Not $1,900 for the Galaxy Z Fold 6's AI features on Samsung's older models?

Not $1,900 for the Galaxy Z Fold 6's AI features on Samsung's older models?

When Samsung announced the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 earlier this month, the company showed off its new foldable phone-specific One UI feature.

But that may be temporary. A Korean community manager on Samsung's official message board revealed that some features from One UI 6.1.1 offered on folding phones will come to older Samsung devices, as discovered by Android Authority.

Which older devices will get certain features is hit or miss.

The forum is meant to discuss camera features on Samsung devices. With that in mind, we know that camera-specific features like auto-zoom and flex camcorder should trickle down to the Galaxy Z Flip 5. The Z Flip 4 has a functionally identical camera to the Flip 5, so it would be Not surprising, but that has not been confirmed.

Instant Slowmo, which will be available on the Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, Galaxy S23 lineup, and Galaxy Tab S9 series, is designed to allow users to share slow-motion video without having to save a separate file. already has this feature.

Of course, as with everything these days, several generative AI features were introduced with the Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6. Portrait Studio and Sketch to Image will be available on several Galaxy devices. These include the S22, S23, S24 series, S23 FE, Z Fold 4 and 5, Z Flip 4 and 5, and Galaxy Tab S8 and S9 series.

Portrait Studio and Sketch to Image are similar functions, with the former taking a photo and turning it into a sketch, cartoon, or painting, and the latter turning a drawing into an image. All of the above devices will also include Live Effect, a tool that adds 3D depth to 2D images.

On the editing side, these devices will also include Motion Clipper and Translation, which will help create GIFs, which can also be turned into stickers. Translation analyzes the text in the image and provides a translation while attempting to match the original background.

A unique feature that will only be available on the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S24 series is AstroPortrait. This tool allows users to capture astrophotographic images with a person in the foreground.

All of these features have been confirmed, but there is currently no announcement as to when the update will be rolled out to Samsung's older models. The community manager stated that Samsung will make another announcement responding to user comments.

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