Here’s a list of all the new features Android 8.0 Oreo brings to your Galaxy smartphone

Last updated: November 6th, 2017 at 11:04 UTC+01:00

Samsung finally kicked off its Android 8.0 Oreo Beta Program for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ last week, following weeks of rumors—and we've been working hard at detailing all the new features in our What's New With Android 8.0 Oreo series.

Check them out below:

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo Part 1: Keyboard gets several improvements

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo Part 2: New Edge lighting effects

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo Part 3: Pin or snooze notifications

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo Part 4: Dual Messenger is now a standard feature

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo Part 5: App shortcuts on steroids

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo Part 6: Hide albums in the gallery

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo Part 7: Samsung DeX enhanced

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo Part 8: Custom color options for folders

What’s New With Android 8.0 Oreo Part 9: Settings menu gets a few changes

We'll be sure to update this list as and when we discover new features, so we'd recommend bookmarking this page—or regularly monitoring the tag—to stay up-to-date with all the latest posts in our What's New With Android 8.0 Oreo segment.

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