Remember Pokémon GO, the game that took the summer of 2016 by storm? As players moved through the real world, Pokémon would pop up in a map on their phone screens for them to catch. It made us feel like there was an entire world all around us that we could access through our phones.

That was our first taste of Augmented Reality (AR), virtual reality’s less cumbersome cousin, and it’s only going to get better in 2019 as 5G begins to roll out. You won't just be hunting down monsters on your way to the grocery store—you and 50 local players will descend on a park to rid it of a 50-foot frost troll that you can only see through your phones.

Entertainment especially has only just begun to scratch the surface of what's capable with 5G. Music is already easily transferred from one speaker to another within a household—but you have to tell it to do that yourself. What if it just did it for you? With 5G empowering devices and sensors in your home, your music will be able to follow you as you move from room to room.

But surely you'd still have to tell your speakers what to play, right? Not with wearable tech tracking your health levels all day. If you come home tense from a long day at work, a comprehensive AI assistant like Bixby will know you're wound up and need to listen to something soothing. Or maybe you just got some great news and need an arena rock setlist to celebrate.

5G will take this emotional adaptability outside of the home, too. As you start running, Bixby will know to play music that gets you fired up and ready to move, and as your run comes to an end, it'll even know to play something to cool you down.