Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked occasions are used as huge product showcases for the South Korean electronics firm, typically seeing it reveal the latest-generation Galaxy telephones and foldables, in addition to smartwatches, earbuds, and extra.
The primary Unpacked of 2024 kicks off on January 17, the place we anticipate to see the reveal of the Samsung Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24 Plus, and Galaxy S24 Extremely on the very least. There’s additionally scope for the Galaxy Ring, Samsung’s rumored good ring, to make its debut, in addition to upgrades for the likes of the Galaxy Buds 2.
However Unpacked additionally acts as a little bit of a weathervane for Samsung’s route of journey in client applied sciences, and with Samsung lately trademarking the time period ‘AI Telephone’ we are able to anticipate dose of AI-powered options and providers to be touted by the corporate on January 17.
So learn on for the whole lot you should learn about Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024.
When is the subsequent Samsung Galaxy Unpacked occasion?
The primary Galaxy Unpacked of 2024 will happen on January 17 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT on Wednesday, January 17 – that’s 5am AEDT on Thursday, January 18 for folks in Australia.
The showcase can be livestreamed, with the very best locations to look at set to be Samsung’s YouTube channel, However you may also comply with Samsung’s social accounts, corresponding to Samsung Mobile on X, to get the newest updates forward of and in the course of the occasion.
However TechRadar can even be heading to the Unpacked showcase being held in San Jose, California, so be sure to test again with us as we’ll be dwell running a blog Unpacked 2024. We’ll even have lots going up on our TechRadar TikTok account, so go and provides {that a} comply with for the newest information and rumors forward of Unpacked, in addition to information, reactions, and evaluation from the showcase.
The way to watch Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024 on-line
To comply with the Galaxy Unpacked showcase dwell, we advise you head on over to Samsung’s YouTube channel the place the dwell stream can be hosted and is definitely accessible. There’s at present a teaser video for it, which we’ve embedded beneath.
Alternatively, head to Samsung’s web site the place you may register to look at the dwell stream and also you’ll get a £50 /AU$100 voucher to spend on Galaxy gadgets. Sadly, no such provide exists within the US however when you reserve a brand new Galaxy machine you may get $50 in Samsung credit score, and when you then put in a Samsung Galaxy S24 preorder you may rating as much as $970 in financial savings with a trade-in.
What could possibly be revealed at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024?
We’ve had no official affirmation of what’s going to be launched at this Galaxy Unpacked on January 17, however from the rumors and teasers to date, we’ll nearly definitely see the brand new Galaxy S24 sequence, comprising commonplace, Plus, and Extremely fashions.
However with Samsung touting an enormous AI push, anticipate the showcase to have a heavy AI ingredient, with Samsung championing how generative AI – whereby AI algorithms are used to create content material quite than merely disseminate it – can be utilized with the newest Galaxy telephone options and specs upgrades.
Learn on for extra particulars of what we predict can be introduced at Galaxy Unpacked 2024.
Samsung Galaxy S24 sequence smartphones
As certain as night time follows day, we are able to anticipate to see the Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24 Plus, and Galaxy S24 Extremely revealed on January 17. Samsung’s promotional materials and discussions round its newest Exynos 2400 chip all level in direction of new Galaxy S-series telephones being proven off at Unpacked 2024.
From the rumors and ideas to date, we are able to anticipate {hardware} upgrades on the Galaxy S24 telephones over their Galaxy S23 counterparts to be quite incremental. iPhone 15 Professional-style titanium sides are tipped for the Galaxy S24 Extremely, whereas trimmer show bezels are anticipated for the usual and plus Galaxy S24 fashions; for extra particulars take a look at our breakdown of the Galaxy S24 Extremely design.
Specs sensible, we anticipate the telephones to have Exynos 2400 or Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chips in them, relying on the mannequin and area; see our roundup of the Galaxy S24 specs rumors and Galaxy S24 Extremely specs rumors.
The Samsung Galaxy S24 cameras are anticipated to be in step with what got here earlier than however maybe with some software program upgrades to enhance picture outcomes. However it’s the Galaxy S24 Extremely’s cameras which can be tipped to have the larger modifications, with the telephone rumored to drop the 10x optical zoom 10-megapixel telephoto digicam and as a substitute go for a 50MP digicam with a 5x optical zoom and a 10x digital crop – this might end in larger high quality zoom photographs even when the optical vary is halved.
It is in AI, although, the place Samsung is anticipated to make huge leaps with the Galaxy S24 sequence. Whereas many smartphones have tapped into machine studying and AI-powered tech for a couple of years, notably the Google Pixel 6 with its Magic Eraser, these good instruments have been extra for help and optimizing actions, say offering on-the-fly translations. However the subsequent step is to lean on generative AI, whereby algorithms can higher find out about what you need and generate it for you, from artwork out of phrases to vacation plans and responding to requires you.
With the AI Telephone moniker coined, we anticipate Samsung to go huge with AI as a brand new function for the Galaxy S24 telephones, probably with onboard execution of AI actions.
Samsung Galaxy AI
Constructing upon the aforementioned AI-phone tech, Samsung is more likely to additional champion its ambitions to ship “on-device AI”, whereby good machine studying algorithms may be powered by a tool’s chips quite than needing a connection again to cloud-based server energy.
So we are able to anticipate huge displays on how Samsung can use AI in Galaxy S24 telephones, from bettering telephone pictures to producing entire new photos on the fly. However we’d not be stunned to see Samsung reveal a complete host of AI-centric instruments for its Galaxy gadgets as some type of a set for productiveness, group, and leisure.
We will completely see Samsung having builders take to the stage to speak about how they built-in such AI instruments into their apps. Or how these instruments can be utilized to not solely enhance productiveness but additionally make issues like planning holidays quite a bit simpler.
AI received loads of consideration in 2023, so we don’t anticipate it to go away in 2024, and an rising variety of tech manufacturers are more likely to lean into AI with Samsung serving to lead this yr’s cost.
Samsung Galaxy gaming
Whereas sure fashions of the Galaxy S24 Plus and Galaxy S24 Extremely are probably to make use of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, others – notably these not within the US – are anticipated to make use of the Exynos 2400 chip. This might be in distinction to the Galaxy S23 sequence as all of them used Snapdragon silicon.
However whereas Exynos chips have been seen as weaker slices of silicon in comparison with Snapdragons, the Exynos 2400 seems to have put in some strong early benchmark scores. Nevertheless, its potential ace within the gap could possibly be the Xclipse 940 GPU, which makes use of AMD’s RDNA 3 structure that has been touted to ship “considerably enhanced ray tracing” and thus higher graphics and realism in gaming.
Samsung has partnered with Microsoft earlier than to assist carry Xbox Cloud Gaming to its Galaxy flagships, so it’s no stranger to championing smartphone gaming. With the potential for ray-traced video games and higher-end graphics, we may see the Galaxy S24 telephones include spectacular gaming chops, possibly nipping on the heels of the iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max with their A17 Professional chip, which additionally helps hardware-accelerated ray tracing and might energy console-quality video games like Resident Evil 4 Remake.
So at Unpacked 2024, Samsung may use a few of its showcase to tout the facility of the Galaxy S24 telephones as gaming gadgets that may ship experiences akin to the newest consoles. That’s been a promise of many smartphones and cellular video games for years, however it’s not fairly come to fruition, so possibly Samsung can lastly change that for Android telephones.
Samsung Galaxy Ring
The Samsung Ring has been rumored for a while and can be the corporate’s first good ring. And like others, it’s anticipated to have a health and wellness monitoring focus, serving to keep watch over step counts and distance coated via to measuring coronary heart charges and monitoring blood stress.
Given January is a time when lots of people begin new health packages, it will make sense for Samsung to debut a health-centric wearable. However a scarcity of latest rumors has us not sure of whether or not the Ring will certainly make an look.
Nevertheless, Samsung could possibly be doing job at retaining the Galaxy Ring underneath wraps for a ‘yet one more factor’ type reveal on the finish of Unpacked 2024.
Samsung Galaxy Buds and Galaxy Watch updates
A pair of outliers right here, however there’s scope for Samsung to disclose up to date Galaxy Buds wi-fi earbuds at Unpacked 2024. Relatively than providing a dramatic step up in design or audio high quality, they may simply get a case with a boosted battery life or some new shade choices to sync with what’s anticipated of the Samsung Galaxy S24 colours.
The identical could possibly be stated for the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6; we don’t forecast a brand new Galaxy Watch to make its debut on January 17, however the present mannequin may get a software program improve introducing extra problems and maybe gaining some AI options by linking to the Galaxy S24 telephones. Some new strap choices additionally wouldn’t be past the realms of creativeness.
What’s Samsung Galaxy Unpacked?
Galaxy Unpacked is the identify given to the massive Samsung product showcase. Usually these revolve round new Galaxy S-series telephones and Galaxy Fold and Flip sequence foldable telephones.
However Galaxy Unpacked occasions are additionally used to debut new Galaxy smartwatches and wi-fi earbuds, in addition to laptops and tablets. There are additionally nods given to Samsung’s SmartThings good residence platform and its interoperability with the brand new Galaxy gadgets.
Normally, you may anticipate two Galaxy Unpacked occasions a yr; one in the beginning, ranging between January and March, and the opposite in round July or August.
