Samsung continues to enhance its Galaxy S25 lineup with exciting new features previously exclusive to the Galaxy S26 series. With the June 2026 One UI 8.5 update, users can now take advantage of advanced AI-driven tools that improve notification management and enhance user experience. This article explores the new features and how to enable them on your Galaxy S25.
Exciting Features from the Galaxy S26
The Galaxy S26 series introduced several intriguing software upgrades, with two notable features: "Notification Summary" and "Prioritize Notifications." While originally launched with the Galaxy S26, these upgrades have now become available to Galaxy S25 users.
Understanding the Prioritize Notification Feature
The "Prioritize Notifications" feature ensures that important alerts are never missed. Leveraging Galaxy AI, it assesses the content of notifications to determine their significance. If deemed important, these notifications will appear at the top, regardless of other incoming alerts. However, do note that this feature currently supports notifications only in your device's system language. For example, if your system language is set to English, it will prioritize only English notifications.
Understanding the Summary Notification Feature
The "Summary Notification" feature, also powered by Galaxy AI, provides concise summaries for chat notifications. Instead of opening each message, users can read the summarized version, allowing for quicker context comprehension. Similar to the prioritization feature, this summary option only works with messages in the device's set language.
Both features might be limited in functionality during low battery or when power-saving mode is activated. Additionally, they securely process data on the device itself, ensuring user privacy is maintained.
How to Enable Prioritize and Summary Notification Features
To access these exciting features, users need to ensure that their device has the June 2026 update based on One UI 8.5 installed. Here’s how to enable them:
- Open the Settings app.
- Select Notifications.
- Click on Notification Highlights.
- Choose your desired feature and toggle it on.
Samsung has listed compatible applications where these features will work effectively. Popular apps like WhatsApp, Google Messages, Samsung Messages, Snapchat, and Telegram are included. If a particular app is not functioning as expected, it may be due to compatibility issues or power-saving mode settings.
Timely Arrival of Features
Both AI functionalities are part of the One UI 8.5 update, making their timely arrival on the S25 lineup notable. While they were expected to launch with the security update, fans were thrilled to see the features being released separately, particularly in the form of the June 2026 security patch. This larger update also brought the features to other devices like the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Flip 7, and Trifold.
