How Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra’s Integrated A.I. Enhances These 5 Games

As you’d expect from a handset at this tier, the Galaxy S25 Ultra offers things like ray tracing and the Vulkan engine to offer console-level features like reflections, lighting effects, shadows and so on. The Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chipset also means significantly improved CPU and GPU processing. However, there’s also that NPU (Neural Processing Unit) which means 40% faster AI performance. It might be less familiar to gamers, but it’s making real-world improvements on some big titles in pretty significant ways. Here’s just a few examples…

COD MOBILE: The D stands for Dynamic Adjustments (it doesn’t, but the Samsung S25 Ultra has plenty)

During gameplay, the Galaxy AI¹ is constantly monitoring not only the CPU and GPU’s workload, but a whole litany of other features: refresh rates, power draw, heat and so on. That’s all well and good but it’s the dynamic adjustments it then makes after analysing that data which provide significant efficiencies. It can do things like prioritise GPU performance at just the moment you need it, or minimise any spikes in refresh rate to help mitigate any battery drain. You can play smoother, longer.

WUTHERING WAVES: Effortless Beauty

Crucially, the Galaxy S25 Ultra knows when to sit back and relax. Of course, a game like Wuthering Waves has high action moments that make demands not dissimilar to COD but when things settle down - for a gorgeous cutscene, for example - AI recognises that respite and scales back graphical fidelity to help the battery go further, without impacting your gameplay. It can even take into account your natural environment. Its Adaptive Display AI and Mobile Digital Natural Image Engine (mDNIE) mean the screen’s brightness, contrast and colour can adjust on the fly based on ambient lighting, and the gameplay you’re looking at at the time. Wherever you are, you can expect whatever you’re seeing to look its best, while reducing eye strain.

GENSHIN IMPACT: Feeling (not too) Hot

Another feature you’d be forgiven for not noticing is the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra’s ability to monitor thermal thresholds. Before it’s too late and the phone’s overheating, it will start to make little adjustments behind the scenes, lowering brightness a dash, tweaking refresh rates, or underclocking any background processes that don’t need prioritising at that moment. AI-powered cooling works in tandem with this to dynamically adjust its provision to maintain consistent performance. The one thing you don’t want when it all kicks off in Genshin is a jarring slowdown, or a pop-up telling you it’s about to melt. The Galaxy S25 Ultra can help make you the Gaming God you deserve to be.

DIABLO IMMORTAL: Squeezing Every Last Drop out of your Samsung S25 Ultra

Of course, sometimes you’re going to want to hit a game hard. For those longer sessions on something like Diablo, the Galaxy AI will recognise you seem to be diving into your usual extended weekend sesh, and adjust itself to get a suitable balance between heat, frame rate and battery. Of course, eventually you’re going to have to leave it to charge while you go and touch grass for a bit, but the Galaxy S25 Ultra will do everything it can to put that off as long as possible, and make the time you spend with it fun, not frustrating.

BRAWL STARS: Less is more, but no, ACTUALLY more, though

It’s not just about the device surviving the onslaught of the most graphically-intensive titles. Even something like the brilliant Brawl Stars can benefit here. With room to breathe, the Galaxy S25 Ultra can instead turn its intention to improving texture detail, sharpening edges, interpolating frames for a smoother ride and, essentially, giving anything you care to throw at it a next-gen glow up, while avoiding any jitter or ghosting. You’ll also benefit from simple quality of life things like faster loading times and more seamless transitions between apps if - heaven forbid - something else temporarily requires your attention. And with its smart battery optimisation, the more you play, the better the AI will get at learning your usage patterns, and how to adjust power consumption to extend battery life even further.

Really Smashing

With all these features, Galaxy AI is offering a whole host of real-world improvements to your mobile gaming experience. It might not be able to make you play any better, but at least the phone has super-strong Gorilla Glass just in case you rage quit and do something you might otherwise regret.