Why Does The Samsung S8 Home Screen Button Jump Around? See Reason Here

The Samsung Galaxy S8 has earned praises from around the globe, thanks to its new features and designs, but users have just noticed something unusual about its home button.

A South Korean firm decided to ditch the physical home key for a virtual one embedded into the handset’s screen, in order to make the “infinity display” as large as possible.

The move, however, opened the doors to an old problem – screen burn-in

Screensavers were actually created to prevent burn-in, by ensuring that no groups of pixels would be left displaying the same image for too long.

As well as a virtual home button, the Galaxy S8 has an always-on screen and uses a Super AMOLED display, which is particularly prone to screen burn-in.

Fortunately, Samsung has a clever and extremely subtle solution to the problem.

As spotted by a Dutch S8 user and Galaxy Club, the S8’s home key actually jumps around just the tiniest amount, so the square graphic never sits in the same position for too long.

The clock, which is constantly visible on the always-on display, appears to move around for the very same reason.