AI Features: Hype or Actually Useful?

Every phone in 2026 is shouting about AI. But after using these features for a month, here is our honest take.

The Useful Stuff

Circle to Search is genuinely magical. Drawing a circle around anything to search is a habit now.

Call Screening: AI answering spam calls and transcribing them in real-time is a lifesaver.

The Hype

AI Photo Generation: Expanding the background of a photo sounds cool but feels gimmicky.

AI Summarization: Summarizing a 2-page email into a bullet point usually misses the nuance.

Overall, AI is here to stay, but the best features are the invisible ones that just make the phone work better.