Welcome to episode 61 of Pixelated, a podcast by 9to5Google. This week, we’re unpacking Galaxy Unpacked, exploring everything Samsung announced at this week’s foldable-focused event. We also discuss some new Circle to Search tricks on Android and debate whether Gemini for Wear OS is the wrist-based assistant we’ve been waiting for.

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The Galaxy Watch 8 series offers a lot, whether you think it looks fantastic or not. Samsung’s pre-order event has Galaxy Watch 8 and Watch 8 Classic trade-in values boosted for a limited time. Here are the big takeaways.

Unpacked came and went without an expected tease of its long-rumored tri-fold device, but it sounds like fans won’t be waiting too much longer to get our hands on it.

Samsung’s latest foldables are finally here, and in many ways, they’re the next-gen leaps we’ve been begging the company to make. From the ultra-thin — albeit not record-setting — Galaxy Z Fold 7 to the expansive cover screen found on the Galaxy Z Flip 7, it’s looking like a great year to upgrade, and thankfully, Samsung’s trade-in program is here to help.

The Galaxy Z Fold 7, Flip 7, and Flip FE are all available to pre-order from Samsung or other storefronts. This guide will break down each pre-order site to find the best deal for Samsung’s new foldables, as well as where you can get great value for your trade-ins.

Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch 8 series brings a new design language, but also ditches one of the appealing parts of past generations by making a proprietary connector that works more like the attachments on Pixel Watch and Apple Watch.

During Galaxy Unpacked, Samsung noted that, amongst rumors that Galaxy AI would eventually take on a subscription model, the company has no plans to charge for certain Galaxy AI features.

The Now Bar has been around since One UI 7, when it launched with the Galaxy S25 series. Without support for third-party apps, Samsung’s Now Bar has felt like an underbaked lock screen function. According to Samsung, that’s set to change soon.

Samsung is making a controversial change with the Galaxy Z Fold 7 by removing S Pen support from the foldable entirely, all in the pursuit of making a thinner and more durable device.

Google is announcing some big changes to how Gemini works on flip phones today, starting with Samsung’s all-new Galaxy Z Flip 7.

The foldable market as we know it today exists because of Samsung, but to say the company fumbled its lead is an understatement. The company’s foldables over the past few years have been stagnant, boring, and arguably insulting to customers amid rapidly improving competition in other parts of the world. But, finally, Samsung is giving in and acknowledging that it needed to catch up, and the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 are a tremendous showing of what the company is capable of when it actually hits the gas.

The Galaxy Watch 8 series is finally official. Amongst some serious design changes, Samsung has added a slew of features with Wear OS 6, including the addition of the Now Bar.

The Galaxy Z series has long since been a little out of reach for consumers, placing the devices in the higher price range. What Samsung has done is finally bring one of its foldable devices within arm’s reach by creating an FE model. The Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE is officially a reality.

After a fairly lackluster outing last year, Samsung finally took the stage at Unpacked in New York this morning to announce the Galaxy Z Flip 7. So far, it’s looking like the upgrade many of us expected last year, and despite the addition of the cheaper Flip 7 FE to the lineup, it’s sticking at the same price.

In its biggest hardware update since 2020’s Galaxy Z Fold 2, Samsung is launching the Galaxy Z Fold 7 today with a drastically thinner design, bigger displays, and a higher price too.

The Galaxy S25 series is officially available to pre-order through Samsung’s website and other retailers. But where can you get the best deal on one of the best Android phones available? This guide will take you through a few notable deals.

When users buy any of the Galaxy S25 phones announced at Samsung’s Unpacked event, Google’s paid Gemini Advanced model will be available for free for six months.

After Google teased work on an Android XR headset at the end of last year, we’re finally getting a little closer as Samsung took the time at Galaxy Unpacked to tease a possibly upcoming AI headset alongside the Galaxy S25 series.

Users generally don’t feel spoiled for choice when it comes to smartphone variants, and that’s even more the case with the Galaxy S25 series. The Galaxy S25 series only comes in one RAM option — 12GB.

Samsung has been doing a lot of fine-tuning with photos and videos on the Galaxy S lineup. With the Galaxy S25, Samsung is introducing Galaxy Log, which makes use of a tried and true format for recording video.

One of the coolest parts of the Galaxy S25 Ultra was the anti-reflective front display, thanks to Gorilla Armor. Now, Gorilla Armor 2 makes its debut on the next-generation Galaxy S25 Ultra a mere year after the first version was announced.

Right on schedule, Samsung is ready to gear up and launch its new products, including the Galaxy S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra. This quick guide will explain where to watch Samsung’s Galaxy S25 launch event and when.

The Galaxy S24 series is officially available for pre-order, but you have a few different options. This quick guide will bring you through a breakdown of each way you can pre-order the new Galaxy S24, S24+, or S24 Ultra and get the best deal.