Now Samsung says there is a separate Bluetooth S Pen for S25 Ultra (wait, what?)

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely isn’t a whole improve throughout the board, because the Korean model has downgraded the S Pen. The corporate has eliminated Bluetooth performance from the included S Pen, claiming that the related options like air gestures weren’t that common with customers.

What’s truly taking place with the S25 Extremely S Pen saga?

This Samsung weblog submit is at odds with Samsung at giant. The Korean model’s web sites don’t listing a brand new Bluetooth-enabled mannequin, solely the usual Galaxy S25 Extremely S Pen and the S Pen Professional. A Samsung consultant confirmed to us that the Professional mannequin (which has Bluetooth connectivity) shall be appropriate with the Extremely handset. Nonetheless, the S Pen Professional didn’t work after we tried connecting it to the S25 Extremely at a media briefing. A Samsung govt subsequently informed us that the S Pen Professional didn’t truly work with the handset.

Both approach, it appears like this newest submit may very well be incorrect, and there isn’t truly a separate Bluetooth-enabled S Pen that works with the S25 Extremely. However it might nonetheless be somewhat embarrassing if this information is faulty — it’s an official Samsung weblog in spite of everything.

A standalone Bluetooth S Pen as a separate buy would even be a shady transfer from Samsung, given the S25 Extremely’s $1,199 price ticket. It will additionally render the usual S Pen ineffective, which wouldn’t look good when the corporate is devoting loads of airtime to its inexperienced initiatives.

So what’s happening right here, then? It’s totally potential that dropping the standalone Bluetooth-enabled S Pen was a late choice, leaving a few of Samsung’s personal web sites and representatives at nighttime. It’s additionally potential that the corporate’s web sites and retail companions merely used placeholder info and mistakenly talked about Bluetooth assist when speaking in regards to the S25 Extremely’s normal S Pen.

In any occasion, we’ve contacted Samsung to ask whether or not they’ll be promoting a separate Bluetooth-enabled S Pen for the Galaxy S25 Extremely. A consultant acknowledged receipt of the query, and we’ll replace the article after we obtain an announcement.