The Samsung Galaxy AI on the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 has at least one trick that can surprise and delight friends, family and – apparently – my dentist.
My nerves at the dentist are such that I’m constantly looking for distractions, things to help me forget that I’m lying in the dentist’s chair with my mouth hanging open. So when my dentist casually asked how I was and what I had been up to, I told her I had just returned from Samsung Galaxy Unpacked in Paris.
She smiled under the mask and not caring if she was faking interest or actually interested, I quickly pulled out my Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 from my pocket. Along with my hygienist standing on the other side of my chair with his hands full of instruments over my mouth they stopped and marveled at the folding Android device. Foldables aren’t particularly popular or prevalent in my part of the world, and I realized this might be the first time they’ve seen one.
Now that I had their attention and temporarily diverted them from drilling their mouths, I quickly unfolded the phone’s 7.6-inch flexible display and started babbling about artificial intelligence. However, the dental hygienist was more interested in what I thought was the most amazing Android phone she had ever seen. A keen iPhone fan, she was intrigued by this usually replaceable device.
I plowed on and started explaining all the AI ​​features when the hygienist told me she thought the phone was fine but she wasn’t giving up her iPhone for it. I thought a demonstration might change her mind – and further delay my dental work.
There are quite a few Samsung Galaxy AI features on this phone, and on the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and other Galaxy phones, like live translation and Circle to Search, but I knew I needed something fast, visual, and fun, and I decided for Sketch. to the picture.
Sketch to Image lives in the Notes app and it’s pretty simple: open a blank page and sketch a basic image with your finger, or the right Galaxy Z Fold 6 S pen if you have one. You then select the Galaxy AI button, mark what you want the generative AI to transform, and wait about 10 seconds for the result (Samsung uses a hybrid model for its AI, with some features working locally on your device, but Sketch to Image needs a cloud connection).
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Lying in that chair, I knew I was running out of time. My dentist couldn’t talk to me all morning – other patients were waiting. Even so, I realized that I was doing a great job of delaying the inevitable.
I opened Notes and explained what I was going to do. The thing is, I wasn’t sure what to draw. Since I started testing the phone, I’ve found that Sketch to Image works best on simple line drawings. It balked at more complex sketches with too much detail, which is why my Notre Dame drawing would never touch the Galaxy AI’s digital hand.
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Under the circumstances, I decided on the most obvious idea: a tooth. It wasn’t a great drawing, although my dentist kindly told me it was “not bad”. I didn’t write the words “this is a tooth” below it or direct Sketch to Image differently. I selected the drawing, hit generate, and a few seconds later my dentist and hygienist squealed with joy. (They were so loud I almost jumped out of my chair… ok maybe I just wanted to leave).
“Gentlemen!”
I had to agree, it was a great depiction of a single tooth.
The hygienist collected herself and then told me that she might now consider this Android phone, but also admitted that while it was great, she had no idea how she would use Sketch to Image. Ah, the age-old problem of AI: impressive solutions in search of problems to solve.
I was about to tell them about the price, but by then my audience had gone back to the task at hand and they gently tipped my chair and asked me to open wide…