Samsung has a goldmine with Galaxy AI, one of the best reasons to buy one of the new Galaxy S24 phones. Artificial Intelligence technology is expected to be one of the protagonists of the Galaxy Unpacked that will be held this week, alongside the Samsung ring and the new foldables.
Samsung has already confirmed that its AI will be free on Galaxy phones until at least 2025, and it wouldn’t be surprising if it took the opportunity to show off some new features. One of these new features was leaked by Ice Universe on X (formerly Twitter), and it has the potential to be revolutionary: WhatsApp calls with people who speak other languages.
In fact, Galaxy phones would be able to Automatically translate WhatsApp callsallowing us to understand what all participants are saying without having to learn their language; this is something that will be particularly useful in situations such as business meetings, presentations or group calls with members from multiple countries.
This function would be performed directly on the mobile itself, if compatible, strengthen call privacy; Therefore, if we use this feature, we do not run the risk that someone can spy on us and obtain the content of our calls, which is important in WhatsApp with its end-to-end encryption. In addition to WhatsApp, the translation feature in calls could also be compatible with other applications such as Google Meet and WeChat.
Samsung Galaxy S24 phones already offer real-time phone translation, one of the flagship features of Galaxy AI; but until now, you had to use the Samsung Phone app to use it. That changed earlier this month, when Samsung confirmed that the real-time translation technology was coming to available for third party applications. This way, compatible apps will be able to offer instant translation of text and audio, but only on Samsung phones.
While the company hasn’t given further details on which apps would be compatible, this leak now confirms that WhatsApp, at least, will be. This makes sense, as more and more people have been ditching traditional phone calls and replacing them with voice or video calls from WhatsApp and other messaging apps, as they offer more possibilities like group calls with multiple participants at the same time.
It will be interesting to see if other companies follow suit. For example, if Google also opens up its AI-powered instant translation to other apps like WhatsApp, or if it chooses to focus on its own services like Google Meet.
