What to anticipate at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026

Samsung’s 2025 was crammed with new foldables, an ultra-thin new type issue and the launch of Google’s XR platform. After making some bulletins at CES 2026, the corporate is predicted to host its first Galaxy Unpacked of the yr in February to introduce the Galaxy S26 lineup.

Engadget will likely be masking Galaxy Unpacked dwell, and we’ll most certainly have hands-on protection of Samsung’s new smartphones quickly after they’re introduced. Whereas we anticipate an official invite, this is every thing we anticipate Samsung will introduce on the first Galaxy Unpacked occasion of 2026.

Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Extremely

Samsung’s restrained method to updating its telephones will seemingly proceed with the Galaxy S26. Based mostly on leaked pictures of the brand new lineup, the corporate will not be anticipated to radically reinvent the look of the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+ or Galaxy S26 Extremely, and as a substitute will follow 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. Not like Apple’s transfer from the iPhone 16 Professional to the iPhone 17 Professional, the most important distinction right here will seemingly 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 Information stories Samsung’s comparatively new Exynos 2600 chip may very well be utilized in some telephones within the lineup relying on the area, a method Samsung has deployed previously. Both method the brand new telephones must 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 may very well be the telephone’s display. The brand new telephone will reportedly function 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 will 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 recommend it’s going to function the identical 50-megapixel major digicam, 12-megapixel ultrawide, 10-megapixel 3x telephoto and 12-megapixel selfie digicam because the earlier technology. Adjustments seem like much more minor on the Galaxy S26+. Apart from the brand new Snapdragon chip, the telephone will reportedly function 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. In keeping 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 can also 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 truly assist Qi2 moderately than solely technically work with the usual when a case is hooked up, rumors recommend Samsung will take away the S Pen digitizer layer within the telephone and undertake a brand new technique for accepting stylus enter. It isn’t clear what that new technique will truly be, nevertheless it might let the Galaxy S26 Extremely extra simply work with Qi2 equipment with out shedding its stylus.

Galaxy Buds 4

Samsung launched the Galaxy Buds 3 and three Professional in 2024, with a significant redesign that introduced them far 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 are going to function a extra compact case and fewer angular stems, based on leaked pictures from the Samsung Suggestions app.

Assist for head gestures to just accept and decline calls, a function Apple contains on the AirPods Professional 3 and AirPods 4, is additionally rumored to work on each variations of the brand new Galaxy Buds. SamMobile stories the Galaxy Buds 4 and 4 Professional can also ship with a brand new Extremely Wideband chip that can make them simpler to seek 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 could be accessible in North America. Contemplating the corporate had the brand new machine accessible for hands-on demos at CES 2026, it appears doable it might share extra details about when the Galaxy Z TriFold will likely be extensively accessible at Galaxy Unpacked.

Galaxy S26 Edge

When the Galaxy S25 Edge was introduced in 2025, it appeared doable that Samsung might substitute its “Plus” smartphone with a singular type issue, similar to Apple has opted to do with the iPhone Air. There have been conflicting stories 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 an alternative choice, very like foldables are for patrons not swayed by Samsung’s conventional smartphones. The Galaxy S26 Edge is rumored to function a barely completely different design than final yr’s mannequin, based on Android Headlines, with a big rectangular digicam plateau that is harking back to Google’s Pixel telephones, and the raised oval Apple used on the iPhone Air. Past that, the telephone can 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 take care of Motorola on its Razr telephones, so the one factor that may make a take care of Samsung uncommon is the shut relationship the corporate already has with Google.

The corporate additionally by chance introduced a brand new model of its Bixby AI assistant, which can seemingly 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 appear to be pure new software program options to indicate off at Galaxy Unpacked.