As it was presented, I expected the Galaxy S25+ to change the way I used my phone or at least feel AI aiding the user experience. However, the sales pitch doesn’t match reality, and while many of Samsung’s enhanced AI features sound great on paper, their implementation leaves much to be desired.

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

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra arrives with only modest hardware improvements but a new universe of possibilities within. Its display is bigger and more immersive than ever, and we like its rounded corners and narrower body,

Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy S25 series of phones with an array of AI features. The modest hardware updates in these flagship phones show a growing emphasis on internal capabilities over external design.

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The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra may be an iterative update over the S24 Ultra, but it iterates in pretty much every way.

The Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra all feature rounded corners and minuscule bezels, but the real standout is the “cross-app AI” agent.

Bizon praises the S25's Galaxy AI update as "a monumental step change in how a smartphone works for you. The best way I can describe is is like a PA in your pocket, it's bringing together seamlessly all the apps on your phone so you can perform really complex tasks with super simple commands."

Samsung just recently announced the Galaxy S25 Ultra, its latest flagship smartphone that's designed to compete with the iPhone. We did