One UI 8.5 may bring four new Galaxy AI features

Samsung introduced Galaxy AI for smartphones with the launch of the Galaxy S24 series, featuring One UI 6.1. Since then, with the launch of every new Galaxy S and Galaxy Z series, as well as with every new version of One UI, the brand has been adding new features to the AI suite. Well, it is going to do the same with the next generation of One UI.

According to ET News, the next generation of One UI (we assume that the publication is talking about One UI 8.5) will offer four new Galaxy AI features: Meeting Assistant, Smart Clipboard, Social Composer, and Touch Assistant.

Meeting Assistant, when you are in a meeting and a person is speaking in a foreign language, can translate that into your language in real time. It will also come in very handy during presentations and conversations. Touch Assistant, when you select a piece of text, can translate it into another language or organise it. 

Smart Clipboard can analyse the text copied to the clipboard, and recommend various actions, including translate, summarise, search, and add to favourites. This feature lets you copy pieces of text from multiple apps and perform an action on them at once, which saves you from the hassle of switching between apps.

Social Composer can analyse photos and write a piece of text about them. Reportedly, it can recognise people and various objects in images. For example, if you select photos of products you purchased from an online shopping website, it will write a piece of text describing them.

One UI 8.5, even though based on Android 16, the same version of the OS that One UI 8 uses, is shaping up to be a big update, offering revamped app icons, status bar icons, a new Phone app, and a new search bar everywhere. The brand is expected to debut it with the Galaxy S26 series in February 2026.