Android features unveiled at Samsung's Unpacked event narrow some of the gap between Samsung’s flavor of Android and Google’s.

Google has brought Family Link to Galaxy Watches, enabling you to monitor your kid's location, communication, and health.

There are two major updates that will arrive on the Galaxy S25 series. According to a press release, the first part involves an expansion of Google's AI Overviews to its "visual searches." The company states this expansion into Circle to Search will apply to things circled or highlighted like places, "trending images," "unique objects," and more.

The Galaxy S25 series comes with a new "Now Brief" feature, which reminds us of Google Now from the Android KitKat days.

Galaxy Unpacked is here and there are a lot of new features and hardware coming for Samsung fans. While some might complain that the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus and the Galaxy S25 Ultra don't offer big hardware changes from the previous models, Android receives a fair few upgrades on the devices.

Here are some of the new features introduced by Samsung on the Galaxy S25 series that have alternatives available on Apple iPhones and Google Pixels

Besides bringing more capabilities to existing Galaxy AI features, Samsung introduced more intelligence-driven feature harnessing both on-device and cloud infrastructure

Google is introducing a slew of Android updates, including key updates to its AI assistant, Gemini. Users can now access an improved Gemini that can perform multiple actions across different apps with just a single prompt.

Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S25 series at its Unpacked 2025 event, featuring Google's new AI enhancements like Gemini Live, Screen Share, and Live

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced the Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25, setting a new standard as a true AI companion with our most natural and context-aware mobile experiences ever created.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 (128GB) is available for $799.99. Pre-orders for the smartphone begin today, with general availability starting on February 7, 2025