Oppo and OnePlus are collaborating with Google to harness the power of the company’s Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) model in their devices. The partnership allows Chinese smartphone brands to use Gemini 1.0 Ultra models to introduce new AI features.
Notably, Oppo already has its own large-scale native language model called AndesGPT, through which the company has released several AI features for Chinese devices. Recently, the brand announced that the Reno 11 series will be equipped with the AI Eraser feature globally.
The announcement was made at the tech giant’s annual Google Cloud Next event, where Nicole Chan, general manager of AI products at OPPO and OnePlus, said it plans to bring these benefits to users around the world. We’re excited to work with Google to expand the space for mobile AI innovation by integrating Gemini and Google Cloud AI into smartphones and collaborating with other industry leaders for a diverse AI experience.
Zhang also said that both smartphone brands plan to launch more than 100 AI-generated content experiences for users. An AI-generated content experience can mean an AI-based feature that combines the content in some way. Examples of these features include the call summary generator and the artificial intelligence image generator. It’s worth noting that Oppo has brought both features to China.
The partnership with Google appears to apply to Oppo and OnePlus users outside of China. The details of the partnership are currently unclear, but it could pave the way for both companies to bring Google’s AI features to smartphones, such as portrait lighting and song recognition on the lock screen. Features under development include aggregating news articles, aggregating audio content and generating new social media content, the brands said in a statement.
Interestingly, this move coincides with Oppo’s recent announcement of bringing the AI wiper feature to its Reno 11 series smartphones globally. AI Eraser is a photo editing tool integrated into the Gallery app. When the user hovers over a background object, the AI processes and removes the object and restores the background element.
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