The Circle to Search service on the above-mentioned Samsung models is a function that was previously known only in Pixel smartphones from Google (German).
After hailing the new era of artificial intelligence for smartphones with the release of the Galaxy S24 phones earlier this year, Samsung is now offering new features based on artificial intelligence for older smartphones, according to what was reported by the German news agency.
The One UI 6.1 update, arriving on March 28, is set to bring many new AI-powered capabilities to last year's S23 series models, as well as the Galaxy Z Flip 5, Fold 5 and other devices. The tablet is in the Tab 9S series.
“Galaxy AI” is the general term for a number of AI-powered functions on devices, including a call assistant that can translate calls into other languages in near real-time and display spoken words as text.
Another service is generative image processing, which can add missing elements or hide existing objects in images.
The update also introduces the Circle to Search service on the aforementioned Samsung models, a function previously known only from Google's Pixel smartphones, where any section of the screen can be circled in apps or on the web with the swipe of your finger, and it is then searched instantly. About the content in the online circle.
This means you can circle a celebrity's shoe in a photo and find out which online store sells it, and it also helps to know the name of the bird in the photo you took.
Samsung has also promised to equip other older models with cloud-supported AI functions. Galaxy AI processes data partly on the device and partly in the cloud, such as live translation. The functions are still available for free, but some may cost money from 2026 onwards.
Source: German