Samsung Galaxy S24 series officially launched, supporting 7 years of software updates.

After months of rumors and leaks, Samsung has finally officially announced the Galaxy S24 series models on the Unpacked event stage this morning with three models: Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+ (plus) and Galaxy S24 Ultra.

The highlight on the product line is mainly improvements in hardware specifications, along with some new features focusing on artificial intelligence (AI). Notably, Samsung's press release also revealed that this will be the company's first smartphone line to be supported for 7 years of software updates, equivalent to 7 years of continuous operating system upgrades.

Galaxy S24 models are shipped with Android 14, which means they will be updated to Android version 21. In the past, due to the diversity and high customization of Android variants, maintaining Continuously updating software over a long period of time always makes it difficult for manufacturers. This is a very remarkable effort by Samsung compared to the 4-year Android update policy and 5-year security update policy that the company has applied since 2022, while also catching up with Google's update policy with the Pixel line. 8.

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As for hardware upgrades, below is a comparison table of technical specifications between the three models in the Galaxy S24 series product line:

Along with hardware specifications, Samsung announced several AI features that will be included in its flagship smartphone lineup in 2024:

1. Live Translate : Supports two-way voice and text translation from calls without opening any third-party applications. On-device AI will directly perform tasks to ensure privacy for every conversation.
2. Interpreter : Translate live chats instantly in split-screen mode, allowing users to read translated text from what the other person said in real time. This function can even work without mobile data or Wi-Fi.
3. Chat Assist (Smart Chat Assistant): Supports text completion with conversational style to ensure the exchange takes place according to the desired tone. Samsung Keyboard's built-in AI is also capable of translating messages, emails and more in real time into 13 different languages.
4. Note Assist : Create quick summaries with AI, format notes according to available templates, and create summary cover pages in the Samsung Notes app. For voice recordings, Transcript Assist will use AI and speech-to-text technology to transcribe, summarize, or even translate the recording.

Additionally, Samsung is also working with Google to add more AI features to the Galaxy S24 series, including Google's Gemini Pro AI large language model. This brings the ability to use AI LLM, Gemini Nano on the device and owners will be able to test the upcoming Gemini Ultra LLM.

Micah Soto

Update 18 January 2024