{"id":611620,"date":"2026-09-01T22:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611620\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T22:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:18:12","slug":"the-team-behind-galaxy-z8s-my-fancam-explains-how-the-feature-works-and-what-inspired-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/611620\/","title":{"rendered":"The team behind Galaxy Z8’s My FanCam explains how the feature works and what inspired it"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8<\/a>, Z Fold8 Ultra<\/a> and Z Flip8<\/a> introduced a feature called My FanCam, which is also featured on the Galaxy S26 FE<\/a>. The team that developed it shared their inspirations, thoughts and goals for this feature.<\/p>\n

\"(From
\n(From left) Sherry Hong, Sunghwan Kim and Hwangpil Park<\/p>\n

Sharing fan videos of K-pop performances has become a popular activity among music fans \u2013 but until now they had to manually edit the video. My FanCam allows them to create a cut of the video that tracks one person as they move across the stage \u2013 all it takes is a single tap.<\/p>\n

Object tracking isn\u2019t new, but old methods had their pitfalls \u2013 if the object being tracked gets obscured (by, say, other people on the stage), the algorithm can get confused. Samsung used an AI model that recognizes individuals and locates them in the frame \u2013 that allows My FanCam to reframe the video to keep them in the center.<\/p>\n

\"How
\nHow My FanCam works<\/p>\n

\u201cWe focused on reducing wait times while editing. Users may want to switch between people in group videos, but reanalyzing the video each time would mean waiting again. We designed My FanCam to analyze multiple people at once, letting users switch between subjects and instantly see the results once the initial analysis is complete,\u201d said Sunghwan Kim of the Multimedia Development Group at Samsung MX.<\/p>\n

The app allows the user to choose different aspect ratios for the final video \u2013 standard 16:9, vertical 9:16 and even 1:1, which are suitable for sharing across different social media networks.<\/p>\n


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\u201cTesting a large range of scenarios is important before rolling out new features. To help the development team test with a wide range of scenarios, multiple team members helped with the process. Some brought in old videos from the college days, such as dance club videos. Others would bring a phone and film new footage, such as climbing hobbies,\u201d said Sherry Hong, also of the Multimedia Development Group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe key challenge was processing AI workloads entirely on-device without a separate server. Longer videos require more computation, so we had to consider processing speed, power consumption, and heat generation. Samsung Research optimized the AI model to achieve the required results with less computation, while the MX Business streamlined the entire process \u2014 from video decoding to data transfer and analysis \u2014 reducing computational load with minimal impact on performance,\u201d added Kim.<\/p>\n

The team also offers some tips to help you get the best results out of My FanCam. You should choose a high resolution video mode since the app will be cropping in to frame the chosen subject. For the same reason, you should frame your shot slightly wider than you would normally.<\/p>\n

When picking a subject to track, it\u2019s best to do it in a frame where they aren\u2019t overlapped by others and their face is visible. You can use a tripod to get a stable image \u2013 but that\u2019s for new videos. You can also try My FanCam with videos you recorded years ago, just like the team did.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8<\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra<\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8<\/p>\n

Samsung Galaxy S26 FE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8, Z Fold8 Ultra and Z Flip8 introduced a feature called My FanCam, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-611620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}