Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024: All the latest news and updates

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Samsung Galaxy Ring

Welp, I guess we're done here.

That was quite the brief teaser for the Galaxy Ring, and I don't feel like I learned much about it beyond the fact that it exists and will use Samsung Health. The show is now officially over, and you can head on over to Engadget.com to check out our hands-ons for detailed impressions on the Galaxy S24, S24 Plus and S24 Ultra if you haven't already. We haven't had a chance to see the Galaxy Ring in person yet, and don't expect we'll get to try it out for ourselves in the near future. But stay tuned as we will bring you all the news we can find about that device and others.

Samsung comes in, shows off the Galaxy Ring and then just ends the stream like that one Tuxedo Mask meme?

We're watching a video of the ring, which looks a lot more sleek than the Oura, I must say. It's spinning around in space, surrounded by particles in this video. Not much else to learn about it. The screen is back to showing the Galaxy S24 Ultra and a Galaxy Watch in use by various people. Blackard is back and thanking us for being a part of Unpacked.

Wait?!?! That's it?

"Today, we're taking the possibilities of Samsung Health to the next level," Wiggins said, bringing it to a "new form factor." Meet the Galaxy Ring, he announced. Yep, it's real.

I already know I'm going to be slightly depressed if I wake up and see a low vitality score. Now in addition to feeling bad, my gadgets are going to remind me exactly how poorly I'm doing.

Samsung Health and Galaxy AI will use the data to give you tips on whether you should meditate, rest more or workout less if you slept poorly, for example.

Later this year, "we will be introducing an all-new smart health experience," called "My Vitality Score," Wiggins said. This sounds a lot like offerings from Fitbit and Garmin, like daily readiness scores and "body batteries."

"By leveraging our BioActive sensor, the Samsung Sleep Apnea feature will monitor relative blood oxygen levels" while you sleep. Samsung Health will also get Medications Tracking to help you manage medication and supplements, while giving insights about potential interactions. Apple has basically the same thing

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He's starting with sleep, and talking about how Samsung Health uses info gleaned from Galaxy devices to help provide insights about your sleep. Later this year, Samsung Health and Galaxy AI will do heart rate alerts while you sleep to give you heads ups about potential sleep apnea and other anomalies.

""We are constantly innovating the Samsung Health Platform," Wiggins says. He talks about the company's partnerships with various players in the healthcare space. "With Galaxy AI, we're preparing for the beginning of an entirely new era of digital health," he said.

Making small healthy choices can lead to "life-changing progress." The video ends on the two characters staring at an eclipse... Which is yknow, shaped like a ring. Dr Matthew Wiggins, from the company's Digital Health arm, takes the stage.

Cherlynn, I feel like this teaser is targeted directly at you. Using smart devices to figure out how long you can sing karaoke.

The runner is now talking about his sleep stages and how that information helps with his overall health. This feels like a showcase of Samsung Health... but also a teaser for something to come...

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Now, we're watching a video about a product that should help us create "smarter, healthier routines" and fight against our baser instincts... This is probably the "one more thing." It opens with a person running, wearing a Samsung Galaxy Watch, while another person, described by the video as "Prehistoric instincts" is dogging them. The runner pulls up his Samsung Health dashboard to show how he's tracking his health.

Pricing for the S24 and S24+ is unchanged year over year, while the S24 Ultra has gotten a $100 increase to $1,300. Not sure how much of that added cost is due to titanium

Pre-orders for the S24 series will start today and availability beings Jan 31st. The S24 starts at $799, while the S24+ and S24 Ultra start at $999 and $1,299 respectively. The AI features launched today will also be rolling out to select Galaxy products by the first half of this year, which means you might not need to get these new phones for the software updates.

I can't believe we are an hour into this keynote and we still probably still have "One more thing" to see... Anyway, Blackard is back to recap the S24 series, which means we must be near the end!

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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024

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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024

Samsung has set a target to reach its sustainability goals by 2025, and pledged to incorporate at least one recycled material in all of its products. It's already met that goal in 2022, so it's reassessing its current goals. Feels kind of like a pat on the back for... not a major achievement? Maybe I'm too cynical.

I find that in person, the paint jobs on the regular S24/S24+ are more vibrant that the duller tones on the Ultra. Especially that purple.

The irony of talking about sustainability while launching a new phone you want people to buy is not lost on our team.

Samsung's now giving us a breakdown of all the components of the S24 series and how recycled/recyclable they are. Cobalt and rare earth elements, for example, are 100 percent recycled in the S24 series.

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Samsung Galaxy lineup

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Samsung Galaxy lineup

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Different people are talking about how they've made changes to improve the carbon footprint of various Samsung products while reiterating how important they believe sustainability is. Not quite Octavia Spencer as Mother Nature in Apple's video about sustainability, but not spiritually dissimilar.

Also, the S24 Ultra has special titanium-hued finishes that are similar but not quite the same as what's available on the standard S24/S24+.

Blackard is now talking about Samsung's "vision of a sustainable future," and... Yep, we're watching another video. This time starting with a series of animations of various people talking about how important our planet and environment are.

"Our toughest and most scratch resistant and most optically advanced glass yet," Bayne called it, before returning us back to Blackard. "Galaxy S24 Ultra is iconic," Blackard starts, before talking about how the S24 and S24 Plus have a "one-mass" design and come in a range of colors "inspired by nature."

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Corning Gorilla Armor

Gorilla Armor is "our toughest Gorilla Glass yet," is "four times more scratch resistant" and "reducing screen reflection by up to 75 percent," Bayne said, while mentioning how the material performed against competitors in lab testing.

The addition of a titanium frame is nice, but because the S23 Ultra had an aluminum chassis instead of stainless steel like on older iPhones, there isn't a meaningful weight savings on the S24 Ultra.

For the first time, Samsung is using titanium in its S series phones. It's the most durable build for the company, with a slightly thinner frame. Blackard intros John Bayne from Corning, who's talking about its collaboration with Samsung for a more durable material developed for the S24 Ultra called Gorilla Armor,

Pokimane talks about how, as a years-long PC gamer, she's never seen such realistic gameplay. "It's really so cool," she said... And after a quick spiel, which I can't quite tell if anything meaningful was really said because I was so distracted by how Thompson pronounced her name, Pokimane is done. As is Thompson, who thanks her and pronounces her name correctly this time. He brings back Blackard, who's talking about the S24's durability.

Wow, seems like it. Wonder if Pokimane is going to mention her line of overpriced cookies.

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Who's that Pokemon?

Gaming outdoors is "even better" thanks to the S24 series' peak brightness of 2,600 nits. The displays are also adaptable to ambient light and color. Thompson introduces Pokimane onstage to talk about gaming. Is this an unofficial YouTuber get-together?

So at this point, it's important to mention that all S24 phones sold in North America will feature the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Same goes for all S24 Ultras globally.

But depending on the model you choose and where you live, it seems there's a chance you may still end up with an Exynos-based variant.

Ray Tracing is now 30 percent faster, Thompson added, and is talking about the S24's updated heat dissipation design. It features "our largest vapor chamber" and allows heat to be spread widely across the surface, preventing sudden temperature spikes. This will help maintain performance, which is "further optimized by Galaxy AI so you can game for longer," Thompson said.

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Samsung NPU

"Our state of the art NPU is the fastest in the Galaxy series," Thompson says. It's what allows AI processes like translation and editing to happen quickly, he added. "And across CPU, NPU and GPU of the Galaxy S24 Ultra," you'll experience faster and smoother gameplay, he said.

I'm glad Samsung and Google are finally getting on the same page when it comes to local file sharing. The big issue is that it's not AirDrop.

Rael now introduces David Thompson (or DT) who's a product specialist. Thompson is taking the stage to talk about the processors inside the S24 series.

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MrBeast shilling candy to Samsung customers

Rael is talking about Quick Share, which Google recently announced as the name for its new unified "Nearby Share" feature. This isn't brand new, it was first announced at CES last week.

They're called Feastables Cherlynn... Put some respect on that name.

Cannot help but wonder how much money Samsung (and probably Google) must have paid for that.

Mr Beast and his crew is shooting a giant chocolate bar on a sand lot, while being lifted up higher and higher in a crane. He gets up to 100 feet high and zooms in on the bar before taking the shot and appears extremely excited at its clarity. Mr Beast then quickly demos some features like Quick Share, the AI editor and more.

Jimmy is really pushing his snack line here.

Samsung is excited to have made his vlogging camera — we're now watching Mr Beast shoot video with an S24 Ultra and showing off its zoom capabilities.

Ok, I did not see Mr. Beast on my Samsung Unpacked Bingo board today.

Rael is talking about a slow-motion feature that uses AI to generate more frames for videos so you can slow down clips that weren't shot in the required frame rates for slow motion videos. Rael is introducing "a very special guest" — YouTube megastar Mr Beast.

These edit suggestions might be some of my favorite new AI features on the S24. The phone will look for things like reflections and shadows and will automatically ask if you want to remove them from your photos.

It can even recognize faces and ask to add bokeh or portrait blur to headshots.

In another example of a person attempting a dunk on a basketball court, the editor can fill in background to help recompose a shot. And like you can on Google's Magic Editor, you can move the subject anywhere in the scene and Samsung's software can touch up the background by generating content to patch what you've left behind.

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Samsung photography features

Sheikh has worked on several multi-frame features for cameras over ten years at Samsung, and he is describing a Pro Visual engine that can help make tweaks and smooth things over in low light, too. You'll also see suggested edits in the Gallery app. He shows an example of a picture of a person wearing headphones leaning against a plastic barrier in low light. The app suggests edits that remove reflections and glare.

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Samsung announces HDR Instagram photos

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Samsung camera features

Samsung worked with Instagram to optimize the upload and editing processes in the app. The Galaxy S24 will be the first ever device to be able to post HDR-enabled photos on Instagram.

Samsung is saying the S24 Ultra has the company's best cameras yet. However, aside from AI tuning, its 200-MP main cam uses that same sensor as last year.

Sheikh and Rael are taking this as a segue into the S24 Ultra's lowlight performance. The AI tweaks we heard about earlier will be supported in third-party apps like Instagram and Snapchat.

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Mona Lisa from Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024

Now the museum is closed, things are all dark, and the Mona Lisa pulls out an S24 Ultra from inside her sleeve to snap a picture. The video ends and Sheikh is onstage. "I wonder how the photo the Mona Lisa took turned out." Absolute silence from the audience.

This should result in "unparalleled picture quality," the painting subject

Moving on to another painting whose subject says "hold the applause, there's more." The video now talks about how AI can help improve a picture on the fly, tweaking things like contrast, shadow, detail and more.

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Samsung photography demo

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Samsung photography demo

But Samsung says the S24 Ultra can still deliver a "10x optical quality" zoom, which it achieves using pixel-binning and some AI-based enhancement.

The S24 Ultra has a 200-megapixel camera and 5x optical zoom to produce clearer zoomed in images, according to the voiceover. Other sculptures and paintings in the museum demand that their pictures be taken with the S24 Ultra too. I guess this is better than yet another executive onstage telling me about specs.

Lots of people have their phones up to take photos of the Mona Lisa, and a character asks "how do they expect to get good pictures from all the way back there?" A person shows up at the back of the crowd and brings up an S24 Ultra.

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Samsung steady zoom

So right off the bat, Samsung fans may notice that the S24 Ultra's zoom lens has less reach than before. Now it's a 5x optical zoom instead of 10x like on the S23 Ultra.

Sheikh is back to talk about how the S24 Ultra's cameras don't just produce "epic videos, but photos too." And another video starts playing, this time showing people at an art museum.

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Samsung night zoom

Rael showed a few demos of how the telephoto cameras helped get up close to the faces of performers at a concert even from faraway seats

Dr. Hamid Sheikh, Samsung's VP of Intelligent Imaging takes the stage, and brings on product specialist Tara Rael to talk about the S24's cameras.

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Samsung security settings

Ah yes, now we're getting to the generative AI part of the presentation.

Blackard walks off stage and another video begins playing. We get quick closeup shots of what looks like the S24 Ultra's camera array, and the word "New way to create" appear onscreen.

Yes, the S24 can do a lot of new things, but security and privacy are still very important. Blackard says you can choose to process your data only on device, while the privacy dashboard can show you what apps have access to different types of data about you. "Most of us have multiple devices connected to each other," Blackard adds, and to that end, he says Samsung's Knox Matrix will offer end-to-end encryption between Galaxy devices.

That said, I'm not sure how useful results from Pinterest will be. I feel like every time I find an image from Pinterest, there's no metadata or additional info to glean.

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Circle to Search

Edwards leaves, handing the stage back to Blackard. He says Circle to Search will "revolutionize" the smartphone search experience.

"With Circle to Search, the power of Google AI is just a press away no matter where you are on your phone," Edwards said. Circle to Search will be available across all three Galaxy S24 models launching today. I will add it will also be available on the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.

Google returns results on thrift stores in Camden, which is surprisingly smart. Edwards pulls up YouTube Shorts and finds a hanging chair in a video. Because she doesn't quite know what it's called, she long presses the home button and circles the chair and gets shopping results for the item of furniture.

As usual, we got a privacy disclaimer saying that Circle to Search will only look at the parts of a photo you highlight, not the entire image.

Edwards looks for thrift stores in Camden after her friend Michelle asks her if there are any in that area. She long pressed the home button and circled just the text in the message to run those words through the search engine.

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Samsung Circle to Search Google demo

"This is all possible through Google's deep understanding of information in its many forms," Edwards said. "Google has long been committed to keeping your personal data secure and Circle to Search was designed with privacy in mind," she said. Only the part of the picture you circled will be used for the search. Edwards is now performing a live demo.

In practice, Circle to Search functions like a combination between a traditional search bar and the Google Lens app for more visual queries.

You can circle the corndog and ask deeper follow-up questions like, "Why are these so popular?" for example, and get an explanation as to why.

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Samsung Circle to Search

"When you're done you can just swipe away and you're right back where you started," Edwards said. She's giving another example of looking up pictures of corndogs while scrolling social media. You can ask

Edwards is giving an example of someone who might want to look for something a creator is wearing in their video and the creator didn't share where their outfit is from. Instead of having to screenshot the video and perform an image search, you can just long press the bottom of the screen and circle just the outfit and quite quickly get results and shopping listings for the item you selected.

For anyone keeping track at home, while most of Samsung's AI features happen on-device, Circle to Search by necessity relies on info from the cloud as it's powered by Google.

Also, while Samsung's clips showed this tool working with the S-Pen, it can be used simply by highlighting something with your finger.

Back to Edwards, who's now explaining how, when you're using your phone and immersed in something, it can be disruptive to go look up something you came across. Edwards introduces Circle to Search, which is a new way to look up things you see on your phone.

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Samsung, Cathy Edwards

Fun fact about Hiroshi Lockheimer while I have a minute by the way: His favorite sushi is cucumber roll. Yep. He told Engadget that on an interview a couple years ago and you can find that video on our YouTube channel.

Lockheimer is now explaining how Search is a crucial area where AI can be applied to help people find what they're looking for, and he brings Google's VP of Search Cathy Edwards onstage. She recaps what Search has been able to do, including multi-modal and non-text queries.

Roh passes it over to Lockheimer, who is explaining the details here. After congratulating Roh on launching the S24 series, Lockheimer talks about how the two companies have been working together on updates to Messages and Android Auto. He also brings up Google's Gemini AI model, as well as the multi-year partnership with Samsung to bring AI to devices.

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Samsung x Google

Hiroshi Lockheimer from Google joins TM Roh on the stage, as they lay out the details of their partnership on AI. "Today, we're introducing a new way to search that takes the best of Google's innovation realized on the ground breaking Galaxy S24 series," Roh said.

"Welcome to the future," a voice repeats endlessly in the background music. A slide showing the logos of Samsung and Google appears on the stage's screen.

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Samsung summarize

Blackard is back to talk about how its "vision for mobile intelligence doesn't stop there" and that it's working with partners to bring "best in class" intelligence to your phones. We're seeing the silhouette of an S Pen now in a video that Blackard just cued up.

On the other hand, this summarization feature is one of the most commonly advertised AI abilities. It's already available from stuff like ChatGPT, Bard, et cetera, so it doesn't hold a ton of appeal for me.

Heejin used Note Assist to summarize her... notes, too. It pulled out what appeared to be a few relevant points from her scribblings and laid them out neatly in bullets.

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Samsung notes

Heejin is now talking about note-taking and the Samsung Notes app with a feature called Note Assist. She pulls up a note she took about a team project and honestly it's a jumbled mess. She then taps a button and selects an option to reformat the document. In a split second, the notes are laid out with headers and bullet points. She swiped sideways to see other styles and templates with different color schemes, too. This is cute, I like it.

I really want to try this transcription feature. It's something that the Pixel Recorder app has been able to do for a while and is one of the AI tools I use the most.

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Android Auto from Samsung Galaxy Unpacked

The native Speech recorder app in Samsung phones have had the ability to do speech-to-text transcripts in a few various languages for awhile, but now it can also generate summaries of what's been said.

Blackard refers to Heejin again, who's back to talk about how Galaxy AI can help with productivity. Heejin talks about lectures and meetings and how they can benefit from transcriptions of recordings.

Anything to make it easier to use your device hands-free while driving is always nice.

Android Auto can suggest relevant replies or actions that you can trigger without too much touching of your screen. Just one tap is what it takes to trigger most of these actions and responses.

"We're also making it easier to communicate while you're on the road," Blackard said, adding that you can use AI on Android Auto to automatically summarize updates on from group messages, "so you can keep in touch while staying focused on the road."

The tone assist is nice, even if you might only use it to prevent yourself from sending an overly angry message.

You can also make tone changes to Notes, Chats and other apps via the Samsung keyboard.

You can also use Chat Assist to recast your messages into a variety of different styles, like Professional, Casual or even... Shakespearean. Okay I must admit that last one sounds like fun

"This is just one of the ways our latest innovations can help you stay connected, because language barriers shouldn't keep us from staying in touch, right Drew?" Heejin said, returning the stage back to Blackard.

Also, while the translation features are pretty straightforward, it does introduce a bit of a delay as you wait for the device to process languages.

When Heejin tapped a translate button in a Chat Assist window, the conversation between her and her friend appeared in both Spanish and English within the same bubbles. She then types a message in English into the input field and it is quickly translated into Spanish. Now, if this seems familiar, it's because Google offers a version of this in Pixel phones and has done so for years.

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Samsung live translation demo

It's important to note that Chat Assist covers more than just translation duties.

Blackard welcomes a person he introduces as "Heejin" onstage to show this off. She's explaining how she had been messaging her Spanish-speaking friend about attending Unpacked in San Jose.

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Samsung translation feature

Translations are also built into the Samsung keyboard to help you with translating words and phrases as you type. We're getting a live demo now of a feature called Chat Assist

Yea, we were able to test out Live Translate during a call, but not for in-person conversations just yet, which might be the more valuable use case.

There's also an Interpreter feature that will help read out and display onscreen what you and a person next to you are saying, and translating the different languages. We're again watching a pre-recorded demo of this feature in action and it again seems quite... robotic?

The translations are being processed on-device, Blackard says, so the information remains secure. S24 will also remember your language settings so you don't have to keep finding the right one. "Live Translate works no matter what kind of phone the other person is using, even a landline."

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Samsung live translate function

Now, we're watching a video of this feature being used between an English speaker and a Spanish speaker who's running reservations at a restaurant. There are quite a few pauses in between each sentence, but I'll chalk that up to the video. Do check out my hands-on that I previously linked to see how this worked for me, though.

The S24 can provide live translations on a call "both verbally and onscreen" if you're talking to someone speaking a different language.

One of the most important things we do every day is communicate, he said, but if we don't speak the same language as someone, it can feel frustrating. When traveling abroad and using a rideshare app, for example, it can be difficult to communicate. "We're thrilled to offer a solution," Blackard said, "by offering realtime voice translations while you're on a call."

Drew Blackard, VP of product management, takes the stage. "Today, we'll show you all the possibilities that Galaxy AI holds," he says.

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Samsung committing to seven years of software and security updates starting with the Galaxy S24.

"We call it the Eureka moment for a generation and it all starts here with Samsung Galaxy S24. Welcome to your Eureka moment." Roh said. I just came from CES, where there was a Eureka Park, so I'm only slightly experiencing deja vu.

That now puts Samsung on par with Google for the latest Pixel phones.

He adds that people will be able to use Galaxy devices safely and securely for longer because Samsung is planning to support seven years of security updates and generations of software upgrades.

Hahaha, and based on what we saw in our hands-on, the S24's AI features feel like they're less about endless new possibilities and more like putting Samsung's twist on AI tools we've already seen on other devices.

"I know there are uncertainties for every new technological advancement," Roh said. "That's why we built Galaxy AI on secure hardware and software that can help protect you and keep you in control." He explains that processing is happening on-device and in the cloud.

Roh is teeing up how Galaxy AI can enable "new ways to create" while "simplifying your life and amplifying things you love."

Roh says that as an engineer, his job is to "defy what's possible today to build something better for tomorrow." He adds "Samsung Galaxy AI is the spark that ignites new possibilities." Whoever is writing these keynote speeches is really using their thesaurus.

Supposedly, Samsung Galaxy will be an "open gateway" for secure, meaningful AI experiences globally.

"Artificial intelligence will bring about great change in the mobile industry and in the way we live." Roh said. "We believe Samsung Galaxy will democratize this change."

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Samsung mobile chief TM Roh

Roh welcomes everyone and talks about how today the company is creating a new beginning that will "open a new era of innovation." Okay.

Once again, the voiceover says "The next big thing is you" and ends. We're now seeing Samsung Mobile's president TM Roh walk onto the stage.

We follow around a person with curly red hair as they go about their life. The video now shows us how Galaxy AI "opens more ways to collaborate" and be creative and more.

A video just started, talking about how everyone's "searching for the next big thing." The voiceover pokes fun at things it doesn't believe is the "next big thing," including a person droning on during a talk show. Instead, Samsung believes the next big thing is... You

We hear sounds of tepid applause, and the stage at Unpacked in San Jose comes into view, with a sort of animation over all the screens at the keynote.

If you're already sold on the Galaxy S24 lineup and want that AI goodness in your hands as soon as humanly possible, you can already pre-order it! Check out our pre-order guide on how to get the best price and deals on the new Android flagships, as well as what bundles might be available.

Alright, the show's starting now and as Samsung kicks things off, I'm pleased to announce that we've already gotten some hands-on time with the Galaxy S24 series! These phones are full of AI features (as expected), with the S24 Ultra being, in my opinion, the most interesting of the lot. Check out what Sam had to say in his hands-on right here! If you're curious about the standard Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus, head on over to my article, where I go over in meticulous detail what exactly some of these new AI features do.

The disclaimer has just appeared, looks like things are about to begin!

Aaaaaand we're starting!

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camera icon hint during intro to Samsung Unpacked 2024.

After staring at the icons in Samsung's teaser loop for the last few minutes, it's pretty clear we're getting some AI features related to calling, camera, Notes and more.

Ok, we're just over 15 minutes out. Samsung's livestream is running through some teaser footage, so now is probably a good time to grab a drink before things kick off for real.

I'm also curious to see what Samsung might be able to achieve in terms of size. Even though the Oura is impressively small, I've heard complaints that it still feels bulky for a ring.

Aside from a potential ring, I'm curious about the S24's AI performance.

We're expecting the S24 to be based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip instead of custom silicon like Google's Tensor processors.

Qualcomm has been talking a big game about upping the NPUs in its chip, which means the S24 will be one of the first devices that we can use to test out those claims.

I think if Samsung simply does away with the subscription pricing that Oura has, that alone would be a huge sell for me (and some of my friends).

Ok, so let me ask you, is copying Oura good enough for a Galaxy Ring? Are there any specific features you think Samsung needs to include besides obvious stuff like HR and sleep tracking

Sam has been busy blogging! I am here, hot water bottle in hand (not a Stanley don't worry) and ready to furiously type about what Samsung is unveiling today. And yes, I have a spare finger if Samsung wants to put a ring on it.

The idea makes sense, especially for anyone who isn't big on wearing a smartwatch. But there are already major competitors in this space like Oura.

Currently, things are pointing towards a Galaxy Ring of some sort, which has been rumored to be on its way for more than a year.

Even the Galaxy Buds got updated within the last six months, so not that either.

Another thing to consider is what other devices we might see.

Samsung just updated the Tab S line last fall, so it's probably too early for something on that front.

Same goes for the Z Fold/Z Flip families. So what else is there?

That means the big question is how powerful will Samsung's AI tools be at launch? And can Samsung actually compete with Google and all the fancy software on the Pixel 8?

We've already seen Google lean hard into AI, but that's sort of expected from the company that has been pushing digital assistants for the past decade.

But it's important to note that Samsung has been pretty vocal about an assortment of AI features in various teasers leading up to Unpacked, so it'll be interesting to see how those will be integrated into the S24 family.

The big reveal is going to be centered on the new S24 line, which we've seen hints and rumors about since last year.

The event officially starts in an hour at 1PM ET/10 AM PT, so until then, stick around for some thoughts and predictions about what Samsung might have in store.

Hey y'all. I still can't believe Samsung scheduled one of these so soon after CES, but here we are.

We're going to be dropping in news and updates from Samsung's first Galaxy Unpacked event of 2024, and if you want to watch along with us, Samsung will be streaming things live on YouTube here.