Qualcomm and Meta may bring on-device AI LLM to Galaxy S24

Although Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S24 series may no longer be powered exclusively by Qualcomm chips, the future flagships could gain some new cool party tricks thanks to on-device AI developments. Qualcomm recently announced that its future Snapdragon chips planned for release in 2024 will bring Meta's Llama 2 large language models (LLM) to devices without requiring an online connection.

Qualcomm says its Llama 2 on-device AI implementation will make it to the market through 2024 chips designed for smartphones, PCs, VR/AR headsets, and automobiles. Llama 2, developed by Meta, is a large language model (LLM) that competes in the same emerging market space as ChatGPT.

According to Qualcomm, on-device AI will help increase user privacy, address security preferences, enhance app reliability, and enable personalization “at a significantly lower cost for developers compared to the sole use of cloud-based AI.”

Galaxy S24 series may boast new powerful AI capabilities

A good portion of Galaxy S24 units are expected to be powered by Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon chip. And because the latter adopts on-device LLM capabilities, this may allow Samsung to leverage the Llama 2 large language model to create new services and experiences for Galaxy S24 users. They may or may not be related to the Bixby virtual assistant whatsoever.

But Samsung won't be the only manufacturer to potentially benefit from Qualcomm's partnership with Meta and the Llama 2 on-device integration. Every other OEM using Qualcomm's next-gen mobile chips should have access to these powerful on-chip AI tools.

Time will tell if Samsung will gain any exclusivity bonuses through clever partnerships with industry giants as it did with “for Galaxy” Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chips and its Wear OS limited-time exclusivity deal with Google.

And assuming that the Galaxy S24 series will partially be powered by an Exynos chip — at least in some markets — the question remains as to whether Samsung will also adopt Llama 2 for its own Exynos mobile chips destined to hit the market next year.