Samsung has made it abundantly clear that for the time being, the Galaxy AI part of the One UI 6.1 experience is meant only for the Galaxy S24 series and flagship smartphones and tablets launched in 2023.
The company has said that it is reviewing older devices, such as the Galaxy S22 series, to check if they have what it takes to handle One UI 6.1's AI features, but we haven't seen anything close to a confirmation that we will see Galaxy AI coming to devices other than the Galaxy S24 series, the Galaxy S23 series, the Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy Z Fold 5, Flip 5, and Galaxy Tab S9.
Still, Samsung hasn't denied that Galaxy AI could make it to additional existing devices. On the contrary, Samsung, or its US division, may just have dropped a hint that it could come to more devices in the near future.
In Samsung's press release announcing support for more languages for some Galaxy AI features, this text caught our eye: “The newly supported Galaxy AI languages and dialects will each be available for download as a language pack from the Settings app across all devices that support Galaxy AI. That includes the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy S23 series, Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy Z Flip5, and Galaxy Tab S9 series, with more coming soon.”
Many older devices are perfectly capable of powering Galaxy AI
To be specific, it's the phrase “… with more coming soon” that piqued our interest. It suggests that the list of devices that support Galaxy AI will expand in the future. It's not a decisive statement, and it can be interpreted as Samsung talking about upcoming phones like the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, which will come with all the current Galaxy AI features and a few new ones.
But we sure hope Samsung means what we think it means. At this point, the company is artificially limiting Galaxy AI to Galaxy devices launched in 2023 and later. That's evident by the fact that Galaxy AI is available for the Galaxy S23 FE but not the Galaxy S22, S22+, and S22 Ultra despite the same Exynos and Snapdragon chips powering all four phones.
The Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4, meanwhile, have a more efficient and higher clocked version of the Snapdragon chip used in the Galaxy S22 lineup and the Galaxy S23 FE. The two foldables should therefore have no trouble handling any software feature that is available for the S23 FE, artificially intelligent or otherwise.
It remains to be seen what Samsung will ultimately decide. Samsung is using the excuse of hardware limitations to avoid bringing Galaxy S24 features like Super HDR to older phones even though no hardware limitations exist, and it could do the same to limit Galaxy AI to a small portion of its existing userbase so it can entice customers to buy or upgrade to newer devices.
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