Galaxy AI: Everything you need to know about Samsung’s new AI system

While Translation results can be impressive, it’s important to note that the quality may vary with each use (Image Credit–Samsung)

1. Open Settings on your Galaxy phone.
2. Navigate to Advanced features 
3. Choose Advanced intelligence
4. Tap Phone (or access it from the Phone app’s settings menu under Live Translate).
5. Enable the toggle for Live Translate.
6. Download any necessary language packs.

Then you need to initiate Live Translate during a call by:

1. Make or receive a call.
2. Tap the Call Assist button (three dots) during the call.
3. Select Live Translate.
4. The language settings you configured earlier will be used automatically. You can adjust them if needed.
5. Speak or listen during the call and Live Translate will translate in real time.

How the Interpreter works (Image Credit–Samsung)

This feature enables real-time translations during face-to-face conversations, displayed in a split-screen format for easy understanding. Both sides receive a transcription of what the other person is saying in a language they can understand.

To use Interpreter you need to follow some simple steps:

1. Open the Quick setting panel.
2. Select Interpreter.
3. Tap the language by the bottom microphone icon to select the language you will use
4. Tap the language by the top microphone icon to select the language the other speaker will use.
5. Tap the Change view mode icon to flip the top half of the screen to face the other speaker.
6. Tap the Microphone icon facing you and speak.

Chat Assist

You can translate any message you receive (Image Credit–Samsung)

• Spelling and grammar check: This feature acts as a proofreader, identifying and suggesting corrections for any typos or grammatical errors in your message before you send it.
• Writing style suggestions: Feeling unsure about the right tone for your message? Chat Assist can analyze your draft and suggest alternative phrasings in different writing styles. For example, it can make your message more formal for a work colleague or add emojis for a casual conversation with friends.
• Real-time translation: This is perhaps the most impressive feature. Chat Assist allows you to translate messages in real time as you type or receive them.

Here’s a quick breakdown of how to use Chat Assist:

1. Open the Messages app on your Galaxy phone.
2. Compose a new message or open an existing conversation.
3. As you type, Chat Assist will automatically check your spelling and grammar. It might underline any errors and suggest corrections.

• To utilize writing style suggestions, tap the lightbulb icon that appears next to the text box. Chat Assist will offer alternative phrasings with different tones.
• For real-time translation, tap the three vertical dots menu and select Translate. Choose the language you want to translate to and from.

Organize your messy notes with ease (Image Credit–Samsung)

Note Asist helps streamline note-taking by creating summaries, providing templates, and even generating cover art within the Samsung Notes app. Here’s how to access and use Note Assist:

1. Open the Samsung Notes app on your Galaxy device.
2. Create a new note or open an existing one.
3. Tap the Galaxy AI icon (three dots with stars) above the keyboard.
4. You’ll see various options, including Auto format, Summarize, Correct spelling, and Translate.
5. Select the feature you want to use and follow the on-screen prompts.

Access the Transcribe Assist feature directly within the Voice Recorder app (Image Credit–Samsung)

• Record your audio: Open the Voice Recorder app on your Galaxy phone and start a recording of the speech you want to transcribe.
• Access Transcript Assist: Once you’ve finished recording, tap on the recording within the Voice Recorder app. There should be a “Transcribe” option available.

Circle to Search

You can discover your future dog’s breed with Circle to Search (Image Credit–Samsung)

1. Tap and hold the home button.
2. Use your finger or an S-pen to circle or tap the object of interest.
3. Once your finger or S-pen is removed from the phone’s screen, the web search will begin.

Say goodbye to reflections (Image Credit–Samsung)

AI advancements in the creative world have been super impressive lately. From generating images to editing videos, these tools have become a big deal, even sparking some controversy along the way.

• Edit Suggestion: Basically, AI will be able to scan your shot and suggest ways to improve it automatically.
• Generative Edits: Expands images by filling in the background and borders when necessary.
• Instant Slow-mo: Adds extra frames to a video to create a high-quality slow-motion effect.
• AI Zoom: If digital zoom is not enough, the AI Zoom will fill in the blanks between digital zoom distances. The AI algorithms improve the quality of digital zoom by reducing noise, enhancing details, and optimizing the overall image clarity when capturing distant subjects.

Samsung promises that any images made or edited by AI will come with a watermark and metadata showing where they came from.

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With any new tech, like the Galaxy AI, people naturally have questions about security. They want to know how much data this system is gathering, what it’s doing with that data, and whether they can opt out of data collection altogether.

The upside of having AI systems like Galaxy AI directly on your smartphone is that they’re not always connected to the internet or any external sources. This means your data is more secure. Samsung says that these devices are equipped with end-to-end secure hardware and real-time threat detection and collaborative protection.

Plus, if you’re not keen on all this AI stuff, you can simply toggle off these features in the Advanced Intelligence settings and stick to your plain old AI-less smartphone experience.

Yep, for now, all Galaxy AI features come at no cost, as long as you’ve got a compatible device to use them. However, there’s a little disclaimer on the Samsung Galaxy S24 page that mentions:

Galaxy AI features will be available for free until the end of 2025 on supported Samsung Galaxy devices. Different terms might apply for AI features provided by third parties.

So, while you might have to shell out for these new features down the road, for now, you can enjoy all the text recommendations and editing tips without spending a dime.

The latest Galaxy S24 series (Image Credit–Samsung)

Well, Galaxy AI is not available on all Samsung devices yet. As of now, the AI-powered features are compatible with specific recent models, including:

If you have a Samsung phone or tablet other than the ones listed above, you likely won’t have access to Galaxy AI features. However, in the future, Samsung might expand compatibility to include more devices, so stay tuned for updates.