Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025: How to watch and what to expect

The first major tech event of the year appears to be brewing. But Samsung remains tight-lipped about this. According to the latest reports, all eyes are on Samsung as it will launch the Galaxy S25 series on January 22, giving us an idea of this year’s Unpacked banner. We’ve yet to receive any official confirmation from the tech giant, but following recent announcements, the event is expected to take place in California as well as in South Korea, the company’s headquarters.
For more information on what we can expect from this year’s flagship, you can check out our ultimate Galaxy S25 guide. For more information on Galaxy Unpacked, read on.
How to watch this year’s Galaxy Unpacked
While a lucky few will be able to attend the event in person and immerse themselves in all the magic of Galaxy, Samsung will be broadcasting the launch live on its official website and YouTube platform. The company has done this in the past, and we expect it to do the same this time around. While we don’t have the link for you yet, be sure to keep an eye out for the link that will be released soon and hit the “Notify Me” button to give yourself a heads up before the live broadcast begins.
So, what can we expect from the upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event? Let’s take a closer look.
Samsung Galaxy S25, Plus and Ultra
Samsung is celebrating a milestone with the launch of the S25 – 15 years since the launch of the first Galaxy device. We expect the new series to feature significant hardware and software changes compared to previous models.
According to several leaked renders, the Samsung Galaxy S25 appears to maintain a unified design language across all three models, just like Apple does with its iPhones. To everyone’s relief, the phone is expected to be flat all around, with completely flat front and back glass and rounded corners instead of the usual sharp ones. But the Ultra version still seems edgier.
Speaking of the cameras that Samsung prides itself on every year, the new flagship is expected to get some upgrades. Earlier this year, there were rumors that the phone would ditch the ISOCELL GN3 sensor in favor of an all-Sony sensor. However, recent rumors suggest that’s not the case and Samsung will stick with the same cameras on the Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25 Plus. The Ultra, on the other hand, is likely to have an aperture of af/1.7 and a focal length of 23.2mm. This sensor has a maximum resolution of 4080×3060 and is equipped with a 200MP camera.
The flagship phone is said to come with the new One UI 7, which we’ll get to in a moment. In addition, Samsung is also loading more artificial intelligence and new parental control features into this series of operating systems.
The Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25 Plus are rumored to be available in Midnight Black, Sparkling Green, Sparkling Blue, Silver Shadow, and Moonlight Blue color options. The Galaxy S25 Ultra is expected to be launched in seven different colors: titanium black, titanium silver blue, titanium grey, titanium silver, titanium black, titanium emerald green and titanium pink gold.
You may ask, “But how much does all this cost?”. This flagship series may be quite expensive, and the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite may power the Galaxy S25 series, bringing “amazing levels of performance” that may require Samsung to increase prices.
There are also rumors about a Galaxy S25 Slim, although it’s unclear whether we’ll see it at Unpacked or at a later launch event.
A user interface 7
Android Central’s Nick Sutrich says the One UI 7 beta launches on eligible Samsung S24 devices just in time for Christmas, making it “the best version of One UI Samsung has made in a long time.”
The UI has a new and improved notification bar; pulling down on the right side of the status bar reveals a full screen view of the quick toggle button and slider, while sliding down on the left side of the status bar reveals notifications. Ring a bell? (See iPhone.)
Secondly, the beta version at last There’s a native vertical app drawer, something Galaxy users have wanted for years, although users can reset it to a horizontal version if it doesn’t suit them. There is a scroll bar on the right side of the app drawer for quickly moving between apps.
The next major display change users will notice is the multitasking UI, which finally allows you to see multiple app tiles at once. Samsung displays its apps in a 3D carousel so users can quickly find the next app in a scrolling list.
Other updates to the operating system include new icons, updated fonts, a new battery indicator, and a host of new widgets. We can also expect a host of new AI features and updates for Samsung’s Galaxy AI suite.
AndroidXR
Another exciting thing that may be unveiled at Unpacked this year is a project that Android developers and Samsung have been collaborating on to create healthy XR experiences through Samsung headphones called Project Moohan (Korean for infinity).
“Imagine a world that understands you and responds to your every interaction,” Won-Joon Choi, Samsung’s head of mobile R&D, said during a recent live demonstration event.
Android XR will enable mixed reality interaction in the virtual world and the real world. This video example shows a person wearing a prototype Samsung VR headset while watching YouTube. Another live demonstration of Project Moohan’s integration with Gemini showcased its conversational multimodal capabilities.
Qualcomm said the headset looks a lot like Apple’s Vision Pro, is equipped with Snapdragon XR2 Plus Gen 2, and is expected to debut in 2025, with “more devices to follow.”
We still don’t know how much it will cost and what features it will come with out of the box. However, we may get a quick look at some hardware on Unpacked. South Korean news outlet Yonhap News Agency said Samsung may show off its first smart glasses. It could be a short video or an image reveal – possibly similar to how the Galaxy Ring was shown off at the 2024 Unpacked event.
It’s unclear whether this display is Project Moohan hardware or other products under development. That said, we’re hoping to get better ideas at the upcoming Unpacked event.
More Galaxy Ring news?
While there’s been a lot of talk about Samsung launching a Galaxy Ring 2, that seems unlikely since it released the first version of the ring just six months ago. However, we may see a new range of ring sizes (14 and 15) potentially hitting the market.
It’s unclear if Samsung’s smart ring has any other tricks up its sleeve, so we’ll have to wait and see what the company has in store and whether it plans any updates and feature additions.