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Samsung intends to use AR Emoji in games and Bixby

Apple kickstarted an industry-wide trend once again when it launched Animoji with the iPhone X in 2017. Since then, many companies have come up with their own versions of animated emojis to counter Apple’s neat little trick. This includes Samsung’s AR Emoji (Augmented Reality Emoji) as well, although the company claims it’s not a copy […]

By Naresh
5 years ago

Galaxy S10 AR Emojis can reflect your body movements in real-time

Ever wished your AR Emoji could dance as you do? That's possible on Samsung's latest flagship smartphones. The Galaxy S10 AR Emojis are capable of reflecting your body movements in real-time for your digital avatar. This is made possible with DeepMotion's Digital Avatar solution. It does away with canned animations for real-time motion capture from […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

Galaxy J6 gets AR Emoji with the latest update

More budget phones are getting Samsung's AR Emoji feature. The company is rolling out an update for the Galaxy J6 bringing the camera feature to the device. The update also includes the November 2018 security patch. First launched on the Galaxy S9/S9+, Samsung has been introducing the AR Emoji to a number of its mid-range and […]

By Sumit Adhikari
6 years ago

Galaxy A6+ gets AR Emoji in the latest update

Samsung launched the Galaxy A6+ in May this year as a lower-midrange offering. Galaxy smartphones in this range typically don’t receive regular updates. Even when they do get an update, it is usually a bump in the security patch rather than new features. The latest Galaxy A6+ update, however, seems to be an exception as […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Galaxy J8 update brings AR Emoji and dual VoLTE support

Samsung debuted the AR Emoji feature with the Galaxy S9 earlier this year. The camera feature has since made its way into most of the company's existing flagships and mid-range smartphones, as well as some budgets ones, like the Galaxy J7 Duo. Next in Samsung's budget lineup to get the AR Emoji feature is the Galaxy J8. […]

By Sumit Adhikari
6 years ago

Samsung’s AR Emoji feature isn’t optimized enough for budget and mid-range phones

Samsung has been quite serious about bringing new camera features from its latest flagships to existing devices. AR Emoji, which debuted on the Galaxy S9, is now supported on the Galaxy S8, Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy A8 Star, and the Galaxy A7, just to name a few. It also made its way Samsung's budget lineup […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Galaxy J7 Duo update introduces AR Emoji to Samsung’s budget lineup

Samsung has been bringing many camera features from its newest flagships to mid-range devices and existing flagship phones in recent months. Devices like the Galaxy A8 Star and Galaxy S8 were updated with the AR Emoji camera mode, and the feature has now come to Samsung's budget lineup. The Galaxy J7 Duo seems to be […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Disney AR Emoji lineup updated with Zootopia characters

The Disney AR Emoji lineup on the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9 has been updated today. Zootopia's three main characters have been added to the lineup. Judy Hopps, Nick Wilde and Flash have joined the growing roster of Disney characters in AR Emoji. AR Emoji was introduced by Samsung with the Galaxy S9. The […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

Galaxy S8 has received the AR Emoji and Super Slow-Motion update

Samsung released a new firmware update for the Galaxy Note 8 last week amid reports that it could be porting the AR Emoji feature to last year's phablet. That's precisely what this firmware update did. It also brought the Super Slow-Motion video mode in addition to the security patch for the month of September 2018. […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

Galaxy Note 8 AR Emoji: How do you access it, and is it any good?

In an interesting turn of events, Samsung has released a new software update for the Galaxy Note 8 and brought over two unique camera features from the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy Note 9. One of them is AR Emoji and the other is super slow-mo videos, although it's called Super Slow-motion on the Note […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Galaxy Note 8 gets AR Emoji and Super Slow-Motion in latest update

We reported a few days ago that the My Emoji Maker app could be coming to the Galaxy Note 8. This hinted that perhaps the device might get the AR Emoji feature that debuted with the Galaxy S9 and is also present on the Galaxy Note 9. Samsung is rolling out a new firmware update […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

Disney’s Frozen characters now available in AR Emoji

Samsung has brought over yet another popular Disney franchise to AR Emoji on the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+. AR Emoji now lets you create an emoji avatar of the characters Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Kristoff from the 2013 film Frozen. This is the second movie franchise to be a part of AR Emoji, with the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

AR Emoji update adds more customization options

Samsung launched its “3D emoji” feature called AR Emoji with the Galaxy S9 earlier this year. The company said at the launch that it has been working on this feature for a few years. AR Emoji creates a digital avatar of the user which tracks their facial movements. The company continues to update this feature […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

Fun Fact: Samsung’s using AR Emoji profile pictures for team credits in Good Lock 2018

If Samsung wants its consumers to care about AR Emojis, it's going to have to make sure its employees like it as well. Charity begins at home, as they say, and if Samsung employees can't be bothered to use AR Emoji on the Galaxy S9, why should it be any different for customers? And it […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

[Poll] How often are you using AR Emoji on the Galaxy S9?

AR Emoji was one of the least exciting features that debuted on the Galaxy S9, at least if we go by the kind of reaction our readers have had. Samsung made a brilliant move teaming up with Disney to bring its famous characters to AR Emoji and has been releasing new stickers for the feature […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

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