10 phones with the top AI features in 2026

Artificial intelligence has become one of the biggest selling points in the 2026 phone market, with manufacturers increasingly building AI into cameras, messaging, calls, writing tools, search, productivity and even the way users interact with their devices.

While almost every modern smartphone now advertises some form of AI, the quality and usefulness of those features vary significantly. Some phones use AI mainly for camera processing, while others can summarise meetings, translate conversations, search through personal information, edit images with text prompts and anticipate what a user may need next.

Based on the depth of their AI capabilities, software integration and practi...