On July 17, Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics has launched the new generation of Galaxy Z series products for the Chinese market. During the event, Samsung Electronics announced a partnership with Volcano Engine to enhance the smart assistant and AI visual access of the Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6 smartphones by integrating Doubao large models, thereby improving the smart application experience of the smartphones. Previously, Samsung announced in-depth cooperation with Google Gemini at overseas product launch events, while in China, it has chosen partners such as Volcano Engine as collaborators for large models.
In addition to AI features such as drawing circles for searching, real-time translation, and voice transcription that were unveiled, at this launch event in the China region, Samsung specially showcased the capabilities brought by Galaxy AI based on the large Doubao model for two new foldable phones: When users search for travel-related keywords via the Bixby voice assistant, Samsung’s Galaxy AI will search and combine high-quality content sources to provide users with the latest online information and deliver it to users in the form of short video content cards.
For example, when users travel in a city, Bixby Assistant can rely on the massive content sources of Doubao large-model content plugins to provide users with information such as attractions, food, hotels, etc., helping users improve their travel plans and check in at every beautiful place.
In addition, thanks to the single-image AI portrait technology of the large Doubao model, Samsung users only need to upload a single photo to convert it into various new images in different styles such as business, 3D cartoon, cyberpunk. This allows users to change their avatar style at any time and fully meet their personalized needs.
According to Zhao Wenjie, vice president of Volcano Engine ecosystem, the large-scale Doubao model has served many businesses within ByteDance and provided services to enterprise customers through Volcano Engine. Zhao Wenjie said, “Volcano Engine continuously explores generative AI technology from three aspects: better model performance, continuous reduction of model costs, and easier implementation of business scenarios so that more people can use it and inspire more innovative scenarios.
Xu Yuanmo, vice president of user experience strategy for Samsung Electronics in the Greater China region, said that in the global market, Samsung is collaborating with internationally renowned companies to build the Samsung smart mobile product ecosystem; in the Chinese market, Samsung is also working with top domestic companies in various fields to perfect the most outstanding products.
“In the field of AI, we are working closely with top domestic partners to fully leverage and integrate Samsung’s hardware and system advantages, jointly committed to creating leading AI smartphones for consumers,” Xu Yuanmo said.
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