Samsung has announced its flagship smartphones of 2024 – the Galaxy S24 phones. The latest Galaxy S-series phones also bring a new One UI version that has been working on over the years.
Well, Samsung has kept the same design language with no new interface elements. You’ll be hardly able to tell any difference until you start exploring the AI features, which have been the company’s focus of 2024.
What’s New in One UI 6.1
These are the major additions to One UI 6.1:
Click to Search with Google
OneUI 6.1 ✨️
Circle to Search: Touch and hold the Home button, then circle or tap text or images to learn more and explore.#OneUI6 #OneUI6dot1 #Snapdragon #GalaxyS24Ultra #GalaxyS24 #SamsungUnpacked pic.twitter.com/HMhgJghVF2
— Tarun Vats (@tarunvats33) January 17, 2024You can search for any items showing up on your screen. Just hold down on the home button and circle the item you want to search. Your phone will quickly pull up appropriate Google Search results.
It’s like using the Google Lens on any screen just by circling the item. It’s an exciting addition to Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
Convert Any Video in Slow-Mo
OneUI 6.1 ✨️
Instantly see videos in slow-mo : Experience videos in smooth, cinematic slow-motion. Just touch and hold a video as it plays to instantly switch it to slow-mo#OneUI6 #OneUI6dot1 #Snapdragon #GalaxyS24Ultra #GalaxyS24 #SamsungUnpacked pic.twitter.com/92OHfQmRQR
— Tarun Vats (@tarunvats33) January 17, 2024You can get a slow-mo view of any video stored in your Gallery, even if the video is not recorded using your Samsung phone. All thanks to artificial intelligence.
Live Translate During a Phone Call
2. Live Translate pic.twitter.com/VGsOWjAJbV
— TheMobileHunt (@the_mobile_hunt) January 18, 2024For years, smartphone companies have been working to reduce the language barrier, and this move from Samsung seems a huge step forward. You can listen to the real-time translation of the other person on a phone call. Not only that, the device can also be set to respond in other languages by converting your voice.
Writing Assist
OneUI 6.1 ✨️
Translate while chatting: With Writing assist, you can translate your chats in select chat and texting apps. You can also translate your own input before you send.#OneUI6 #OneUI6dot1 #Snapdragon #GalaxyS24Ultra #GalaxyS24 #SamsungUnpacked pic.twitter.com/vIb3omGLUh
— Tarun Vats (@tarunvats33) January 17, 2024Samsung Keyboard also gets AI integration. It can help you translate to different languages or rephrase your text. It should work with all the apps on your device.
Browser Assist
OneUI 6.1 ✨️
Summarize and translate webpages: Tap the Browsing assist icon and get a summary or translation of the current webpage, powered by advanced intelligence.#OneUI6 #OneUI6dot1 #GalaxyAI #Snapdragon #GalaxyS24Ultra #GalaxyS24 #SamsungUnpacked pic.twitter.com/eqVnF4Uz6q
— Tarun Vats (@tarunvats33) January 17, 2024The browser assist can give you a short summary of a webpage. It can also translate the web page into your preferred language. It has been baked into the Samsung Internet browser, but I’m not sure if Chrome and other browsers also support it.
Generative Wallpaper
OneUI 6.1 ✨️
Generate your own wallpaper: Select categories and keywords, then watch
as new wallpapers come to life. Different each time!!#OneUI6 #OneUI6dot1 #GalaxyAI #Snapdragon #GalaxyS24Ultra #GalaxyS24 #SamsungUnpacked pic.twitter.com/NndKkJ8AQr
— Tarun Vats (@tarunvats33) January 17, 2024With One U 6.1, you can generate wallpapers. You can’t give a prompt but must choose from the existing options to create wallpapers.
Photo Assist
OneUI 6.1 ✨️
Reimagine pictures with Photo Editor: Gallery's Photo Editor helps you transform images with advanced intelligence. You can move people and objects around, resize them,
or remove them entirely. You can even change the angle of images, then fill in the gaps.… pic.twitter.com/ezoEgWNzhI
— Tarun Vats (@tarunvats33) January 17, 2024The Gallery app gets smarter with advanced intelligence. You can use it to move objects and people around in an image. You can also resize or remove them completely. The Gallery app also lets you change the angle of the image and fill in the gaps using AI.
Note Assist
3. Note Assist pic.twitter.com/BVPA8r2OSq
— TheMobileHunt (@the_mobile_hunt) January 18, 2024The Notes app in One UI 6.1 can summarize the texts for you. It can even format the notes, translate, and correct the spellings. If you take a lot of notes, these AI features can be incredibly useful.
Voice Recording Assist
The new recording app can transcribe recordings and generate a short summary with bullet points.
Android Auto Assist
Android Auto is smarter with AI capabilities. If there’s a chat going on, the AI will summarize and deliver the most important information. It will also offer contextual quick reply options based on the previous messages sent to you.
Before You Leave…
These AI features sound great, but not all of them are not coming to older Galaxy devices. Samsung has confirmed to Android Authority that many of the Galaxy AI features introduced on the S24 series will come to previous Galaxy models, including the Galaxy S23 series, Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy Z Fold 5, Galaxy Z Flip 5, and Galaxy Tab S9 series.
Which Galaxy AI features excite you the most?
i hope the s24 AOD wallpaper feature will bring to s23 ultra
You’ll get disappointed, it’s not coming to older Galaxy devices.
As long as the flip 5 gets em I’ll be happy. Never going back to a non folding phone after switching to the Flip.