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.

Samsung unveils its new family of Galaxy S25 series smartphones: Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra unveiled with Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite 8 processor.

Samsung Electronics has launched its new Galaxy S25 series, featuring Qualcomm chips and AI capabilities from Google's model. Despite competition, Samsung is focusing on enhancing AI features like Bixby and personalized experiences to boost sales.

The S25 Ultra is lighter at 218g compared to the 233g that the S24 Ultra weighs. In addition, the S25 Ultra has a more rounded, flat design when compared to the S24 Ultra. Samsung says that the S25 Ultra is 0.4 mm thinner than the Galaxy S24 Ultra.

Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy, powers the @samsungmobile Galaxy S25 Series worldwide and is equipped with ultra-fast Wi-Fi 7 from Qualcomm FastConnect 7800 for seamless connectivity. pic.twitter.com/gW7VsTs0qe — Qualcomm (@Qualcomm) January 23,

Samsung's new flagship smartphone line predictably puts AI at the forefront of its experience. They're all up for pre-order now.

Don’t be surprised if the Samsung Galaxy S25’s fresh approach ends up making believers out of the AI agnostics.

Samsung officially unveiled several versions of its Galaxy range at the January event Galaxy Unpacked in San Jose, California on Jan. 22. The company announced the Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galaxy S25 Plus and Galaxy S25,

Samsung's Galaxy S25 phones are all about AI. But the Ultra also gets a larger screen and a slightly refreshed look with smooth corners.

During Samsung Unpacked 2025, we heard that the Galaxy S25 series phones have a "custom" (sort of) Qualcomm Snapdragon chip to power its features. That's pretty cool — we know Snapdragon chips perform well and we've seen what building an AI-tailored SoC allows in Google's Pixel phones.