The Galaxy S26 and different units which may launch on February 25

Samsung’s 2025 was crammed with new foldables, an ultra-thin new kind issue and the launch of Google’s XR platform. After making some bulletins at CES 2026, the corporate has introduced its first Galaxy Unpacked of the yr will happen on February 25, the place it’s anticipated to introduce the Galaxy S26 lineup. Official invitations have been shared, however precise data on what units are arriving then continues to be not utterly confirmed. However as regular, we all know quite a bit about what’s anticipated at Unpacked.

Engadget will likely be overlaying Galaxy Unpacked stay from San Francisco subsequent week, and we’ll probably have hands-on protection of Samsung’s new smartphones quickly after they’re introduced. Whereas we await the complete particulars, this is every little thing we count on Samsung will introduce on the first Galaxy Unpacked occasion of 2026.

When is Unpacked 2026 going down?

In accordance with the official invite that Samsung shared on February 10, Unpacked will occur on February 25, 2026 in San Francisco. The keynote will begin at 10AM PT (1PM ET) and be livestreamed on Samsung.com, in addition to the corporate’s newsroom and YouTube channel. The announcement on February 10 additionally mentioned this launch will mark “a brand new part within the period of AI as intelligence turns into actually private and adaptive.” It’s not quite a bit to go on, since we’ve heard a model of this from numerous corporations over the previous couple of years, however a minimum of we gained’t be shocked once we hear extra about AI in nearly two weeks.

Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Extremely

Samsung’s restrained method to updating its telephones will possible proceed with the Galaxy S26. Based mostly on leaked photographs of the brand new lineup, the corporate is just not anticipated to radically reinvent the look of the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+ or Galaxy S26 Extremely, and as an alternative will keep on with an analogous design to what it used on the Galaxy S25. The telephones can have a flat entrance display and body, with rounded corners and cameras housed in a vertical pill-shaped plateau on the again. Not like Apple’s transfer from the iPhone 16 Professional to the iPhone 17 Professional, the most important distinction right here will possible be inside elements just like the screens, chips and digital camera sensors Samsung makes use of.

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip is anticipated to be in all Samsung Galaxy S26 telephones, although Korean information web site Yonhap Information experiences Samsung’s comparatively new Exynos 2600 chip might be utilized in some telephones within the lineup relying on the area, a technique Samsung has deployed prior to now. Both manner the brand new telephones needs to be extra performant than the earlier technology, and within the case of the fashions with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, notably good at on-device AI processing.

One notable distinction between the Galaxy S26 and the Galaxy S25 might be the telephone’s display. The brand new telephone will reportedly characteristic a 6.3-inch FHD+ show in keeping with specs shared by leaker Ice Universe, which makes it ever so barely bigger than the 6.2-inch show used on the Galaxy S25. The S26 may even allegedly include 12GB of RAM, both 256GB or 512GB of storage and a barely bigger 4,300mAh battery. Samsung is not altering the cameras on the entry-level telephone, although: leaks counsel it’s going to characteristic the identical 50-megapixel major digital camera, 12-megapixel ultrawide, 10-megapixel 3x telephoto and 12-megapixel selfie digital camera because the earlier technology. Modifications seem like much more minor on the Galaxy S26+. Aside from the brand new Snapdragon chip, the telephone will reportedly characteristic the identical 6.7-inch FHD+ display, 4,900mAh battery, 12GB of RAM and the identical digital camera array used on the bottom Galaxy S26.

The distinction between the Galaxy S26 Extremely and Galaxy S25 Extremely is reportedly a bit clearer. In accordance with Android Headlines, the brand new telephone’s cameras will likely be barely extra raised, and stand out due to a brand new metallic end. Samsung may additionally change again to utilizing an aluminum body on the Galaxy S26 Extremely, after utilizing titanium frames on each the Galaxy S24 and S25 Ultras. Most significantly, to make the telephone really assist Qi2 slightly than solely technically work with the usual when a case is hooked up, rumors counsel Samsung will take away the S Pen digitizer layer within the telephone and undertake a brand new methodology for accepting stylus enter. It is not clear what that new methodology will really be, but it surely might let the Galaxy S26 Extremely extra simply work with Qi2 equipment with out dropping its stylus.

Android Headlines additionally lately shared what seem like full picture renders of the S26 sequence, and so they typically line up with what has already been rumored, leaked and reported thus far. If these footage are correct, they offer us a clearer have a look at the digital camera bump and two shade variants of the S26 Extremely.

Followers of magnets could proceed to be upset by Samsung if the most recent rumors are correct. Regardless of the launch of the Qi 2 wi-fi charging commonplace including assist for handy magnetic alignment years in the past, Samsung has but to convey that characteristic to its telephones. Although the S-series have the upper velocity charging charges that the spec allows, Nieuwemobiel.nl is reporting that, resulting from photographs it acquired of instances with magnetic rings, the S26 sequence possible gained’t have built-in magnets. Samsung has made these instances so as to add the magnetic functionality to its S-series prior to now, and the existence of the pictures of those equipment lends weight to the concept that the corporate will proceed this method.

Galaxy Buds 4

Samsung launched the Galaxy Buds 3 and three Professional in 2024, with a serious redesign that introduced them way more in step with Apple’s AirPods. The Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Professional Samsung is rumored to be saying quickly will not essentially change that, although they may characteristic a extra compact case and fewer angular stems, in keeping with leaked photographs from the Samsung Suggestions app.

Assist for head gestures to simply accept and decline calls, a characteristic Apple consists of on the AirPods Professional 3 and AirPods 4, can also be rumored to work on each variations of the brand new Galaxy Buds. SamMobile experiences the Galaxy Buds 4 and 4 Professional may additionally ship with a brand new Extremely Wideband chip that may make them simpler to search out with Google’s Discover Hub community.

Galaxy Z Trifold

Samsung introduced the Galaxy Z TriFold in late 2025 with out agency particulars of when the brand new smartphone-that-folds-into-a-tablet can be out there in North America. That data got here on January 27, when the corporate introduced the TriFold can be out there within the US on January 30, for a whopping $2,900. Contemplating we’ve already seen the gadget in individual at CES 2026 and individuals are probably to have had an opportunity to have a look at, if not purchase the foldable for themselves by the point Unpacked rolls round, we don’t count on Samsung to spend an excessive amount of time dwelling on it, if in any respect.

Galaxy S26 Edge

When the Galaxy S25 Edge was introduced in 2025, it appeared doable that Samsung might change its “Plus” smartphone with a singular kind issue, identical to Apple has opted to do with the iPhone Air. There have been conflicting experiences on the matter, but it surely looks like Samsung is not going to be doing that with the Galaxy S26 Edge.

As an alternative, the smartphone will reportedly stay an alternative choice, very similar to foldables are for purchasers not swayed by Samsung’s conventional smartphones. The Galaxy S26 Edge is rumored to characteristic a barely totally different design than final yr’s mannequin, in keeping with Android Headlines, with a big rectangular digital camera plateau that is paying homage to Google’s Pixel telephones, and the raised oval Apple used on the iPhone Air. Past that, the telephone can also be anticipated to be ever so barely thinner at 5.5mm than the 5.8mm Galaxy S25 Edge.

Bixby and different AI options

Samsung already acts as a primary place Google can showcase new AI options for Android, however the firm is reportedly exploring different AI partnerships, too. In June 2025, Bloomberg reported that Samsung was nearing a cope with Perplexity to combine its AI-powered search engine throughout OneUI and its homegrown cellular browser. Perplexity already has a cope with Motorola on its Razr telephones, so the one factor that might make a cope with Samsung uncommon is the shut relationship the corporate already has with Google.

The corporate additionally unintentionally introduced a brand new model of its Bixby AI assistant, which is able to possible even be built-in with Perplexity and will function an alternative choice to Google Gemini. Each a brand new Bixby and a deeper integration with Perplexity look like pure new software program options to indicate off at Galaxy Unpacked.

On February 17, Samsung teased some cellular AI pictures options forward of Unpacked. These develop the S-series’ present image-editing instruments by bringing the power “to show a photograph from day to nighttime in seconds, restore lacking components of objects in photographs, seize detailed images in low gentle, and seamlessly merge a number of images right into a single, cohesive outcome.” Quite a lot of these items are already doable in different photo-editing apps and even within the Google Photographs app, however we’ll have to attend to see them in motion on the S26 telephones for extra particulars on whether or not they’re totally different or simpler.

Replace, January 27 2026, 11:55AM ET: This story has been up to date to mirror the most recent information across the Galaxy Z TriFold’s value and availability within the US.

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Replace, February 03 2026, 11:00AM ET: This story has been up to date to incorporate the most recent leaks in regards to the doable lack of magnetic assist on the S26 sequence.

Replace, February 10 2026, 7:15PM ET: This story has been up to date to incorporate the official date of Galaxy Unpacked as Samsung introduced it at the moment. The intro was additionally edited to mirror that element.

Replace, February 17 2026, 4:55PM ET: This story has been up to date so as to add Samsung’s teaser about its upcoming cellular AI pictures instruments. The intro was additionally edited for timeliness.