New Galaxy Phone? Here's How to Tone Down or Disable AI Completely on Your Phone - CNET

If you just took the wraps off of a brand-new Samsung Galaxy device , you might be trying to get your head around all of the features it has to offer. On the flip side, you might also be trying to figure out how to turn off or disable features you know you don't care to use. Something that'll inevitably be thrown in your face whether you want it or not? Artificial intelligence . Zooey Liao/CNET It's true that Samsung's Galaxy AI features are capable of doing some pretty interesting things, but not everyone is interested. If you find yourself in this camp, Samsung luckily makes it easy to manage or turn off AI features in Settings. Below, we'll show you how you can tone down the AI on your Samsung Galaxy phone or disable AI completely. How to turn off Galaxy AI services You can turn off most Galaxy AI features with a couple of taps. Nelson Aguilar Some of the features that smartphones can do using AI are undeniably cool. If you like some of them but don't want AI everywhere, Samsung will allow you to pick and choose what to take advantage of. To turn off AI for individual services: Go to Settings Tap Galaxy AI Select the service you want to disable Tap the toggle to "Off" You'll see a list of the services that form Galaxy AI. You can choose the apps for which you want to turn AI on or off from here. If you're more privacy-minded but still want to take advantage of Galaxy AI features, there's a toggle at the bottom of this screen that will limit AI from sending anything to the cloud and keep data processing on your device only. Going for this option will disable some AI features altogether that require the internet to process, and the results may be less useful. Goodbye, Bixby Samsung luckily makes it easy for your to ditch Bixby for another voice assistant. Nelson Aguilar Bixby, the Samsung digital assistant that you may not even realize is on your phone, is something that you'll want to disable if you're trying to tame the AI on your Galaxy device. Luckily, Samsung has a way for you to replace Bixby with another voice assistant of your choosing. For all intents and purposes, Google Assistant will be your best bet, even if it will eventually be replaced by Google's advanced AI assistant somewhere down the road. It's likely already installed on your phone, but you might need to redownload the Google app if you uninstalled it before or never had it. Go to Settings Tap Apps Tap Default apps Tap Digital assistant app Tap Google That's it. Now, when you trigger your voice assistant, you'll be greeted by Google Assistant instead of the AI-powered Bixby.

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