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 in addition works on One UI 7 if manually put in.
- AI transcription, abstract, and translation are nonetheless obtainable, however now not dominate the interface.
At a time when AI appears to be taking on each app you utilize — anticipate to see a variety of it at Google I/O later — Samsung could be quietly dialing it down, a minimum of a bit. A brand new model of the Voice Recorder app, designed for One UI 8, gives a glimpse at a cleaner, extra restrained strategy 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 if you happen to sideload the APK, giving extra customers an opportunity to take a look at the modifications forward of the official OS replace.
The obvious tweak is to the structure. As a substitute of foregrounding its AI capabilities, the app now places the main focus 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 screen, and the transcribe button is given much less prominence.
It’s a easy UI shift, however one that will communicate 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 strategy, which could point out that it’s taking the trace. The transcription, summarization, and translation instruments are nonetheless obtainable for individuals who need them, however they now not take over the interface.
