Using AI to make your smartphone smarter

How many times have you lost your competitive edge because your smartphone starts downloading large email files while you're playing an online game? Or perhaps those concert tickets you've been waiting months for, finally come online and your phone decides to offer you a new system upgrade? The consequences, while not life threatening, are definitely frustrating. These are some of the challenges and issues we are trying to solve at the University of Melbourne and our research suggests that Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be the key. Smartphones are actually not very smart when it comes to system updates and battery conservation.