Agent AI Features Designed to Help with Everyday Life
Advanced Image Tools Make Almost Any Imaginable Edit Possible
Emoji Creation and Scanning Tasks Become Effortless
"Call me an Uber taxi to San Francisco Airport."
With that single phrase, the Uber application opened automatically. This is a new feature of the Galaxy S26 series unveiled at Samsung Electronics' "Galaxy Unpacked 2026" held in San Francisco, United States, on the 25th (local time). While Gemini, the Google AI agent inside the Galaxy, was searching for a taxi, I was able to use other apps as usual. I could check the progress along the way and choose whether to stop or continue. Once Gemini finished searching for a taxi to the airport, a notification popped up, and all I had to do was decide which taxi to select by price range and proceed with payment. The cumbersome process of opening a taxi app, manually searching the destination on a map, and pressing multiple buttons to call a cab was eliminated. Samsung explained that this feature will also be applied to the Kakao T app in Korea.
An AI image-editing tool newly introduced on the Galaxy S26. With a single voice command, it turned a cake with one slice eaten into a whole cake. It is also capable of transforming a single-slice cake into a whole cake. Kim Bokyung, Reporter
The Galaxy S26 is Samsung Electronics' third-generation AI phone, with enhanced AI agent capabilities that proactively understand the user's context and intent. It is designed to blend deeply into users' daily lives, providing practical assistance, shortening task time, and improving efficiency. The newly introduced "Now Nudge" feature is a personalized service that utilizes Samsung's own agent, Bixby. After checking a friend's message saying, "I want to see the photos from our trip to Australia," I clicked on the input field to reply, and a suggestion labeled "Share photos" appeared in the bottom bar. When I tapped it, photos taken during the Australia trip automatically appeared, and I could immediately send them to my friend by selecting and sharing them. The Now Nudge feature likewise reduced the sequence of steps required to open the photo gallery app, search for photos, and select them. When I received a message asking, "Are you available for a meeting on the morning of February 27?" the AI also used the same "nudge" method to suggest opening the calendar, allowing me to quickly check whether I already had an appointment.
A scene of calling an Uber taxi by voice command using the Gemini AI installed on the Galaxy S26. Photo by Kim Bogyeong
Users can quickly and easily change smartphone settings they need through conversations with Bixby. For example, voice commands such as "Lower the screen brightness" were also possible. This feature seemed useful when you are not sure which menu to open in the Settings app. A newly added feature called "Creative Studio" allowed users to turn desired photos, such as those of a dog, into characters, create emojis that can be used on social networking services (SNS), and use them like stickers. The scan function also appeared practical when you wanted to neatly capture and save a document. After opening the camera app and shooting in the "Scan" mode, it automatically removed unnecessary elements such as shadows or fingers and provided the result as a PDF file.
The advanced AI capabilities for realizing imagined images delivered an even more astonishing level of innovation. With a single spoken command, it turned a cake with only one slice left into a whole cake, and it transformed a plain whipped-cream cake into a pink strawberry cake. After taking a selfie, I could change the background to a night view of San Francisco, and a newly introduced feature allowed two photos to be composited. AI functions that change images according to what I want and imagine have been realized on the Galaxy S26. It was easy to revert to the previous version of an image, and multiple edits were possible through the "Continue editing" function. However, portrait-related tasks, such as changing a face to that of a specific person, were not allowed.
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