The Now Brief feature, currently exclusive to the Galaxy S25 series, could come to several flagship Galaxy phones launched in the last two years.
Samsung is currently running the One UI 7 beta program for the Galaxy S24 series, the Galaxy S23 series, the Galaxy Z Fold 6, the Galaxy Z Flip 6, and the Galaxy Tab S10 lineup, and while there is no way to access Now Brief on the latest beta updates for these devices, the necessary code for the feature does exist under the hood.
Using a hack that allows access to hidden functions on Android devices, an X user was able to access Now Brief on a Galaxy S24 running the One UI 7 beta, and we have now confirmed that the same is possible on all devices mentioned above. You can even make a shortcut to access the feature's settings on your home screen, but you can't access its main UI so it's currently unusable.
Now Brief on the Galaxy Z Flip 6
Earlier this year, Samsung had suggested that Now Brief may not come to older devices, as it requires a chipset with powerful AI performance as the feature works locally on the device instead of relegating processing to the cloud.
As Samsung puts it, Now Brief uses AI to “understand your schedule and needs, providing relevant information at the right time.” It is essentially a glorified digital assistant that keeps you apprised of your upcoming events, the weather, traffic conditions, health activities, and more.
In most cases, Now Brief just goes through your data on multiple apps and then presents it to you at multiple times throughout the day. It doesn't really do anything that flagship phones launched in the last couple of years wouldn't be able to handle, and it's not surprising that Samsung has decided to bring Now Brief to more devices after all.
