barcelona after weeks of speculation and leaks samsung on sunday launched its latest flagship smartphones galaxy s9 and galaxy s9 at the mobile world congress in barcelona spain the phones come packed with newage tech features like ar emojis facial and iris recognition and samsungs voice assistant bixbythe way we use our smartphones has changed as communication and selfexpression has evolved said dj koh president and head of it mobile communications division samsung mobile with the galaxy s9 and s9 we have reimagined the smartphone camera not only do the galaxy s9 and s9 enable consumers to shoot great photos and videos anywhere its a smartphone thats designed to help them connect to others and express themselves in a way thats unique and personal to themwith an estimated 12 trillion photos taken in 2017 it comes as no surprise that the south korean giant has leaned heavily on features related to the camera with the new galaxy s9 family the company introduces dual aperture camera in smartphones for the very first time in an attempt to take on apples animojis samsung has introduced ar emojis users can create avatars of themselves with these emojis that can track facial movements and attach them to the keyboard samsung has also added a automatic motion detection feature in the camera it detects movement in the frame and automatically begins to record according to the company all that users have to do is set up the shot after capturing the super slowmo video users can select background music from 35 different options or add a tune from their favorite playlist users can also easily create edit and share gif files with a simple tap in three playful styles of looping to watch the action over and over againsamsungs intelligent platform integrated into the camera uses augmented reality and deep learning technologies to provide helpful information about a users surroundings with realtime object detection and recognition bixby instantly generates information directly on top of the image that the camera is pointing at users can translate foreign languages and currency in real time with live translation learn about their surroundings purchase products seen in the real world and track calories throughout the day the live translate option offers support for over 100 languages including indian languages like hindi and bengali while faceid is already up and running on apples iphone x samsung has gone a step ahead with facial and iris recognition samsung has also upped the audio game with stereo speakers that provide surround sound with audio expected to be 14x times louder than galaxy 8 they have also chosen to retain the 35 mm audio jackthe writer is in barcelona at the invitation of samsung