The Galaxy S25 Reveal Is Almost Here: What to Expect at Samsung Unpacked and How to Watch

New year, caller phones. Samsung is acceptable to unveil its newest lineup of smartphones during its wintertime Unpacked event. It's conscionable 1 time away, and there's a slew of announcements to look guardant to. In particular, we're anticipating the debut of the Galaxy S25, arsenic good arsenic further expansions and updates for Galaxy AI. 

Samsung sent retired invites for the lawsuit successful aboriginal January, teasing what's to come. Here's everything to cognize astir the upcoming keynote presentation, including however to tune successful and however to save connected your S25 preorder.

How to ticker Samsung Unpacked 2025

Samsung Unpacked takes spot this week connected Wednesday, Jan. 22, astatine 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET). It'll beryllium held successful San Jose, but you tin besides drawback a livestream connected Samsung.com, Samsung Newsroom and Samsung's YouTube channel. CNET volition besides beryllium hosting a unrecorded show, during which you tin travel on with our experts. 

Samsung typically hosts Unpacked doubly a year: erstwhile successful January oregon February, during which it unveils the latest Galaxy S lineup, and again successful the summer, erstwhile it debuts the adjacent mentation of its foldables. Last year, it hosted its July Unpacked lawsuit successful Paris, conscionable up of the Summer Olympics, and unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6. There was also, not surprisingly, a big absorption connected Galaxy AI.

What tin we expect with the Galaxy S25?

We're expecting 3 devices: the baseline Galaxy S25, the S25 Plus and the S25 Ultra. All 3 devices could person a much rounded design, akin to Google's Pixel phones, according to leaker Ice Universe.

Korean tract Hankyung has besides reported that each 3 Galaxy S25 devices volition beryllium powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor. There's besides anticipation that each phones volition enactment Qi2 wireless charging. Additionally, expert Ross Young has shared a database of rumored colors for the latest Galaxy S lineup, which includes silver, blue, and mint.

The S25 Ultra is rumored to person a 6.9-inch show and a caller 50-megapixel ultrawide camera, according to several leaks.

There person been rumors floating astir astir a slimmer mentation of the S25, with a tipster flagging an entry for the Galaxy S25 Slim connected Geekbench. This coincides with rumors astir a thinner mentation of the iPhone that could driblet aboriginal this year, but it's not wide if oregon erstwhile either of these devices could really go available. If the Galaxy S25 Slim is real, it whitethorn beryllium a portion earlier we spot it retired successful the existent world. 

And finally, determination person been conflicting rumors implicit whether the S25 bid volition outgo the aforesaid arsenic past year's lineup oregon get a terms hike, truthful we'll conscionable person to spot what's successful store.

Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025: Everything to Expect

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What's adjacent for Galaxy AI?

One of the cardinal focuses of Samsung's January Unpacked invitation is, not surprisingly, AI. 

The institution notes, "The adjacent improvement of Galaxy AI is coming and it's going to alteration the mode you interact with the satellite each day. The caller Galaxy S bid is astir to acceptable the barroom erstwhile again for mobile AI experiences present and into the future."

Samsung says the adjacent iteration of Galaxy AI volition beryllium much earthy and intuitive, and that the latest Galaxy S bid volition again thin into mobile AI advancements. This could see an update to the Bixby virtual assistant, particularly successful airy of Apple supercharging Siri to beryllium much conversational and helpful to users. 

AI has been a cardinal absorption for each large phone-maker, from Samsung to Apple to Google, implicit the past fewer years. From helping users draught substance messages to summarizing emails to simplifying photograph editing, these companies person championed mobile AI arsenic a mode to marque your beingness easier. So far, the advancements person arrived to lukewarm reception, arsenic a CNET survey successful August past twelvemonth recovered that a 4th of smartphone owners don't find AI features helpful. That could alteration arsenic phone-makers proceed to tweak their offerings to amended suit what radical want, and arsenic consumers go accustomed to the proliferation of AI-backed features crossed their devices. 

Will determination beryllium immoderate different hardware -- oregon surprises?

If there's 1 happening astir a tech event, it's that there's usually immoderate benignant of astonishment oregon tease to an upcoming launch. After all, past year's January Unpacked lawsuit is wherever we got a archetypal look astatine the Galaxy Ring, which yet came retired successful July. It's imaginable we could get a peek astatine the adjacent procreation of the device, which could diagnostic upgrades similar much close sensors and longer artillery life. But fixed however comparatively caller the ringing is, we'd apt person to hold a portion earlier that adjacent mentation becomes available.

Mixed world could besides marque an appearance. Samsung unveiled its Project Moohan headset successful December, which the institution plans to motorboat aboriginal this year. So it's imaginable we could get an update connected wherever things basal there.

How to prevention connected the Galaxy S25

Ahead of this year's January Unpacked event, Samsung is offering customers a $50 recognition toward the latest Galaxy instrumentality during preorders. You tin besides get up to $900 successful further recognition for trading successful an eligible device, the institution says, arsenic good arsenic different $300 instant recognition by reserving and preordering. The connection lasts done Jan. 22 and tin beryllium found here. 

CNET, arsenic always, volition beryllium connected the crushed covering Unpacked connected Wednesday, Jan. 22.