Abstract
- Samsung has lastly launched the April safety replace for S25.
- The AYD9 firmware brings a brand new charging animation & media participant notification widget.
- It additionally patches Crucial & Excessive-severity vulnerabilities.
Samsung is usually among the many first to replace its flagship units to the most recent month-to-month safety patch. This month has been an exception, with the corporate prioritizing the long-delayed steady One UI 7 rollout for its 2024 flagship units over the Galaxy S25‘s April safety patch. Now that the revised Android 15 firmware for the S24 collection has been launched, Samsung has lastly rolled out the April construct for the Galaxy S25 with two notable modifications.
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The Galaxy S25’s AYD9 firmware went reside in South Korea late final week, with Samsung now increasing its availability to Australia, India, and different markets. The 762MB replace bumps the safety patch to April and introduces two modifications, though Samsung’s official launch notes don’t point out something aside from stability enhancements.
You may now see a brand new charging animation and an up to date media participant within the notification panel. Each modifications are already current within the Galaxy S24’s steady One UI 7 construct.
You’ll be able to examine if the replace is accessible for obtain in your telephone by going to Settings > Software program replace > Obtain and set up.
With the media participant notification, your Galaxy S25 will show a reside notification within the Now Bar, positioned within the top-left nook of the standing bar. You’ll be able to faucet on it to deliver up playback controls. Like earlier than, the media playback widget within the Fast Settings panel continues to be there.
As for the brand new charging animation, the battery icon on the highest proper within the standing bar will animate with a inexperienced background. It seems loads slicker and polished than the preliminary iteration that shipped on the Galaxy S25.
As per Samsung’s safety bulletin, the April 2025 replace patches a number of Crucial and Excessive-severity vulnerabilities.
Will the Galaxy S25 obtain its One UI 8 replace early?
Whereas minor, these mark the primary post-launch modifications Samsung has delivered to the Galaxy S25 collection since its debut in early February. Hopefully, as soon as the corporate completes the One UI 7 rollout for its different units, the telephone will get a extra feature-rich replace. Or perhaps Samsung will straight launch One UI 8 for its 2025 flagship in June, when Google formally releases Android 16.