Samsung acknowledges Galaxy S25 camera glitch, will fix via software update soon

Published On: 14 Feb, 2025

After launching at the Galaxy Unpacked event last month, the Samsung Galaxy S25 series is finally making its way to users worldwide. This time, we get the new Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC across all variants. In the latest development, multiple user reports are now surfacing online regarding a camera glitch during nighttime shots.

Samsung Galaxy S25 camera glitch

The camera glitch is reportedly present on all variants of the Galaxy S25 series, including the vanilla Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25 Ultra.
Users of the phones are taking it to Reddit and Samsung Community Forum to report about several bands appearing in their photos, especially with nighttime images. This issue results in pictures turning blurry.

Samsung Galaxy S25 camera banding

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It is said that these bands/lines can appear horizontally or vertically depending on the phone’s orientation.
Some users are reporting that the camera glitch is present even with shots clicked indoors.
However, Samsung is reportedly aware of the issue and said that it has issued a fix to address it in the next software update that will be rolling out starting this week.

“We are aware of a limited number of cases where images appear blurred when taking photos in Night Mode on Galaxy S25 Ultra, and have issued a fix to resolve in the next software update rolling out starting this week,” Samsung said in a statement.

There are chances the fix should be available to the regular Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+ as well.

In separate news, the Samsung Galaxy S25 series is getting its first software update in South Korea. Here are the details.

Samsung Galaxy S25 series update

The Samsung Galaxy S25 series is getting its first update (via), starting in South Korea.
The new update reportedly weighs around 586MB (possibly for the S25 Ultra) in size and brings the firmware version S93xNKSU1AYB3.

This brings the latest February 2025 Android security patch, some bug fixes, and possibly overall performance enhancement.
Since it is rolling out in South Korea, we can expect the update to hit other regions in the coming days. It remains to be seen whether it would include the fix to the camera glitch.
You can check for the update by heading to Settings > Software update > Download and install.