Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024: Samsung’s Next Foldable Phones Have Built-In Google AI

After archetypal announcing onboard AI successful January, Samsung expanded what it’s calling the Galaxy AI ecosystem connected July 10 astatine the Galaxy Unpacked lawsuit successful Paris. The institution announced its adjacent 2 foldable phones, positive caller earbuds and wearables.

All of the products shown disconnected astatine Samsung Galaxy Unpacked are disposable for preorder present and volition travel retired connected July 24 internationally.

Samsung offers 7 generations of OS updates and 7 years of information updates, akin to Apple’s information and OS lifetimes.

Samsung introduces caller Galaxy Z Fold and Flip phones

The Galaxy Z Fold6 (left) and Galaxy Z Flip6 (right). Image: Samsung

Samsung’s 2 newest phones are the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6, some of which usage Google’s Gemini AI for translation, originative features and cosmetic changes.

Galaxy Z Fold6

The 7.6-inch Galaxy Z Fold6 is “our slimmest and lightest foldable,” said Annika Bizon, manager of marque and transmission selling astatine Samsung Electronics UK and Ireland, astatine Galaxy Unpacked.

The large, 2 file show of the Galaxy Z Fold6 opens broadside to side, with thinner edges and accrued durability compared to the erstwhile generation. Galaxy AI appears present successful the signifier of Google’s Circle to Search, which lets you ellipse items to store oregon to place earthy features similar constellations. Google Circle to Search connected Samsung phones volition beryllium capable to construe menus and signs with afloat surface translation and lick mathematics problems portion showing its work. Galaxy AI is multimodal, which means you tin speak, constitute oregon motion to absorption the AI’s attention.

“On Galaxy phones, you tin conscionable accidental ‘hey Google’ to popular Gemini onto your surface for speedy help,” said Jenny Blackburn, vice president of Gemini idiosyncratic acquisition astatine Google, astatine the Galaxy Unpacked presentation.

“The large, immersive surface is cleanable for multitasking, truthful you tin ticker a video successful afloat screen, and soon you’ll beryllium capable to determination the Gemini overlay to a broadside sheet truthful it tin assistance you with what you’re doing,” said Blackburn.

Especially absorbing for concern is the quality to record, transcribe and export audio with AI successful Samsung Notes, which could prevention a batch of clip during meetings oregon interviews.

For originative enactment and marketing, Galaxy AI enables Sketch to Image, a mode to punctual Gemini to make images based connected a drafting you’ve made. You tin sketch connected photos, too, and past marque photorealistic changes to them with AI. Galaxy AI volition suggest however to reimagine images.

Inside Galaxy Z Fold6 is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform. Galaxy Z Fold6 holds betwixt 256 GB and 1 TB of interior storage, depending connected the model.

Galaxy Z Flip6

Samsung’s caller vertical foldable, the Galaxy Z Flip6, besides comes with a suite of AI tools powered by Google Gemini and the ProVisual photograph editing engine. The 3.4-inch beforehand model allows you to usage galore features, including Samsung Health and Wallet, connected the beforehand for speedy interactions without opening the phone. The main surface is 6.7 inches. Inside, you’ll find the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform for Galaxy. Galaxy Z Flip6 comes with either 256 GB oregon 512 GB of interior storage.

Samsung highlighted photograph editing tools that tin automatically zoom, depending connected the fig of radical successful view, oregon make other frames to make dilatory question videos.

The ample vapor chamber, utilized for the archetypal clip connected a telephone successful the Flip line, improves artillery beingness done much businesslike cooling. Addressing concerns astir the spot of the hinge, Chosen says the Galaxy Z Flip6 has improved durability.

How Google’s AI is integrated into Samsung’s sixth procreation phones

Galaxy AI volition beryllium connected 200 cardinal Galaxy devices this year, said T. M. Roh, president of Samsung’s mobile division. Galaxy AI tin enactment 16 languages on-device adjacent without an net connection.

The extremity is “safe and inclusive AI truthful that nary 1 is near out,” said Roh, with “a hybrid attack that combines on-device information and privateness with unreality based originative power.” Like Apple Intelligence, Google AI connected Samsung devices volition link to the unreality for definite needs and resources.

For security, the AI-powered Live Translate and Interpreter features are handled connected the device.

SEE: Google’s energy-hungry AI efforts person put a damper on the tech giant’s sustainability claims.

The Galaxy Watch Ultra and Galaxy Watch 7 are connected the go

The Galaxy Watch Ultra’s durability, artillery beingness and h2o absorption are designed for outdoor buffs and athletes. Image: Samsung

The debut of the Galaxy Watch Ultra brings a high-end wearable for ‘adventure,’ with h2o absorption and a durable framework for outdoor buffs and athletes. It boasts up to 100 hours of artillery beingness successful powerfulness redeeming mode, a titanium frame, h2o absorption and show 3 times faster than the erstwhile watch’s CPU. The main draws of the Ultra are the artillery life, a precision GPS strategy and in-depth wellness monitoring that connects to the Samsung Health app.

Samsung Watch Ultra is powered by WearOS 5 successful concern with Google. It retails for $649.

Galaxy Watch 7 is the much mainstream watch, with immoderate Samsung Health app features included and a scope of models starting astatine $299. The wellness widgets see slumber tracking, bosom complaint monitoring and FDA-authorized slumber apnea detection.

Galaxy Ring revealed

Galaxy Ring’s plan is melodramatic and stylish. Image: Samsung

Speaking of health, the Galaxy Ring seems designed to supply arsenic overmuch guidance astir a steadfast manner arsenic 1 could want. The Ring syncs to the Samsung Health app and is designed to beryllium worn time and nighttime to way slumber and energy.

Galaxy AI offers insights based connected wellness tracking, too. Sleep tracking produces an “energy score” calculated from your sleep, bosom complaint and bosom complaint variability. Using that score, your devices tin suggest erstwhile you’re afloat rested oregon erstwhile you should “take it easy” oregon “relax,” depending connected your condition.

The Ring artillery lasts up to 7 days connected a azygous charge. The Galaxy Ring costs $399.99 and does not necessitate a subscription.

Galaxy Buds3 and Galaxy Buds3 Pro bring a acquainted signifier and ‘smart’ sound cancellation

You’ll person 2 options with Samsung’s newest headphones. Image: Samsung

Samsung’s adjacent high-end earbuds are the Galaxy Buds3 Pro, which were announced contiguous alongside the next-generation Galaxy Buds3. The bladed lights connected the Galaxy Buds3 Pro adhd a futuristic flair, portion the elongated signifier recalls Apple’s rival AirPods.

“Dynamically set the dependable curve and progressive sound cancellation” for an ‘“intelligent’ dependable experience,” said Malika Chraibi, task manager for wearables astatine Samsung Electronics France. For example, the Galaxy Buds3 Pro could supply effective, astute sound cancellation for crowded offices, particularly if that ‘intelligence’ works arsenic good arsenic advertised. Chraibi said the buds tin filter retired large roadworthy operation but volition fto the dependable of an ambulance siren through, for example.

The basal Buds3 person immoderate of the aforesaid sound cancellation features arsenic the Pro version, but without the headdress astatine the top, immoderate of the ‘smart’ features won’t footwear in.

The Galaxy Buds 3 outgo $179, portion the Galaxy Buds3 Pro sells for $249.

On the eve of the Paris Olympics, Samsung leans into wellness and workout features

The Parisian styling connected the Galaxy Unpacked summertime lawsuit lent itself to a tie-in with the Summer Games, and Samsung emphasized however its devices tin support way of wellness and wellness. If you’re into that, the interplay betwixt the wearables and the phones could supply an casual mode to cheque successful connected your wellness and vigor astatine enactment conferences, connected agelong enactment days oregon erstwhile traveling to conscionable with clients.

With AI, wellness information from your Samsung devices tin beryllium combined into ‘data graphs’ that marque recommendations and alert you to imaginable problems.If you person a debased vigor people connected your information graph, your telephone tin suggest skipping “your 7 AM rotation class,” said Bizon.

Samsung’s efforts present are strikingly akin to those of their large rival successful this area, the Apple Watch and Apple wellness information ecosystem.

TechRepublic is covering Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024 remotely.