Don't like the Galaxy Z Fold 8's camera cutout? This old One UI trick still works

The Galaxy Z Fold 8 has rightfully earned numerous fans, many of whom have little to nothing bad to say about the experience. Nevertheless, one of the few Galaxy Z Fold 8 features that have drawn some controversy is the foldable screen's selfie camera cutout.

Some people tolerate or ignore it, but some Galaxy Z Fold 8 users would have preferred having no camera cutout at all.

Of course, removing the camera entirely is not an option. Samsung may do it for next year's Galaxy Z Fold 9 model, but it's far too late to make any hardware modifications to the existing Fold 8.

Thankfully, there are ways to make the camera cutout less distracting.

One obvious — but not so elegant — solution is to unfold the Fold 8 and turn it upside down. That way, the camera cutout won't get as much in the way of the content.

Another possible solution — and the one we're focusing on today — lies within One UI. It's actually been around for ages, even on non-foldable devices, but it works a little differently on the Fold series.

You probably know the old One UI trick that lets you hide the Infinity-O camera cutout by disabling a few dozen rows of pixels at the top of the screen.

Unsurprisingly, the same feature is available on foldable phone. But what might surprise you is that devices like the Galaxy Z Fold 8 have independent camera cutout settings for the cover screen and the foldable panel.

This makes it possible to hide the camera cutout on the foldable display while keeping it visible on the cover screen or vice versa. One UI conveniently saves separate camera cutout profiles for each screen and app.

If you want to experiment with this feature:

Launch the app and notice the difference. The camera cutout has been replaced by a much larger but much more uniform — and hopefully less distracting — row of black pixels at the top of the screen.

Admittedly, you will lose a bit of visibility by limiting the foldable's screen vertical resolution, but at the very least, the camera cutout will no longer get in the way. And thankfully, you can change camera cutout settings for each app and display individually. The same app can show the cutout on the cover screen and hide it on the foldable panel.

From what we've seen in testing, apps will adjust to the slightly shorter screen area without stretching or switching to the app's phone UI layout. Granted, there is a trade-off, but you might like the results. Give it a shot on your Galaxy Z Fold 8 and see for yourself.