Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled its newest Galaxy S25 smartphones, powered by Qualcomm's chips and Google's artificial-intelligence model, hoping its upgraded AI features can reinvigorate sales and fend off Apple and Chinese rivals.

Last month, Google introduced the Android XR platform in partnership with Samsung and Qualcomm, which is "a new operating system built for this next generation of computing". Now, Google has bought part of HTC Vive's engineering team, HTC Vive of course having ample experience engineering VR headsets.

TikTok got a short reprieve to make a deal. Project Stargate, a $500B AI plan from OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank, pushes Musk, Microsoft, aside. Google buys HTC VR tech.

Google has strengthened its mixed reality (XR) credentials once again with another key acquisition, and it’s a positive move for the Android XR headset it’s co-developing with Samsung. The acquisition will see engineering staff from HTC’s Vive division,

Samsung unveiled Galaxy S25 lineup with Qualcomm chips and Google's AI model, aiming to beat Apple's iPhone 17 Air. Analysts predict success.

Qualcomm Technologies and Google entered into a multi-year technology collaboration for the development of AI cockpit solutions

Google LLC announced today that it’s acquiring parts of HTC Corp. Vive’s engineering team to accelerate the development of its new Android XR operating system for virtual reality and extended reality headsets.

Quantum startup SandboxAQ said its large quantitative models (LQMs) will be available on Google Cloud, the company told Reuters on Tuesday, as cloud providers look to AI tech to fuel growth.

Samsung has just announced the Galaxy S25 series, and it turns out they have satellite connectivity thanks to Snapdragon Satellite.

Samsung has launched the Galaxy S25 smartphones, featuring Google AI and Qualcomm chips, to boost sales against rivals. Despite being early in AI smartphones, Samsung struggles against Apple and Chinese competitors.

Samsung Electronics has launched its new Galaxy S25 series, featuring Qualcomm chips and AI capabilities from Google's model. Despite competition, Samsung is focusing on enhancing AI features like Bixby and personalized experiences to boost sales.

Exciting times for Galaxy flagship owners, with the excellent Android 15 upgrade due to be released in just a few weeks, alongside the launch of the new S25. The new OS brings a raft of security and privacy enhancements as Samsung narrows the gap to iPhone, some are general Android enhancements and some are specific to Samsung.