Samsung’s recent update hints at how AI will be integrated into the cameras of its Galaxy phones.
The One UI 6 upgrade from Samsung will deliver a slew of new photography functions to Galaxy phones, some of which will be driven by AI.
The upgrade, which is based on Google’s larger Android 14 software, is claimed to have started rolling out in some European nations and will arrive in the United States in the coming weeks. As recent announcements from Google and Qualcomm have revealed, AI is starting to play a greater role in smartphones.
When it comes to some camera-related features in One UI 6, Samsung looks to be stealing a leaf from Apple and Google. For example, AI Image Clipping allows Galaxy users to snip certain things out of images and transform them into stickers that can be put on other photos. Apple offers a function similar to this in its just released iOS 17 iPhone update. A GIF included in Samsung’s press release also shows the sticker being scaled after being copied onto another picture, which is similar to Google’s Magic Editor application for the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.
Samsung is also expanding on its Galaxy Enhance-X app, which already has more photo-editing capabilities such as the ability to improve older photographs, akin to Google’s Photo Unblur. With One UI 6, that app will get new features such as Sky Guide, which utilizes artificial intelligence to identify constellations and stars after photographing the night sky.
You’ll also be able to use Samsung’s Single Take function in Enhance-X to previously taken films and photos with motion. Single Take is a camera option on Samsung phones that allows you to record many photographs in various styles at the same time by touching the shutter button once. Using Single Take, it seems that your phone will be able to extract the finest stills and clips from existing photographs in Enhance-X. Other software capabilities include the ability to correct blurriness in photographs caused by a dirty camera lens and to convert standard films into slow motion recordings by producing extra frames.
Apart from these AI-powered capabilities, the startup hopes to make camera use more comfortable. The update should enhance document scanning, and switching to a higher quality shooting setting in the camera app should be easier. If you often use camera settings, such as panoramic or portrait, you may save them straight to the home screen as widgets. In addition, Samsung is upgrading the layout of the editing tools in the camera app and adding undo and redo buttons for switching between modifications.
Samsung’s One UI 6 upgrade is just another indication that smartphone manufacturers are looking for new ways to integrate AI into existing and future devices. For years, AI has played a major part in smartphone capabilities such as speech recognition, language translation, and object detection in photographs. However, the success of ChatGPT has inspired increased interest in generative artificial intelligence, or AI that can generate material based on cues.
Qualcomm’s next-generation Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 smartphone processor is centered on AI use cases and applications. The AI-powered photo-editing tools on the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro are the most notable differences between them and last year’s Pixel 7 series. According to Bloomberg, Apple is also working on new AI capabilities for iOS 18. With One UI 6, we’re getting a glimpse of how Samsung will integrate AI into its Galaxy phones.
