I’ve been hearing a lot about AI in mobile phones lately, and I’m kind of confused about how it’s different from the usual smart features that Android phones already have. Like, I know Android has stuff like Google Assistant, face unlock, and all those smart options, but then there’s this “AI” term being thrown around everywhere. What’s the actual difference? Is it just a fancy name for features we’ve been using, or does it really add something new? I’m not super tech savvy, so if you guys could explain it in simple terms or share your thoughts, that’d be great. Maybe even some examples of AI in phones?
As a word of caution: AI is a buzzword. Currently it gets slapped onto all kinds of things. Also to old things that are now marketed as AI. It might still be the exact same product as 5 years ago. Or they came up with a new feature. Both happens.
I’d like Google Lens and Translate to work locally without sending anything to Google. And it’d be nice if it were to translate speech directly. I think that’d be a useful AI feature. Or translating Japanese websites. I don’t really care for face-unlock or if I can ask my phone to set a timer in natural language…