Samsung Reveals Galaxy S24 and New One UI 6.1 Features

Samsung has just revealed its heavy-hitters for 2024 — the Galaxy S24 phones! And with them, we get an updated version of the One UI software that Sammy has been developing over the years. Well, it’s a slight update if anything — up until now, we were at One UI 6.0. Now, we get One UI 6.1 on the Galaxy S24 series. So, what’s new about it?

New features in One UI 6.1

• Live translation during a phone call: The Galaxy S24 phones will be able to translate speech during a live call.
• Chat Assist in Samsung Keyboard: Samsung Keyboard will have new AI functions, helping you translate to different languages, proofread, or rephrase your text.
• Generative photo editing: The generative photo edit will let you move or remove objects from a photo — even subtle ones like reflections or shadows —, and have the AI reconstruct the background based on prediction and pattern recognition.
• Transform any video to slow motion: Watching a video within the Gallery app, you can just long-press on it. Galaxy AI will generate frames between the existing frames and slow the footage down.
• Circle to Search with Google: Any image you see on your screen, from any app or feed, will be searchable. Just hold down on the home button and tap or circle the item in question.
• Recorder Transcribe: The S24 family will be able to transcribe voice recordings of long meetings. Then, it can even generate a summary with bullet points and such.
• Note Assist for Samsung Notes: The Galaxy S24 Ultra will be able to sift through your long notes to summarize them and pull out or highlight the most important information.
• Android Auto assists: When in Android Auto mode, the AI will work to keep you informed without spamming you with multiple messages.

Is One UI 6.1 coming to older Samsung phones? Is the Galaxy S23 Ultra or the Galaxy Z Fold 5 going to get the new AI features? Unfortunately, Samsung is being a bit tight-lipped on those particulars at this very moment.

Our best guess is that yes, some of these features should trickle down, because we don’t think all of them require the super-smart Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 to work properly. Plus, if you have a 1-year Samsung flagship, it would only be fair — these things aren’t cheap and your purchase is still quite fresh.