Samsung adds GIF support to its Always On Display

Here’s a superfluous feature that some of you might like. Samsung is bringing in one more personalization option to its Always On Display. You can now show GIFs on the screen when your phone is asleep. There are limitations to make sure you don’t go through your battery while using this feature. There’s a maximum length for the GIF you select from your photo library and it’ll only play once. But you can double tap on the GIF to trigger one more loop. This option comes with version 3.2.26.4.

Before this Always On Display will show things like time, notifications, and remaining battery percentage. You can change things like colors and clock style and in the past couple of years, Samsung even let you choose either preloaded images or your own photo to appear here as well. It seems GIFs are just the next evolution… or not. Let us know if this is something you’re planning to use.

Source: Android Police

Samsung brings Always On Display app to Play Store for Galaxy S8 owners

Samsung is making it easier to release updates for the Always On Display feature on the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus with its new app. As expected the app will not work on phones other than the aforementioned duo. The Always On Display is a nifty feature on Samsung’s new flagships that lets you check current time and date as well as see notifications and the like even when the main display is off. 

Launching a separate app means it’ll be easy for Samsung to push out updates for the display without having to release a software update for the phones. As expected, if you don’t own the S8 and S8 Plus, you won’t be able to download the app. If you are, you can get it from this link.

Source: Android Authority