Galaxy Z Fold 8: 5 Tricks You Need

Quick summary: Here are my quick tips for the Galaxy Z Fold 8: stop the wobble, take faster and better photos, add search to your home screen, turn off RAM Plus, and use reverse tent mode.

1. Stop the wobble

Like most recent foldables, the Fold 8 wobbles on a table. An OhSnap SnapGrip Stand basically eliminates it in normal use. It also stands the phone up open or closed, lets you charge wirelessly through it, and makes the phone easier to hold.

2. Quick tap shutter

Install Good Lock from the Galaxy Store, then the Camera Assistant module, and turn on Quick tap shutter. Photos fire the moment you touch the shutter button instead of when you lift your finger, which is great for action shots.

3. 24MP photos

In Camera Assistant, turn on 24MP resolution for both options so the rear camera is always at 24MP instead of 12MP, for better-quality photos.

4. Search on the home screen

Press and hold the home screen, go to Settings > Show search on home screen, and turn on Google search and Finder. Finder searches your phone, Google searches the web, and you get the mic, AI and a camera button for Lens-style lookups and shopping. It works on both screens.

5. Turn off RAM Plus

Search Settings for RAM Plus and turn it off (the phone reboots). It keeps apps open longer, which helps phones with under 6GB of RAM. With 12 or 16GB, you don’t need it, and it can cause performance issues, like stuttering audio in Android Auto.

Bonus: reverse tent mode

Tent mode works on the Fold 8, and so does reverse tent mode: a built-in stand for watching videos.

• Buy the Galaxy Z Fold 8 from Samsung
• OhSnap SnapGrip Stand
• Benks case for the Galaxy Z Fold 8, code GREGGLESTV
• dbrand Grip case
• WSKEN for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 on Amazon
• SupCase for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 on Amazon