Is Samsung Bringing Apple-like Ai Notification Summaries To Galaxy Phones? Here's What We Know

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Samsung is moving connected a characteristic that notification summary feature.
• The characteristic showed up successful a caller One UI 8.5 build connected nan S25 Ultra.
• There's nary timeframe arsenic to erstwhile it mightiness really appear. 

Apple-style notification summaries are coming to your Galaxy phone.

First spotted by SamMobile successful nan latest One UI 8.5 firmware build for nan S25 Ultra, Samsung is reportedly moving connected a characteristic that makes agelong notifications a small easier to read.

The characteristic isn't afloat functional, but it was there, indicating that Samsung is astatine slightest beautiful acold on successful nan process of implementing it. 

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A screenshot of nan characteristic successful action shows a pop-up reading, "Your longer conversations tin now beryllium summarized to springiness you speedy recaps." An mentation adds that nan summaries usage on-device AI, truthful your notifications are ne'er sent to Google, and that mistakes are possible. 

The characteristic looks to beryllium opt-in. A deeper dive into nan settings paper showed that you tin move disconnected notification summaries astatine immoderate time, and you tin moreover exclude definite apps. 

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If this sounds familiar, Apple introduced a akin characteristic past year (let's dream it's much reliable than Apple's AI-powered news summaries, though, which ZDNET's Nina Raemont recommends turning disconnected entirely). There was speculation earlier this twelvemonth that Android was moving connected a akin characteristic (hints of it showed up successful codification connected a beta version), but thing has materialized yet. 

When will AI notification summaries beryllium available?

One UI 8.5 should officially debut adjacent twelvemonth connected nan Galaxy S26, but it will apt trickle down to different Samsung phones and tablets soon after. As agelong arsenic your instrumentality is eligible for One UI 8.0, you should beryllium eligible to get 8.5. This includes nan Galaxy S21FE and up connected nan S series, nan Galaxy Z Flip 4 and up connected nan Z series, nan Galaxy F36 and up connected nan F series, nan Galaxy M06 and up connected nan M series, and nan Galaxy A17 and up connected nan A series. 

There's nary connection connected erstwhile this characteristic mightiness beryllium public, but I've reached retired to Samsung to spot if they person immoderate details.