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How to screenshot on Samsung Note8 | Step by Step User Guide

Taking screenshots, or capturing a photograph of the current display on your Samsung Galaxy Note8, is a crucial feature of any modern smartphone or tablet.

​​The good news is that this capability is built right into Android 11 and One UI 3.1, so there’s no need to download any third-party apps to get it.

You can share a WhatsApp chat, Tinder profile, Instagram story, Facebook photo, or video clip from your device’s storage by taking a screenshot.

How to screenshot on Samsung Note8

Method 1:

These are the easy steps you need to take to take a screenshot on your Samsung Galaxy Note8:

Time required: 2 minutes on average

First Step:

Start by opening the app, website, or chat room that you wish to capture a screenshot of on your Samsung Galaxy Note8.

Second Step:

There are two ways to take a screenshot on the Samsung Galaxy Note8: the standard Android method, which involves pressing the power and volume down keys at the same time, and 

How to screenshot on Samsung
Samsung’s own system, which involves swiping the palm of your hand from the right side to the left (or vice versa) of the screen. Depending on the software version you’re using, you might not have access to this feature.

First, you’ll need to enable the “Move palm to capture” option in the settings before you can use this gesture to take a screenshot.

Move palm to capture

Third step:

When you take a picture with your Samsung Galaxy Note8, it will be saved instantly in your device’s gallery.

gallery

Fourth step:

To edit, crop, or share the most recent capture you made with your Galaxy Note8, open the gallery and the photos and images will show in chronological order.

Gallary View

Method 2:

  1. Open the Samsung screen or app you want to capture.
  2. Slide your finger down from the top of the Samsung Galaxy Note8 screen and tap the “Screenshot” icon.
  3. The photo is saved in your Samsung phone or tablet’s gallery. The home screen has a photo gallery.

About Samsung Note8:

Versions: N950F (Single SIM: Europe, Australia); N950FD (Global Dual SIM: Europe, LATAM, Brazil; Australia); N950U/U1 (USA); N950W (Canada); N9500 (China); N950N (South Korea)
Also known as Samsung Galaxy Note8 Duos with Dual SIM card slots.

NETWORK Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH Announced 2017, August 23
Status Available. Released 2017, September
BODY Dimensions 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm (6.40 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
Weight 195 g (6.88 oz)
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Stylus
DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED, HDR10
Size 6.3 inches, 101.1 cm2 (~83.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~521 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
3D Touch (home button only)
Always-on display
PLATFORM OS Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
Chipset Exynos 8895 (10 nm) – EMEA
Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) – USA & China
CPU Octa-core (4×2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4×1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) – EMEA
Octa-core (4×2.35 GHz Kryo & 4×1.9 GHz Kryo) – USA & China
GPU Mali-G71 MP20 – EMEA
Adreno 540 – USA & China
MEMORY Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) – dual SIM model only
Internal 64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 6GB RAM
UFS 2.1
MAIN CAMERA Dual 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6″, 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom
Features LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@240fps, stereo sound rec., HDR, gyro-EIS
SELFIE CAMERA Dual 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6″, 1.22µm, AF
2 MP (dedicated iris scanner camera)
Features Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1440p@30fps
SOUND Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
32-bit/384kHz audio
COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes
Radio No
USB USB Type-C 3.1
FEATURES Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
ANT+
Bixby natural language commands and dictation
Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
BATTERY Type Li-Ion 3300 mAh, non-removable
Charging Fast charging 15W
Quick Charge 2.0
Qi/PMA wireless charging – market dependent
Talk time Up to 22 h (3G)
Music play Up to 74 h
MISC Colors Midnight Black, Maple Gold, Orchid Gray, Deep Sea Blue, Star Pink
Models SM-N950F, SM-N950U, SM-N9500, SM-N950U1, SM-N950N, SM-N950W, SC-01K, SM-N950FD
SAR 0.61 W/kg (head)     0.56 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 0.17 W/kg (head)     1.29 W/kg (body)
Price About 500 EUR
TESTS Performance AnTuTu: 201065 (v7)
GeekBench: 6784 (v4.4)
GFXBench: 13fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.148(sunlight)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 67dB / Noise 69dB / Ring 71dB
Audio quality Noise -92.5dB / Crosstalk -93.2dB
Battery life
Endurance rating 89h

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