Galaxy S8 Messages App Displays Link Previews

Now that the Galaxy S8 has been out for a few days we’re hearing more about the minor features and improvements that Samsung has made. The company only ever talks about the big features during its announcement events and rightly so since it’s pressed for time. It’s only when the handset makes its way to customers do we find out what minor improvements and tweaks there are for us to discover. One such minor improvement is the native Messages app’s ability to display web link previews.

This isn’t a groundbreaking feature by any means. You might have already experienced it in apps like WhatsApp and on iMessage if you’re on iOS. The feature is available on several popular cross-platform messaging apps so it’s nothing new.

Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ owners will now notice that the handset’s native Messages app is capable of displaying web link previews. Whenever someone sends you a URL in a text message and you’re using the native app, you’ll see a preview of the web link in the message thread itself.

The preview includes a small snippet of the web page as well as an image which gives you a glimpse of what you’ll see if you were to click on the link. It’s a pretty handy feature and I’m sure many Galaxy S8 owners will be happy to see that Samsung has added it to the handset’s native Messages app.

Adnan Farooqui
Categories: Cellphones
Tags: Apps, Galaxy S8, Samsung