Overview

• Leaked One UI 8.5 code indicates an assistant that can automatically answer calls, transcribe conversations in real time, and filter spam or unknown callers, similar to Google’s Call Screen.
• Settings discovered in firmware files show multiple aggressiveness options—Low, Medium, High, and an All Numbers mode—plus rules for international, blocked-ID, and unknown calls.
• SamMobile reports a new Call Assist option called Auto Answer with AI that can trigger after a user-set delay, ask why the caller is phoning, note the response, and optionally operate during Do Not Disturb.
• Samsung states caller speech used for the feature is processed on its servers to generate responses and is not stored there, addressing a key privacy question.
• Strings have been seen primarily in Korean builds, and reporters expect One UI 8.5 to arrive with the Galaxy S26 after a beta targeted for late November, but official timing and regional support remain unannounced.