Samsung's MyFanCam on Galaxy Z Fold 8 Tracks 1 Person, Not Dogs

Q: If MyFanCam fails on pets, costumes, and unusual poses, should Samsung let users manually choose what the AI tracks?

Yes. Samsung should add a manual subject-selection option, because MyFanCam’s current people-first detection is too narrow for a tool meant to “refresh” existing videos. The reporting shows the weakness clearly: the feature can reframe around people, but it fails on dogs and struggles with costumes and unusual poses. That means the limitation is not just about pets; it is about any subject the model does not confidently classify. For users, that turns a promising editing tool into a hit-or-miss feature. A manual fallback would solve much of that without replacing the AI. The simplest version would let users tap, box, or lasso the subject on one frame, then have the software track it through the rest of the clip. That approach is already common in professional and consumer editing tools, where AI detection is paired with manual correction or keyframes when tracking fails. It would also fit MyFanCam’s role as a post-recording editor, where users can spend a few extra seconds refining the result. This would make the feature more useful for pets, sports gear, performers in heavy makeup or masks, and children or dancers in unusual positions. It would also reduce frustration when automatic tracking picks the wrong person or loses the subject. Samsung can still keep the current one-tap experience for people. But if the company wants MyFanCam to feel reliable rather than gimmicky, manual override is the practical next step.

Q: Is MyFanCam a genuinely useful Galaxy AI editor, or just a people-only feature dressed up as smarter video magic?

MyFanCam is useful, but only within a narrow lane: it is a practical editor for people-focused videos, not the broadly “smart” video tool its branding may imply. The strongest case for it is clear. It can rescue poorly framed clips after the fact by digitally reframing recorded video around one selected person. In testing and hands-on reports, it worked well enough on dancers, performers and crowded-event footage, and it can quickly generate alternate vertical or square crops for social posts. That makes it genuinely handy for parents filming school events, fans isolating a performer, or anyone repurposing one wide shot into multiple edits without manual keyframing. But the limitation is significant. Current testing shows MyFanCam appears to detect only human subjects. It failed on videos of dogs and did not recognize a dog even when filmed with a person. It also showed some weakness with unusual costumes or poses. That means it is not yet a general subject-tracking editor for pets, wildlife, vehicles or other moving subjects many users also want to spotlight. There is also a quality tradeoff. Because the feature crops into existing footage, the reframed output is less sharp than the original. Reviewers say that is acceptable for casual sharing, but not ideal for professional editing. So the answer is both: MyFanCam is genuinely useful as a fast post-capture reframing tool for people, but today it is still a people-only feature dressed up as broader AI video magic.

1 articles · Updated · Tom's Guide · Jul 26

Testing on Samsung's new Galaxy Z Fold 8 series found MyFanCam can reframe videos around a single human subject but failed to detect dogs, leaving pet footage unchanged.
MyFanCam is an AI editing tool—not a live camera mode—that can reprocess older videos, even clips shot years ago on non-Samsung phones, to shift focus onto one person after recording.
Trials showed the feature reliably picked out people, including unusual human scenes, but ignored animals such as dogs and zoo gorillas; it also recognized some Disney float characters while missing others.
The limitation suggests Samsung trained the feature primarily on human subjects, narrowing its usefulness for pet owners even as the underlying video-reframing concept shows promise for future software updates.