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No longer is multi-frame processing the killer smartphone trick.

AsTechRadar’s former cameras editor, that prospect remains a pretty head-spinning one.

Two hands holding the Samsung Galaxy S24

In Edit Suggestions, the Galaxy S24 will propose editing tweaks to your photos before making them – a feature that was inconceivable on a pocket camera five years ago.

There are some genuinely useful new features.

For me, the highlight of the S24’s camera reveal was Instant Slow-Mo for video.

Shooting scenes in slow motion is something that again troubles pro shooters today.

A sketch of the Samsung Galaxy S24

In Edit Suggestions, the Galaxy S24 will propose editing tweaks to your photos before making them – a feature that was inconceivable on a pocket camera five years ago.

To be a T-1000 for pesky imperfections.

Samsung says the aim of its AI-powered camera is to “bring your creativity to life”.

I’d argue that it achieves the opposite.

A smiling woman photographed on the Samsung Galaxy S24

In Edit Suggestions, the Galaxy S24 will propose editing tweaks to your photos before making them – a feature that was inconceivable on a pocket camera five years ago.

Like thebest AI art generators, these Galaxy AI editing tools do an incredibly good impression of creativity.

They may just make our memories all look strangely homogenous.

My second concern is perhaps even more old-man-yells-at-cloud.

A range of video frames shot on the Samsung Galaxy S24

The Galaxy S24’s Instant Slow-mo feature (above) is one of its most impressive AI-powered video tools.

But given the Galaxy range’s popularity and reach, that feature could again spark a significant change.

Somehow, I don’t think watermarks and metadata will stem that tide.

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A basketballer being photographed on the Samsung Galaxy S24

The Galaxy S24’s Generative Edit feature (above) lets you move subjects around the frame, like Google’s Magic Editor.

A photo scene analyzed by the Samsung Galaxy S24

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