Galaxy Note 8 home screen settings

Last Updated on March 7, 2021 by Bestusefultips

Samsung galaxy Note 8 launched with many new features such as S Pen, Live message, dual camera and more. Home screen is the one of the most important things about how your galaxy Note 8 looks. In this tutorial, I will show you several important Galaxy Note 8 home screen settings.

Home screen settings on Samsung galaxy Note 8 device includes wallpaper, themes, widgets, Enable /disable Bixby home, Access Google assistant, change launcher, change navigation bar buttons, change galaxy Note 8 icons, create folder, change folder color or change folder name and more. Below I will show you most important Galaxy Note 8 home screen settings with detail explanations.

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There are many options to change home screen settings on Galaxy Note 8 device. Let see one by one in details.

1. Access Bixby home

You will directly access Bixby home to swipe right on home page. Also press Bixby button will open Bixby home on galaxy Note 8.

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You will also disable Bixby on galaxy note 8 using home screen settings.

Long press on blank screen > swipe left > toggle off Bixby

2. Google Assistant

Galaxy Note 8 also supports Google Assistant. Long press the home button and you will access Google assistant on your device.

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3. Change home screen launcher on galaxy Note 8

To change launcher on galaxy Note 8 device, first of all download the launcher from Google Play store.  

Change default launcher on galaxy Note 8 home screen

Settings > applications > Menu at right side> default applications > home screen > launchers

4. Change navigation bar button on galaxy Note 8

In this galaxy Note 8 home screen settings, change bottom display navigation bar button using below settings.

Settings > display > navigation bar > recent app icons

5. Change icons on galaxy Note 8

In galaxy Note 8, you can see different icon packs available to change style of icons.

Tap & hold the blank screen > wallpaper & theme > Change icons

Also remove icon background on galaxy Note 8 using below settings.

Settings > display > icon frames > icons only

Now you Note 8 device apps look like as it is when phone bought.

6. Set wallpaper and theme on galaxy Note 8

This galaxy Note 8 home screen settings is useful to change galaxy 8 wallpaper and theme.

Change wallpaper on galaxy Note 8

Tap & hold blank screen > Wallpapers & themes > my wallpapers > Gallery > select image > more > set as wallpaper

Also enable wallpaper motion effect on your Samsung galaxy Note 8 device.

Tap & hold blank screen > Wallpapers & themes > my wallpapers > Tap selected wallpaper > enable wallpaper motion effect

Change theme on galaxy Note 8

Tap & hold blank screen > Wallpapers & themes > theme

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7. Create a folder and change folder name or color on galaxy Note 8

To create a folder on galaxy Note 8, drag one app to another app and new folder created. Also change folder color and folder name on Samsung galaxy Note 8.

And that’s all. I hope above given article helpful to know about Galaxy Note 8 home screen settings. Do you have any tips want to share we missed above? Tell us in below comment section. Don’t miss our single Samsung galaxy Note 8 tips and tricks.