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This nugget of information comes fromAssembleDebugon X, during a dive into Samsung app code.

More on-gear AI features.

Samsung Galaxy S25 render

The most obvious is privacy, which could be very important if youre editing private photos.

In theory the processing should be faster too, since everything stays on your phone.

On-gear processing means you dont need an active internet connection to utilize AI features.

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But the trade-off is probably worth it.

The leaker claims that theres no sign of hardware from Exynos or MediaTek when on-gear AI is referred to.

Instead we only see the sm8750, which is a model number for Snapdragons newest flagship SoC.

Samsung - Galaxy S24 128GB

That corroborates previous rumors thatall Galaxy S25 phones will run on Snapdragon chips.

Its unclear if any other Galaxy AI features may transition to on-unit processing.

It’s worth noting that both Apple Intelligence andGoogleGemini offer various on-unit features, including generative AI.

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However only Apple offers generative AI-based image editing on-equipment.

At the very least, its a good start.

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