Samsung provides the design and most of the hardware, but it’s Google that provides the subsystem, Android, Gemini generative assistant, and the Gemini models that many of the phone’s core generative features rely on.
There they sat, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra’s three proud parents: Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm.
Google is deeply invested in the Samsung experience and its success, giving Samsung early access to all the latest Gemini models and features.
Samsung plays the largest parental role, but all three have lent a guiding hand in creating what is arguably more of a mobile AI device than a mere smartphone.
Finally, Qualcomm provided the phone’s brains with a bespoke version of its fastest mobile chip: the Snapdragon Gen 8 Elite for Galaxy.
