Samsung Galaxy S8 Release Date & News Update: Latest Leaks Indicate Device Might Include Fingerprint Scanner On Rear End

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Samsung Galaxy S8 leaks have been doing the rounds for quite sometime. The latest leaked image has been that of the "official S8 cases" on China's own Twitter,Weibo, where a lot of these images have been circulating. Interestingly, the leaked images show two versions of the S8 devices. As per the images leaked and as per reports till now, there might be a bigger version of the S8 or the S8 Plus.

The leaked images have made two things quite clear. First, the fingerprint button on Samsung Galaxy S8 has been shifted to the back. It won't be on the front like it used to be on other Samsung devices. The tech giant, has been working hard on edge to edge display and it appears there wont be any homescreen button. Due to this it has shifted the fingerprint scanner at the back of Samsung Galaxy S8, as Forbes reported.

Another information that has come to light is that of the Bixby AI asisstant. As reports suggest, the Samsung Galaxy S8 would include a dedicated button for its voice based assistant Bixby. The tech giant, has already informed its fans about introducing a new asisstant backed by artificial intelligence. Now, the leaked images show the device would include a dedicated button that would allow it to scan images for queries.

Samsung Galaxy S8 is expected to become a flagship device after the disaster of the Galaxy Note S7. As some tech experts feel, the company is planning to recover the loss incured due to the Note 7 mishap. Along with this, Samsung is also planning to make a mark with the Bixby, AI asisstant. According to Daily Mail Online, the device would be launched on March, 29, 2017. The tech biggie has already confirmed that it would launch a new device in the upcoming MWC 2017 in Barcelona.

Even though leaked images of Samsung Galaxy S8 can't be completely trusted, users have already seen earlier that some of these leaked images of phone cases are taken as confirmation of the features. However, that doesn't always come true.