As Samsung continues to pioneer premium mobile AI experiences, we visit Samsung Research centers around the world to learn how Galaxy AI is enabling more users to maximize their potential.
Galaxy AI now supports 16 languages, so more people can expand their language capabilities, even when offline, thanks to on-device translation in features such as Live Translate, Interpreter, Note Assist and Browsing Assist.
But what does AI language development involve? Last time we visited Vietnam to learn about preparing the data that is used to train AI models. This time, we’re seeing how teams made Galaxy AI a unique offering for both the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong.
The rapid growth in AI tools that use large language models (LLM) has been seen worldwide, and China is no exception. With Baidu’s ERNIE Bot and Meitu’s MiracleVision emerging as popular choices in China, Samsung R&D Institute China partnered with both companies to help build Galaxy AI features for the country.
Samsung R&D Institute China in Guangzhou (SRC-G) and Beijing (SRC-B) worked to ensure Mandarin speakers in China had the same Galaxy AI experience as other users around the world, despite the back-end technology looking very different.
The team took advantage of the dedicated resources of Chinese dialects from third-party partners and built a unique Galaxy AI solution for China.
“We have the advantage of blending global best practices with China’s local practices, as well as creating new features and constantly improving them through daily communication with Chinese consumers,” says Hairong Zhang, Software Innovation Group Leader at SRC-G.
“With rich development experience from the Galaxy S24, I’m proud of how our team cooperated with local Chinese AI companies such as Baidu and Meitu to provide a solution that resonates in China.”
At the beginning, the teams had to acclimate to each other’s working styles and iron out the initial kinks of information asymmetry. Daijun Zhang, Head of SRC-B, established a task force to ensure the project followed the development schedule and moved quickly toward its goals.
Thanks to the Beijing team’s experience in generating large-scale models and successful
collaboration with third-party partners, all the generative AI features were successfully launched in China.
The result is a solution that has local relevance and market-specific features such as Touch to Search.