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Galaxy S25 lets you choose your default voice assistant: Gemini or Bixby
At Galaxy Unpacked 2025, Samsung highlighted that Gemini is now the default assistant on the Galaxy S25 series, a change it has seen in nearly eight years. Now, Samsung has confirmed that either Gemini or Bixby can be activated as a default assistant on Galaxy S25 depending on the use case/what is being asked.
You can access Google’s Gemini AI by simply long-pressing the Galaxy S25 series’ side (power) button for the default digital assistant. This action was previously limited to Bixby, which has been the default digital assistant on Samsung phones since 2017.
Despite Samsung’s efforts to make Bixby an assistant user use, including giving it its button on some older phones, it never became as popular as Google Assistant or Gemini.
Now, the Galaxy S25 series lets you choose the best AI assistant between Gemini and Bixby. By default, Gemini can be accessed by long-pressing the side button on the Samsung Galaxy S25. Now, depending on your settings, long-pressing the power button summons Gemini, Bixby, or the power menu. You can assign anyone under the Settings > Side Button > Log press.
In addition to YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail, and Spotify, Samsung also integrated some of its stock apps – Samsung Calendar, Samsung Notes, Samsung Clock, and Samsung Reminders – into the Gemini.
Bixby with One UI 7 and Galaxy S25 series
Bixby has been upgraded with the Galaxy S25 and One UI 7, which can remember your last conversation and take that into account when accepting your next command.
For example, you can say
- What’s on my schedule tomorrow?
- Can you add garage cleaning at 5 PM?
- Take a photo in 5 seconds
- Make the screen brighter
- Set language as Indian English
Gemini and Bixby can both be activated depending on the use case / what is being asked. Gemini and / or Bixby is activated depending on what you ask your device to do. For example, if you’re looking for a restaurant – Gemini will be activated because it’s a search function, but if you ask to add something to your Samsung Calendar, Bixby will activate because it’s a Samsung app: Samsung said to Android Authority
Today, with beta 4 Google expanded Android 16 Beta to select non-Pixel flagship devices from partner brands. Samsung, as always, is skipping the Android 16 Beta Program, while the new OS is available for select devices launched by Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, vivo, and Xiaomi.
Google released Android 16 beta 4 with a second version of platform stability and announced that apps compatible with the new OS will now be available on the Play Store.
Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Vivo, and Xiaomi have opened beta registration windows for their latest flagship devices launched in the last few months. Samsung, however, is yet to complete One UI 7 for its Galaxy devices, but will soon roll out the stable One UI 7 and launch an independent One UI beta program.
Last week, it was revealed that the company is already working on Android 16’s adaptation and testing the alleged One UI 8 on the Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold 6, and Galaxy Z Flip 6 smartphones.
Android continues to deliver great updates and new features throughout the year, while feedback from the beta community plays a vital role in constantly improving Android. The Android 16 developer site has a lot more information about the beta, including downloads and a release timeline for Pixel.
List of devices that are running the Android 16 Beta
- HONOR Magic 7 Pro
- Lenovo YOGA Tab Plus
- OnePlus 13
- OPPO Find X8
- realme GT 7 Pro
- iQOO 13
- vivo X200 Pro
- Xiaomi 14T Pro
- Xiaomi 15
- Redmi K70 Ultra
After the Galaxy S24 series, Samsung has today resumed the rollout of One UI 7 based on the Android 15 update for the Galaxy Z Flip 6, Galaxy Z Fold 6, and Galaxy Z Fold 6 SE. It is worth noting that the Korean tech giant had halted the rollout a few days ago due to a serious bug discovered in the initial update, so it is now rolling out a new firmware that will fix this issue.
Samsung has started rolling out the new One UI 7 update for the Galaxy Z Flip 6, Z Fold 6, and Fold 6 SE. Initially available in South Korea, the new One UI 7 build will go live in more markets soon. This build is a more refined build than the initial build and includes fixes for system improvements.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6, Z Fold 6, and Fold 6 SE users can recognize it by the build number ending with BYD9.
Your Galaxy foldable device might have also received the new build. But you can check for the update manually in Settings > Software update. Click on Download and install so that your phone can receive the new OTA.
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 has now appeared on Geekbench, revealing that the company is carrying out pre-launch tests and preparations for its new device. The latest listing also solves the chipset mystery that has been in rumours for a long time.
According to the Geekbench 6.4 listing, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 US variant with model number SM-F966U achieved 3022 points on single-core and 9307 points on multi-core tests.
The US variant of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 has appeared on Geekbench with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. Also, the phone is expected to run on Android 16-based One UI 8 operating system
Being a flagship folding handset, all these things sound quite good. Nevertheless, the actual performance will only be known once the device is officially launched in the consumer market. Inputs reveal that the chipset is clocked at 3.53 GHz base frequency.
Apart from this, the Korean tech giant can launch the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Z Fold 7 around July this year. Also, an affordable flip model can also be introduced along with both the devices.
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