Samsung Galaxy S25 review: More powerful, but more of the same

The Galaxy S25 is a massive serving of deja vu from a hardware perspective.

It has a triple-camera system, a 6.2-inch Full HD+ screen and support for the ever-improving Galaxy AI.

The S25 has useful AI features and impressive battery life, but the familiar hardware and unchanged price tag make for an unconvincing upgrade.

If you're willing to dip into a separate app, the S25 series offers more usable photos than its predecessors.

Samsung ’s new camera features include a more advanced version of Portrait mode.

Audio Eraser is its own post-processing feature for recording video in louder environments.

The Now Bar is a new lockscreen tile — part contextual info panel and part notification banner.

Only eight apps (or features) can appear on the Now Bar , including clock, sports notifications from Google and a voice recorder.

The Galaxy S25 clocked in at over 28 hours of video playback, four hours more than last year ’s S24 .

Gemini AI upgrades appear first on the S25 series but will be coming to other Android phones that can run Gemini AI .