A Samsung phone could get a fun Apple Intelligence-like drawing feature before Apple devices

Turn bad doodles into good drawings

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Appleannounced a wealth of AI features atWWDC 2024, but outside of betas none of them have landed yet, and they probably won’t land until September – by which time something similar to at least one feature might already be available on a Samsung phone.

According to leaker@UniverseIce, theSamsung Galaxy Z Fold 6– which is expected to launch in July – will include a feature similar to Apple’s Image Wand, one of its new AI tools which will let users of thebest iPadsinstantly turn doodles and rough sketches into more polished images.

Apple’s implementation of this requires you to use the Apple Pencil tool palette – so it’s presumably aniPadOS 18-only feature and not aniOS 18one, and the fact that it requires the Apple Pencil tool palette suggests it won’t be coming to iPhones any time soon.It’s not clear whether or notSamsung’s version will similarly require Samsung’s S Pen stylus, but the fact that the feature is apparently launching on a phone that will likely support the stylus suggests it might.

The new AI of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 will realize this function before Apple.Graffiti becomes an image pic.twitter.com/0KhTsqGY2IJune 11, 2024

Then again, the sourceclaimed in a replythat Samsung’s take on the feature will also be coming to theSamsung Galaxy S24series and theSamsung Galaxy S23line, albeit not until “later” – and only the Ultra models in those lines support the S Pen.

We’d take this with a pinch of salt, but @UniverseIce has a good track record, and since Samsung has been heavily focused on AI lately it’s not surprising that it would come up with a similar feature to Apple, and even launch the feature first.

Similar AI features no matter your phone

Given how soon afterWWDCthis has leaked, it’s unlikely that Samsung was inspired by Apple here – rather the two companies were probably working on similar features simultaneously.

Still, even if it is a copy, a good idea is a good idea, so it’s reasonable for Samsung to want to offer it too, much like howApple Intelligenceborrows fromGoogle’s Magic Eraser in letting users erase unwanted elements from photos.

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As a result, in the long run you’ll likely have access to similar suites of AI tools no matter which smartphone brand you opt for – though Apple’s approach to AI is notably more focused on privacy than others so far.

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James is a freelance phones, tablets and wearables writer and sub-editor at TechRadar. He has a love for everything ‘smart’, from watches to lights, and can often be found arguing with AI assistants or drowning in the latest apps. James also contributes to 3G.co.uk, 4G.co.uk and 5G.co.uk and has written for T3, Digital Camera World, Clarity Media and others, with work on the web, in print and on TV.

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