Samsung may start charging for certain Galaxy AI features in 2025

30 September 2024
This reiterates Samsung's previous plans to make some of its AI features paid.

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Anonymous, 26 minutes agoNot a big deal anyway.Not a problem until they start to turn the feature on by default everytime we update our devices.

I guess that what I was trying to pont out is that, as consumers, we should not be too complacent.
And should not settle for "just that" or "just enough" action from them.
As they will always abuse their power, unless they get regulated.

    I only use Ai features that can run "On Phone Only". Besides, most of features are super gimmicky.

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      • 26 minutes ago

      Jack Kracker IV, 1 hour agoA "turn-off" button is nice, but an "uninsta... moreNot a big deal anyway.

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        Vitaliano G., 1 hour agoI don't get what they call AI features. I own a S24 Ul... moreIt's about advertising and creating hype.
        Not for us consumers, but for "AI Investors".
        To be more precise, whaleing investors.

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          • 50 minutes ago

          AI is and will remain disabled on my phone. Hope Samsung does not begin pestering users to subscribe, though.

            Who is seriously going to pay a monthly fee for Sketch to image, it's the type of gimmick you use to show somebody what your new phone can do then forget all about it. I can't see people using it regularly to draw images.

              I don't get what they call AI features. I own a S24 Ultra and intelligence is nowhere to be found, I even find trying to use bixby a complete waste of time.

              'AI' features for the photo editing with the gallery app were already present a long time ago.

              Trying to use the interpreter... Well, good luck with that understanding what you're saying.

              For the Samsung Health 'AI' generated recommendations they feel more like a bunch of nested ifs or an array made out of if/then suggestions.

              So, for the time being I wouldn't pay a dime for any Ai feature on my phone because they don't seem intelligent to me.

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                Anonymous, 3 hours agoNot a big deal for me. I turned all of them off anyway.A "turn-off" button is nice, but an "uninstall" button is better.
                Just like M$ Edge.

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                  • 1 hour ago

                  Cool so that means I can uninstall all that crap right?

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                    • 1 hour ago

                    AI features that no one really uses

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                      • 3 hours ago

                      Not a big deal for me. I turned all of them off anyway.

                        It's easy to see that many people have absolutely no clue yet they are yapping. More advanced AI features run as a cloud service, the hardware and server cost for that is immense. If enough people use it, offering it for free will ruin Samsung financially, for the same reason Google has some paid stuff already for Gemini.

                          Snore. How often do you guys want to reheat that news?

                            Shamrock Sean, 5 hours agoErm hello?? Uses same design for flagships?? Apple has used... moreSamsung makes many of it own parts from scratch

                            And has creative privilege superior to APPLE that basically makes nothing

                            Your comparison fails based on this logic

                            Samsung deserves harsher criticism because of this

                              pl2rts, 5 hours agoWhat are the AI features in the first place ? Like circle f... moreCircle to search is just a google rebrand of google lens which was always there, probably they made it a bit fancier and they got more PR and users this way.

                                LMAO once people are required to pay, no one is going to use it xD

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                                  • 4 hours ago

                                  It's new era where phone features go behind paywall. It starts with AI but they could start charging for other stuff too.

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                                    • 4 hours ago

                                    Anonymous, 5 hours agoNothing new, Google is going to charge for the useful Gemin... morePretty much the gist of it.

                                      They can keep their AI. Don't want it, don't need it. Mostly a gimmick.

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                                        JoshB, 6 hours agoI don't give a crap about AI, but I care that I can us... moreThe phone IS getting 4 years of updates, what are you talking about?
                                        Bring this up if they fail to provide the updates.

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