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During the latest Galaxy Unpacked event, Samsung debuted THE The Galaxy S25 line of phones, including the base S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra. Although the phones pack some new features and minor design changes made to appeal to the iPhone crowd, the phones are a vehicle for Samsung’s new “integrated AI platform” . Tools should be able to perform many tasks for you based on a text prompt. Besides the phones and a fair amount of AI gimmicks, Samsung teased a new “Edge” variant of the S25 line, along with a pair of AR glasses that could debut later this year.
Samsung Galaxy S25 and S25+
The new $800 Galaxy S25 and $1,000 S25+ Samsung’s announced Galaxy Unpacked began to look very close to an iPhone. However, they have retained the three vertical camera bumps featured on Galaxy devices. The latest devices include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC and 12 GB of RAM, which helps power all the new AI capabilities. While Samsung’s cheaper flagship phones don’t feature the larger camera sensors of the S25 Ultra, they still pack new AI features like “cross-app actions,” Now Briefs, and Audio Eraser.
Check out the Galaxy S25 at Samsung.com
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
It still has the S Pen and is light as a feather.
The top-end Samsung phone may have more rounded corners, but it remains the most distinctive Galaxy phone in the current lineup. the Galaxy S25 Ultra has the same chip and RAM as the first two phones but now has a 50 MP ultra-wide lens for more detailed landscape photos. Ultra also uses the ProScaler model from Samsung TVs to increase the resolution of images on the QHD + screen. Before you ask, it still includes a built-in S Pen, although the new pen lacks the air actions of previous devices.
Check out the Galaxy S25 Ultra at Samsung.com
Galaxy S25 Edge
Samsung’s “something else” is not a pair of AR glasses, as we expected, but instead, a new phone that returns to a different age of Samsung’s mobile devices. We don’t have much to go on save for what appear to be stacked internals and camera sensors. Supposedly, it will be a slim model than other stocks of S25. Samsung didn’t provide details about specs, cameras, or anything else that would interest a die-hard tech reporter. We hope to get more information about the alleged fourth Galaxy phone soon.
Samsung’s Smart Glasses Are Coming Later This Year
Of course, Samsung’s next big thing is AI, but smart glasses Packing a new conversational AI assistant is also just around the corner. We don’t have an exact device, as Samsung showed during its keynote, but it will support Android XR similar to the company’s Project Moohan AR headset. Samsung has released the first announced XR device on the Unpacked site, although no one is allowed to get their grubby hands on it.
Samsung’s Integrated AI Platform
The headline feature for all the new phones is the cross-app actions you can take with the built-in Gemini AI. When you hold down the side power button on the S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra, you’ll bring up a pop-up assistant to let you speak or type your prompt. This platform should allow you to work with both Samsung and Google apps. If you want to search for an email, add it to the calendar or type a text based on something in your notes. You have to say if you want to use a Google app rather than Samsung’s, and the only two third-party apps available to start with are WhatsApp and Spotify. Samsung says that a new APK will allow other developers to make their apps compatible with relatively little effort.
Finding Conversation Settings
If you’re still struggling to find a setting on your phone, Samsung told the folks at Galaxy Unpacked that the new conversational search for Gallery and Settings should make it easier to find what you want. . However, this will not change your settings, so users will have to hit the switch. If you’re tired of AI features, this can provide a quick and easy way to find where you need to go and turn it off.
The Today Bar
The new Galaxy S25 Line includes a “Current Bar” on the lock screen. It’s like the regular widgets you see on Pixel phones, albeit crossed over with the iPhone’s Dynamic Island. This widget will show the time and some other details at startup. However, Samsung promises that the “personal AI” will start to understand your habits and app usage, then put some important details in place of your short morning or night, such as health metrics and health or current scores in any game play. attention to.
Audio eraser for Videos
There have been several improvements to the phone’s on-device editing abilities, including an “auto” button that allows AI to track which figures are missing from your shot. If removing people from your photos doesn’t float your boat, the audio eraser is one of the new features headlined by the Galaxy S25. It can take any video and analyze it for different soundtracks, separating it from voice, music, wind, or distortions. Users can tweak the volume of each sound source. The feature promises to help users eliminate oppressive background noise, like any wind while you’re talking into your phone’s mic on a skiing trip, or erase the oppressive jackhammer noise from an outing video. in the family.
Gemini Live Can Now Analyze Photos
While Gemini now sits prominently on Samsung’s Galaxy S25 phones with the press of the power button, Google’s conversational AI Gemini Live sits on the sidelines as an interesting but ultimately dubious app for most users. on Android. The ability to upload images and talk to Google’s AI about them would be more useful. You can also talk to AI about files you’ve uploaded to AI or linked YouTube videos. What can you tell AI? Maybe you can ask it about photo composition or ask if AI made that YouTube video too. These features should come to both the Galaxy S24 and S25 phones along with the Pixel 9 series in the coming weeks. Google also promises to bring more Project Astra features like screen sharing and live video AI conversations in Gemini “in the coming months.”
Circle of Search Enhancements
Google’s Circle to Search debuted on the Galaxy S24 and improves on the S25. During the conference, Google said it has expanded the length of AI overviews that users receive when they search for images or text. Circle to Search should also better recognize numbers, email addresses, or URLs. The tool can also recognize sounds from videos and visuals.
Galaxy Audio Search
A new AI search built into Gallery is similar to improvements Google and Apple have made to their own photo applications. While that’s not exciting, Samsung demoed for Gizmodo how the new Galaxy phones will let you search for audio in a YouTube video or wherever else you hear your tunes.
This feature is similar to the Shazam music discovery app, right down to the ability to hum your phone to find the name of a tune you can’t get out of your head.
Record GIF From Video
The Galaxy S25 phones will also get some improvements to the “smart select” feature, now dubbed “AI Select.” It allows you to capture screen content by drawing something on your screen. While many of the actions already handled by Circle to Search, Samsung added the ability to record GIFs from videos without additional downloading and converting. Unfortunately, you can’t control the framerate, and you’re locked in a certain number of seconds for recording, but it can be a handy way to send GIFs to friends without any more heavy lifting.
LOG Video Recording
Professional videographers can now use their Galaxy phones to shoot directly in logarithmic, otherwise known as LOG. This feature is available in Pro mode of users’ camera apps. Samsung emphasizes that you can shoot in 10-bit HEVC and then export to a professional software suite like Davinci Resolve for color correction.
Mental Health Tracking Through Samsung Health
Doktor Samsung hopes you can get more out of Samsung Health with even more health and fitness tracking capabilities. The company says it will add a vascular load indicator and antioxidant index for those who want to manage exactly what they eat. Samsung also plans to upgrade the devices with mindfulness features to help with your mental health. The app is meant to integrate AI to become your “personal health assistant.” We should see more when these features debut in the second half of this year.
