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 yr will happen on February 25, the place it’s anticipated to introduce the Galaxy S26 lineup. Official invitations have been shared, however precise info on what gadgets are arriving then remains to be not utterly confirmed. However as common, we all know so much about what’s anticipated at Unpacked.

Engadget shall be masking 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 watch for the complete particulars, here is the whole lot we anticipate Samsung will introduce on the first Galaxy Unpacked occasion of 2026.

When is Unpacked 2026 happening?

Based on 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 numerous corporations over the previous few years, however no less than we received’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 doubtless proceed with the Galaxy S26. Based mostly on leaked images of the brand new lineup, the corporate shouldn’t 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 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 Pro to the iPhone 17 Pro, the largest distinction right here will doubtless 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 predicted to be in all Samsung Galaxy S26 telephones, although Korean information web site Yonhap News reports 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 approach the brand new telephones must be extra performant than the earlier era, 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 function 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 function the identical 50-megapixel fundamental digital camera, 12-megapixel ultrawide, 10-megapixel 3x telephoto and 12-megapixel selfie digital camera because the earlier era. Modifications look like much more minor on the Galaxy S26+. Aside 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 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. According to Android Headlines, the brand new telephone’s cameras shall 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 truly help Qi2 relatively than only technically work with the standard when a case is connected, 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 truly be, but it surely may let the Galaxy S26 Extremely extra simply work with Qi2 equipment with out shedding its stylus.

Android Headlines additionally just lately shared what appear to be full image renders of the S26 sequence, and so they usually line up with what has already been rumored, leaked and reported to date. If these footage are correct, they provide us a clearer have a look at the digital camera bump and two coloration variants of the S26 Extremely.

Followers of magnets could continue to be disappointed by Samsung if the newest rumors are correct. Regardless of the launch of the Qi 2 wi-fi charging commonplace including help for handy magnetic alignment years in the past, Samsung has but to deliver that function to its telephones. Although the S-series have the upper pace charging charges that the spec permits, Nieuwemobiel.nl is reporting that, because of photos it acquired of instances with magnetic rings, the S26 sequence doubtless received’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 photographs 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 serious 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 may function a extra compact case and fewer angular stems, according to leaked images from the Samsung Ideas app.

Assist for head gestures to simply accept and decline calls, a function 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 may additionally ship with a brand new Extremely Wideband chip that can 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 could be obtainable in North America. That data 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 novel type issue, similar to Apple has opted to do with the iPhone Air. There have been conflicting reports on the matter, but it surely looks like Samsung won’t be doing that with the Galaxy S26 Edge.

As an alternative, 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 function a barely totally different design than final yr’s mannequin, according to 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 exhibit 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 cell browser. Perplexity already has a deal 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 by chance introduced a new version of its Bixby AI assistant, which can doubtless 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 point out off at Galaxy Unpacked.

On February 17, Samsung teased some mobile AI photography features ahead of Unpacked. These broaden the S-series’ present image-editing instruments by bringing the flexibility “to show a photograph from day to nighttime in seconds, restore lacking components of objects in photos, seize detailed images in low mild, and seamlessly merge a number of images right into a single, cohesive end result.” Quite a lot of this stuff are already doable in different photo-editing apps and even within the Google Pictures 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 more practical.

Replace, January 27 2026, 11:55AM ET: This story has been up to date to replicate the newest 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 newest leaks concerning the doable lack of magnetic help 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 in the present day. The intro was additionally edited to replicate 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 cell AI pictures instruments. The intro was additionally edited for timeliness.