Samsung delivered more than just security fixes in the June 2026 update hitting Galaxy S25 phones today. The patch, unusually large for a routine maintenance release, brings two Galaxy AI features that debuted on the Galaxy S26 series: Prioritise Notifications and File Summaries.
Both features launched with the Galaxy S26 lineup as part of One UI 8.5. Many owners expected them to arrive on the S25 with the same software version, but Samsung held them back.
The company signaled at the time that a separate update could deliver them later. That promise is now fulfilled. Prioritise Notifications uses on-device AI to surface important alerts and suppress noise. File Summaries generates concise overviews of documents stored on the device.
Both are part of Samsung's broader push to differentiate Galaxy AI through utility rather than gimmicks, and bringing them to last year's flagship extends that value without requiring a hardware upgrade. The Galaxy S25 series is also next in line for the One UI 9 beta, according to internal firmware spotted on Samsung's servers by tracker Tarun Vats.
Samsung launched the One UI 9 beta for the Galaxy S26 lineup on May 13, with beta 2 arriving roughly two weeks later and beta 3 expected next week. The S25 beta will follow a similar cadence.
One UI 9 brings its own batch of practical upgrades. The updated QuickStar Good Lock module finally adds a network speed indicator to the status bar, a feature most Android phones have offered for years.
It also introduces an "Ongoing Chip" toggle that lets users disable the Now Bar, which controls live activities for timers, calls, and voice recordings.
Samsung is moving fast on the software front. The company finished its global rollout of One UI 8.5 only recently, and development of One UI 9 is running in parallel across flagship, mid-range, and budget tiers.
Vats noted Samsung's team "has been very active lately, with both stable rollouts and One UI 9 development moving forward at the same time." The stable version of One UI 9 is expected to arrive first on the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy Z Flip 8 at Samsung's Unpacked event in July, then roll out to the Galaxy S26 series and other devices through the second half of 2026. For S25 owners, the June update proves Samsung is still investing in software parity across generations, even after its flagship hardware has moved on.
