Not all of the Galaxy S25’s AI features are coming to older devices

Samsung's latest lot of premium smartphones come with more (and more ambitious) AI features than ever. However, if last year's Galaxy S24 series are any example, you might not necessarily need to pick up the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus or Galaxy S25 Ultra if you want access to fancy new features like cross app actions or AI select.

In 2024, it only took a few months for the Galaxy S24's suite of AI applications to make their way to both older devices like the Galaxy S23 and cheaper ones like the Galaxy A55.

For context though, here's a full list of the various features and applications that comprise Samsung's Galaxy AI offering.

At this stage, Samsung hasn't confirmed which features will or won't trickle down from the Galaxy S25 and its siblings into other Samsung devices nor how long that process might take. Something to keep in mind here is that some of these features rely on an on-device piece of hardware called a neural processing unit (NPU) while others are processed in the cloud.

For a sense of this breaks out, check the table below.

For a snapshot of which features are available in the new Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus and Galaxy S25 Ultra and are not coming to the Galaxy S24 at this stage, check out the table below.

In Australia, the Samsung Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus and Galaxy S25 Ultra are available to preorder from 23 January 2025 ahead of 14 February 2025 launch.

The Galaxy S25 starts at $1399, the Galaxy S25 Plus starts at $1699 and the Galaxy S25 Ultra starts at $2149.