Samsung Adds AI App Support to $1,199 Galaxy Z Flip 8 Cover Display
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Updated · 9to5Google · Jul 23
Samsung Adds AI App Support to $1,199 Galaxy Z Flip 8 Cover Display
3 articles · Updated · 9to5Google · Jul 23
Summary
Samsung is repositioning the Galaxy Z Flip 8 around software, expanding the FlexWindow cover display with broader app support and new AI-driven functions rather than major hardware changes.
Galaxy AI and Now Brief now surface personalized updates from calendars and other apps, including travel details, health summaries and reminders, through a central outer-screen widget built for glanceable use.
Gemini Intelligence also runs on the cover display, letting users trigger app-based tasks without opening the phone and monitor progress from notifications on the outer screen.
The shift makes the Flip 8 feel closer to a Google-style ambient assistant device as Samsung opens pre-orders at $1,199 amid questions about how much innovation remains in flip foldables.