OwnersofrecentGalaxyflagshipsareabouttogetamajorupgrade,astheGalaxyAIfeaturethatdebutedonthisyear'sGalaxyS24lineupisrollingouttoselectmodelsthisweek.

SamsungsaysthattheOneUI6.1updatepromisedinFebruarywillbeginrollingouttootherphonesonThursday(March28),andtheGalaxyAIfeaturewillbethefocusoftheupdate.ModelsthatwillfeatureGalaxyAIfunctionalityincludelastyear'sGalaxyS23flagshipmodels(standardS23,GalaxyS23Plus,GalaxyS23Ultra,andGalaxyS23FE),GalaxyZFold5,andGalaxyZFlip5.Alsothisweek,theGalaxyTabS9Ultra,TabS9+,andTabS9WiFishouldlaunchtheOneUI6.1update.

GalaxyAIwasamajorfocusofthisyear'sGalaxyS24launch,andthesephonesbenefitfromAI-poweredfeaturesdesignedtoimprovecommunication,simplifysearch,andexpandeditingcapabilities.Assuch,Galaxyflagshipslaunchedlastyearwillbenefitfromthefollowingfeatures:

OtherGalaxyAIfeaturesavailableintheOneUI6.1updateincludeanotetoolthatautomaticallyformatsandsummarizesnotes,bringingtranscriptionandsummarycapabilitiesimprovementstothevoicerecorderapp,andAI-suggestedphotoeditingthatremovesreflectionsandotherelementsfromimages.

Samsunghaspromisedtoofferthesefeaturesforfreeuntiltheendof2025ondevicesthatsupportGalaxyAI.

WhenannouncingplanstobringGalaxyAItomorephoneslastmonth,SamsungsaiditsgoalistomakeAImoreaccessible.TMRoh,Samsung'spresidentandheadofmobile,saidatthetime,"Weplantodelivertheexperiencetomorethan100millionGalaxyusersby2024andcontinuetoinnovatehowtoleveragetheendlesspossibilitiesofmobileAI."

ApartfromthereleaseoftheGalaxyS24,Samsung'snextbigphonerolloutwilllikelyfeatureanewversionofthefoldabledevice.Neitherphonehasbeenannouncedyet,butweimaginethatwhentheGalaxyZFold6andGalaxyZFlip6arrivelaterthisyear,theywillalsofeatureGalaxyAIcapabilities.