WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.740 Phones, phones, phones. 00:00:03.740 --> 00:00:07.820 Oh my God, phones. Samsung unveiled some new ones 00:00:07.820 --> 00:00:11.300 at their unpacked this morning. You'd be forgiven for missing them though, 00:00:11.300 --> 00:00:14.560 given how much the presentation focused on AI features 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:20.020 like ask about this video on YouTube, which you wouldn't use for tech link videos 00:00:20.020 --> 00:00:23.220 because they'd miss that whole phones bit at the start. You can't. 00:00:23.220 --> 00:00:29.540 Samsung's new flagship lineup is the $800 Galaxy S25, $1,000 S25 Plus 00:00:29.580 --> 00:00:34.180 and $1,300 S25 Ultra in brand new colors, 00:00:34.180 --> 00:00:40.340 including a few shades of blue that Samsung says are inspired by the brilliance of AI. 00:00:40.340 --> 00:00:45.100 Which everyone knows is blue. All three phones sport 12 gigabytes of RAM 00:00:45.100 --> 00:00:48.780 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite SOCs under the hood, 00:00:48.780 --> 00:00:52.600 which have apparently been customized to make their battery life so good, 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:57.600 Samsung instructed viewers to watch videos up to 31 hours. 00:00:57.860 --> 00:01:02.540 Do it. Unfortunately, although the Ultra gets upgraded cameras, 00:01:02.540 --> 00:01:05.620 it's included S Pen has been downgraded 00:01:05.620 --> 00:01:09.060 and no longer includes any Bluetooth functionality, 00:01:09.060 --> 00:01:14.060 which allowed owners of previous Galaxy Ultra phones to use it as a remote camera shutter 00:01:14.060 --> 00:01:18.660 and many other so-called air actions. Samsung told Android police 00:01:18.660 --> 00:01:21.860 that not many people were using the Bluetooth functionality 00:01:21.860 --> 00:01:27.300 and people also just use Galaxy Ring and Galaxy Watch for hands-free photo capture. 00:01:27.300 --> 00:01:31.020 And I have to admit, making your customers buy another product 00:01:31.020 --> 00:01:36.780 to keep using a feature they like is much simpler than Samsung just leaving the S Pen alone. 00:01:36.780 --> 00:01:40.220 But tell you what, Samsung's gonna make it up to you with their new health feature 00:01:40.220 --> 00:01:43.860 that somehow measures your antioxidant index. 00:01:43.860 --> 00:01:48.220 Although I think a microplastics index would be more useful at this point. 00:01:48.220 --> 00:01:53.140 What, still not happy? Have you seen the Crocs inspired case yet? 00:01:53.140 --> 00:01:56.540 Nothing? Okay. Well, the one thing that is for sure 00:01:56.540 --> 00:02:01.460 a cool announcement is the new kids features for the Galaxy Watch 7 LTE, 00:02:01.460 --> 00:02:07.820 turning it into a standalone kids watch so parents can call, message and track their little babies. 00:02:07.820 --> 00:02:11.260 You know, making sure they're not pre-ordering things. 00:02:11.260 --> 00:02:15.380 If you must though, it seems like Samsung's own website is the place to do it 00:02:15.380 --> 00:02:20.660 or maybe wait a bit because Samsung also teased the Galaxy S25 Edge, 00:02:20.660 --> 00:02:27.920 which will soon arrive to challenge this year's other phones that will be super thin for a good reason. 00:02:27.920 --> 00:02:31.520 Google was kind of Samsung's co-presenter today. 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:38.280 As another detail about the Galaxy S25 series is that Google's Gemini will be the default assistant now. 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:43.360 Even though at any given moment, I would much rather prefer to speak with Bixby. 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:47.280 Well, if that's true for you, good news. Samsung told Android authority 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:50.400 that Gemini or Bixby could be activated 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:55.080 depending on the situation, which I think is cool because I like the idea that whichever assistant 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:59.160 pops up in my phone is the one that just beat the other in a wrestling match 00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:04.040 down there somewhere. Galaxy S25 and Pixel 9 users will also gain the ability 00:03:04.040 --> 00:03:10.480 to share images, files and YouTube videos to the real-time voice mode, Gemini Live, 00:03:10.480 --> 00:03:14.720 which will apparently be crucial for finding out if you just took a good photo. 00:03:14.720 --> 00:03:19.320 I think my dog looks cute, but AI help. 00:03:19.320 --> 00:03:23.040 Hmm, is this a good photo? Just look at it. 00:03:23.040 --> 00:03:28.280 But Gemini is also getting a pretty big upgrade with the ability to complete multi-app tasks 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:32.080 like find activities that conform to certain criteria 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:35.600 and text them to my friend. Which friend? 00:03:35.600 --> 00:03:39.280 Surprise me. Some performance data for NVIDIA's RTX 5090 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:42.480 has leaked courtesy of video cards with a Z, 00:03:42.480 --> 00:03:49.080 showing that in various 3D mark tests, the upcoming flagship achieves a roughly 30% lead 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:53.360 over the RTX 4090 and more like a 40-ish percent 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:56.800 versus the Radeon RX 7900 XTX. 00:03:56.800 --> 00:03:59.880 And I'm telling you this because it felt kind of weird to leave it out today, 00:03:59.880 --> 00:04:03.520 but it sounds like proper reviews of the 5090 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:08.400 will be starting to go live at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning. So you might as well ignore what I just said 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:14.280 and cross your fingers that NVIDIA isn't lying when they promise anyone looking to buy the new RTX 5090 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:18.920 that it won't melt power plugs this time. Although watching all that go down was fun 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:24.000 to watch for the rest of us. Yeah, you know what? We're gonna go for those mid-range cards from AMD, 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:28.960 which should be dropping any day now. And by that, I mean two months from now. 00:04:28.960 --> 00:04:32.000 Yeah, AMD exec David McAfee announced on Twitter 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:37.000 that the RX 9070 and 9070 XT will go on sale in March, 00:04:37.280 --> 00:04:40.760 even though retailers already have the cards in stores. 00:04:40.760 --> 00:04:44.560 Hmm, waiting until all the RTX 50 series cards get scalped 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:50.480 is a bold strategy. Let's see if it pays off for them. An even better strategy would be to check out our sponsor. 00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:51.320 Hmm. 00:04:54.840 --> 00:04:58.520 Yeah. Yeah, I think now the vibe's right for quick bits. 00:04:58.520 --> 00:05:01.520 OpenAI has announced the Stargate Project, 00:05:01.520 --> 00:05:05.280 a new company that will build $500 billion worth 00:05:05.280 --> 00:05:11.020 of AI infrastructure in the U.S. It was also announced at a White House press conference 00:05:11.020 --> 00:05:15.100 with President Trump, even though the government isn't funding it. 00:05:15.100 --> 00:05:21.540 The money's coming from a number of other firms including MGX, Oracle, OpenAI, of course, and SoftBank. 00:05:21.540 --> 00:05:26.500 Although Elon Musk has his doubts, replying to OpenAI's announcement tweet to interject, 00:05:26.500 --> 00:05:31.300 they don't actually have the money. And also, OpenAI is not really open. 00:05:31.300 --> 00:05:35.340 Has anyone noticed that? Oh, you gonna take that, Sam Alman? 00:05:35.340 --> 00:05:38.540 Hit him back. I genuinely respect your accomplishments 00:05:38.540 --> 00:05:41.620 and think you are the most inspiring entrepreneur of our time. 00:05:41.620 --> 00:05:46.340 Oh, man, you got him good. 00:05:46.380 --> 00:05:49.900 Speaking of Elon, hundreds of subreddits are discussing 00:05:49.900 --> 00:05:53.700 whether to ban all links to Twitter slash X, 00:05:53.700 --> 00:05:58.740 and some dozens have already done so over Musk performing what really looked 00:05:58.740 --> 00:06:03.020 like a Nazi salute two times at Trump's inauguration. 00:06:03.020 --> 00:06:06.580 Was it a Nazi salute? I don't know. 00:06:06.580 --> 00:06:10.940 But the Nazis liked it. Unlike the last major Reddit-wide protest 00:06:10.940 --> 00:06:13.940 of the site's updated API rules back in September, 00:06:13.940 --> 00:06:17.060 Reddit, the company, is apparently going to let things be, 00:06:17.060 --> 00:06:21.780 telling ours that banning links to certain sites is up to the subreddits. 00:06:21.780 --> 00:06:25.740 And I didn't write a last sentence for that one. 00:06:25.740 --> 00:06:29.020 YouTube has announced new features for premium subscribers, 00:06:29.020 --> 00:06:32.940 including high-quality 256 kilobits per second audio 00:06:32.940 --> 00:06:36.500 on music videos, and faster playback speeds on mobile. 00:06:36.500 --> 00:06:39.980 We're talking up to four times. But at that point, you might as well ask 00:06:39.980 --> 00:06:43.060 the AI what's going on. There's also a new YouTube premium 00:06:43.100 --> 00:06:46.660 plus Google One subscription bundle that lets you save a bit of money, 00:06:46.660 --> 00:06:51.820 but it's in the US only, so what do I care? Apple has enabled Apple Intelligence by default 00:06:51.820 --> 00:06:56.820 in the newest builds of macOS 15.3 and iOS 18.3, 00:06:56.900 --> 00:07:00.620 which is just meant to be helpful. I mean, users must not know about the new features, 00:07:00.620 --> 00:07:05.100 and that's why they're not using them. And anyways, Apple paused to those AI notification summaries 00:07:05.100 --> 00:07:08.180 that were telling people that Sharknado was real, so this is fine. 00:07:08.180 --> 00:07:12.140 And have you been practicing piano, but you're just not getting any better? 00:07:12.140 --> 00:07:18.900 Let a robot spider massage your fingies. This is a robot exoskeleton developed by Japanese researchers 00:07:18.900 --> 00:07:21.980 as a way to help those with fine-tuned motor skills, 00:07:21.980 --> 00:07:25.540 like musicians, who have experienced a ceiling effect. 00:07:25.540 --> 00:07:28.540 They're just so good, they can't get any better, 00:07:28.540 --> 00:07:32.940 until they allow an electronic face hugger to yank their fingers around. 00:07:32.940 --> 00:07:36.060 I feel better already. And you'll feel better if you come back on Friday 00:07:36.060 --> 00:07:40.740 for more tech news, or at least I will.