For the Galaxy S25 Ultra, Samsung added a new ultra-wide camera sensor, Gorilla Armor 2 and a big revamp to its AI suite. But is that enough to convince you to buy a new $1,300 phone?

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, Samsung said it " built an AI OS from the ground up " when referring to its latest phone software, One UI 7 .

The eighth and ninth generations, and especially the Pixel 9 family, have leaned hard into AI, to the point that it's tempting to think of them as Gemini phones, period. The AI is

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.

Samsung is leveraging advanced AI algorithms and extensive technical expertise to develop solutions like Energy Score

Gemini's new skills are critical because one of Samsung's subtler updates involved a reassignment. Instead of dedicating the S25's side button to Bixby , Samsung's main voice assistant since 2017, pressing it now calls up Google Gemini.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 may look like an iPhone, but its AI assistant reminds me how the world is being separated into AI haves and have-nots.

Over a year since it dipped into generative artificial intelligence, Samsung’s Galaxy S-series phones are now the vanguard for its gen-AI features. This year, we’re getting even deeper hooks into Google’s Gemini AI assistant and more built-in software tricks than ever before.

The new Home AI features on various SmartThings appliances leverage ambient sensors to suggest different routines throughout your day.

Samsung hinted at new 2025 features for Samsung Health, from "vascular load" to AI coaching, and it has me intrigued.

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

The device includes technology designed to improve the accuracy of exams on patients with high body mass indexes.