OnePlus’ new ‘small’ phone isn’t coming to the US, but its AI features are

The India-only OnePlus 13S (pictured) comes with immoderate goodies that planetary OnePlus users volition yet payment from.

While the latest telephone successful the OnePlus 13 lineup is exclusive to India, the AI features that it comes with volition beryllium making their mode to US users. The astir notable is Plus Mind, which allows users to easy prevention accusation to a dedicated “Mind Space” alternatively of manually logging important dates oregon appointments.

Schedules, reservations, lawsuit information, and different information tin beryllium extracted from images oregon substance and past automatically added to a user’s calendar, and past it tin beryllium rapidly retrieved aboriginal utilizing OnePlus’ AI hunt feature. OnePlus says a caller Plus Mind diagnostic volition beryllium rolling retired “later this year,” which volition automatically categorize saved accusation to assistance amended organization.

Plus Mind volition initially beryllium disposable connected the compact OnePlus 13S that’s launching successful India connected June 5th, a variant of the 13T that was precocious released successful China. Both phones, which are unavailable successful the US and Europe, person the caller customizable Plus Key button, which replaces OnePlus’ signature Alert Slider. Like the Alert Slider, Plus Key tin beryllium utilized to power betwixt normal, mute, and vibrate-only modes, alongside different actions similar launching the camera, signaling audio, oregon translation.

Plus Mind volition beryllium rolled retired to the remainder of the OnePlus 13 bid via a aboriginal bundle update, and the institution says that much devices volition follow. Plus Mind tin beryllium activated with the caller Plus Key fastener oregon an upward three-finger swipe connected older phones that deficiency the Plus Key, specified arsenic the OnePlus 13. Every OnePlus telephone launching this twelvemonth is expected to diagnostic the caller Plus Key.

Alongside Plus Mind, OnePlus is processing a suite of AI tools, including an AI translation app that combines text, unrecorded voice, camera-based, and surface translation capabilities, and an image-reframing instrumentality that analyzes photos to suggest the champion cropping options. Another AI editing instrumentality that’s rolling retired “this summer” volition beryllium capable to automatically close facial expressions and blinking. 

Two features that are lone launching successful India are AI VoiceScribe, which OnePlus says tin “record, summarize, and construe calls and meetings” straight wrong messaging and gathering apps, and AI Call Assist, which provides automatic summaries and real-time translation during calls. The Verge reached retired to OnePlus to inquire if it’s readying to rotation retired these features globally but we haven’t heard backmost yet.