- Many AI features are tipped for the Galaxy S25
- Upgrades include notification summaries
- The phones are expected to launch on January 22
As the Samsung Galaxy S25 launch date gets closer (there’s an event on the calendar for Wednesday, January 22), we’ll get a better idea of some of the new AI features and tricks that Samsung will unveil alongside the new hardware.
Yesterday we had an official teaser video from Samsung promising that the Galaxy S25 would be a “true AI companion”, and suggesting that Bixby would be at the forefront – something that was also predicted in previous leaks.
Over the past few days and weeks, we’ve had a number of official and unofficial sneak peeks at what’s to come in AI – and it looks like the upgrades could be substantial enough to eclipse Apple Intelligence and the iPhone 16.
Improvements to sketch to image
We’ve previously covered the Sketch to Image feature that’s part of the Galaxy AI suite of tools on recent Galaxy phones: it lets you scribble a basic drawing and then let AI turn it into a real work of art (and the results are quite impressive) .
Now Samsung itself has teased a multi-modal upgrade for Sketch to Image with the arrival of the Galaxy S25 and One UI 7 (Samsung’s version of Android 15). That means you can use voice commands and text prompts to further enhance your AI drawings.
Smarter notification summaries
Samsung will use AI to enable the following three things for notifications: 1. Prioritizing conversations, 2. Summarizing content and 3. Automatically grouping notifications. #GalaxyAI #SamsungUnpacked #OneUI7 #OneUI @SamMobiles https://t.co/s7lFk1rQBvJanuary 14, 2025
The AI-powered summaries of notifications that appear as part of Apple Intelligence on iPhone have been a bit hit and miss so far: some alerts don’t really lend themselves to being summarized and can end up being confusing and unreadable.
Yet Samsung continues with its own version. According to tipster @GerwinvGiessen (via SamMobile), Galaxy AI can prioritize the conversations that most deserve your attention, summarize notifications, and group notifications in a smarter way.
A new Now Bar in One UI 7
Another new feature coming to One UI 7 and the Galaxy S25 is what Samsung calls a Now Bar. This is a pop-up on the interface that provides context-sensitive information for your day, such as weather forecasts and travel plans.
“Here you can arrange your entertainment, time your next personal best workout, get directions to your next meeting or start communicating in other languages,” says Samsung. “Now your phone will not only ping you, but also support your lifestyle.”
Better video recording
⭕️Ai skill It gives you a higher color and brightness level of the screen of 43%🔥logVideoYou can record the video in raw colors and you can add and manage colors. While filming you can switch between cameras without cutting or slowing down due to the increase in frames🔥 pic.twitter.com/GuzA9vFTnIJanuary 10, 2025
Having previously teased “lots of new AI features” for the Galaxy S25, known tipster @UniverseIce also linked to a post detailing some of these features – and it looks like there will be many more to come, including features that aren’t yet rumored.
According to @AhmedQwaider888Galaxy AI will improve video recording on the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra by giving you more control over color and brightness, and by making it easier to switch between different cameras while filming – with the increase in frame counts causing delay and stuttering is kept to a minimum.
One free year of Gemini Advanced
We’ve already mentioned the upgraded Bixby AI that will appear on the Galaxy S25, but of course Samsung is a Google partner and the Galaxy S25 is an Android phone – and there’s a rumor that the device will get a free year. from Gemini Advanced.
The Advanced plan, which typically costs $19.99 / £18.99 / AU$29.99 per month, gives you access to newer features and more powerful AI models, compared to the standard Gemini apps and functionality that everyone else has has access.