Samsung drops another hint that Galaxy AI won’t be free beyond 2025

Not a free for all

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Take a close look at the press releases for the brand newSamsung Galaxy S24 FE,Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Plus, orSamsung Galaxy S10 Ultra, and you’ll notice a footnote pointing to a future where some Galaxy AI features require a payment.

As spotted bySamMobile, the exact text reads: “Fees may apply to certain AI features at the end of 2025.” That’s not particularly specific or definitive, but it does suggest that the Galaxy AI experience isn’t going to be completely free beyond the end of next year.

This isn’t new:the same disclaimerwas included in the information we got alongside theSamsungGalaxy S24 series at the start of this year. This isn’t a surprise then, but it shows Samsung hasn’t changed its plans for charging for AI.

We don’t yet know which features might come with a price tag attached, or what that price tag might be – Samsung hasn’t said anything about that yet, but has gone on the record to say more Galaxy AI featuresare on the way.

The cost of AI

It’s not a huge shock that Samsung wants to start making some money from all the AI tools it’s stuffed into its devices: generative artificial intelligencerequires a huge amountof computing power, and a huge amount of energy to run.

BothGoogleandOpenAI, the developer ofChatGPT, offer usersmore advanced featuresand more powerful AI models for $20 (about £15 / AU$29) a month – although there are rumors that the price of ChatGPT Plus couldmore than doublein the next five years.

Then there’sApple:Apple Intelligenceis rolling out over the next few months, free of charge, but therehas been talkthat more advanced features are eventually going to have a price attached, perhaps as part of an Apple One bundle.

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For now, you can still use the AI features – covering image editing, live translation, note summaries, and plenty more – free of charge. If you start to reply on them regularly though, bear in mind that there might eventually be a cost attached.

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Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.

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