According to Blue Whale Finance, some Samsung authorized experience stores have received notices that some AI functions of the Galaxy S24 series will be charged.
According to the report, a salesperson at a Samsung authorized experience store in Xidan Joy City, Beijing told reporters, “If you buy S24 now, log in to WPS and receive 180 WPS AI rights for the first time before July 30, 2024. You can collect it again for free within a few days, and you can use it for free during this period. The effective period of use after successful collection is 7 days, and official stores across the country have the same requirements.” Another Samsung authorized experience store located in Beijing Heshenghui Shopping Center Salespeople also said they received the same notification.
The AI functions cooperated by Samsung and WPS will start to be charged after July 30. The charging standards are 118 RMB/ year; 148 RMB/ 15 months; continuous monthly subscription is 15 RMB/ month.
The report pointed out that in addition to the AI rights cooperation with WPS that received charging notifications, related cooperation with Meitu and Baidu did not receive charging notifications. In addition, some functions that did not rely on third-party applications also did not receive charging notifications. information. The reporter asked Samsung and WPS for verification on the above issues, but both parties stated that they had not received relevant notifications.
According to Samsung’s previous introduction, the Samsung Galaxy S24 series has been equipped with many high-level AI capabilities, AI-based practical functions such as input, translation, recorder, notes, and cameras, to provide users with a more convenient and efficient comprehensive experience. Different from overseas versions, most of the AI functions of the Samsung Galaxy S24 series are provided by domestic manufacturers, such as Baidu.
It was previously reported that Galaxy AI deeply integrates multiple capabilities of Baidu Wenxin large model, which can provide end-side enabled call and translation functions, as well as intelligent summarization, typesetting and other functions brought by generative AI. In addition, the Galaxy S24 series phones pioneered “circle and search”. Users can perform simple gesture operations on text, pictures or videos, such as drawing circles, underlining, etc., to immediately obtain relevant search results.
The two parties also brought a “newly upgraded” note assistant to Samsung Notes, which can complete operations such as content translation, refining and summarizing, and intelligent typesetting. When users record speech, the device-side AI can also transcribe the speech into text in real time, distinguish different speakers, support multi-lingual translation, and generate meeting minutes.
