The Galaxy S26 lineup and all the pieces else we count on

Samsung’s 2025 was stuffed 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 is anticipated to host its first Galaxy Unpacked of the 12 months in February to introduce the Galaxy S26 lineup.

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

What’s Unpacked 2026 happening?

However first, when is Unpacked going to occur? A recent image shared by leakster Evan Blass indicated Unpacked needs to be happening on “February 25 2026.” Blass has a protracted historical past of credible leaks, which suggests this date is all however confirmed, and the principle questions remaining could be — what time and in what timezone? We’re nonetheless ready on Samsung for the official particulars, which ought to embrace solutions to these questions.

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 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 persist with an identical design to what it used on the Galaxy S25. The telephones may have a flat entrance display screen 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 largest distinction right here will seemingly be inner 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 website Yonhap News reports 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 prior to now. Both means 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 may very well be the telephone’s display screen. 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 will function the identical 50-megapixel fundamental digital camera, 12-megapixel ultrawide, 10-megapixel 3x telephoto and 12-megapixel selfie digital camera because the earlier technology. Adjustments look 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 screen, 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 will likely be barely extra raised, and stand out because of a brand new metallic end. Samsung may 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 assist Qi2 quite 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 really be, however it may 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 3 Pro in 2024, with a significant 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 asserting quickly will not essentially change that, although they’ll function a extra compact case and fewer angular stems, according to leaked images from the Samsung Suggestions app.

Help for head gestures to just 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 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 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 most certainly 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 attainable 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, however it looks like Samsung won’t be doing that with the Galaxy S26 Edge.

As an alternative, the smartphone will reportedly stay an alternative choice, very like foldables are for purchasers not swayed by Samsung’s conventional smartphones. The Galaxy S26 Edge is rumored to function a barely completely different design than final 12 months’s mannequin, according to Android Headlines, with a big rectangular digital camera 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 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 cellular browser. Perplexity already has a deal with Motorola on its Razr telephones, so the one factor that may 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 is able to seemingly even be built-in with Perplexity and will function a substitute for Google Gemini. Each a brand new Bixby and a deeper integration with Perplexity appear to be pure new software program options to point out off at Galaxy Unpacked.

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

Replace, January 30 2026, 12:45PM ET: This story has been up to date to incorporate the most recent leaks on the attainable dates for Unpacked 2026.