Samsung is ready to announce its Galaxy S25 telephones at its Galaxy Unpacked occasion tomorrow, January twenty second, at 1PM ET. The occasion sometimes focuses on its subsequent smartphones and software program options, which you’ll wager consists of a number of AI, however there needs to be different issues right here and there, too. Here’s what we’re anticipating and how one can watch alongside.
Samsung will stream the occasion on YouTube, its web site, and its newsroom web page, and we’ll publish concerning the bulletins as they occur proper right here on The Verge.
We anticipate the corporate to disclose the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra. It appears like we’re getting extra of the identical with these telephones, aside from the S25 Ultra, which is predicted to obtain design tweaks like barely rounder corners. That’s at the very least in keeping with a preview in a set of leaked renders that hit the web final week. The firm has mentioned its 2025 Galaxy gadgets could have Qi2 wi-fi charging assist, but it surely’s potential that solely means they’re “Qi2 Ready” telephones that want a magnetic case to get the total MagSafe-like expertise.
The telephones will run Samsung’s tweaked model of Android 15, One UI 7, which launched in beta final month with options like an iPhone Dynamic Island-like “Now Bar,” a redesigned digital camera app, and the power to disable HDR content material to keep away from being ambushed by overly shiny movies in your social feeds. The firm mentioned yesterday that One UI 7 “seamlessly integrates AI brokers and multimodal capabilities into each contact level.” Expect extra alongside these strains throughout the occasion.
It appears unlikely Samsung will unveil a Galaxy S25 “Slim” telephone. A current leak steered the telephone received’t launch within the US. There’s additionally an opportunity the corporate will discuss extra concerning the “Project Moohan” VR headset my colleague Victoria Song previewed in December.
