Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it is looking at major deals to drive growth as it faced tough questions from shareholders after its failure to ride an artificial intelligence boom made it one of the worst-performing tech stocks last year.

Samsung shareholders had slammed the company's management at a meeting for poor stock performance and asked for measures to revive the share prices.

Han Jong-hee, CEO and vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, apologized for recent declines in stock prices on Wednesday and vowed to make constant efforts to regain market leadership.

Samsung will bring its AI-driven One UI 7 interface to Galaxy phones and tablets next month. The company announced Tuesday that the new mobile software for Android will be available starting April 7 on various devices -- beginning with the Galaxy S24 series,

Samsung device owners will start getting notifications to install One UI 7 on April 7. The company will roll out its new interface gradually, starting with the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6 devices before making it available on its other smartphones and tablets.

Samsung Galaxy device, your next big software update is just a couple of weeks away. Samsung confirmed on its website this week that the big One UI 7 update will start rolling out to pre-Galaxy S25 generations of smart devices on April 7.