[Galaxy Unpacked 2025] Galaxy Tech Discussion board ③ Galaxy AI: Redefining the Cell Expertise Paradigm

Samsung hosted the Galaxy Tech Boards on January 23 in San Jose, California. The panels supplied an in-depth exploration of Samsung’s AI improvements and the challenges they handle throughout 4 key areas — Sustainability, Well being AI, Galaxy AI and Residence AI. Through the Galaxy AI session, specialists examined the potential of AI brokers and their function in shaping the long run.

Samsung Electronics unveiled the Galaxy S25 sequence at Galaxy Unpacked 2025, marking the start of the following period of cellular AI.

To discover the newest flagship smartphones and the transformative potential of AI brokers, Samsung Newsroom joined the third Galaxy Tech Discussion board session, titled “True AI Companion: Affect on Life and What’s Subsequent.”

▲ (From left to proper) Bob O’Donnell, Sameer Samat, Jay Kim, Christopher Patrick and Dr. Chris Brauer

Extra Pure, Intuitive and Consumer-Pleasant Cell AI

The session kicked off with welcome remarks from Jay Kim, Government Vice President and Head of Buyer Expertise Workplace, Cell eXperience Enterprise at Samsung Electronics.

“Yesterday was a really thrilling day for us as we launched the Galaxy S25. It’s one other massive step ahead within the AI period,” Kim mentioned. “We’re very excited to be right here with our companions right now, particularly (excited) to speak about every little thing we did collectively to launch the Galaxy S25 sequence.”

▲ Jay Kim from Samsung Electronics

Moderator Bob O’Donnell, President and Founding father of TECHnalysis Analysis, posed inquiries to the panelists about the advantages the Galaxy S25 sequence will convey to customers, in addition to the obstacles blocking sure shoppers from utilizing cellular AI.

“AI ought to make customers’ lives higher. We research client habits, consistently making an attempt to realize a greater understanding of our prospects,” Kim mentioned. “In the end, what we’re making an attempt to do is decrease how a lot effort it takes to enter whereas maximizing the output. To do this, we have a look at what shoppers do on their telephones, outline the potential use instances alongside our companions, and put all of it collectively in our gadgets for the absolute best client expertise.”

▲The Galaxy Tech Discussion board dialogue on Galaxy AI

“Multimodality might help folks change into extra environment friendly whereas AI brokers might help folks change into extra productive,” Kim continued. He additionally highlighted Samsung’s dedication to overtly collaborating with its companions to drive progress ahead and expressed his pleasure for the chances AI improvements will convey as a part of a brand new chapter in cellular know-how.

Increasing the Galaxy AI Ecosystem By means of Open Collaboration

Through the session, Samsung supplied an inside have a look at the work finished in partnership with Google and Qualcomm to good the Galaxy S25 sequence’ AI improvements.

“Despite the fact that the profit worth of cellular AI is admittedly excessive, it’s of no use should you can’t entry it. We had to have a look at what was already a part of the buyer expertise and ponder how we might improve these experiences in a manner that might convey actual advantages, however nonetheless be straightforward sufficient to entry,” Kim defined. He famous that shut collaboration was important, notably in integrating Google’s Gemini intelligence and Qualcomm’s on-device processing capabilities.

▲ Sameer Samat from Google

“AI remains to be transitioning from one thing that’s attention-grabbing to one thing that basically feels mainstream, and what issues to folks probably the most is the use instances which might be really useful,” mentioned Sameer Samat, President of Android Ecosystem at Google. “For instance, I can ask Gemini so as to add all of the Golden State Warriors house video games to my private calendar, or take an image of soiled laundry and the panel of the washer and have Gemini inform me which setting I ought to use. That’s fairly highly effective. And there’s no higher place to expertise one thing like that than in your smartphone, and I’m tremendous glad that we’re doing this along with the S25 sequence.”

▲ Christopher Patrick from Qualcomm

Key drivers of multimodal AI capabilities, like Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, have been additionally highlighted, showcasing know-how that concurrently processes a number of types of data, together with voice, pictures and textual content.

“The Galaxy S25 sequence goes to be a very new expertise. You’ll be capable to have interaction along with your personalised AI assistant like by no means earlier than; it doesn’t simply really feel like interacting with an actual individual, it perceives your setting and might work together with content material proven in your digicam,” mentioned Christopher Patrick, Senior Vice President and Common Supervisor of Cell Handsets at Qualcomm. “Our collaboration with Samsung to customise the chipset to make these new capabilities really feel seamless is one thing I’m actually pleased with.”

Breaking Limitations: Cell AI’s Position in Enhancing High quality of Life

Through the session, Samsung additionally introduced the findings of a worldwide research performed in partnership with London-based analysis agency, Symmetry, that examined the hyperlink between cellular AI use and high quality of life. The audio system delved into the research’s key implications and supplied precious insights.

▲ Dr. Chris Brauer from Goldsmiths, College of London, and Symmetry

“The speed of AI innovation is astounding, however what struck me in regards to the analysis we did with Samsung was that the speed of cellular AI adoption can also be rising at a speedy price,” mentioned Dr. Chris Brauer, Director of Innovation within the Institute of Administration Research at Goldsmiths, College of London, and Chief Innovation Officer at Symmetry. “Frequent client use of cellular AI globally has almost doubled in simply six months, leaping from 16% in July to 27% in January.” Dr. Brauer additionally outlined key findings regarding sure obstacles to entry the analysis discovered round cellular AI.

“We discovered a very attention-grabbing theme amongst these much less prepared to undertake the know-how: doubt,” Dr. Brauer mentioned. “Doubt in AI’s means to convey significant advantages to on a regular basis life (56%), doubt and a scarcity of excessive confidence to make use of AI to its full potential (85%) and doubt round privateness and whether or not AI will be trusted (90%). There’s immense potential with this know-how, however what’s additionally clear are the very actual obstacles that have to be addressed responsibly for wider adoption to happen.”

▲ The Galaxy AI dialogue session on the Galaxy Tech Boards

The Galaxy AI session concluded with the panelists agreeing that cellular AI innovation is about to revolutionize each side of contemporary life. As representatives of the fast-moving business, in addition they vowed to develop associated applied sciences in a accountable method useful to all of humanity.