At its Unpacked event last week, Samsung took the wraps off the Galaxy S25 lineup and spent a majority of the time talking about AI -- a trend in phone announcements these days. Echoing both Google and Apple,

Galaxy AI's multitasking and proactive suggestions is made possible Gemini's ability to work across apps. Gemini works with Samsung Calendar, Notes, Reminder, and Clock and third-party apps to perform tasks for the user without having to switch between apps.

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled its newest Galaxy S25 smartphones, powered by Qualcomm's chips and Google's artificial-intelligence model, hoping its upgraded AI features can reinvigorate sales and fend off Apple and Chinese rivals.

One of the controversial decisions Samsung made with the Galaxy S25 Ultra was eliminating Bluetooth support for the S Pen, which turns out to directly impact a Samsung DeX feature. With a Bluetooth enabled S Pen, like the one in last year’s Galaxy S24 Ultra, users could remotely snap photos with their S Pen by pressing its button.

The AI features on Samsung's Galaxy S25 phones uses both on-device and cloud-based AI models, including the touted AI assistant.

At Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event on January 22nd we were treated to the launch of the new Galaxy S25 series, but one S25 model was only teased at the event. Rumors circulating beforehand speculated that this mysterious phone would be an extra-thin S25 variant,

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An exercise in refinement with promise of AI enhancements, the Galaxy S25 Ultra represents the best-of-best Android has to offer in 2025