{"id":184906,"date":"2025-12-14T23:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T23:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/184906\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T23:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T23:22:15","slug":"galaxy-s26-vs-pixel-10-this-is-how-samsung-can-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/184906\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy S26 vs Pixel 10 \u2014 this is how Samsung can win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now more than ever, AI has a much more profound impact on the best phones<\/a> you can buy right now because of how practical they are in our daily lives. The Pixel 10<\/a>, above all, offers the best AI features I\u2019ve tested this year \u2014 and that adds a lot of pressure to Samsung and its forthcoming Galaxy S26<\/a> lineup.<\/p>\n

As much as the Galaxy S25 Ultra<\/a> remains as the best Android phone<\/a> around, I was astounded by the bevy of AI features that accompanied the Pixel 10 series. It wasn\u2019t just a sample sized helping of new stuff, it felt like I was getting a Costco bulk-sized serving instead. What makes the Pixel 10 better isn\u2019t just the amount, but how practical and intuitive they are to use.<\/p>\n

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Samsung can\u2019t afford to fall behind with Galaxy AI. There hasn\u2019t been a whole lot of leaks around what new AI tools we could get with the Galaxy S26, but here\u2019s what it needs to copy from the Pixel 10.<\/p>\n

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AI-enhancing zoom camera<\/p>\n

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For years, Samsung\u2019s Ultra phones have been some of the best camera phones<\/a> around due to their exceptional zoom range. While rumors hint at an upgraded 3x telephoto shooter coming to the S26 Ultra, I\u2019d like to see more help from Galaxy AI to enhance its zoom performance.<\/p>\n

Google<\/a>\u2019s Pro Res Zoom<\/a> feature, which is exclusive to the Pixel 10 Pro<\/a> and 10 Pro XL<\/a>, leans on AI to tweak zoom photos captured at 30x and beyond. I\u2019ve already tested out this feature with solid results, which you can see in the gallery above that shows the before and after.<\/p>\n

However, I want to point out the first set of shots of the woman because it\u2019s the perfect example of how AI is being tapped to improve the photo\u2019s quality.<\/p>\n

Ask Photos<\/p>\n

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I edit a lot of photos, so I appreciate the new Ask Photos<\/a> feature of the Pixel 10 that makes complex tasks such a breeze. The beauty of this feature is that I can simply type (or speak) what edits I want to make to the photo \u2014 like changing the background to something else or boosting the exposure of faces only \u2014 and the phone does them with realistic results.<\/p>\n

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While this feature is now baked into the Google Photos app<\/a>, I\u2019d like Samsung to add its own interpretation with a native feature for the Galaxy S26. Perhaps include more generative AI features that could extend a photo to make it fit where you\u2019re trying to post it? For example, it\u2019d be helpful if I could take the landscape photos I capture and \u2018extend\u2019 them to fit vertically on Instagram<\/a> or TikTok.<\/p>\n

Auto best take<\/p>\n

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The most improved AI feature with the Pixel 10 has to be without a doubt auto best take, which gets a tremendous boost because of how it uses generative AI to give me options to change the faces of people in group photos. The before and after images above show how it transforms my face so that I\u2019m smiling and looking at the camera.<\/p>\n

Samsung hasn\u2019t come out with a similar feature just yet, so I\u2019m hoping it could be a new Galaxy AI feature available to the Galaxy S26.<\/p>\n

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Call Screen<\/p>\n

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One of my all-time favorite AI features is Google\u2019s Call Screen<\/a>, which uses Google Assistant to screen phone calls on my behalf. I\u2019ve shown how it\u2019s very effective when I tested call screening on iOS 26 vs Android 16<\/a>, as Google\u2019s version is way more helpful.<\/p>\n

Samsung doesn\u2019t have anything remotely close to this, so I\u2019m crossing my fingers it can copy this feature and make it better for the Galaxy S26. What I\u2019d love to get is an assistant who picks up phone calls that sounds just like me, while also offering contextual responses that I can select from the phone \u2014 all without once having to pick up the call myself.<\/p>\n

Voice Translate<\/p>\n

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Speaking of sounding like me, that\u2019s what makes Voice Translate on the Pixel 10 so unique because this translating feature uses a voice that sounds exactly like me to speak in another language. I tested this out with a phone call to someone who spoke German, and to my surprise, the translated voice on the other end after I spoke my response sounded exactly like me \u2014 but with a German accent.<\/p>\n

Samsung currently offers its own Live Translate feature, but the voice it uses is a generic one. What makes Google\u2019s version even better is that it also adapts to the inflections of my voice.<\/p>\n

Outlook<\/p>\n

Now that the gap has been widened by Google, Samsung needs to react quickly and add these features to the Galaxy S26. So far, the hardware that\u2019s rumored to come with the lineup appears to be all iterative \u2014 which is why the focus needs to be on Galaxy AI features.<\/p>\n

Samsung could very well copy these features from Google, but as I\u2019ve pointed out, there are ways to genuinely make them better. One area that’s underserved and stands greatly to benefit from more AI features is video. Google Gemini currently can generate videos from text prompts and existing photos with Veo 3<\/a>, but I\u2019d much prefer Samsung to focus on creator tools that can improve videos taken by the Galaxy S26 cameras.<\/p>\n

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