The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 is a series of Android-based tablet computers developed and marketed by Samsung Electronics, as part of its flagship Galaxy Tab S series. Unveiled at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event on 9 February 2022, alongside the Galaxy S22 series, they serve as the successor to the Galaxy Tab S7 series, and were succeeded by the Galaxy Tab S9 series, which was announced on July 26, 2023.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 series are notable for its introduction of the Ultra variant, the third and largest variant, with a 14.6 inch display with the same 16:10 aspect ratio as other models, and the slimmest bezels of the series, and also has a 2.8ms touch response time for its included S Pen and includes 2 front-facing cameras in the small notch on its display.
History The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8, the S8+ and the S8 Ultra were announced on 9 February 2022 and released on 25 February 2022.
Design Colors Tab S8 and S8+ Color Name Bezel Graphite Black Silver Pink Gold
Tab S8 Ultra Color Name Bezel Graphite Black
Specifications Hardware Chipset All tablets feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 system on a chip. The SoC is based on the 4 nm processing technology node. The tablets also feature an Adreno 730 GPU.
Storage The Galaxy Tab S8 and Tab S8+ are available in 128, and 256 GB options, and the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is available in 128, 256, and 512 options, not all capacity variants are available. 1 TB of expansion can be added using a microSD card. The base amount of RAM is 8 GB, and is upgradeable to 16 GB.
Camera The Tab S8 and Tab S8+ have a 12 MP front camera with an lens. The rear has a 13 MP camera with an wide-angle lens, and a 6 MP camera with a ultra wide angle lens.
The Tab S8 Ultra has a 12 MP front camera with an wide-angle lens, and a 12 MP front camera with an ultra wide angle lens. The rear has a 13 MP camera with an wide-angle lens, and a 6 MP camera with an ultra wide angle lens.
Display The Tab S8 is equipped with a TFT LCD with an 11-inch 2560 x 1600 resolution, with a screen ratio of 16:10. The scanning rate can be adjusted from 48 Hz to 120 Hz.
The Tab S8+ features a super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2800 x 1752 in 12.4 inches, with a screen ratio of 16:10. The scanning rate can be adjusted from 48 Hz to 120 Hz.
The Tab S8 Ultra is equipped with a super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2960 x 1848 measuring 14.6 inches, with a screen ratio of 16:10. The scanning rate can be adjusted from 48 Hz to 120 Hz.
Software The tablets were released with Android 12 and One UI 4.1. Samsung has promised 4 Android OS upgrades and 5 years of security updates to the Galaxy Tab S8 series (meaning support may end in 2027).
The first commercial OS upgrade, One UI 5.0, was released on November 14, 2022. On May 10, 2024, the One UI 6.1 update was released in more than 29 European and Middle East countries. On April 28, 2025, Samsung began rolling out the One UI 7 update to all devices, which included a completely revamped setup UI backported from the Galaxy S25 series. In addition, also integrated Galaxy AI across supported devices. On October 16, 2025, Samsung released the One UI 8 update based on Android 16, making it the last major OS update for the series.
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Regions Starting with the Galaxy Tab S8 series, the CSC codes are consolidated together. This means that Samsung will speed up the firmware update process for these devices in more regions. Fewer Country Specific Codes (CSCs) means that official Samsung software updates will reach local markets faster.
Some countries on this list may be shown separately during the initial setup process.
OXM This CSC group applies to the rest of the world. These CSC codes will work for all variants unless specified.
Regions/carriers marked with an asterisk (*) cannot be used with the Call and Text on Other Devices feature.
South Korea Wi-Fi only variants sold in this market do not have any carrier-specific CSC codes, but they still use the OXM Multi-CSC for expanded language and region support unlike their cellular counterparts, which use the OKR Multi-CSC. KOO: KT LG Uplus SK Telecom
North America Wi-Fi only variants sold in this market do not have any carrier-specific CSC codes, but they still use the OXM Multi-CSC for expanded language and region support unlike their cellular counterparts, which use the OYM/OYN and OYA/OYV Multi-CSCs for the US and Canada, respectively. XAC: Bell Fido Freedom Mobile Koodo Rogers Shaw Telus Virgin Plus XAR: AT&T * T-Mobile US Cellular Verizon *
Latin America ZBR is the newly consolidated CSC code for the Latin America region.
MXO: ZTO: ZBR: All other Latin America regions PEO: ARO: BVO: CHO: COO: UPO: UYO: EON: GTO: TPA:
Europe CPW: Devices sold through the Carphone Warehouse EUX/EUY: Europe ATO: AUT: Switzerland
BGL: BTU: British Isles
DBT: EUR: Greece
ITV: Italian Peninsula
LUX: Luxembourg
NEE: Nordic Countries
PHE: Spain
PHN: SEB: Baltic States
SEE: Southeast Europe
SIO: Yugoslavia
TPH: ROM: XEF: French Peninsula
XEH: XEO: XEZ: XSK:
CIS SEK: and Vodafone Kyivstar Lifecell TriMob Moldcell Orange SER: and MTS Beeline Megafon Tele2 A1 Life CAU: Caucasus countries
Magticom Silknet Beeline
Ucom Viva-MTS Beeline (Telecom Armenia)
Azercell Bakcell Nar Mobile Naxtel SKZ: Beeline Altel Kcell Tele2
Middle East & North Africa XSG, previously only for the UAE, now serves the entire Middle East region.
ACR: (5G only) AFR: (5G only) DKR: (5G only) ECT: (5G only) EGY: (5G only) ILO: ILP: (5G only) KSA: (5G only) MWD: (5G only) SKZ: (5G only) TUN: (5G only) TUR: XFA: (5G only) XFV: Vodafone/Vodacom XFE: Southern Africa (5G only) XSG: All other Middle East regions XSG: Arabian Peninsula
MID: Fertile Crescent
India INS: SLK: (5G only)
Asia Pacific XSP, previously only for Singapore, now serves the Asia Pacific region (Southeast Asia & Oceania). The display languages for Lao, Burmese, and Khmer are still exclusive to this market, even though they are present on the firmware.
The region locking for the Wi-Fi only variant now adds Australia and New Zealand to the Asia Pacific region.
XSP: Asia Pacific XME: XSA: TEL: Telstra XNZ: XTC: Mainland Southeast Asia (Indochinese Peninsula) THL: CAL: & MYM: Maritime Southeast Asia (Malay Archipelago) XSP: & MM1: M1 Mobile SIN: SingTel STH: Star Hub XXV:
China BRI: TGY: &
Notes As with previous tablets, in most regions, the Call and Text on Other Devices feature can only be activated with a mobile phone issued from a mobile operator within the same region that the tablet was purchased from. Calls totaling five minutes or longer need to be placed before mobile phones from other regions can be used.
References
External links Official website