Samsung is rolling out a smartphone subscription next month

It looks for illustration Samsung is yet fresh to rotation retired a paid subscription for its AI-powered smartphones, but it mightiness not look for illustration what we were expecting.

According to ETNews, Samsung Electronics vice president Han Jong-hee has confirmed that the company’s AI Subscription Club, which launched past December for immoderate of Samsung’s location appliances successful South Korea, will soon rotation retired to some Galaxy phones and the upcoming Ballie AI robot.

“We will use the subscription work to Galaxy smartphones starting adjacent month,” he says. “Ballie will beryllium introduced first successful Korea and the US, and we scheme to proviso it arsenic a subscription successful Korea.”

The AI Subscription Club isn’t a request to entree the Galaxy AI features connected Samsung’s phones and different devices, which the institution has previously said will stay free to users astatine slightest until the extremity of 2025, pinch plans beyond that constituent unconfirmed.

The exemplary presently gives Korean consumers the expertise to motion up to a monthly subscription for their AI-powered TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, and more, including optional repair and attraction services, for the liking of a little upfront cost.

It’s not clear if the subscription exemplary will grow beyond South Korea, but there’s a chance we’ll find retired much soon. Samsung has a Galaxy Unpacked arena successful San Jose scheduled for January 22nd, erstwhile it is expected to unveil the Galaxy S25 series.