Samsung Galaxy S21, Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 start receiving One UI 6.1, but with fewer AI features

Samsung continues bring One UI 6.1 to more devices. In the last days of March, the company updated the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Z Flip 5 to the new version of One UI, and recently started bringing this update to the Galaxy S22. Now it’s the turn of Samsung’s most premium mobile phones for 2021.

The entire Galaxy S21 family has started to receive One UI 6.1, in addition to the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3. However, although the big news of One UI 6.1 is the artificial intelligence functions of the Galaxy AI, these mobiles you will only receive one of these functions

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The Galaxy S21 and the third generation of Samsung foldables only receive a few AI features

Originally, Galaxy AI functions were reserved exclusively for the Galaxy S24 family, but Samsung announced that the artificial intelligence functions would also reach mobile phones and tablets from previous years. However, not all features would be available on all models.

For example, The Galaxy S22 has almost all the functions of Galaxy AI, except instant slow motion. On the other hand, the Galaxy S23 and the fifth generation of Samsung foldables have access to all artificial intelligence functions.

In the case of the Galaxy S21 and the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3, they will only receive an artificial intelligence function

: Circle to search. This could be due to the fact that these are mobile phones with older and more limited hardware, although at the moment there is no official explanation in this regard. Likewise, it is also unclear whether other AI functions, such as call translation or creating AI generative wallpapers, will be available on these devices in the future, although this is unlikely to be the case.

Here are the devices that have started receiving One UI 6.1:

The update is first available to users in Korea, as usual, but in the coming days and weeks it will start reaching users in the rest of the world, including, of course, users of Europe, Latin America and the United States.

To check if the update is already available on your mobile, you can go to the Settings menu, then access the “Software update” and look for a new version available.

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