The Galaxy S26 and different gadgets that may launch on February 25

Samsung’s 2025 was crammed with new foldables, an ultra-thin new form factor and the launch of Google’s XR platform. After making some announcements at CES 2026, the corporate has introduced its first Galaxy Unpacked of the 12 months 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 gadgets are arriving then continues to be not fully confirmed. However as normal, we all know so much about what’s anticipated at Unpacked.

Engadget might be overlaying Galaxy Unpacked stay from San Francisco subsequent week, and we’ll almost definitely have hands-on protection of Samsung’s new smartphones quickly after they’re introduced. Whereas we look ahead to the complete particulars, here is all the pieces we anticipate 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 stated this launch will mark “a brand new section within the period of AI as intelligence turns into really private and adaptive.” It’s not so much to go on, since we’ve heard a model of this from varied firms over the previous couple of years, however at the very least we gained’t be shocked after we hear extra about AI in nearly two weeks.

Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Extremely

Samsung’s restrained strategy to updating its telephones will probably proceed with the Galaxy S26. Based mostly on leaked images of the brand new lineup, the corporate isn’t anticipated to radically reinvent the look of the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+ or Galaxy S26 Extremely, and as an alternative will stick to an analogous design to what it used on the Galaxy S25. The telephones may have a flat entrance display and body, with rounded corners and cameras housed in a vertical pill-shaped plateau on the again. In contrast to Apple’s transfer from the iPhone 16 Pro to the iPhone 17 Pro, the most important distinction right here will probably be inner elements just like the screens, chips and digicam sensors Samsung makes use of.

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

One notable distinction between the Galaxy S26 and the Galaxy S25 could possibly be the telephone’s display. The brand new telephone will reportedly characteristic a 6.3-inch FHD+ show based on 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 also 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 will characteristic the identical 50-megapixel principal digicam, 12-megapixel ultrawide, 10-megapixel 3x telephoto and 12-megapixel selfie digicam because the earlier technology. Modifications look like much more minor on the Galaxy S26+. Apart 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 digicam array used on the bottom Galaxy S26.

The distinction between the Galaxy S26 Extremely and Galaxy S25 Extremely is reportedly a bit clearer. According to Android Headlines, the brand new telephone’s cameras might be barely extra raised, and stand out due to a brand new metallic end. Samsung can also swap 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 help Qi2 slightly than only technically work with the standard when a case is hooked up, rumors suggest Samsung will take away the S Pen digitizer layer within the telephone and undertake a brand new technique for accepting stylus enter. It is not clear what that new technique will really be, nevertheless it may let the Galaxy S26 Extremely extra simply work with Qi2 equipment with out shedding its stylus.

Android Headlines additionally lately shared what appear to be full image renders of the S26 collection, and so they typically line up with what has already been rumored, leaked and reported to this point. If these photos are correct, they provide us a clearer take a look at the digicam bump and two colour variants of the S26 Extremely.

Followers of magnets could continue to be disappointed by Samsung if the most recent rumors are correct. Regardless of the launch of the Qi 2 wi-fi charging normal including help for handy magnetic alignment years in the past, Samsung has but to carry that characteristic to its telephones. Although the S-series have the upper velocity charging charges that the spec allows, Nieuwemobiel.nl is reporting that, as a consequence of photos it obtained of circumstances with magnetic rings, the S26 collection probably gained’t have built-in magnets. Samsung has made these circumstances 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 the corporate will proceed this strategy.

Galaxy Buds 4

Samsung launched the Galaxy Buds 3 and 3 Pro in 2024, with a significant redesign that introduced them rather more consistent 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 are going to characteristic a extra compact case and fewer angular stems, according to leaked images from the Samsung Suggestions app.

Assist for head gestures to just accept and decline calls, a characteristic Apple contains on the AirPods Professional 3 and AirPods 4, is also rumored to work on each variations of the brand new Galaxy Buds. SamMobile reports the Galaxy Buds 4 and 4 Professional can also ship with a brand new Extremely Wideband chip that may make them simpler to search out with Google’s Find 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 information got here on January 27, when the corporate introduced the TriFold would be available in the US on January 30, for a whopping $2,900. Contemplating we’ve already seen the device in person at CES 2026 and persons are almost definitely to have had an opportunity to take a look at, if not purchase the foldable for themselves by the point Unpacked rolls round, we don’t anticipate 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 may substitute its “Plus” smartphone with a singular kind issue, similar to Apple has opted to do with the iPhone Air. There have been conflicting reports on the matter, nevertheless it looks like Samsung is not going to be doing that with the Galaxy S26 Edge.

As a substitute, the smartphone will reportedly stay another choice, very like foldables are for purchasers not swayed by Samsung’s conventional smartphones. The Galaxy S26 Edge is rumored to characteristic a barely completely different design than final 12 months’s mannequin, according to Android Headlines, with a big rectangular digicam 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 take care of Perplexity to combine its AI-powered search engine throughout OneUI and its homegrown cell browser. Perplexity already has a deal with Motorola on its Razr telephones, so the one factor that will make a take care of Samsung uncommon is the shut relationship the corporate already has with Google.

The corporate additionally unintentionally introduced a new version of its Bixby AI assistant, which is able to probably 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 mobile AI photography features ahead of Unpacked. These increase the S-series’ current image-editing instruments by bringing the power “to show a photograph from day to nighttime in seconds, restore lacking elements of objects in photos, seize detailed photographs in low mild, and seamlessly merge a number of photographs right into a single, cohesive outcome.” A variety of this stuff are already doable in different photo-editing apps and even within the Google Images 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 completely 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 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 this time. The intro was additionally edited to mirror that element.

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