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Let \(\sigma_v\), \(v\in \mathbb{R}^d\), be a reflection with respect to the hyperplane which is orthogonal to \(v\), let \(G\) be a finite reflection group generated by the reflections \(\{ \sigma_v : v\in R_+\}\), where \(R_+\) is a fixed root system, and let \(v\to \kappa_v\) be a nonnegative function defined on \(R_+\) with the property \( \kappa_u= \kappa_v\) if \(uq=v\) for some \(g\in G\). If \(\| v\|=2\) for every \(v\in R_+\), then \(h\)-harmonics can be defined as homogeneous polynomial solutions of the equation \[ \Delta f(x)+\sum_{v\in R_+} \kappa_v\left[\frac{2\langle \nabla f(x), v\rangle} {\langle x, v\rangle} - \frac{f(x)-f(x \sigma_v)}{\langle x, v\rangle^2} \right]=0, \] where \(\Delta\) is the ordinary Laplacian and \(\langle x, y\rangle\) denotes the the inner product of \(x\) and \(y\). The spherical \(h\)-harmonics are the restriction of \(h\)-harmonics on the unit sphere \(S^{d-1}\). They are orthogonal with respect to \((\prod_{v\in R_+} | \langle x, v\rangle| ^{\kappa_v}) \,d\omega(x)\), where \(\omega\) is the surface Lebesgue measure. This is a survey article of the main results in spherical \(h\)-harmonic orthogonal expansions and approximation that have been obtained in resent years. The paper should be of interest to any person working in the area of multivariate polynomial approximation. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1012.00038].