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Samsung is preparing a major upgrade for its browser in One UI 9

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Hadlee Simons / Android Authority

TL;DR Leaked One UI 9 firmware reveals a new “Ask AI” feature for the Samsung Internet browser.

The tool will allow users to ask questions about webpages and other topics with support for follow-up queries.

Samsung may use browsing history and past activity to provide more personalized AI results.

While One UI 8.5 is still in beta and expected to launch later this month alongside the Galaxy S26 series, test firmware for One UI 9 has already leaked. This gives us a rare opportunity to take a peek at what Samsung is cooking with a mid-cycle software update, expected to launch alongside its foldables in the middle of the year. The One UI 9 firmware has already confirmed Samsung’s Galaxy Wide Fold, and now we’ve spotted a new “Ask AI” feature coming to the Samsung Internet app with this upcoming release.

The Samsung Internet browser on Samsung Galaxy devices already offers Galaxy AI features such as translation, page summaries, and news highlights, available through Browsing Assist. Here is how the Browsing Assist feature is described within the app’s current versions:

Code Copy Text Browsing assist uses AI to summarize, translate, read summarized webpages aloud, and tell you the latest news highlights.

In the Samsung Internet browser of the leaked One UI 9 firmware, we’ve spotted strings indicating that Samsung is bringing a new “Ask AI” feature that lets you ask questions about webpages and other topics. Here’s the updated description of Browsing Assist:

Code Copy Text Browsing assist uses AI to answer questions about webpages and other topics, summarize and translate text, and read highlights aloud.

Strings in the leaked firmware suggest you can ask follow-up questions to Ask AI:

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