Samsung Teases 'True AI Companion' Debuting on January 22 Alongside New Galaxy Smartphones

Samsung today announced that it will hold its next major "Unpacked" smartphone event on Wednesday, January 22 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The company claims that it will introduce the "next evolution" of Galaxy AI, which will change the way people interact with the world, setting a new bar for mobile AI experiences.


Samsung first showed off Galaxy AI in July when it introduced the Galaxy ZFold6 and the ZFlip6, demoing features like a sketch feature that turns drawings into images, a Notes app with translation and compose features, Google Gemini integration, text suggestions, real-time call translation, and AI photo tools like Portrait Studio for creating portrait styles for images.

The Unpacked event will see the launch of new S series smartphones that are designed to compete with Apple's flagship iPhone 16 models. This year, Samsung will debut the Galaxy S25 series with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite chips.

Rumors suggest the new smartphones will have larger displays and a more curved design with rounded edges, though much of the focus is expected to be on AI features. Samsung is also working on an Android-based mixed reality headset that will run Google's Android XR operating system, and it's possible Samsung will show it off at the event. Samsung's upcoming headset will compete with the Apple Vision Pro, but it is not expected to be as expensive.

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turbineseaplane Avatar
22 weeks ago
Nobody wants this

Just stop

All of you companies

Please just stop
Score: 30 Votes (Like | Disagree)
dumastudetto Avatar
22 weeks ago
Interesting! It sounds like Samsung Galaxy S25 may feature some form of AI, but these new smartphones will never have true Apple Intelligence.
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Andres Cantu Avatar
22 weeks ago
AI is like the epitome of throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.

It hasn't stuck with consumers, but it sure as heck stuck with the higher stock prices for companies.
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CarAnalogy Avatar
22 weeks ago
Bixby is back! Everyone loved it so much the first time around.
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turbineseaplane Avatar
22 weeks ago

The Apple commercials with the AI wild , it shows the users being lazy , not knowing anything and everyone being so happy that they used AI and did nothing. It’s not making sense and we will stop buying your phones forever.
That was so dystopian and off putting

It blew me away that anyone at Apple thought those were “good” and definitely something they should release

I think one showed a wife who had totally forgotten her husband’s birthday and was embarrassingly having AI do a photo memory slapped together last second as a gift

That as your “gift” is embarrassing enough on its own.. to say nothing of totally forgetting your spouses birthday

Just horrendous concept and writing and all of it.

Maybe Apple Intelligence came up with the AD idea?
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lanomds1 Avatar
22 weeks ago
Won’t be difficult to beat Apple Intelligence. It’s the most useless feature on my Mac. Using ChatGPT directly is so much better and reliable. Not to mention asking Siri/Apple Intelligence for advanced math stuff — the equations come all broken.
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