Samsung unveils 6 phones that will get the best of the free upgrade to the Galaxy S24
SAMSUNG has revealed when its new AI features will arrive on phones – and exactly which handsets will receive the free upgrade.
One UI 6.1 is coming to newer Galaxy phones, foldables and tablets in just a few weeks.
The Korean phone giant took its time in late March to launch its latest AI features, which are currently only available to Galaxy S24 owners.
Samsung released the Galaxy S24 during the Unpacked event last month.
Now Samsung has announced that it will be expanding these features to Galaxy S23 phones – including the S23 FE handset – and to last year's editions of its foldable phones and tablets.
This includes the Galaxy Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, the Galaxy Tab S9, S9 Plus and S9 Ultra.
It's all free for now, but after 2025 you may have to pay.
“Our goal with Galaxy AI is not only to usher in a new era of mobile AI, but also to empower users by making AI more accessible,” said TM Roh, president and head of Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics in one blog post.
“This is just the beginning of Galaxy AI, as we plan to bring the experience to more than 100 million Galaxy users by 2024 and continue to innovate ways to leverage the limitless possibilities of mobile AI.”
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Samsung has injected its camera and photo app with a huge dose of AI.
Gauss is the name of an exclusive Samsung AI that consists of three tools: Samsung Gauss Language, Samsung Gauss Code and Samsung Gauss Image.
Some of these features were already available on previous Galaxy S handsets.
But one addition to Gauss Image is the ability to magically expand your photo beyond what has been captured.
Imagine you took a beautiful photo on the beach, but the angle wasn't quite right. Adjusting it slightly may leave strange gaps around the edges.
AI on the Galaxy S24 will smartly figure out what those gaps would look like and fill them in based on what it sees in the photo.
Other cool tools include the ability to delete unwanted objects (or people) and move or resize them.
Language
Samsung owners can use the innovative AI Live Translate Call.
The new functionality allows users to get live translations for calls in multiple languages, including English and Spanish.
It also summarizes your messages and emails for you, which can be especially useful for friends who like to send essay texts.
The Sun has seen first-hand how it can change the tone of a text or communication for you – so you can write a few rough lines and it will suggest a more formal tone, a conversational tone or a polite tone, for example.
AI wallpapers
Among all the AI excitement coming to Samsung's phones are AI wallpapers.
If you're wondering what that means, you can basically tell your phone what you want the wallpaper to look like and it will create it for you.
It uses a generative artificial intelligence model that can generate high-quality text, images and in this case backgrounds in an instant.
Just type what it is and the AI will generate an image.
It can be as wild as cows flying through space or a serine beach setting with your name in the sky.
All users have to do is give it a few text-based prompts, such as “flower sketches” or “3D rendering of a galaxy.”
Environmental weather wallpaper
You can now also add weather to wallpapers.
So when it rains outside, you will see it on your wallpaper.
It serves as a much more visual and faster way for weather updates.
The AI race on your smartphone
AI technology continues to be in the spotlight for smart smartphone companies like Samsung, Google and Apple.
Google announced a host of new AI features this year, including the Magic Editor, as well as updates to Gmail and Docs and Maps.
There are even rumors of a secret AI life coach.
But Apple has apparently fallen behind.
While iPhones have some AI features, none come close to what Samsung has unveiled.
However, Tim Cook's company has reportedly pumped a huge amount of money into the business, with rumors that the iPhone 16 will arrive when Apple makes its generative AI debut.
This will reportedly include an all-new version of Siri – which may work in a similar way to ChatGPT and Samsung Gauss.