Galaxy S8 And Galaxy S8 Plus: Does Not Play WMV Files – Solution

For those that own the new Samsung Galaxy smartphone, you may want to know why Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus doesn’t play WMV files.

WMV is the video file format associated with Windows Media Video files. Your Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone should usually play such files coming from Windows’ video editors without problems but if it doesn’t, there is something you can do about it.

To play WMV files on Samsung Galaxy S8…

1. Launch the Google Play Store;
2. Search for the VLC Media Player;
3. Download and install this third-party app;
4. Use the newly installed VLC Media Player to play all your WMV files from now on.

That’s it, the VLC Media Player is one of the best players of audio and video files for all the Android operating systems out there! You can use it with confidence from now on and you might even discover that it can also play a wide range of other video and audio file formats.

Who knows, this way, perhaps you will be able to get rid of some other apps and make the VLC your favorite WMV player on your Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone.

If you have any other questions on how to use it or how to make the best of it, just drop us a note in the comments below!