Samsung Galaxy S8 Tips And Tricks: How To Screenshot On Flagship Smartphone

The lack of a physical home button on the Galaxy S8 smartphone poses one extremely interesting question: how does one take a screenshot on the smartphone? Luckily the answer to this question is quite simple.

Users must simultaneously hold down the device’s power button and the lower volume portion of the volume rocker, and voila, the Galaxy S8 will capture a screenshot. The power button is located on the right side of the Galaxy S8, while the volume rocker is located on the left side, above Samsung’s dedicated Bixby button.

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Users can immediately access the screenshot by swiping downward from the top of the screen to pull down the notifications menu and tap where is reads “screenshot captured.” Subsequently, users can access screenshots through the device’s “Gallery” or in the Galaxy S8 “My files” folder.

“My files” is located in the device’s app tray in a special section for Samsung-related apps and services. Within the folder is an “Images” section, and within that section is a “Screenshots” section. Users will find all available screenshots in this section, uninhibited by other photographs.

Users who have Google Photos set up will also be able to access screenshots through this archive.

In comparison, on older Samsung flagships, such as the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, users can capture screenshots by simultaneously holding down the power button and the physical home button. Methods of accessing the image after the screenshot is taken are the same.

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While screenshots are fairly simple to take on the Galaxy S8, some users have reported a host of issues on the recently released smartphone, including a red tint on the device’s display, burned out pixels and restart issues. Samsung has begun rolling out a software update to resolve the red tint issue, but other problems have yet to be addressed.

Early adopter troubleshooting is common with new devices; however, there have been no reports of Galaxy S8 damaged due to a battery explosion, as Samsung saw with the Galaxy Note 7.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus have been on the market since April 21 and have so far seen favorable sales. The Galaxy S8 features a 5.8-inch dual-edge curved display, while the Galaxy S8 Plus features a 6.2-inch dual-edge curved display. Both devices feature either a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip or Exynos 9985 chip, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, a 12-megapixel rear camera and 8-megapixel front camera and Android Nougat. The Galaxy S8 runs a 3,000mAh battery, while the Galaxy S8 Plus runs a 3,500mAh battery.