Last week, news broke that Samsung would be ready to launch generative artificial intelligence features in the Galaxy S21 and some of its foldable phones. Now he has confirmed it on his blog to give details about the two features you will enjoy some of the mobile devices launched three years ago, precisely in 2021.
The intention is already very clear on Samsung’s part: extend Galaxy AI to all devices capable of its hardware. And here are their flagship products of recent years, from Galaxy S21, Galaxy S22, Galaxy S23 or Galaxy S24 to foldable phones and even high-end tablets.
Although there is a but in the deployment of Galaxy AI in the Samsung Galaxy S21, Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3. If mobile phones launched in 2022 and later years will receive all the functions of Galaxy AI —like him interpreter mode, chat assistant, real-time translation, notes assistantcircle to search, transcription help, generative editing, suggested edits and wallpaper generation with AI— those of 2021 will remain two, but very notable.
These include chat support and search environments. The first is used with the Samsung keyboard
Circle to search is the new gesture which debuted with the Galaxy S24 and reached the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro so that a circle could be drawn on the screen after a long press on the bottom bar of the screen. What it does is use AI to interpret what has been “surrounded” to quickly search for what appears on the screen, although it also allows you to translate text.
Google has already planned improve this experience with an update which will implement the ability to take a screenshot to share from the search gesture.
From your blog you can also confirm that these Galaxy AI features will be free until the end of next year, so that all devices that have it will be able to benefit from it throughout this year and next year. Samsung is already planning to improve the Galaxy AI to justify the cost of paying a monthly subscription, although it is not clear what kind of functions these will be, even if they will be served by Gemini Nano 2.