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Samsung is blocking users from customizing the Galaxy S8's Bixby button

According to a post at XDA Developers, a new Galaxy S8 firmware update from Samsung now shuts down the ability to remap the Bixby button. Ahead of the phone's commercial launch later this week, Samsung has reportedly prevented the Bixby button on its Galaxy S8 from being remapped to perform other functions. But the latest Galaxy S8 system firmware removes this possibility altogether. Nothing's being taken away since the phone hasn't even launched yet, but Samsung is preventing a bit of customization that power users would've appreciated. Without voice, Bixby is similar to HTC's BlinkFeed or the side panel of Google Now.
Only a few days after users began remapping the Samsung Galaxy S8's Bixby button, Samsung has taken steps toward blocking the action. In a new over-the-air update, however, Samsung is blocking the use of the button for anything other than the Bixby virtual assistant. Why it matters to you A Reddit user discovered a way to remap the Bixby button on the Galaxy S8, but that method has now been blocked by Samsung. Updated on 04-17-2017 by Christian de Looper: Added news that Samsung had blocked remapping of button. In a short video, the user presses the Bixby button to launch Google Search — though it could theoretically call up any app or command, including Google Assistant.