Samsung Teaches Your AI to Keep Secrets With One UI 8, or So They Say

Samsung just gave us a glimpse into what security will look like on future Galaxy phones, and it sounds like interesting and complicated. So, let’s break it down so it actually makes sense for us regular people.

In the upcoming One UI 8 update, Samsung is tightening security, especially around all that personal data your AI features chew on.

Let’s walk through the key bits.

AI is now under strict lockdown

Samsung wants your phone to get smarter, more helpful, and more personal, but without your data leaving your device. That’s where their new Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection comes in. Let’s just call it KEEP.

With KEEP, apps that use AI to learn your habits, like how you unlock your phone, which routes you take to work, or when you check your phone, will now store that data in a special vault. A vault inside the phone, isolated from everything else. They say not even Samsung can peek inside.

In English: the phone will keep getting smarter, but your private info stays locked down, offline, and 100% yours.

I know that many of you don’t care about that whole “Ooh, my data is stored on some server..” fear that some have. But I guess it’s still cool that they are doing this, however limited it may be in the grand scheme of things.

If one device gets hacked, the whole squad reacts

Samsung is also beefing up how your Galaxy devices work together when there’s a threat. It’s part of something they call Knox Matrix. It’s a fancy name, but it’s a simple idea.

Let’s say your Galaxy phone gets compromised. Instead of just alerting you on that device, all your Samsung gadgets, like tablet, watch, and even TV, will kick into action.

They’ll show warnings, log you out from sensitive accounts, and isolate the problem device so the infection doesn’t spread.

Granted, not many of us have multiple Samsung devices, but if you do, Knox Matrix will be great.

Quantum-proof Wi-Fi

Samsung also says it’s future-proofing your Wi-Fi. Specifically, they’re adding quantum-resistant encryption to Secure Wi-Fi.

What that means is they’re using a type of lock that even future computers, like the super-powerful quantum ones scientists are still building, won’t be able to crack.

It’s like putting your info in a safe that doesn’t exist yet, but already has the key hidden from thieves who haven’t even been born. So, in other words, the Quantum-proof bit is probably just fancy talk for something that won’t be useful for years.

However, it still will provide benefits with today’s non-Quantum WiFi.

It will automatically kick in when you connect to dodgy public Wi-Fi, like in cafés or airports. Samsung logs which networks you connect to and keeps a record of how it protected you, kind of like a security camera for your internet connection.

The usual suspects get an upgrade too

All the other security stuff, like Knox Vault (which guards passwords and PINs), Auto Blocker (which stops shady app installs), and Theft Protection, are still there. Only now they’re better integrated, easier to manage, and they play nicer with the AI features.

What it means for us in Zim

Samsung is responding to two things: the rise of AI in smartphones, and the risks that come with it. Phones are learning more about us than ever before, but they’re also getting better at protecting that information.

In a country like Zimbabwe, where many use Galaxy devices for both personal and business tasks, this kind of on-device protection is a big win. Even if you don’t care about any of this.

Your phone can give you smarter suggestions, better battery management, and personalised alerts, without sending your data to some cloud server somewhere.

No internet? No problem. Your data doesn’t need to leave the device anyway. For those of us who don’t have internet access 24/7, that is good news.

With One UI 8, Samsung is basically saying: “Yes, your phone is spying on you. But we’ll make sure even we don’t know what it sees.”

You decide if you believe that.