Galaxy S26 may debut with software features currently hidden in One UI 8.5

What you need to know

• Samsung is hiding several One UI 8.5 features that will debut first on the upcoming Galaxy S26 series.
• One UI 8.5 includes an AI notification summary feature using Samsung's Gauss model, but it's disabled for now.
• The AI summary tool will launch with support for many global languages and stay S26 exclusive at first.

Samsung may be hiding some of the software features in One UI 8.5 that may debut alongside the Galaxy S26 series next year.

Samsung introduced the One UI 8.5 beta for the Galaxy S25 series earlier this month. The new software version for Samsung smartphones brings features like a redesigned Quick Settings panel, updates to Quick Share, the ability to see all your files across all your devices, redesigned app icons, and more.

One of the new Galaxy AI features debuting with One UI 8.5 is the upgraded Photo Assist in the Gallery app, which allows you to apply AI edits to images without saving each iteration. It, however, appears Samsung is hiding even more Galaxy AI features within the build.

AI notification summaries may remain exclusive to Galaxy S26 at first

According to reliable leaker @chunvn8888 on X, "lots" of One UI 8.5 features are not available right now because Samsung is keeping them exclusive to the Galaxy S26 series at launch.

One of the features the leaker mentions is the AI notification summary feature. This tool is reportedly part of One UI 8.5 but currently disabled. It will use Samsung's in-house Gauss model to provide users with a summary of their notifications from the past 24 hours.

The leaker adds that the feature will support several languages at launch including English, Korean, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Polish, simplified Chinese (中国大陆), Japanese, Hindi, Vietnamese, and Thai.

The feature will likely remain exclusive to the Galaxy S26 series at first, with Samsung eventually rolling it out to other Galaxy phones, including the Galaxy S25 series, Galaxy Z Fold 7, Galaxy Z Flip 7, and more later.

If this feature sounds familiar, that's because it is. Google recently debuted its own Notification Summaries feature for select Pixel phones, while Apple has offered a similar tool for the iPhone for more than a year. Now it looks like Samsung phones will get their version starting with the Galaxy S26 series.

The Galaxy S26 lineup is just a couple of months away now, and we've already heard a lot about the flagship series in recent weeks. Alongside the new Galaxy AI features, the Galaxy S26 Ultra is expected to come with a refined design and much faster wired and wireless charging speeds.