<Real-time call interpretation feature in use through the Galaxy S24 series | Source – Samsung Electronics>
Samsung Electronics plans to distribute artificial intelligence (AI) models and related functions applied to its latest Galaxy smartphones through software updates.
According to the information technology (IT) industry on the 19th, Samsung Electronics plans to begin distributing One UI 6.1, the latest operating system (OS) exclusively for its smartphones, starting in March.
One UI 6.1 is a firmware released with the launch of the latest flagship model Galaxy S24 series, and supports various AI functions in an on-device manner by embedding Samsung Electronics’ self-developed language model ‘Samsung Gauss’. Furthermore, it features a ‘Galaxy AI’ system that allows access to a dedicated AI cloud and server to simultaneously use AI functions and services that are only available online.
The Galaxy AI system includes △real-time call interpretation and text translation that helps communicate across a total of 13 languages △’Circle to Search’, which runs a Google image search at any time by drawing a circle △AI interpolates frames of regular videos to play slow motion It encompasses features such as ‘Instant Slomo’, which makes it possible, and this is supporting the great popularity of the Galaxy S24 series.
Subsequently, as previously announced, Samsung Electronics plans to distribute this Galaxy AI system as a software update to its existing flagship and foldable smartphone products. In particular, Samsung Electronics recently released an update to the ‘Samsung On-Device Resource App’ on the Galaxy Store, giving weight to the prediction that the time is imminent.
Regarding this, Sam Mobile, an overseas IT media outlet, explained, “This app is an app that provides on-device processing for some of the Galaxy AI functions, such as real-time translation during a call and conversion of voice recordings into text.” In addition, the Galaxy S23 series, released last year, was pointed out as the older model that will receive the Galaxy AI update first.
The OS update for the Galaxy Z Flip/Fold 5 and Galaxy Tab S9 series, which were released in the same year, is also expected to be completed in the first half of this year. However, considering the difference in hardware performance between these products and the Galaxy S24 series, the overall performance of Galaxy AI supported by older models is likely to be only 80-90% of that of the new product.
Through this full update support, Samsung Electronics plans to complete distribution of Galaxy AI to approximately 100 million mobile devices by this year. The strategy is to expand the absolute number of users in the AI smartphone field, which is currently in the early stage of the market, and thereby take a dominant position in a new field.
Meanwhile, rival Apple is also expected to unveil next-generation AI features with the iPhone 16 and iOS 18, which will be introduced this fall. Attention is being paid to whether Apple, which entered the AI smartphone market relatively later than Android manufacturers, can overcome the recent slump in iPhone demand through its overwhelming dominance in the premium market.