The Samsung Galaxy S25 is set to blow fans away with its impressive specs, and the latest leak just lends more credence to that theory. According to trusted leaker Jukanlosreve, Samsung is working on a “game mode” that will improve performance without generating a tremendous amount of excess heat.
Jukanlosreve speculates the game mode feature will utilize the Qualcomm Adreno Frame Motion Engine 2.0 (AFME 2.0), which is a technology that can double the frame rate in games without increasing its power usage. That means a smoother gaming experience for you without extra heat or a noticeable impact on your battery life. Qualcomm writes that AFME 2.0 “provides realistic detail by generating high quality scenes, doubling the frame rate while maintaining the same power consumption.”
This feature is notable for several reasons. Typically, improved gaming performance comes with a not-insignificant cost. You either need to pump more power into the GPU, affecting your overall battery life, or you drop graphical fidelity in exchange for a higher frame rate. Samsung’s Game Assist mode works by upscaling a game’s existing framerate, usually from 60Hz to 120Hz.
The Game Assist feature is an evolution of Samsung’s existing Game Booster, a tool that essentially tracks what resources a game needs and optimizes the system settings while that game is being played.
This is great news for gamers on the go. There’s just one problem: a lot of mobile games don’t support high-refresh-rate displays. Plenty do, don’t get us wrong — popular titles like Dead Cells, Pokemon Go, and Minecraft all work swimmingly with 120Hz. While a lot of games are locked at 60Hz for stabilization reasons, manufacturers’ adoption of high refresh rates might be what game devs need to begin building for more powerful phones.
It seems likely that Samsung will introduce this feature with the Galaxy S25 series in 2025, though it’s possible it’ll come to other Samsung phones, too. Qualcomm’s AFME 2.0 system is also supported by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip in the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Z Fold 6, and Galaxy Z Flip 6.
