At a Samsung event in London last week, executives demoed the company’s new take on AI assistants. The headline news is that Gemini has effectively replaced Bixby as the default Galaxy phone AI, even kicking the latter out of the quick-launch home button.

The latest flagships are all about recognizing what’s on screen and taking action. Here’s a surprising statistic Samsung uses to explain the overwhelming AI focus in its new Galaxy S25 phones: According to customer surveys,