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How to Use Samsung My FanCam: The One UI 9 AI Video Tracker That Reframes Your Favorite Person

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My FanCam is a Galaxy AI tool in One UI 9 that locks onto a person you pick in any video and reframes the clip to keep that person centered. It runs on footage you have already shot, so a wide group shot becomes a tight solo clip without re-filming a thing. The Galaxy S26 series picked it up in the One UI 9 rollout that began September 16, 2026, and it has been on the foldables since July.

I verified the workflow directly against Samsung's My FanCam support walkthrough and cross-checked device availability against Samsung's One UI 9 rollout announcement. The details line up: on-device processing, people-only tracking, and a September 16, 2026 start for the S26 line.

Key Takeaways

My FanCam lives in the Gallery app and works on videos you have already recorded, not only on clips you are filming in the moment.
It tracks people only. Pets, objects, and anything that is not a human face or body are out of scope.
The Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra get it in the One UI 9 rollout that started September 16, 2026; the Z Fold8 and Z Flip8 shipped with it in July.
Every step runs on the phone's own chip. No video is uploaded to a server.

What My FanCam does, and why it is named that

Open any video in Gallery, pick one person in the frame, and My FanCam tracks that person across the whole clip. It then produces a second video, reframed in an aspect ratio you choose, where the subject stays centered as they move. The original file is kept; the result saves as a copy.

The name comes from K-pop fancam culture. Fans at concerts record the crowd wide, then isolate one member for a solo clip. My FanCam bakes that workflow into the phone: shoot the wide shot, and the software picks out the one person later. In a Newsroom interview with the Z Fold8 camera team, Samsung said the goal is to keep the favorite person in focus without holding the camera on them through the performance.

Which Galaxy phones have it

My FanCam launched with the Galaxy Z Fold8, Z Fold8 Ultra, and Z Flip8 in July 2026. It arrived for the S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra when Samsung began the official One UI 9 rollout on September 16, 2026, per the Samsung Newsroom press release. S25, Z Fold7, and Z Flip7 models follow through One UI 9 updates.

"My FanCam went from foldable-only to the entire S26 flagship line in under two months. That is the fastest Samsung has shipped a Galaxy AI video tool across a full flagship range." The tool appears in Gallery's Galaxy AI menu the moment the update lands. The wider One UI 9 changes, including Gemini and accessibility updates, are covered in our September 2026 Android drop recap.

Step-by-step: turn a wide clip into a solo

Open the Gallery app and find the video you want to reframe.
Tap the Galaxy AI icon, the small glowing stars, at the bottom of the player.
Choose My FanCam from the menu. It sits next to Audio Eraser.
Wait a moment. Galaxy AI scans the clip and boxes every person it finds.
Tap the person you want to follow. If nobody is boxed, scrub the timeline to a frame where your subject is clearly visible and pick from there.
Pick an aspect ratio and whether you want a horizontal or vertical frame.
Tap Follow. The phone processes the clip; a short clip takes a few seconds.
Preview the result, then tap Save Copy to keep both the original and the new version.

Nothing in these steps sends your video anywhere. The detection and reframing run locally on the phone's AI processor, which is the part most people assume would need the cloud. Engadget's hands-on guide walks the same taps and confirms the local processing.

Picking the aspect ratio

Samsung offers 9:16 for vertical social clips, 1:1 square, and a run of portrait ratios including 3:4, 2:3, 3:5, 4:5, and 5:7. The choice decides how much surrounding scene survives the reframe. For a clip you plan to post to a feed, 9:16 is the natural fit. For a home video you want to keep, a 4:5 or 3:4 frame leaves a bit more context around the person.

Getting the cleanest result

Three recording habits matter more than anything in the menu. Record in 4K where the camera allows it, because the reframe is a digital crop and the source has to hold up when you zoom in. Frame wider than usual to give the tracker room to move, and light the scene well, since low light plus a crop is where grain shows up fastest. For unpredictable movement, keep the subject comfortably in frame and use a tripod to steady the base footage.

"Record wide, shoot in 4K, and frame with headroom. My FanCam is only as good as the footage you feed it. The reframe is a crop, not a magic fix for a shot where the person is already half out of frame."

Where it falls short

My FanCam needs the subject at a minimum of 720×720 pixels, and it tracks people only. Point it at a dog or a car and it will not follow. It also cannot be applied twice to the same video, and it gives up on near-identical clothing, on subjects who shrink too small, and on anyone who leaves the frame for good.

The output is a digital crop, not an optical zoom, so heavy reframe loses sharpness, and parts of the scene the camera never captured cannot be recovered. For a side-by-side test on real hardware, Tom's Guide's Z Fold8 review pushes it through dance and movement footage. For a camera counterpoint from the other side of the aisle, our iPhone 18 Pro camera breakdown covers Apple's variable-aperture lens.

My FanCam vs Auto Framing

	My FanCam	Auto Framing
When it works	After you record	While you record
Must be set ahead of time	No	Yes
Switch subjects later	Yes, from the same scan	No, locked to the recording
Best for	Existing footage, plan as you go	Live events, real-time control

The two are complements, not rivals. Auto Framing keeps composing for you in the moment, but you commit to one framing as you film. My FanCam assumes you will decide later, so it saves the wide original and lets you pick the subject and the crop after the fact. SamMobile's One UI 9 feature rundown lists both among the four new Galaxy AI additions on the S25, Fold7, and Flip7. If you are already deep in One UI 9, our Good Lock Home Up gesture remap guide is the natural companion read.

Bottom line

My FanCam is a small feature with a useful trick: it moves the decision from "should I keep filming" to "who did I want in this clip." That is the whole value. It cannot replace a good composition, and its people-only tracking and 720-pixel floor set hard limits, but for the specific job of isolating one person from a wide recording, it is the cleanest phone tool Samsung has shipped this year.

"The reason My FanCam sticks is that it respects the fact you were not thinking about framing at the moment it mattered. It hands you the wide shot you actually captured and lets you pick the solo version weeks later." The next thing to watch is whether the foldable-only head start closes the gap on the S25 line, which should tell you how fast Samsung is rolling it to older hardware. If you found this useful, share it with someone who films concerts, or drop a comment with the best use case you have for it.

Frequently asked questions

Which Galaxy phones support My FanCam?

It shipped with the Galaxy Z Fold8, Z Fold8 Ultra, and Z Flip8 in July 2026. The Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra get it in the One UI 9 rollout that began September 16, 2026, and the S25, Z Fold7, and Z Flip7 follow through One UI 9 updates.

Does My FanCam work on videos I already have?

Yes. That is its main advantage. It works on any existing clip in Gallery, so you can reframe old concert footage or family recordings instead of only videos you are filming right now.

Can it track pets or other animals?

No. My FanCam tracks people only. Animals, objects, and vehicles are outside what it will follow.

What video quality do I need to get a good result?

The clip must be at least 720×720 pixels. For the best output, record in 4K and frame wider than usual so the crop has room to work.

How is My FanCam different from Auto Framing?

Auto Framing reframes while you record and locks to that composition. My FanCam works after the fact, so you can choose the subject and aspect ratio once the clip is saved, and switch between people from the same scan.

References

Source links for this guide. The workflow is documented on Samsung's own support page, and device availability is confirmed by the official One UI 9 rollout announcement.

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