It has been a busy day at work for Samsung. The company has released the much-awaited One UI 6.1 update to several older high-end phones, including the Galaxy Z Fold 3. This update is now available only in South Korea, though, and other markets could get it in the next few days.
The other phones that have received the update today include the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S22, Galaxy Z Flip 3, Galaxy Z Flip 4, and Galaxy Z Fold 4.
Galaxy Z Fold 3 gets One UI 6.1 update in South Korea
The One UI 6.1 update is now available for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 in Korea. It is a huge update with a download size of more than 2GB. If you have a Galaxy Z Fold 3, you can now check for the update by navigating to Settings » Software update and tapping Download and install.
This software update brings several AI features to the Galaxy Z Fold 3. They include AI-generated wallpapers, webpage summarization, notes summarization and auto templates in Samsung Notes, live language translation while chatting and during voice calls, Circle To Search, image editing suggestions and Generative AI-powered editing, Interpreter Mode, and voice transcription in Voice Recorder.
- AI-Generated Wallpaper: Generative AI-powered wallpaper generation through text prompts.
- Browsing Assist: Uses AI to summarize webpages or articles in short and slightly longer format options.
- Chat Assist: Translates messages into your preferred language in real-time. It is supported by the stock messages app and instant messaging apps like WhatsApp.
- Circle to Search with Google: Draw a circle around anything on the screen to know more about it.
- Edit Suggestion: Samsung Keyboard uses AI to offer grammar and spelling corrections. It also offers various writing tone styles and suggestions.
- Generative Edit: The built-in Photo Editor uses AI to offer advanced editing features, including more accurately removing objects and correcting the angles and alignments of images.
- Interpreter: Interpreter Mode is used for real-time language translation when talking to someone face to face.
- Live Translate: Translate language in real-time during voice calls.
- Note Assist: Summarizes and formats notes in the Samsung Notes app. Converts handwritten notes into properly formatted notes structure.
- Transcript Assist: Transcript voice recordings and auto-tagging of people using Samsung Voice Recorder.
You can watch all those features in action in our in-depth video above. Some Galaxy S24 features that debuted with One UI 6.1, including improved Always On Display mode, Instant Slo Mo, and Super HDR aren’t available on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 with the One UI 6.1 update.