The Now Bar debuted on the S25 sequence earlier this yr and makes use of on-device AI to course of your information and current contextual data that’s supposed that will help you all through the day. Samsung has expanded the apps and providers that help the Now Bar and its consistently updating Now Temporary, however we’ve not observed a lot distinction.
Samsung’s AI-powered Now Temporary nonetheless is not very helpful, nevertheless it talks to you now. Umm, thanks?
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Ryan Whitwam
Samsung’s AI-powered Now Temporary nonetheless is not very helpful, nevertheless it talks to you now. Umm, thanks?
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Ryan Whitwam
9 occasions out of ten, the Now Bar would not present any helpful notifications, and the Temporary is kind of repetitive. It typically contains simply climate, calendar appointments, and a few clickbait-y information tales and YouTube movies—that is the case even with all of the doable information sources enabled. On a couple of events, the Now Bar appropriately cited an appointment and prompt a route, however its timing was off by about half-hour. Google Now did this higher a decade in the past. Samsung has additionally added an AI-fueled audio model of the Now Temporary, however we discovered this beautiful tedious and pointless when there’s so little data within the report to start with.
So the Now Bar continues to be a Now Bummer, however Galaxy AI additionally features a cornucopia of different widespread AI options. It will probably rewrite textual content for you, summarize notes or webpages, do reside translation, make generative edits to images, take away background noise from movies, and extra. These options work in addition to they do on some other fashionable smartphone. Whether or not or not you get any profit from them relies on how you employ the telephone.
Nonetheless, we recognize that Samsung included a toggle below the Galaxy AI settings to course of information solely in your system, eliminating the privateness issues of utilizing AI within the cloud. This reduces the variety of operational AI options, however which may be a fascinating characteristic all by itself.
You may’t beat Samsung’s multitasking system.
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Ryan Whitwam
You may’t beat Samsung’s multitasking system.
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Ryan Whitwam
Samsung tends to overload its telephones with apps and options. These are right here, too, making the Z Fold 7 a bit irritating at occasions. A number of the newest One UI interface tweaks, like separating the short settings and notifications, fall flat. Fortunately, One UI can also be fairly customizable. For instance, you’ll be able to have your cowl display screen and foldable residence screens mirrored like Pixels, or you’ll be able to have a definite format for every mode. With some tweaking and eradicating pre-loaded apps, you will get the expertise you need.
