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Samsung may be planning to charge for additional AI features rather than demand money for things your S24 already does
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With the launch of theSamsung Galaxy S24range,Samsunghas positioned its latest devices as the flagship AI smartphones – so when news broke that some coreAI featureswould apparently only be free for the first year and chargeable thereafter, it looked like Samsung was treating its customers poorly. Bad publicity ensued, but according to Samsung Mobile boss TM Roh things aren’t quite as customer-gouging as they’ve been reported.
Speaking toET Telecom, Roh has provided more detail on Samsung’s plans to charge for AI features in its Galaxy phones. The short version: it doesn’t really know what it’s going to do next year just yet, so while AI features are coming not just to the S24 but to the Galaxy S23 series, Z Fold 5 and Z Fold 6, they might not be going away next year after all.
What will happen to Samsung Galaxy AI features in 2025?
In the interview, Roh appeared to suggest that instead of removing AI features next year, Samsung would offer more as optional extras – so while reports that Samsung intended to charge for premium AI features in 2025 seem to be true, that doesn’t mean charging for features that are already in your phone.
However, that does contradict the small print in the Galaxy S24 product page, which says that “some new Galaxy AI features are only free for Galaxy S24 owners until the end of 2025.”
As Roh put it: “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.”
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