Samsung's first 2025 flagship releases are out. Here's how to base models compare as we take a look at the Galaxy S25 vs Pixel 9.

For the second year in a row, the story of Samsung’s new flagship Galaxy phones isn’t about hardware changes. For better or worse, the Galaxy S25 features few material changes from its predecessor, and many of the most substantive enhancements come courtesy of new AI features Samsung has built into One UI.

We got a first look at the Galaxy S25 line and learned about Samsung -- and Google's -- AI advancements. Samsung's putting a lot more eggs in its AI basket this year, offering minimal hardware updates in favor of embedding the capabilities more deeply into its Samsung One UI 7 ( in beta since early December) and Android 15.