Samsung has quietly pushed two Galaxy AI features to the Galaxy S25 in a June update that were previously tied to the Galaxy S26 line. The June security update adds Prioritise Notifications and File Summaries, closing a gap that left the S25 oddly short-changed in One UI 8.5.
The move is small on paper, but it tells a familiar Samsung story: software features no longer stop at the hardware launch line. That is good news for Galaxy S25 buyers, and mildly annoying for anyone who thought the phone had already reached its final feature set.
Galaxy AI features added to Galaxy S25
Prioritise Notifications uses AI to sort incoming alerts and surface the most important ones at the top of the list. In practice, that should help users notice time-sensitive messages faster instead of scrolling through a wall of app noise.
File Summaries is aimed at documents. It can generate short summaries from PDF and TXT files, which is the sort of feature people ignore until they are staring at a long report and pretending to read it intelligently.
Why Samsung added the features now
Samsung had left both features out of the final One UI 8.5 build for the Galaxy S25, even though they were already available on Galaxy S26 models. The June security patch appears to be the vehicle for fixing that omission, which is a reminder that feature rollout is increasingly a moving target rather than a clean product launch event.
That approach also keeps Samsung in step with rivals that drip-feed AI tools through software updates after release. Apple does it with iOS features, Google does it with Pixel drops, and Samsung has clearly decided that shipping everything on day one is less important than keeping older flagships feeling current.
Galaxy S25 June update brings two Galaxy AI tools
- Prioritise Notifications: AI-powered sorting for important alerts
- File Summaries: short summaries for PDF and TXT documents
- Delivery method: June security update for Galaxy S25
- Earlier status: previously limited to Galaxy S26 devices
The interesting question is whether Samsung keeps backporting more Galaxy S26-era software perks to the S25, or saves some of them as bait for the next upgrade cycle. Either way, this update shows the company is increasingly treating premium phones like evolving services, not sealed boxes.