What is Galaxy AI and what you can do with it

O Galaxy Unpacked is known for being the stage where the brand reveals its newest technological jewels, and this year it couldn't be any different. On January 17th, in California (where the event takes place), the Samsung announced artificial intelligence Galaxy A.I., highlighting its capacity for continuous learning and intuitive interaction. With advanced voice recognition, simultaneous message translation and machine learning capabilities, Galaxy A.I. promises a personalized and adaptable experience for each user.

Besides the Galaxy A.I., Samsung also announces to its consumers the latest models in the line Galaxy S24. The new smartphones promise significant innovations in design, performance and camera features – in addition to, of course, having the features of Galaxy A.I..

Galaxy AI Features

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A Samsung innovates once again by presenting the Galaxy A.I., a revolution in artificial intelligence that redefines the user experience on mobile devices. This set of intelligent features incorporates local technologies and cloud processing, providing a complete and efficient experience, both online and offline.

Simultaneous call translation

The most impressive highlight of Galaxy A.I. is the simultaneous call translation feature, also known as Call Assist. When making or receiving a call, the voice is instantly translated from Portuguese to any other language, allowing fluid communication between speakers of different languages. Caller responses are translated and displayed in voice and text on the screen, offering an unprecedented global calling experience.

The voice meeting app has been enhanced to identify up to 20 speakers in a conversation, with transcription and translation capabilities. While the Chat Assist offers translation, writing style and grammar check. Translation efficiency is accurate, but the generated writing style can still seem a bit robotic.

Text Call (Receive calls with AI)

The text calling feature is a special innovation introduced by Samsung on your smartphones Galaxy S24 with the incorporation of Galaxy A.I.. This technology allows users to answer calls and respond via text message simultaneously, using the voice of the Bixby virtual assistant as an intermediary.

The artificial intelligence of Samsung answers your call and asks who is calling and what their purpose is, bringing the information in text on the screen. so you can decide whether you want to respond or not. This approach provides a more versatile and efficient experience during phone interactions, allowing the user to choose to respond via text when it is not convenient or desirable to make a traditional voice call.

Simultaneous translation of text messages

Simultaneous translation of text messages is a prominent feature of Galaxy A.I., this functionality allows users to send and receive text messages in different languages, with the artificial intelligence of the Galaxy A.I. automatically translating content in real time.

With the feature Interpreter, this advanced translation system not only eliminates language barriers, but also preserves the privacy of conversations, since no third-party applications are required, and the artificial intelligence integrated into the device guarantees complete security of interactions. This feature is also capable of operating efficiently even without the need to connect to the mobile network or Wi-Fi.

Spelling and grammar suggestions

Also driven by Galaxy A.I., the resource Smart Chat offers significant enhancements to messaging and other applications, ensuring that communication resonates with user intent. Whether you're composing a polite message to a co-worker or creating a short, engaging sentence for a social media caption, the Smart Chat adjusts the tones of the conversation to suit the desired context.

Furthermore, Artificial Intelligence integrated into the keyboard Samsung provides the ability to translate messages, emails and other content in real time, supporting up to 13 languages. This functionality increases accessibility and effectiveness of communication, ensuring a more versatile and efficient typing experience.

Summarize, correct or translate texts

Furthermore, the Galaxy A.I. features other smart features such as simultaneous translation of messages in chat apps, in-app spelling and grammar correction Samsung Notes, audio-to-text transcription with translation option and even summarization of documents or web pages for quick and effective understanding.

This functionality incorporates summaries generated by Artificial Intelligence, enabling a quick and accurate synthesis of content. Furthermore, the creation of templates optimizes notes through pre-defined formats, and the ability to create covers provides easier identification of notes, presenting a brief preview of their content.

Transcribe and summarize audios into text

For voice recordings, even those with multiple speakers, the Transcription Assistant uses Artificial Intelligence and speech-to-text technology, allowing for effective transcription, summarization and even translation of recordings. This functionality is powered by a robust Artificial Intelligence system and speech-to-text technology, ensuring accuracy and efficiency when transforming oral content into written text.

By applying advanced AI algorithms, the Transcription Assistant do Galaxy A.I. It is capable of recognizing linguistic nuances, different tones of voice and even accents, ensuring an accurate and contextualized transcription. This is especially valuable in environments where there are multiple speakers, such as meetings, conferences or interviews, where clearly identifying individual contributions is essential.

Circle to Search

In partnership with Google, Samsung also introduces the Circle To Search ou Circle to Search. This feature allows you to freeze the cell phone screen when holding the home button for 2 seconds, allowing the user to scroll through items with their finger or the S-Pen. Google then interprets this gesture and displays the results on the screen, making the search for products, places and people more intuitive.

This streamlined approach allows users to, for example, perform instant searches while immersed in apps, such as when viewing a monument in a social media post or finding out more about an interesting topic on youtube shorts, without leaving the current application. Additionally, depending on the user's location, certain searches may present AI-generated summaries, offering useful information and context from across the web.

Editing tools for photos and videos

As for artificial intelligence resources applied to photography and video, the Galaxy A.I. offers surprising innovations. O nightography enhances photos and videos taken at night or in low-light conditions, reducing noise and improving image quality. Noise-cancelling Zoom prioritizes the sound of people and objects when you get close, while AI photo editing provides various enhancements, such as erasing reflections, objects and remastering images.

The Galaxy A.I., when it comes to image editing, have the ability to provide an instant slow-motion experience. When exploring the video gallery on your phone, simply long-press on any video to reduce its playback speed by half while maintaining the smoothness of the image. Furthermore, the presence of generative wallpapers stands out, which offer a continuous stream of adjustable single images. These innovations, although not without some imperfections, contribute positively to the overall experience.

Move objects and people

The generative editing technology of Galaxy A.I. redefines the way we interact with our photos. Now, you can move objects and people within images, providing an unprecedented level of control and customization. By using this functionality, users can adjust the composition of their photos, creating visually striking scenes and eliminating unwanted obstacles. This innovation puts the power in users' hands to rearrange elements in photographs, opening up space for unique artistic expression and a more personalized visual narrative.

The resources of generative editing allow you to add or move content in photos, while instant slow motion in videos creates in-between frames, transforming traditional recordings into stunning slow-motion videos. O Super HDR offers real-time corrections in preview, ensuring exceptional results while capturing photos and videos.

Erase objects

The generative editing feature of Galaxy A.I. also includes the ability to intelligently erase objects. Whether you want to remove unwanted elements, such as posts or people in the background, or improve the aesthetics of an image, the object erase functionality offers an intuitive and effective solution.

The artificial intelligence of Galaxy A.I. analyzes the scene, identifying elements that can be removed without compromising the overall image quality, providing a powerful tool for quickly and efficiently enhancing and personalizing photographs.

Fill background (enlarge image)

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With the innovative ability to fill background, the Galaxy A.I. allows you to increase the size of an image in a smart and aesthetically pleasing way. This functionality not only preserves image quality, but also uses advanced algorithms to fill the added spaces naturally. Whether you want to enlarge a photo captured at a special moment or adjust the dimensions of an image to different formats, background fill offers a flexible and effective approach to image manipulation.

Blur background (portrait mode)

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O Galaxy A.I. offers an enhanced photography experience with portrait mode background blur feature. By using artificial intelligence, the device's camera can accurately detect the main object in the image and apply a smooth, natural blur to the background.

This effect, known as portrait mode, creates visually striking portraits, highlighting the main subject while adding a professional touch to photographs. This functionality provides a simple and effective way to create professional-looking images, even for users without advanced photography knowledge.

Remaster image

The ability to remaster footage with AI in Galaxy A.I. takes the visual quality of photographs to new heights. This intelligent feature analyzes each element of the image in detail, improving sharpness, contrast and color saturation in a balanced way.

By applying automatic adjustments based on advanced algorithms, the Galaxy A.I. delivers stunning results, transforming ordinary images into visual masterpieces. The remaster functionality highlights the company's commitment to Samsung in providing exceptional visual experiences through the harmonious integration of artificial intelligence and photography.

Slow motion videos

The ability to create instant slow motion videos in Galaxy A.I. redefines the way we relive captured moments. When exploring the video gallery on the device, simply long-press on any video to reduce its playback speed by half while maintaining the smoothness of the image.

This functionality gives users the ability to transform traditional recordings into stunning slow-motion videos, adding an artistic and emotional dimension to recorded memories. The simplicity of applying this effect, combined with the exceptional quality, makes the slow motion video creation experience accessible and engaging for all slow motion video users. Galaxy A.I..

Galaxy AI on the Galaxy S24

No Samsung Unpacked 2024,  Galaxy A.I. and the new smartphones in the line Samsung Galaxy S24 emerge as partners, boosting the user experience to new heights. Samsung introduced its latest line of smartphones, consisting of models Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+ and Galaxy S24 Ultra. These devices feature advanced artificial intelligence features powered by Galaxy AI, improved cameras, a larger battery capacity and titanium body construction.

Other supported devices

Samsung announced that it will make platform features available Galaxy A.I. for smartphones already in your line. According to Samsung's product marketing manager (Smartphones and Tablets), Renato Citrini, the features of Galaxy A.I. were not limited to smartphones in the line Galaxy S24, and are also available on other smartphones from Samsung.

Galaxy AI features will soon also arrive for the Galaxy S23 and other smartphones from last year, through software updates.

Renato Citrini, product marketing manager at Samsung.

While not all artificial intelligence (AI) features are supported on all currently available models, the Samsung ensures that the feature set will not be unique to the row Galaxy S24, indicating a broad scope.

The company promises to reveal more details in the future, but the update is scheduled to be available during the first half of this year. To date, the Samsung did not specify which features will be introduced on other devices.

Smartphones confirmed by Samsung to receive AI features include top-of-the-line models launched throughout 2023, spanning the series Galaxy S23 (S23, S23+, S23 Ultra, S23 FE), foldables Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5, in addition to the tablet Galaxy Tab S9. It is worth noting that, initially, models from the Galaxy A and Galaxy M families are not included in this update.

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Samsung launches Galaxy S24, S24+ and S24 Ultra with a focus on AI; see all the details!

Samsung launches Galaxy S24, S24+ and S24 Ultra with a focus on AI; see all the details!

Sources: Samsung, CNET e PetaPixel

reviewed by Glaucon Vital in 17 / 1 / 24.