will change the way you use your mobile

Samsung announced during an event in San Jose, United States, its new family of high-end mobile phones, the Samsung Galaxy S24, three models that maintain a continuous design line with respect to what we seen in previous generations, but in this chance They arrive loaded with new features thanks to artificial intelligence.

This technology, which surprised in 2023, now reaches one of the best-selling mobile brands in the world, with a very strong integration that changes and improves our relationship with mobile phones. It is possible that none of the functions integrated into the S24 series are new, but the Being able to carry everything on your mobile can be something remarkably innovative.

In the hours we were able to test these three models It gave us the feeling of being on the verge of a revolution, like when cell phones started having a built-in camera. Yes, there were cameras before, but always having one in your pocket changed everything. Something similar could happen here.

A photo and video AI

Although many users use Google Photos as Gallery, Many people, on Samsung models, continue to use the application bearing this name, that of the manufacturer, to view their photos and edit them. It is not in vain that this application already allowed things like remove objects, remaster images by increasing quality, etc.

These features are retained, but have now been improved in two ways. On the one hand, the system offers suggestions for improvement when we open a particular photograph. This is possible thanks to artificial intelligence, which detects what is in the photo. For example, in a portrait he suggests blurring the background

Also in the gallery AI can be used to select an object in an image and move or resize it. Even when straightening a crooked photo, the image generation will be used to fill the edges, without thus losing part of the photo as was the case until now, by having to crop it. The only thing we missed was being able to enlarge an image using AI without having to rotate it first.

All Functions related to artificial intelligence will be identifiable by a three-star symbol. Coincidentally, it looks a lot like the original Samsung logo which in Korean means three stars. This logo will appear on AI-edited images, so you know they’re not normal photos.

Another novelty that comes from the hand of AI is be able to search what appears on the screen by simply clicking the bottom three Home buttons (or the gesture bar if this form of scrolling is used). When that’s done, you can mark an area with your finger or the S-Pen and the system will return a Google search for said image. Furthermore, Any video stored in the phone gallery can be viewed in slow motion simply by keeping your finger on the screen. The AI ​​will generate the necessary frames in real time to provide the expected fluidity. However, this function requires that the videos are physically on the mobile, and that the Gallery application is used.

Image generation has become one of the most used and valued functions of artificial intelligence. Tools like Midjourney or Dall-E 3 are incredibly powerful, but using them requires installing apps, signing up for services, and even paying.

If what you want is generate an image to use as wallpaper, in the S24 series it is much simpler. All you have to do is go to the Generative Fill Wallpapers menu and select three different settings from the dozens that are offered. With a very simple interface, the system will create multiple images with the chosen theme, tones and style. The interface is the same as the Pixel, so it’s very likely that Samsung borrowed it from Google.

AI is being integrated into more applications

As with the gallery app, Samsung’s web browser is also getting new features. Among them the option of summarize a particularly long web page with a single tap. Additionally, this summary may be a bit larger, in case we want more context.

In the same form, it is possible to translate both the web page and its summary, so getting information from long articles in other languages ​​is extremely quick and easy. Obviously, these functions are not available in Chrome or other browsers.

But perhaps the app that received the most new features was the Notes app. With the help of artificial intelligence Texts written by hand with the S-Pen can be converted into editable text. Also A text can be formatted automatically, with its title, its sections and other sections. And if there are any doubts about Spelling can be corrected with the press of a buttonthe functions being highlighted.

Added to these new features is the possibility of summarizing text or translating it, as seen in the web browser. Furthermore, The different virtual notebooks with associated notes can be personalized not only with icons, but also with designs created with AI

Where artificial intelligence also shines is the translation and dubbing functions, as they explained in depth in Omicrono. The S24 series has an interpreter modewhich opens from the quick access section, there is no application to be able to watch it in one language and listen to it in another.

Also there are calls in real time which are translated and transcribedperfect when you have to talk to someone whose language you don’t know. And if instead of talking you want to chat, it is possible to do so by SMS or WhatsAppfor example, whenever the Samsung keyboard is used.

The latest major application overhauled with AI is the tape recorder, which is able to transcribe an audio that we have recorded and show the audio part of each word. Furthermore, allows you to summarize the entire recording, indicate when the different speakers speak and even format the final text to be able to use it in different applications.

The beginning of a change

As mentioned at the beginning, Samsung’s artificial intelligence features do not represent a revolution. We could already summarize texts, transcribe audio, edit images… But this required different applications, different web tools and platforms and, in many cases, payment.

Samsung not only has integrated all this into its three Samsung Galaxy S24s, but it did it in a way that was very comfortable for the user. AND free. Obviously, to use these functions it is necessary that the mobile phone has a processor designed for this purpose, which means that other mobile phones with these capabilities cannot be updated with software.

What we hope is that little by little these functions will become more and more numerous, will become more useful and, little by little, will be able to reach the mid-range models of the next generations. This could make AI a normal part of the daily use of our cell phones. Just like the camera.

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