The next Samsung Galaxy Unpacked is likely just a few weeks away and we expect to see the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6, Galaxy Z Flip 6, Galaxy Ring and more. But I'd make a decent bet that we'll also hear more about Samsung's work on artificial intelligence, specifically with Galaxy AI.
While I'm sure AI will help with Samsung's fitness and wellness devices and software, I've been reflecting on how smart software could impact the South Korean tech giant's next-generation foldable phones.
According to rumors, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 will be nothing more than a minor update over its predecessor, while the Galaxy Z Flip 6 should get a slightly more significant update. However, for foldables to draw attention to the rest of the best foldable phones, I think Samsung will need to do more on the software side. And I think AI will be needed.
Logic would dictate that many of the Galaxy AI features found in the Samsung Galaxy S24 series will make their way to upcoming Galaxy foldable phones. Expect Generative Edit and other tools like real-time translation to arrive.
My hope is that tools like Generative Edit will be easier to use thanks to more screen real estate on a foldable screen, at least in the case of the Fold 6. Even on the excellent Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, I can find it a bit complicated to edit photos the way I want, which means having more room to tap and drag would probably work well with smart AI-powered productivity and editing tools.
Work smart and not hard
Speaking of productivity, I find the Galaxy Fold phones great for getting things done on the go. Thanks to the increased screen real estate, Google's suite of built-in work-focused apps, and reasonably solid virtual keyboard, I've written full features on a Galaxy Fold. But I want more.
I'd love to see Samsung integrate AI into the Galaxy Z Fold 6, which will make getting things done on the go much easier. For me, that means automatically suggesting smart layouts when multitasking instead of having to navigate what I think is a pretty complicated process of placing multiple apps in windows and jumping between them.
I also want AI to be used to more intelligently predict what I'm trying to type, as I still feel like Samsung's predictive text on their keyboards is a bit unpredictable.
And based on that, I'd like to see AI help organize my apps in both app drawing (which is an aspect of Samsung's OneUI that I don't like given the way apps are organized and navigated) and home screen, smartly. Place similar apps together and in places based on how much I access them.
While I suspect we won't have built-in S Pen support on the Galaxy Z Fold 6, based on rumors so far, I hope Samsung uses AI to make the S Pen more effective on the next-gen Fold; I'm talking about Circle to Search, which can search for all kinds of information within a large circle and the ability to intelligently convert doodles into text and art.
On top of that, I'd really like to see Samsung use the Galaxy Z Fold 6, and to a lesser extent the Galaxy Z Flip 6, to introduce new Galaxy AI features on top of the ones we've already seen. .
After all, I think Samsung will need to pull something out of the AI bag to divert attention away from Apple Intelligence, which I suspect will only gain traction in the consumer world with the full release of iOS 18 and the rumored iPhone 16, which will probably arrive this September.
