Samsung One UI 7 will clash with iOS 18 for AI Notifications

Samsung will bring new AI features with One UI 7 to simplify user interactions including notifications summary that will directly clash with a similar capability in Apple’s iOS 18 operating system.

The iPhone maker already introduced this capability in iOS 18 devices and we can have a detailed look at what it has to offer.

The Cupertino-based tech giant introduced new notification upgrades under Apple Intelligence, a new generative AI feature set. However, it is only accessible for a few models including iPhone 16 series, 15 Pro, and Pro Max.

Once enabled, the feature will show a preview of the content inside a notification without opening it entirely. This will help users to see key details such as an invitation for a dinner or a reunion. It not only summarizes the content but also prioritizes long or stacked notifications that require your attention.

Users can check all notifications from the notification center and scroll back to see what they’ve missed in the past. Users get options to customize this option in the notifications setting.

iOS 18 Notification Summary (Credit – Apple)

How it works?

This feature relies on the smartphone’s on-device AI processing and large language models (LLMs). Algorithms designed for this task analyze the text content of individual notifications to identify the key details or information. Then, the content is processed by LLM to understand the nuances of language and generate a readable summary.

The ability to run a large language model plays a major role in summarizing the content. That’s why many of the previous iPhones aren’t eligible for Apple Intelligence, which I’ve discussed in a separate article here.

Samsung

The Korean phone maker is yet to release One UI 7 but it reportedly has a new change for notifications. As of the One UI 6 version, Samsung is offering a quick settings panel. It combines notifications and shortcuts in one place.

This could change with One UI 7 with a split. The Notification can be opened on a separate screen with a swipe down from the left side of the screen. On the other hand, the shortcut switches will open from the right side.

These gestures will make it an iOS 18 companion, which had these control and notification centers for a long time. That’s not it, a report also indicates that Samsung will Galaxy flagship’s on-device AI power to summarize notifications.

Unfortunately, there’s no visual clue of how the feature will look. However, we have a leak that shows how the separate notification center will actually look in a One UI 7 device.

One UI 7 Notifications Center

Conclusion

Notifications are the key to driving smartphone interactions and help users stay updated with the latest activity for different apps.

AI tools will simplify notifications and make them easy to read at a glance without spending much of the time going through each of them.

While Apple has set a good example for AI notifications summary in iOS 18, Samsung has a chance to bring in its competition with One UI 7. Read more about One UI 7 in our archive here.