How Gartner believes AI will transform smartphones Tahawul Tech

Artificial intelligence features will become a critical product differentiator for smartphone vendors in acquiring new customers, according to Gartner. As the smartphone market shifts from selling technology products to delivering personalised experiences, AI solutions running on smartphones will become an essential part of vendor roadmaps over the next two years. Gartner predicts that by 2022, 80 percent of smartphones shipped will have on-device AI capabilities, up from 10 percent in 2017. On-device AI is currently limited to premium devices, and provides better data protection and power management than full cloud-based AI, since data is processed and stored locally. "With smartphones increasingly becoming a commodity device, vendors are looking for ways to differentiate their products," said CK Lu, research director at Gartner.