The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra S Pen might look the same this year, but it's missing a fundamental feature: Bluetooth. What's going on here?

This one's easy. Last year, the Galaxy S24 started at $799. This year, the Galaxy S25 starts at...$799. It's a wash, in other words. That said, it's possible that Samsung drops the price of the S24 after the launch of the S25, but until that happens, these two phones cost the same amount of money.

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.

What will be announced has not finally been decided yet. But certainly US, Korea will be announced (sic). And then that model might be available as a second (wave) launch.

The Verge has reached out to Samsung to find out which of its TVs and appliances are currently equipped with these ambient sensors. We also asked if third-party sensors connected to SmartThings can work with the new technology or if it’s limited to Samsung devices at launch. We’ll update this post as we get any new information.

At Samsung Unpacked S25, Samsung showed off an AI-curated “Now Brief” that transforms the lock screen into a daily report.

At a Samsung event in London last week, executives demoed the company’s new take on AI assistants. The headline news is that Gemini has effectively replaced Bixby as the default Galaxy phone AI, even kicking the latter out of the quick-launch home button.

I've been testing on-device AI assistants over the past year, and Samsung may have just lapped Apple with the new Galaxy S25 series.

Samsung's top-of-the-line Galaxy S25 Ultra is getting a slightly larger screen and an updated look that brings it closer to the standard Galaxy S25 and S25 Plus. All three of the company's new phones will also have AI more tightly woven into the operating system for tasks such as serving up recommended actions or apps,

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

Commentary: A universal AI and better battery life might be previews of what's being announced later this year.