With the release of its One UI 6 software, Samsung will soon be adding a plethora of new camera features to its Galaxy phones, some of which are driven by artificial intelligence.
Based on Google’s more general Android 14 software, the update is reportedly starting to roll out in a few European countries and will be making its way to the US in the upcoming weeks. The launch coincides with recent announcements from Google and Qualcomm suggesting that AI is starting to become more prevalent in smartphones.
Regarding some of the camera-related features in One UI 6, Samsung seems to be borrowing from Apple and Google. For instance, Galaxy users can use a feature called AI Image Clipping to remove specific objects from photos and create stickers that can be applied to other images. Apple’s recently released iOS 17 iPhone update includes a similar feature. The sticker is also seen being resized in a GIF included in Samsung’s press release, which is a little similar to Google’s Magic Editor tool for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. The sticker has been pasted onto another image.
Additionally, Samsung is enhancing its Galaxy Enhance-X app, which is already available and offers additional photo-editing features like sharpening older images in a manner akin to Google’s Photo Unblur. One UI 6 will add new features to the app, like Sky Guide, which utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to recognize stars and constellations from photos of the night sky.
Additionally, you can use Samsung’s Single Take feature in Enhance-X to edit motion-captured photos and videos. Samsung phones have a feature called Single Take that allows you to take multiple pictures simultaneously in various poses by just pressing the shutter once. It appears that your phone will be able to use Single Take to select the best stills and clips from pre-existing images in Enhance-X. The app will also have the capability to sharpen images with blurry backgrounds caused by smudged lenses and to create slow motion clips from regular videos by adding extra frames.
In addition to these AI-powered features, the company wants to improve camera usability. The update should make document scanning better, and the camera app will make it easier for you to switch to a higher resolution shooting mode. You will also be able to save your favorite camera modes—like panorama or portrait—straight to the home screen as widgets if you use them frequently. Along with adding undo and redo buttons to allow users to switch between edits, Samsung is also redesigning the camera app’s editing tool layout.
Another indication that smartphone manufacturers are looking for novel ways to include AI into their present and upcoming products is Samsung’s One UI 6 update. When it comes to features like voice recognition, language translation, and object recognition in photos, artificial intelligence (AI) has long been a key component of smartphones. However, after ChatGPT’s success, interest in AI has increased due to the boom in generative AI, or AI that can generate content based on prompts.
The AI use cases and applications that Qualcomm considered when designing its next-generation Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 smartphone chip. The main things that set the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro apart from the Pixel 7 family from last year are their AI-powered photo-editing capabilities. Additionally, Bloomberg claims that Apple is working on new AI features for iOS 18. With One UI 6, Samsung is beginning to give us an idea of how AI will be incorporated into its Galaxy phone lineup.
The new software from Samsung was released in beta form for the Galaxy S23 in August. According to social media posts that 9to5Google and Android Authority saw, the software may now be available in some regions of Europe. It will be available on US devices in the upcoming weeks, a Samsung representative informed The Tech Fun.
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