Joe Maring / Android Authority
TL;DR
- Samsung’s Voice Recorder replace for One UI 8 focuses much less on AI instruments and extra on recording and playback.
- The app is designed for early One UI 8 builds, but additionally works on One UI 7 if manually put in.
- AI transcription, abstract, and translation are nonetheless accessible, however not dominate the interface.
At a time when AI appears to be taking up each app you employ — anticipate to see numerous it at Google I/O later — Samsung may be quietly dialing it down, no less than slightly. A brand new model of the Voice Recorder app, designed for One UI 8, gives a glimpse at a cleaner, extra restrained method to Galaxy AI.
As noticed by SammyGuru, this up to date app model is a part of a leaked One UI 8 construct already circulating on-line. Curiously, the app additionally runs on present One UI 7 units should you sideload the APK, giving extra customers an opportunity to take a look at the adjustments forward of the official OS replace.
The obvious tweak is to the structure. As an alternative of foregrounding its AI capabilities, the app now places the main target again on what it was initially designed for: recording and taking part in again voice notes. Within the present model, the transcription and summarization instruments are entrance and heart, with playback controls squeezed right into a smaller area. Now, these AI instruments are grouped right into a Galaxy AI menu on the prime of the display, and the transcribe button is given much less prominence.
It’s a easy UI shift, however one which will converse volumes. Whereas some embrace AI, many individuals get annoyed by it being wedged into each nook of their units. Samsung is testing a extra refined method, which could point out that it’s taking the trace. The transcription, summarization, and translation instruments are nonetheless accessible for individuals who need them, however they not take over the interface.
