Samsung's Galaxy AI Features Could Be Expanded to the Galaxy S22 Series: Report

According to a report, Samsung is working on bringing some of the features of Galaxy AI to its older smartphones.

Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 21 March 2024 18:55 IST

Samsung's Galaxy AI Features Could Be Expanded to the Galaxy S22 Series: Report

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The One UI 6.1 update that brings Galaxy AI to older Samsung flagships will arrive by the end of March

Highlights

Samsung is adding Galaxy AI to the Galaxy S23 series
The AI suite will be added with the One UI 6.1 update
Galaxy Z Fold 5, Flip 5, and Tab S9 series will also get AI features

Samsung could expand its Galaxy AI, the suite of artificial intelligence features which are currently only available on the Galaxy S24 series, to its older Galaxy S22 series as well, as per a report. Earlier, the tech giant had confirmed that the AI features would be added to the Galaxy S23 series, Galaxy Z Fold 5, Galaxy Z Flip 5, and the Galaxy Tab S9 series as a part of its upcoming One UI 6.1 update, but it did not include the Galaxy S22 lineup.

However, according to a report by South Korean news outlet Naver News, TM Roh, the President of Samsung's mobile division, revealed that some of the Galaxy AI features could be expanded to the Galaxy S22 series while speaking at the company's 55th regular shareholders' meeting in Seoul. Notably, the Galaxy S22 series comprises the vanilla Samsung Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22+, and the Galaxy S22 Ultra.

As per Roh, the main issue in expanding Galaxy AI features to older devices is that some of the features are on-device. These features require high hardware capabilities that are not possible in devices that are too old. Samsung has found that the cut-off point exists in the Galaxy S22 series. “Resources and efforts are being invested. We are gradually preparing plans to support a fully-fledged Galaxy AI experience [in the S22 series and older Samsung devices],” Roh said in the meeting as per the report (translated via Google). It is not known why the South Korean tech giant is not adding the cloud-based AI features of Galaxy AI in older devices.

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Meanwhile, the Galaxy S23 series, the Galaxy Tab S9 series, as well as the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and the Galaxy Z Fold 5 are all set to receive Galaxy AI features with the One UI 6.1 update that is expected to be released by the end of this month. The first Galaxy AI feature that is making its way to the company's older phones and tablets is Circle to Search, which adds the ability to draw a circle around, highlight, or select objects and text in images to search on Google — without leaving the current app.

Other Galaxy AI features such as Live Translate, Chat Assist, Interpreter mode, Note Assist, Browsing Assist, and Transcript Assist will also be expanded to these Samsung devices.

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Samsung Galaxy S22

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Small and compact
Quality AMOLED display
Impressive performance
Good battery life
IP68 rated

Bad
Heats up easily with camera use
No bundled charger

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Display 6.10-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Rear Camera Unspecified

RAM 8GB

Storage 128GB, 256GB

Battery Capacity 3,700mAh

OS Android 12

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Samsung Galaxy S22+

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Quality AMOLED display
Impressive performance
Good battery life
IP68 rated

Bad
Heats up easily with camera use
No bundled charger
Not the best value offering in the series

Read detailed Samsung Galaxy S22+ review

Display 6.60-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Front Camera 10-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 10-megapixel + 10-megapixel

RAM 8GB

Storage 128GB, 256GB

Battery Capacity 4,500mAh

OS Android 12

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Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
In-built S Pen stylus
Superb display
Impressive performance
Versatile cameras
Good battery life
IP68 rated

Bad
Gets warm easily under load
Big and bulky
No bundled charger
Expensive

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Display 6.80-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Front Camera 40-megapixel

Rear Camera 108-megapixel + 12-megapixel + 10-megapixel

RAM 8GB, 12GB

Storage 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB

Battery Capacity 5000mAh

OS Android 12

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