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Then dive into Galaxy AI as well as some other handy Galaxy features both old and new.

bring up the Display area followed by the Navigation bar.

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Turn on Circle to Search in the middle.

(With some images, tapping works just as well.)

The Circle to Search results appear in a pop-up window that tells me more about what I’ve selected.

Enabling Circle to Search on a Galaxy S24

Circle to Search works with images, phrases and handwritten notes.

The results magically appear in less than a second.

And all without typing a word.

Circle to Search on a Galaxy S24 Plus

The app offers artistic styles from Watercolor, Illustration and Pop Art to Sketch and 3D cartoon.

Just fire up the Quick prefs panel to enable Interpreter.

(Note that adding each language will take up about 400MB to 500MB of storage space.)

Sketch to Image in the notes app of a Galaxy S24 Plus

Enhanced Zoom uses multi-frame processing technology with super resolution to merge several frames together.

The result is sharper grain-free images that pop with richer colors.

The phone’s camera and AI software handle the rest with impressive results.

Interpreter app on Galaxy S24 Plus

A prominent yellow circle with a lock shows its been activated.

I got an incredibly detailed view with brightness and detailed elements that my Pixel 7 couldnt catch.

While the clip is running, hold your finger on the screen to preview theInstant Slow-Mofootage.

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Setting the footage at 45x, the Galaxy S24 reduced 5 minutes of video capture to a 7-second video.

Tapping Generate makes the change permanent.

As good as the generative photo editing feature is, you won’t always get a seamless result.

Zoom Lock on a Galaxy S24 Plus

Forget about selling altered shots to show the start of the zombie apocalypse to the Weekly World News.

All AI-altered images are watermarked with Samsung’s AI logo to show theyve been doctored.

Generative wallpaper

Tired of stock lock screens?

A photo of trees shot at night using the night photography features on the Galaxy S24 Plus

Generative wallpaper can personalize the look of your Galaxy S24.

(In this example, I’m using a photo of the mineral galena.)

Tap Generate to get a bunch to choose from and pick the best.

Instant Slow-Mo feature in the Galaxy S24 Plus camera app

It took me a minute to set up, and it’s one of the best Galaxy S24 shortcuts.

Quick Share

SamsungsQuick Sharehas been around for years for moving files between Android phones.

It creates a QR code for the receiver to snap, starting the transfer.

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