According to our analysis, there are various needs for mobile AI. So, there will be consumers who will be satisfied with using the AI capabilities for free. Then there could also be customers who wish for even more powerful AI capabilities, and even pay for them. So, in the future decision making, we will take all these factors into consideration. – T.M. Roh (via ET Telecom)
Samsung’s unclear position on whether the features will remain free for existing Galaxy AI users, has sparked quite a bit of controversy in the tech community. Galaxy AI is not a solo project, but one that has been developed by Samsung in partnership with Google, and many of the features are powered by Google’s Gemini models. This suggests that a significant financial investment has been made by the company to bring these capabilities to its newest devices.