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 be able to wager contains a number of AI, however there ought to be another issues right here and there, too. Right 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 in regards to the bulletins as they occur proper right here on The Verge. We anticipate the corporate to disclose the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Extremely.
It seems like we’re getting extra of the identical with these telephones, aside from the S25 Extremely, which is anticipated to obtain design tweaks like barely rounder corners. That’s at the very least based on a preview in a set of leaked renders that hit the web final week. The corporate has mentioned its 2025 Galaxy gadgets may have Qi2 wi-fi charging assist, however it’s doable that solely means they’re “Qi2 Prepared” telephones that want a magnetic case to get the complete 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 digicam app, and the power to disable HDR content material to keep away from being ambushed by overly-bright movies in your social feeds. The corporate mentioned yesterday that One UI 7 “seamlessly integrates AI brokers and multimodal capabilities into each contact level.” Anticipate extra alongside these traces in the course of the occasion.
It appears unlikely Samsung will unveil a Galaxy S25 “Slim” cellphone. A current leak advised the cellphone gained’t launch within the US. There’s additionally an opportunity the corporate will speak extra in regards to the “Undertaking Moohan” VR headset my colleague Victoria Music previewed in December.
