Moto AI remembers your screenshots, launches in open beta

Joining the legion of mobile artificial intelligence features, Moto AI is now available on Motorola Razr 50 devices as part of an open beta soft launch.

Like Apple Intelligence and its gradual rollout, Moto AI is taking a gentle approach to dipping Motorola’s toe into on-device generative AI. It’s separate from Google’s Gemini assistant, although the intent of enabling natural language requests is the same.

For those with Motorola Razr 50 Ultra and standard Razr 50 phones, you can access several features aimed at summarising text, transcribing conversations, and gleaning information from images.

If you come back to a phone flooded with messages and notifications, “Catch me up” condenses them into a single summary. “Pay attention” is Motorola’s voice recording and transcription tool that also summarises the main talking points of a meeting. There’s also “Remember this”, similar to the Pixel Screenshots feature on Google’s latest phones. This feature lets you screenshot visuals for future reference, pulling any text to help you search for information later.

Image: Motorola.

Motorola also highlighted a new and improved search bar as part of its AI feature rollout. According to Motorola’s blog announcement, it’s designed to streamline finding what you’re looking for and quickly access regularly used features.

Notably, Moto AI includes features mainly focused on productivity and information recall. Every brand is playing with generative AI image editors, but transcriptions and smart screenshot integrations are arguably the most useful tools.

To try out the beta features, update your eligible phone and then search “Moto AI” via the Google Play Store. From there, you can join the open beta, follow the instructions, and try the Gen AI software. All the details are on a dedicated webpage if you’re keen to find out more.

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Big telco shake-up as Telstra acquires Boost Mobile youth brand

In a big shake-up to Australia’s mobile telco market, Telstra has acquired youth-focused prepaid SIM brand Boost Mobile.

Integrating the Boost Mobile brand under the Telstra banner, the acquisition adds the SIM provider next to Telstra’s existing budget telco brand, Belong. As clarified in a media announcement, Telstra already led Boost’s product development, with the latter primarily handling public-facing activities like marketing.

A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) selling prepaid SIM plans with full access to Telstra’s 5G network, Boost also announced Boost Broadband, an NBN provider. The landing page for Boost Broadband still says “coming soon”, with no word of an expected launch date.

Telstra confirmed that current Boost Mobile customers won’t see any changes to their plans.

“Boost Mobile has been a fantastic partner of Telstra for 13 years and this acquisition cements just how much we value the Boost brand,” said Brad Whitcomb, Group Executive for Telstra Consumer. “We know Boost branded products are a fantastic option for those seeking more affordable mobile connectivity and we are committed to providing that choice in the market.”

According to a Telstra media release, “most” of Boost Mobile’s existing staff will join the telco as a standalone team. Peter Adderton, Boost Mobile Chairman described the acquisition as a “natural evolution of the brand”.

“The team at Boost are the best in the business and I wish them all well on the next part of Boost Mobile’s journey,” Adderton said.

More to come.

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