is similar, and even more powerful than app shortcuts introduced in Android Nougat 7.1.
Components of Galaxy S8 Home screen
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