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What to expect at Samsung’s Galaxy S25 event

Illustration of Samsung’s logo on a black, blue, and aqua background.
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Samsung is set to announce its Galaxy S25 phones at its Galaxy Unpacked event tomorrow, January 22nd at 1PM ET. The event typically focuses on its next smartphones and software features, which you can bet includes lots of AI, but there should be some other things here and there, too. Here’s what we’re expecting and how you can watch along.

How you can watch Galaxy Unpacked

Samsung will stream the event on YouTube, its website, and its newsroom page, and we’ll post about the announcements as they happen right here on The Verge. We expect the company to reveal the Galaxy S25, S25 Plus, and S25 Ultra.

What we expect Samsung to announce

It sounds like we’re getting more of the same with those phones, except for the S25 Ultra, which is expected to receive design tweaks like slightly rounder corners. That’s at least according to a preview in a set of leaked renders that hit the internet last week. The company has said its 2025 Galaxy devices will have Qi2 wireless charging support, but it’s possible that only means they’re “Qi2 Ready” phones that need a magnetic case to get the full MagSafe-like experience.

Leaked renders of the Galaxy S25 Plus and S25 Ultra
Images: Android Headlines
Recently leaked renders showed what you can expect from the next Galaxy S25 phones.

The phones will run Samsung’s tweaked version of Android 15, One UI 7, which launched in beta last month with features like an iPhone Dynamic Island-like “Now Bar,” a redesigned camera app, and the ability to disable HDR content to avoid being ambushed by overly-bright videos in your social feeds. The company said yesterday that One UI 7 “seamlessly integrates AI agents and multimodal capabilities into every touch point.” Expect more along those lines during the event.

It seems unlikely Samsung will unveil a Galaxy S25 “Slim” phone. A recent leak suggested the phone won’t launch in the US. There’s also a chance the company will talk more about the “Project Moohan” VR headset my colleague Victoria Song previewed in December.

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