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Now Brief makes Galaxy S25 innovative but it needs improvements

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Samsung has released Galaxy S25 series with an AI powered Now Brief feature, it is quite innovative but needs more improvements to increase its use cases for S25 users. Now Brief makes Galaxy S25 innovative but it needs improvements.

The feature is Galaxy AI based and learns your phone’s usage to picks essential things/tasks that requires your attention. Then, it creates a personalized briefing for you to access from the lock screen.

It briefs the user different time of the day with weather statics, show you any meeting schedule, energy scores, remind you about coupons, and more.

These are just a few examples, Samsung has more content categories and here is the complete list

  • Health and wellness
  • Travel
  • Event and tasks
  • Routine
  • Digital Wellbeing
  • Communication
  • Moments
  • Gallery stories
  • Traffic updates
  • News
  • Smart home
  • Music and podcasts
  • YouTube shorts

I’ve been checking on these briefing since the day two of my Galaxy S25 Ultra delivery and here are some important findings.

Now brief show you automated notifications in different times including morning, midday, evening, night and late night.

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These notifications appear on the lock screen via Now Bar. You can tap on that notification to reveal the summary. Alternatively, you can access Now Brief from Edge panel or the home screen widget.

The briefing includes greetings based on the time of the day or night. It includes weather statics and shows hourly forecast via a dedicated widget as well as health data.

Samsung Now Brief

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When you add an event, it becomes a part of the briefing as a reminder. Even the smart home device thing works and that’s it, we’ve reached the end of the story on its good side.

There’s not much you can do at the moment. For example, I enabled all content categories from the settings, but it doesn’t show up in my daily briefings.

How I verified?

I’ve added Birthday event on the calendar, set alarms, created routines, generated gallery stories, made some trips to check traffic, added my Samsung smart TV in the home devices and watched a lot of YouTube shorts. All of this in the past one month.

Among these, the briefing showed me an upcoming alarm, and a reminder to watch YouTube shorts. In case you don’t have any of these set up, the feature will only show you the weather report.

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Now Brief

Improvements

It doesn’t make any sense when you criticize something, and don’t suggest improvements.

Expansion – Majority of the people aren’t concerned about the weather reports. The feature should expand to AI generated summaries of emails, social media, game event notification and any other system apps.

AI suggestions – The briefing part is easy, but Now Brief’s set up is complex because the content inclusion setting leaves users clueless. It has guidance on the categories or how to enable related content in the briefings. So, Samsung should have some sort of explanation to get the most out of the available categories.

Lack of speed – When you add an alarm in the noon, it will appear in the night briefing. This doesn’t make any sense, as it should be added instantly in the Now Brief and remind through all briefing phases until it’s completed. Sometime, it takes even more time to load new changes.

Conclusion

Now Brief is a good addition, and it looks good on Galaxy S25, but Samsung plan more improvements to expand its usefulness.

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Samsung Wallet now lets you store your driver’s license digitally, here’s how

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Samsung has introduced Mobile Driver’s License support to the Samsung Wallet app. This allows you to store your Driver’s License or State ID on your Galaxy phone, so you don’t need to carry the physical card anymore. You can use this digital ID at TSA checkpoints to make travel easier and quicker.

With the Mobile Driver’s License feature, you can safely store your Driver’s License or State ID on your phone. Once stored, you can use it at TSA checkpoints instead of showing a physical ID.

To keep your personal information safe, Samsung Wallet uses fingerprint or PIN authentication to access your Mobile Driver’s License. Your ID details are encrypted and protected by Samsung Knox security, so your data is secure.

Notably, this feature is available to users in select states right now, but Samsung plans to add more states soon. Currently, the feature is live in limited states, including Arizona, Iowa, Maryland, Georgia, Colorado, and West Virginia.

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Samsung is also looking to expand the use of mobile IDs to other places beyond TSA checkpoints in the future, some of which are currently not even possible with a physical ID.

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How to Add Your Driver’s License to Samsung Wallet

To add your Mobile Driver’s License to Samsung Wallet, you just need to follow a simple process. Here’s how to do it:

  • Open the Samsung Wallet app on your phone and go to the ‘Quick Access’ tab.
  • Click on the ‘+’ button, then select ‘Digital IDs’ and tap the ‘Driver’s License/State ID’ option.

Samsung Wallet Mobile Driver license

  • Scan the front and back of your Driver’s License or State ID. After scanning, click ‘Next’.

  • You’ll need to follow the on-screen instructions to do a Face Scan. This helps verify that you are the rightful holder of the ID.

  • After the Face Scan, click ‘Submit’ and authenticate your identity using either your fingerprint or PIN. This ensures that only you can access your digital ID.

Once you’ve added your Mobile Driver’s License, you can use it at TSA checkpoints to show your ID digitally. When you reach TSA, you can use your phone to show your Mobile Driver’s License in two ways.

First, you can tap your phone near the NFC reader, and your ID will automatically appear. Second, you can open the app, select your Mobile Driver’s License, and scan the QR code with a TSA reader.

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Samsung unveils 2025 Neo QLED TVs with AI features in the US

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Samsung has launched its 2025 Neo QLED TVs in the US, bringing new technology and features to improve your viewing experience. The new Samsung Vision AI powers the TVs, offering enhanced picture and sound for a personalized viewing experience.

The Vision AI technology adapts to your preferences, providing smarter features. These features include “Click to Search” to learn more about actors, “Live Translate” for real-time subtitles in any language, and “Universal Gestures” to control your TV using hand motions with a Galaxy Watch.

The Neo QLED 8K series includes the QN990F and QN900F models, which offer amazing 8K picture quality. These TVs have Quantum Matrix Mini LEDs, which provide bright, clear images even in bright rooms. The QN990F also uses a powerful AI processor that makes regular content look sharper and smoother.

Also, it has Motion Xcelerator, which makes fast-moving scenes look clear. Dolby Atmos sound and Object Tracking Sound Pro create realistic, immersive audio that matches the action on screen.

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For 4K TV lovers, the Neo QLED 4K series offers the QN90F, QN80F, and QN70F models. These TVs also feature Quantum Matrix Mini LEDs and AI processors to make the picture look great.

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Samsung’s new TVs also give you access to the Samsung Art Store, where you can choose from over 3,000 pieces of art to decorate your TV. With Samsung’s Tizen OS, you’ll get updates for years, and the TVs work well with smart home devices.

These new Samsung 2025 Neo QLED TVs are available in sizes from 43” to 98”, starting at $1,399 in the US. Check more details here.

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Samsung Galaxy A26 and Galaxy A36 now available in the US

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Samsung has expanded its Galaxy A lineup in the US with the release of two budget-friendly smartphones, the Galaxy A26 and Galaxy A36. Both phones offer impressive specs and long-term software support.

The Galaxy A26 is priced at $299, while the more premium Samsung Galaxy A36 comes in at $399 in the US. Both phones launch with Android 15 and One UI 7, along with a promise of six years of software updates. It ensures OS upgrades through Android 20 and security patches until early 2030.

Both phones offer great value for the price, with strong performance and long software support. They are available for purchase in the US with amazing offers. Samsung is offering discounts of up to $150 with trade-ins, also up to $80 off if you buy the Galaxy Buds FE or Galaxy Watch FE with your new phone.

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Galaxy A36

The Galaxy A36 offers a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. It runs on the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 chip with 6GB of RAM, and comes with 128GB of storage (no microSD slot).

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Moreover, the phone features IP67 water resistance and a 5,000mAh battery with fast 45W charging. It has a triple rear camera setup – 50MP main camera, 8MP ultrawide camera, and 5MP macro camera. The front camera is 12MP.

Galaxy A26

The Galaxy A26 shares many features with the A36, like the 6.7-inch screen and 5,000mAh battery. However, it uses Samsung’s Exynos 1380 chip instead of the Snapdragon.

The phone has a triple rear camera setup of 50MP, 8MP, and a 2MP macro sensor. The Galaxy A26’s front camera is 13MP, and it includes a microSD card slot for extra storage. It features a 25W charging speed, slower than the Galaxy A36.

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Galaxy S25 Edge renders revealed design and specs before its anticipated launch

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A new set of Galaxy S25 Edge renders have appeared online and revealed information about the upcoming device, including its design as well as specs.

Winfuture has shared a bunch of material about Galaxy S25 Edge starting with the launch date, which could happen next month, but an exact date is not shared.

The phone will equip a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED screen with 2400 x 1000 pixels resolution. The display is flat on all side, rounded corners, and a hole punch to feature a selfie camera. The front appearance is identical to the Galaxy S25 and S25+.

The S25 Edge will pack the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. The other three models from the lineup also have this chipset, enhancing the processing capability over Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. It means that the phone will also support all of the latest Galaxy AI features.

Unlike its S25 siblings, the Edge model will offer two rear cameras, including a 200MP main sensor. The secondary will a 12MP camera, probably for ultra-wide angle photography. It was previously rumored to bring ALoP camera, a next-generation telescope lens, but this tech remains unconfirmed in the renders.

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The S25 Edge is 5.8mm thick, which excludes the camera bump. However, achieving a thin form factory would require the company to sacrifice an important aspect – battery.

This minimized size wouldn’t allow Samsung to in-built a large capacity. Hence, the source suggests that the mAh size in S25 Edge will be, 3900mAh. This is fairly low compared to the S25 Plus with 4,900mAh.

Interestingly, the phone has three variants Titanium Jet Black, Titanium Silver and Titanium Icy Blue. These names indicate that the phone will be using a titanium design similar to the S25 Ultra.

With each popular model, Samsung has developed a tradition of offering online exclusive colors, and we can hope the same for the S25 Edge.

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge Renders (Source – winfuture.de)

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Galaxy S25 Edge vs S25 Ultra: Dummy reveals special design upgrades

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge will soon make its way to the global customers and a dummy version of the device has revealed a massive upgrade in a side by side comparison to the S25 Ultra.

A Korean YouTuber has published a video featuring S25 Edge dummy, actually two dummies of the unreleased device, and explained some upgrades over the high-specs Samsung flagship.

Starting with looks, the YouTuber had two dummies, one in white and the other in all-black color. The rear side is plain as standard S25 model, with a more clear look at the vertical camera integration.

The phone has two lenses and their outlook is similar in size. The camera bump is only visible for design purpose, consisting of an LED flash.

The overall appearance is quite identical to the standard S25 and S25+. Notably, the black version has all colored appearance including a black frame, which blends into the rear.

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The dummy was measured in real-time with a digital scale, revealing a 5.84mm thickness, around 2.4mm thinner than the S25 Ultra (8.2mm).

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs S25 Edge dummy

Source – @thesinza/YouTube

In a head’s down, side by side comparison, the S25 Edge looks impressively slimmer than the S25 Ultra. That’s not it, there’s more to observe in this shot.

Look at the components, the decreased thickness cannot be achieved without components and Samsung affirmed this in the short teaser at Unpacked 2025.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs S25 Edge dummy

Source – @thesinza/YouTube

The teaser showed redesigned spare parts for this flagship. The look at the bottom of the device reveals trimmed charging port, the Sim Tray, and reshuffled speaker location.

A rear shot suggests that the phone has a slight less width than the Ultra, but the difference doesn’t look much in the video.

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and S25 Edge Dummy

Source – @thesinza/YouTube

Another thing to note is that the device is smaller than the S25 Ultra, which is due to the smaller screen size at around 6.5-6.7-inches. The Galaxy S25 Edge dummy looks quite compelling with its design cut over S25 Ultra.

Conclusion

The new design upgrade will improve the in-hand experience for Galaxy S25 Edge users but we’ll have to wait for an official release date.

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