It’s always exciting when one of our favorite items goes on sale. This time, it’s our pick for the best budget Android tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+. The device is down from $220 to $170 at Samsung — a 23 percent discount. This model includes 64GB of storage and 4GB of RAM and is also available at this price on Amazon. In fact, this deal brings the price of the tablet down to just $20 more than its Prime Day offer.
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab A9+ is an 11-inch tablet with a resolution of 1900p x 1200p. The LCD screen has a 90Hz refresh rate and 480 nits. The device also has quad speakers that are powered by Dolby Atmos and a 7,400 mAh battery. Plus, it has optional 5G connectivity.
If you need a little more storage (and power), check out the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. That model is currently down to $220 from $270. There’s also the Galaxy Tab A9+ Kids Edition, which is available for $230, down from $270, and has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.
The most notable of these is what Samsung is calling a Personal Data Engine. Over time, One UI 7 will collect and analyze data about how you use your S25 to personalize the software experience. This customization will be most visible in two new features called Now Brief and Now Bar.
The first will create morning, afternoon, and evening summaries of relevant information for you. For example, in the morning brief, you might see the day’s weather, a calendar of your upcoming meetings, and news that might be of interest to you.
The second, on the other hand, is a new interface element you can access from both the S25’s lock screen and just below the digital clock when the phone is unlocked.
The Now Bar will automatically create a rolodex of reminders you can refer to throughout the day. One widget might include directions from Google Maps, while another might be a 45-minute timer set earlier in the day.
This is all basic stuff, but Samsung thinks these features — and the ones I’m going to detail — will save S25 users time by reducing the amount of time they have to move between apps. According to the company, any usage information recorded by the personal data engine is kept secure and private inside the S25’s Knox Vault security enclave.
The Galaxy S25 also includes a number of interconnected features that broadly fall under a concept Samsung calls AI Agents. These agents are powered by multi-modal machine learning models, meaning they can parse images, video, audio, and text. Samsung has deployed these throughout One UI 7, though you’re most likely to encounter them via the Samsung Sidebar.
The most interesting of the new agents is AI Select. It builds on the Smart Select tool featured in previous Galaxy phones. When activated, AI Select will scan the screen and suggest actions based on what it sees. As mentioned, the model that drives this feature is multi-modal, so it’s not limited to just reading text.
For example, let’s say you bring up AI Select while watching a YouTube video. In that context, the tool will offer to create a GIF for you. Again, the idea here is to simplify an action that might have previously required multiple apps and steps.
Also, Samsung has polished existing AI tools to make them better. Most notably, Sketch to Image, now known as Drawing Assist, is more accurate and detailed and includes the option to import existing images.