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Galaxy S25 comes with free Gemini Advanced Access
On January 22, Samsung launched the Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25, setting a new standard as a true AI companion with the company’s most natural and context-aware mobile experiences yet. Also, the good news is that in collaboration with Samsung and Google, the Galaxy S25 comes with six months of Gemini Advanced for free.
Although it sounds great, users can do a lot more with Google’s GenAI Assistant on the Galaxy S25 series if they get a paid and more advanced version of it, the Gemini Advanced at the purchase price.
In a press release yesterday, Samsung announced that those who purchase the Galaxy S25 series smartphones will be able to access Gemini Advanced, which costs $19.99 per month in the United States. However, these services are free for six months.
In addition to six months of Gemini Advanced for free, all Galaxy S25 devices will come with 2TB of cloud storage at no extra cost. Gemini Advanced comes with priority access to the company’s most capable AI models and the latest features like James, custom AI experts for any topic, and Deep Research, who acts as your personal AI research assistant.
The Galaxy S25 series features an optimized “Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy” chipset that delivers better camera range and control, along with more on-device processing power thanks to Galaxy AI1 and Galaxy’s next-gen ProVisual Engine.
The thing to note is that this offer will be applicable on the first Google account used on your phone. Plus, you’ll also be able to access Gemini Advanced for free on the web and iOS devices.
Central to Samsung’s vision for the Galaxy S25 series is Galaxy AI, and this includes not just Samsung’s own AI solutions, but the best from Google as well. For example, Gemini will replace Bixby as your default assistant, offer new Circle to Search functionality, and even provide free access to Gemini Advanced.
Samsung recently released the One UI 8 Beta 3 update for the Galaxy S25 series. Interesting, a useful feature, “Back Swipe Preview”, has reportedly been brought back with the One UI 8 Beta 3.
However, the “Back Swipe Preview” gesture was temporarily removed in One UI 8 Beta 2; however, it has been brought back with necessary improvements in the Beta 3 update released today.
Samsung’s new Back Swipe Preview allows you to swipe from the edge of the screen, with the One UI version showing you a preview of the previous screen before you complete the gesture.
Furthermore, you swipe from the left or right edge, and the current window shifts to reveal the previous screen in the background. This makes navigation seamless, especially for multitasking.
Currently, Galaxy S25 users running One UI 8 beta 3 can use this Back swipe preview gesture. To enable it, go to Settings > Advanced Features > Labs and turn it on.
Samsung has started rolling out One UI 8 Beta 3 for the Galaxy S25 series starting today. This latest release brings some improvements to the Now Brief, most notably some AI tricks.
Samsung has finally begun releasing an Android 16-based One UI 8 Beta 3 update for Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus, and Galaxy S25 Ultra users. This update is currently live for users in Germany, India (as Beta 2), South Korea, the UK, and the company will expand it to more eligible countries soon.
Samsung Galaxy S25 series users can verify the One UI 8 Beta 3 update via the One UI Build version ending in ZYFA, and the update is a package weighing over 1GB.
This new beta update brings several bug fixes and improvements to provide a better Galaxy experience. Apart from this, this update also installs the latest security patch released in June 2025 to improve system security and stability.
The One UI 8 beta 3 update addresses the overlap issue between the recent apps status bar and the running apps menu in a specific situation of Navistar. It also fixes the issue in which keyboard input only occurs on reboot at the Security Folder PIN input screen.
In the S Pen, the updated fixed text input (S Pen to text) error. Additionally, it has fixed the issue that caused the loading time to increase intermittently when entering the Mode / Routine menu
- Fixed the overlap issue between the status bar of the Recents app and the running app menu in specific status of NaviStar
- Fixed the issue that the keyboard input occur only when reboots on the Security folder PIN input screen
- Improved the issue that intermittently lengthen loading time when entering Mode / Routine menu
- Fixed text input (swipe to type) error using gesture on keyboard screen
- Fixed text input (S Pen to text) error with S Pen
- Added back screen preview to Laboratory
- SW stabilization through updates to many apps
- Many other improvements
You can install this beta update via Settings >> Software update >> Download and install. If you are testing the One UI 8 beta, install this new beta now.
July 2025 is near, and Samsung is regularly working to release One UI 8 Beta 3 for the Galaxy S25 series. Meanwhile, Samsung is also testing One UI 8 for other Galaxy devices, including the Galaxy A55. Recently, new information has surfaced showing that Samsung is moving forward with testing One UI 8 for another Galaxy A series phone.
According to the tipster, the Samsung Galaxy A55 with SM-A556E and Android 16-based One UI 8 has scored impressively on the benchmark, with a single-core score of 1150 and a multi-core score of 3417. These scores suggest the A55 will offer amazing performance to handle everyday tasks and multitask easily.
These builds suggest that Samsung is actively working on bringing One UI 8 to this model.
One UI 8 update will mark the start of a new software upgrade cycle for Samsung’s mid-range Galaxy A55 smartphone. Notably, the Korean tech giant promises to provide four major Android updates to the Galaxy A55, so users can expect the phone to stay up-to-date with the latest features for several years.
Samsung is already testing this software on several devices. Earlier, the Galaxy A56 was spotted on Samsung’s servers with One UI 8, and now the A55 is joining the online benchmark Geekbench. This shows that the company is regularly working on the development of the next version of the One UI skin.
It’s possible that some Galaxy A55 users could get to try Android 16 early through a beta program, but this hasn’t been confirmed yet. Samsung will likely release the beta first for the latest A series models like the Galaxy A56, and other mid-range devices could get a chance to try new features later.
Stay tuned for more information as the One UI 8 Beta update is reportedly going to be released this week.
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