Samsung’s Galaxy S24was among the first major Android phones to release this year with AI features. It was also the first non-Pixel phone to launch with Gemini Nano, Google’s most efficient AI model for on-device tasks. AI will play a big role in smartphones in the coming years, and to ensure its flagship phones offer a cutting-edge experience, Samsung reportedly plans to launch theGalaxy S25 serieswith Google’s next-gen Gemini Nano 2 model.
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A report from Korea’sDaum Herald Economy(viaAndroid Authority) claims that Samsung’s 2025 flagship, the Galaxy S25 series, will launch with Gemini Nano 2. Cho Cheol-min, managing director of Samsung Electronics' LSI division team, made the revelation during his presentation at the Artificial Intelligence Semiconductor Forum on April 17th. The Korean giant’s close partnership with Google will make this possible, with both companies seemingly holding private discussions in the coming weeks on the matter.
A new AI model could allow the Galaxy S25 to offer more advanced AI features. As of now, Gemini Nano is available on thePixel 8 Proand the Galaxy S24 series. Google’smost efficient AI model will expand to the Pixel 8with the June Feature Drop.
Additionally, Cheol-min said that Samsung currently has 200 employees working on Exynos AI Studio and Exynos AI Stack. The company plans to double the team size within a year to speed up development. This might bode well for next year’s Exynos 2500’s AI capabilities, as it could pack some serious horsepower for running AI models.
Samsung could again increase its reliance on Exynos chips
With Samsung prioritizing AI capabilities in Exynos chips, it might return to powering more Galaxy devices with its in-house processors. After switching entirely to Qualcomm for the Galaxy S23 series, Samsung used its Exynos 2400 chip on the Galaxy S24 and S24+, with the Ultra exclusively using theSnapdragon 8 Gen 3.
The Galaxy S25 series is still over eight months away from launch, and a lot could change by then.
Google has also yet to announce Gemini Nano 2, the second-generation of its most efficient AI model. Following Gemini 1.0’s debut in December 2023, Googleannounced version 1.5 of its AI modelin February this year.
Given the rapid pace of development, we could see Gemini 2.0 release in a few months. The company could announce Gemini Nano 2 alongside thePixel 9 seriesin October this year before the AI model makes its way to Samsung’s 2025 flagship.
