Infinix’s AI features reviewed: what works and what doesn’t
Smartphone brands are rushing to integrate AI features deeply into their software across various apps. Infinix is no different, as the brand has welcomed a myriad of AI features on its latest Android 15-based XOS 15 skin. These include answering phone calls for you, getting voice and text-based summaries, controlling and changing settings on the phone with just your voice, and much more. Having reviewed the Infinix Hot 60, here’s my take on what I liked and disliked about Infinix AI.
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Infinix AI has a lot to like
As stated above, Infinix phones running on XOS 15 are pre-loaded with numerous AI functionalities across system apps. All these features sit under a dedicated ‘Infinix AI’ section within the Settings app. While I primarily tested the AI options on the Infinix Hot 60, I also had the opportunity to explore the higher-priced Infinix GT 30 Pro, as the availability of features may vary across devices.
Powering the suite of AI features on XOS 15 is Folax AI, Infinix’s proprietary AI assistant, which can perform various actions and functions similar to Google’s Gemini. It can solve common and complex queries, look up information from the internet, modify or alter system-based actions, such as adding an event to your calendar, starting a timer, changing system settings, generating detailed images, and much more. Just like Gemini and ChatGPT, Folax AI remembers the answers to previous prompts and can accordingly provide more in-depth results. The response speed was reasonably quick and efficient.
Next up is ‘Folax Smart Touch’, similar to ‘Extract Content’ on OnePlus phones, which allows copying text, images, or URLs instantly from apps, webpages, and even images. This is something I was fond of using on XOS 15. Similarly, the AI writing and modification features on XOS 15 are widely spread across the UI. Be it any form of text in social media apps, notes, documents, or webpages, you can select a portion of it to summarise, proofread for grammatical errors, rewrite it in friendly, professional, or concise tones, or further expand the text with the help of AI.
While many other smartphone UIs offer AI writing features, they aren’t as deeply integrated as Infinix AI. For instance, OnePlus and OPPO phones feature AI rewriting, expansion, and summarisation capabilities in select apps. On XOS 15, I was able to get AI writing features not only on the stock notes app, but also on Google Keep notes, which couldn’t be replicated on a OnePlus Nord CE 5.
Regarding imaging AI features, while the Infinix Hot 60 lacks AI features in the stock gallery app, the higher-priced Infinix GT 30 Pro offers standard image functions, including AI Eraser, AI Cutout, and AI Extender. All these features are available under the ‘AI Studio’ menu.
Moving on, just like others, XOS 15 offers voice and call recording summarisation that allows users to listen to a glimpse of the voice notes. I was also able to transcribe these recordings fully. Then there’s ‘AI Auto-Answer’, which is similar to Google Pixel’s Call Screen feature (not yet available in India) and Samsung’s Bixby text call. It answers calls on your behalf using an automated voice and converses with callers, offering a real-time transcription of the call. It was surprising to see Infinix implement this feature, as other major players, such as Vivo, OPPO, and OnePlus, have yet to bring it to their users. However, when the person on the other side of the call was speaking in Hindi, AI Auto-Answer failed to grasp what they were saying. As it turns out, the feature currently only supports English.
Lastly, XOS 15 also offers AI subtitles and an AI wallpaper generator. The former only works in the stock video player, but thankfully, there’s Google Live Caption support, just like most Android skins, which offers on-screen captions when a speech is detected on any audio-based content. In the AI wallpaper generator, you can feed in any prompt per your liking and choose an image tone to come up with wallpapers. While it gets the job done, the generator often doesn’t correctly implement the given prompt.
What didn’t quite work for me
Like most AI systems and models, Infinix AI is not perfect and has its fair share of shortcomings. Firstly, during my use of the Infinix Hot 60, the Folax AI crashed twice while attempting to answer a query. While this could be an edge case, there’s still room to improve optimisation. Then comes the AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) portrait, which aims to create the user’s digital avatar based on fictional characters, but it doesn’t perfectly capture the facial features. In this regard, OPPO’s AI Studio performs well, delivering detailed outputs that closely match a person’s face.
Additionally, I found it odd that although the gallery app allows expanding images with the help of AI on the Infinix GT 30 Pro, the AI Folax generates a new image when asked to expand. In other words, the AI expansion functionality is available, but it has not been properly implemented on Folax AI.
Now, regarding AI Auto-Answer, while I appreciate Infinix for offering such a feature that can take calls on the user’s behalf, especially for unknown numbers, it hasn’t been localised for the Indian market due to the lack of recognition of non-English languages, which is a bummer.
What others can learn from Infinix AI
Infinix has clearly made AI a core part of its identity with XOS 15, and that effort shows. Features like AI Auto-Answer, deep writing tools, and Folax AI’s system-level integration make the experience stand out compared to rivals that are still limiting AI to select apps or higher-end models. That said, the execution isn’t flawless. Crashes, imperfect image tools, and the lack of local language support hold it back from being truly reliable.
Still, for a brand competing in the budget and mid-range segment, Infinix deserves credit for democratising AI and not gatekeeping it behind flagship price tags. This is something other OEMs can learn from. If Infinix can refine stability, expand language support, and polish its creative tools, Infinix could position itself as the most accessible entry point for AI in smartphones, something even the bigger names haven’t quite managed yet.
