Samsung Galaxy S8 nav bar update adds new ‘full screen’ button
Samsung has been rolling out Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus updates recently with Bixby improvements and fixes for SD card related issues. The South Korean manufacturer has also just started to roll out the June security patches in Europe and India, and with these comes an update to the navigation bar settings that might not please everyone.
According to SamMobile, the update removes the RGB scale for the navigation bar color, and replaces it with light color shades only. This not only restricts the breadth of color options available, but also means you can no longer select a pure black navigation bar (though there are reports that you can work around this by using a black theme).
Sam Mobile has noted that the update has also added a new prompt just above the navigation bar. The new “button” now reads “tap here to fill entire screen” in apps that don’t natively support the Galaxy S8’s 18.5:9 aspect ratio. While there’s already a button in the app overview menu for that, it seems Samsung felt the need to make the option more explicit.