Samsung Galaxy S25 series to borrow AI features from the Galaxy S26 trio

This year’s Samsung Galaxy S26 series arrived with various new AI features. Several users of older flagships criticised the company after reportedly limiting the features to newer models. Now, the South Korean brand is backtracking on its plans and bringing the Galaxy S26’s useful AI-powered Call Screening feature to last year’s Galaxy S25 lineup.

Samsung Galaxy S25 confirmed to get a useful feature

A Samsung moderator confirmed on the company’s community forum that AI-powered Call Screening is coming to the Galaxy S25 series phones. For those unaware, the feature uses on-device AI to automatically answer calls on your behalf and interact in real-time. It asks the caller to state their name and purpose of the call.

The response is then converted into live text, so users can know whether to continue or reject the call. This makes Call Screening an important feature where spam and telemarketing calls are frequent. 

The post mentions various AI features, so we can also expect Now Nudge, smarter Bixby, Audio Eraser that arrived on the S26 family. The wording also suggests that other major Galaxy models will be eligible to receive the features. But, we will have to wait and watch for an official announcement from Samsung. 

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The features will be rolled out as a part of the OneUI 8.5 software update for Samsung Galaxy phones. Currently, the version is only available on the latest-generation Galaxy S26 series. The stable OneUI 8.5 build is expected to release early next month.

We expect more details to surface in the coming weeks.

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