Yesterday was the day chosen by Samsung to put all its efforts into action and once again dethrone Apple as the largest seller of mobile phones in the world. The first Unpacked of 2024 served to meet the Samsung Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+ and Galaxy S24 Ultra. Precisely on the back of the latter we find a whole arsenal of tools powered by artificial intelligence and it even makes the mouths of Apple fans water.
Because yes, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra wants to be one of the phones of the year in the Android world and in the world of telephony in general. The design, processor and cameras are great incentives that have always been there, but now there are AI incentives that, rather than being about joining a trend, aim to be the most relevant. And that leaves Apple in a strange situation.
Samsung’s AI comes from Google, but seeing it on the Android bestseller still adds up
The Google Pixel 8 presented at the end of last year has already laid a good foundation for properly applying artificial intelligence in a smartphone. What Samsung now brings with its flagships comes from the end of the Mountain View company itself and serves to establish the idea that the two technologies shake hands and achieve convince the user of the real usefulness
Over the past year and a half, dozens (or rather hundreds) of proposals of all kinds have emerged, on which “artificial intelligence” was largely written. And in gadgets of all kinds, to the point of bordering on the absurd. He therefore perfectly understands all those who grumble at this term. In the case of the S24 Ultra, I have to say that this is extremely justified.
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Language AI is one of the best things about the Galaxy S24 Ultra (Image: Ricardo Aguilar for Xataka)
Yes, I’m an iPhone user, but I’ve been combining it with an Android smartphone for years now, and while iOS is ultimately the system I spend most of my life in, I won’t deny that I’m looking with a certain desire for progress like those that Samsung is now showing. And I’m going to say almost all of them because, from what I’ve been able to attest through peer testing, they work very well.
On the one hand a wallpaper generator However, although it weighs in detail for personalization, it is very advanced and tasted in iOS, so it is possible to change the wallpaper practically to the diary and can see original images and adapted completely to the ones that are always there. It’s good. Now I do it, but with external tools like DALL-E 3 and not natively.
We also find a advanced photo editing and natively with an adaptation of the already famous Google magic editor. Essentially, it is about being able to perform processes such as removing objects or people from the image in seconds, changing their size, etc.
But if there is something that particularly stands out, it is the powerful functions to communicate in other languages such as the interpreter mode capable of translating in real time a dialogue in another language that is taking place at that moment in person or even by telephone. He is also able to transcribe it (as well as if it is in the same language).
Samsung’s AI even reaches WhatsApp (Image: Ricardo Aguilar for Xataka)
Although there is something that particularly caught my attention, it is the integration into third-party applications like WhatsApp. In this type of applications we can not only translate what is written to us, but we also have the possibility of writing in our language and having it translated into another language in real time.
Some of these features aren’t new at all, but they are They have improved a lot for the Galaxy S24 Ultra. Samsung’s agreements with Google coupled with its own advances are what makes this possible and this is where Apple personally makes me doubtful.
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Siri will be the epicenter of AI in iOS 18, according to leaks
Although Apple has been applying artificial intelligence in its products for years, I think the majority of us can agree that It’s time for Apple to make a big move if it doesn’t want to be left behind. The rise of AI is not a fad and suggests it is here to stay. In fact, we already know that this is one of Apple’s challenges for 2024.
According to the leaks, The idea is that iOS 18 will host these new features. The last known details are that everything would come from the hand of Siri, which would release Apple’s own language model with which they have been working for years on a secret project called Ajax.
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Without official information, it is difficult to predict what’s new and the leaks provide too few details to compare them with functions such as those presented by Samsung. However, from these few details which emerge They point more to some sort of ChatGPT than anything else. Be careful, this is not an easy feat, but in the end it remains something that in a way we already have access to from an iPhone.
I, like so many others, I can’t wait to see all the native Apple apps flooded with AI. Discover the “Notes” application with advanced functions such as those integrated into applications like “Notion”. A “Reminders” application capable of recognizing my recurring tasks and notifying me at the best time or the “Photos” application automatically applying settings according to our preferences.
WWDC 2024, which begins in June, will surely serve to at least get a glimpse of all this. This, yes, We will also see if it is paid or not. In the aforementioned Siri leak, the idea that it could be subscription-based was already in play. And in fact, Samsung itself saved its back by ensuring that its AI functions would be free until 2025 , without specifying what will happen afterwards. We will see.
Cover image | Ricardo Aguilar for Xataka
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