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How to use the new features in Android Pie update for Galaxy S8 and S8+?

Galaxy S8 and S8+ Android Pie update guide

by simon in Galaxy S8 How-to Guides, Galaxy S8 new features 3 Comments

After updating Galaxy S8 or S8+ to Android Pie, you need to spend some time in using the new features in Android Pie update for Galaxy S8 and S8+.

As a major update, Android Pie update for Galaxy S8 and S8+ brings many Android Pie features and a brand new One UI.

This Galaxy S8 guide shows you how to use the new features in Android Pie update for Galaxy S8 and S8+.

Because Android Pie update for Galaxy S8 and S8+ shares almost an identical code base with Android Pie update for Galaxy S9 (and S9+), almost all of the new features in Android Pie update for Galaxy S9 also apply to the Android Pie update for Galaxy S8 and S8+.

 What are the new features in Android Pie update for Galaxy S8 and S8+?

There are so many new features in Android Pie update for Galaxy S8 and S8+ that many owners feel they got a new phone.

The new features arising from two domains:

  • Android Pie features. Of course, Samsung tweaked some Android Pie features so that they may look different from those in the stock Android.
  • One UI features. The new One UI was specially built for Android Pie. It is substantially different from Samsung Experience and the older TouchWiz.

In this post, the top 9 new features in Android Pie update for Galaxy S9 and S8 were summarized as:

  • One UI
  • Night mode
  • Lift to wake
  • Floating keyboard
  • Lock home screen layout
  • Lockdown mode
  • New camera app
  • Navigation gestures
  • Adaptive battery

If you are a Bixby user, you may also be excited about the new Bixby features: remap the Bixby button and Bixby quick commands.

How to update Galaxy S8 or S8+ to Android Pie?

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