Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026: Everything We're Expecting From The S26 Launch

Samsung’s 2025 was filled pinch new foldables, an ultra-thin caller shape factor and nan motorboat of Google's XR platform. After making immoderate announcements astatine CES 2026, nan institution is expected to big its first Galaxy Unpacked of nan twelvemonth successful February to present nan Galaxy S26 lineup. Official invites person yet to beryllium shared, but nan day is wide expected to beryllium adjacent nan extremity of nan month.

Whenever it does happen, Engadget will beryllium covering Galaxy Unpacked live, and we'll astir apt person hands-on sum of Samsung's caller smartphones soon aft they're announced. While we hold for an charismatic invite, here's everything we expect Samsung will present astatine nan first Galaxy Unpacked arena of 2026.

What is Unpacked 2026 taking place?

But first, erstwhile is Unpacked going to happen? A recent image shared by leakster Evan Blass indicated Unpacked should beryllium taking spot connected “February 25 2026.” Blass has a agelong history of reliable leaks, which intends this day is each but confirmed, and nan main questions remaining would beryllium — what clip and successful what timezone? We’re still waiting connected Samsung for nan charismatic details, which should see answers to those questions.

Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Ultra

Samsung's restrained attack to updating its phones will apt proceed pinch nan Galaxy S26. Based connected leaked images of nan caller lineup, nan institution is not expected to radically reinvent nan look of nan Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+ aliases Galaxy S26 Ultra, and alternatively will instrumentality pinch a akin creation to what it utilized connected nan Galaxy S25. The phones will person a level beforehand surface and frame, pinch rounded corners and cameras housed successful a vertical pill-shaped plateau connected nan back. Unlike Apple's move from nan iPhone 16 Pro to nan iPhone 17 Pro, nan biggest quality present will apt beryllium soul components for illustration nan screens, chips and camera sensors Samsung uses.

Qualcomm's caller Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip is expected to beryllium successful each Samsung Galaxy S26 phones, though Korean news tract Yonhap News reports Samsung's comparatively caller Exynos 2600 chip could beryllium utilized successful immoderate phones successful nan lineup depending connected nan region, a strategy Samsung has deployed successful nan past. Either measurement nan caller phones should beryllium much performant than nan erstwhile generation, and successful nan lawsuit of nan models pinch nan Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, peculiarly bully astatine on-device AI processing.

One notable quality betwixt nan Galaxy S26 and nan Galaxy S25 could beryllium nan phone's screen. The caller telephone will reportedly characteristic a 6.3-inch FHD+ show according to specs shared by leaker Ice Universe, which makes it ever truthful somewhat larger than nan 6.2-inch show utilized connected nan Galaxy S25. The S26 will besides allegedly travel pinch 12GB of RAM, either 256GB aliases 512GB of retention and a somewhat larger 4,300mAh battery. Samsung isn't changing nan cameras connected nan entry-level phone, though: leaks propose it'll characteristic nan aforesaid 50-megapixel main camera, 12-megapixel ultrawide, 10-megapixel 3x telephoto and 12-megapixel selfie camera arsenic nan erstwhile generation. Changes look to beryllium moreover much insignificant connected nan Galaxy S26+. Other than nan caller Snapdragon chip, nan telephone will reportedly characteristic nan aforesaid 6.7-inch FHD+ screen, 4,900mAh battery, 12GB of RAM and nan aforesaid camera array utilized connected nan guidelines Galaxy S26.

The quality betwixt nan Galaxy S26 Ultra and Galaxy S25 Ultra is reportedly a spot clearer. According to Android Headlines, nan caller phone's cameras will beryllium somewhat much raised, and guidelines retired acknowledgment to a caller metallic finish. Samsung whitethorn besides move backmost to utilizing an aluminum framework connected nan Galaxy S26 Ultra, aft utilizing titanium frames connected some nan Galaxy S24 and S25 Ultras. Most importantly, to make nan telephone really support Qi2 alternatively than only technically activity pinch nan standard erstwhile a lawsuit is attached, rumors suggest Samsung will region nan S Pen digitizer furniture successful nan telephone and adopt a caller method for accepting stylus input. It's not clear what that caller method will really be, but it could fto nan Galaxy S26 Ultra much easy activity pinch Qi2 accessories without losing its stylus.

Android Headlines besides precocious shared what look to beryllium afloat image renders of nan S26 series, and they mostly statement up pinch what has already been rumored, leaked and reported truthful far. If these pictures are accurate, they springiness america a clearer look astatine nan camera bump and 2 colour variants of nan S26 Ultra.

Fans of magnets whitethorn continue to beryllium disappointed by Samsung if nan latest rumors are accurate. Despite nan motorboat of nan Qi 2 wireless charging modular adding support for convenient magnetic alignment years ago, Samsung has yet to bring that characteristic to its phones. Though nan S-series person nan higher velocity charging rates that nan spec enables, Nieuwemobiel.nl is reporting that, owed to images it received of cases pinch magnetic rings, nan S26 bid apt won’t person built-in magnets. Samsung has made these cases to adhd nan magnetic capacity to its S-series successful nan past, and nan beingness of nan images of these accessories lends weight to nan thought that nan institution will proceed this approach.

Galaxy Buds 4

Samsung released nan Galaxy Buds 3 and 3 Pro successful 2024, pinch a awesome redesign that brought them overmuch much successful statement pinch Apple's AirPods. The Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Pro Samsung is rumored to beryllium announcing soon won't needfully alteration that, though they will characteristic a much compact lawsuit and little angular stems, according to leaked images from nan Samsung Tips app.

Support for caput gestures to judge and diminution calls, a characteristic Apple includes connected nan AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods 4, is also rumored to activity connected some versions of nan caller Galaxy Buds. SamMobile reports nan Galaxy Buds 4 and 4 Pro whitethorn besides vessel pinch a caller Ultra Wideband spot that will make them easier to find pinch Google's Find Hub network.

Galaxy Z Trifold

Samsung announced nan Galaxy Z TriFold successful precocious 2025 without patient specifications of erstwhile nan caller smartphone-that-folds-into-a-tablet would beryllium disposable successful North America. That info came connected January 27, erstwhile nan institution announced nan TriFold would beryllium disposable successful nan US connected January 30, for a whopping $2,900. Considering we’ve already seen nan instrumentality successful personification astatine CES 2026 and group are astir apt to person had a chance to look at, if not bargain nan foldable for themselves by nan clip Unpacked rolls around, we don’t expect Samsung to walk excessively overmuch clip dwelling connected it, if astatine all.

Galaxy S26 Edge

When nan Galaxy S25 Edge was announced successful 2025, it seemed imaginable that Samsung could switch its "Plus" smartphone pinch a unsocial shape factor, conscionable for illustration Apple has opted to do pinch nan iPhone Air. There person been conflicting reports connected nan matter, but it seems for illustration Samsung will not beryllium doing that pinch nan Galaxy S26 Edge.

Instead, nan smartphone will reportedly stay different option, overmuch for illustration foldables are for customers not swayed by Samsung's accepted smartphones. The Galaxy S26 Edge is rumored to characteristic a somewhat different creation than past year's model, according to Android Headlines, pinch a ample rectangular camera plateau that's reminiscent of Google's Pixel phones, and nan raised oval Apple utilized connected nan iPhone Air. Beyond that, nan telephone is besides expected to beryllium ever truthful somewhat thinner astatine 5.5mm than nan 5.8mm Galaxy S25 Edge.

Bixby and different AI features

Samsung already acts arsenic a first spot Google tin show disconnected caller AI features for Android, but nan institution is reportedly exploring different AI partnerships, too. In June 2025, Bloomberg reported that Samsung was nearing a woody pinch Perplexity to merge its AI-powered hunt motor crossed OneUI and its homegrown mobile browser. Perplexity already has a woody pinch Motorola connected its Razr phones, truthful nan only point that would make a woody pinch Samsung different is nan adjacent narration nan institution already has pinch Google.

The institution besides accidentally announced a caller type of its Bixby AI assistant, which will apt besides beryllium integrated pinch Perplexity and could service arsenic an replacement to Google Gemini. Both a caller Bixby and a deeper integration pinch Perplexity look for illustration earthy caller package features to show disconnected astatine Galaxy Unpacked.

Update, January 27 2026, 11:55AM ET: This communicative has been updated to bespeak nan latest news astir nan Galaxy Z TriFold’s value and readiness successful nan US.

Update, January 30 2026, 12:45PM ET: This communicative has been updated to see nan latest leaks connected nan imaginable dates for Unpacked 2026.

Update, February 02 2026, 11:30AM ET: This communicative has been updated to see nan latest leaks pinch afloat image renders of nan S26 trio of devices.

Update, February 03 2026, 11:00AM ET: This communicative has been updated to see nan latest leaks astir nan imaginable deficiency of magnetic support connected nan S26 series.