The wait is over, and the future is here. Samsung Electronics today officially announced the Galaxy S26 series, powered by the most intuitive, proactive, and adaptive Galaxy AI experiences we’ve ever seen. Designed with one goal in mind—to simplify the tasks people do on their phones every single day—this lineup is a game-changer. From seamlessly managing plans and finding information to capturing and refining content like a pro, the Galaxy S26 reduces the effort and number of steps required to get things done. As Samsung’s third-generation AI phones, the Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra handle complex tasks effortlessly in the background, allowing users to finally focus on results rather than worrying about how the technology works.
Engineered for perfection, the Galaxy S26 series brings Samsung’s most advanced capabilities together as one seamless powerhouse: incredible performance, an industry-leading camera system, and the cutting-edge Galaxy AI. This isn’t just about specs; it provides a rock-solid foundation that gives Galaxy S26 users the ultimate confidence to depend on their phone throughout the busiest of days—without ever compromising on security or privacy.
Building on decades of groundbreaking innovation in display technology, the Galaxy S26 Ultra shatters expectations by introducing the world’s first built-in Privacy Display for mobile phones. This unlocks a completely new class of display experiences, reinforcing Samsung’s commitment to privacy not just at a system level, but at a pixel level. But there’s more power under the hood. The Galaxy S26 Ultra also delivers a customized chipset and upgraded thermal management, enabling faster and more powerful AI than ever before—all wrapped up in the slimmest, most elegant Ultra design yet.
Together, these carefully crafted choices don’t just upgrade a smartphone—they redefine it. They allow the Galaxy S26 series to rise above the rest and deliver, without a doubt, the single most powerful Galaxy experience yet.
According to TM Roh, President and Head of Device eXperience (DX) Division at Samsung Electronics, the future of AI isn’t about complexity—it’s about reliability. ‘We believe AI should be something people can depend on every single day, designed to work consistently for everyone without the need for expertise,’ he stated. ‘With the Galaxy S26 series, our focus was clear: making AI feel effortless, working quietly in the background so people can finally stop worrying about the tech and focus on what truly matters.
Powerful Performance of Galaxy S26 Built for Your Everyday Life
Built on the foundation of the most powerful hardware ever seen on a Galaxy S series, the Galaxy S26 lineup is engineered for one purpose: all-day performance. Powered by a customized chipset that redefines speed, it doesn’t just run demanding tasks; it masters them. Across the board, the Galaxy S26 series is meticulously engineered for AI performance, supreme power efficiency, and advanced thermal management. This ensures everything runs smoothly and consistently, giving users the ultimate confidence to rely on their device exactly when it matters most.
Powered by a customized mobile processor—the Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform for Galaxy2—the Galaxy S26 Ultra delivers the best performance ever in its class. With significant gains across CPU, GPU, and NPU, it supports faster, smoother experiences that keep up throughout the day.
The Galaxy S26 Ultra responds more quickly and handles complex workloads intelligently with a CPU performance increase of up to 19%, even when multiple tasks are running at once. A 24% boost in GPU performance delivers richer visuals and more fluid gameplay, while a 39% improvement in NPU performance powers always-on Galaxy AI features. These run seamlessly, allowing users to move between tasks without lag or interruption.
To sustain this legendary level of performance, the Galaxy S26 Ultra doesn’t just manage heat—it masters it. Introducing a completely redesigned Vapor Chamber with thermal interface material strategically positioned along the sides of the processor, it allows heat to spread more efficiently across a much larger surface area. This breakthrough significantly improves heat dissipation, keeping the device cool and consistent even during the most demanding activities like heavy gaming, multitasking, and high-res video capture. And to support true all-day use, the Galaxy S26 Ultra also brings the game-changing Super Fast Charging 3.0, minimizing downtime by rocketing up to 75% charge in just 30 minutes.
Embedded deep into the processor, Samsung’s proprietary technologies take visual performance to another level. ProScaler improves image scaling so photos and videos appear richer and clearer at a glance, sharpening text and fine detail while smoothly handling textures. Meanwhile, Samsung’s mobile Digital Natural Image engine (mDNIe) delivers more subtle, lifelike colors through image processing with four times the precision compared to the previous generation.
All together, these advancements add up to truly dependable all‑day performance, making every action on the device feel smooth and effortless.
Galaxy’s Next-Gen Camera System That Leads the Industry
The Galaxy S26 series extends its focus on intuitive interaction into both creativity and productivity, channeled through the industry‑leading Galaxy camera system. By integrating the entire flow—capturing stunning photos and videos, editing them, and sharing them—into a single seamless experience, it makes creativity feel more natural and accessible, even without professional tools or any technical knowledge.
On the Galaxy S26 Ultra, wider camera apertures7 let more light reach the sensor, delivering clearer photos with richer detail in low‑light conditions, even when zoomed in. Enhanced Nightography Video8 keeps footage clearer and more vibrant in dim scenes, whether you’re capturing concerts indoors or recording moments around a campfire after sunset. Video capture is pushed even further with upgraded Super Steady9, which now adds a horizontal lock option for greater stability and easier, more consistent framing, even on bumpy trails or during fast‑paced activities. Galaxy S26 Ultra is also the first Galaxy device to support APV, a new professional‑grade video codec designed to deliver efficient compression for high‑quality production workflows. Optimized for advanced creators, APV ensures visually lossless video quality that stays true to the original, even after repeated editing.
Thanks to major improvements to the AI ISP10, its benefits now extend to the selfie camera, capturing more natural skin tones and finer detail even in mixed lighting.
Editing photos and videos is now just as simple as capturing them, with AI‑powered tools built right into familiar workflows, so users can make quick tweaks and unlock their creativity without any design expertise.
Powered by the upgraded Photo Assist11 suite, photo editing with Galaxy AI now feels more like a conversation than a chore. Users can simply describe in their own words what they want to change—switching a scene from day to night becomes as easy as just asking. The tool can also add new elements to images and restore missing parts of objects, like filling in a bite taken out of a cake. Personal details, such as a spill on clothing, can be cleaned up with Galaxy AI’s new ability to change outfits in photos. Edits can be made continuously, reviewed step by step, and easily adjusted or undone along the way, making the entire process feel fluid rather than final.
Creative Studio12 takes that simplicity a step further, pulling creation and customization into a single integrated workspace so it’s effortless to act on ideas the moment inspiration strikes. Whether starting from a sketch, a photo or a simple prompt, users can quickly transform concepts into polished visuals — from stickers and invitations to personalized wallpapers — then refine or share them without switching tools or breaking their creative flow.
The Galaxy S26 series makes everyday visual chores feel effortless with AI-powered tools like Document Scan, which automatically removes distortions and distractions — including creases or even fingers in the frame — to deliver clean scans instantly. Multiple images can then be organized automatically into a single PDF, making it incredibly easy to digitize receipts, forms or handwritten notes in one go.
The Most Intuitive Galaxy AI Experience Ever
The Galaxy S26 series is built to make everyday experiences feel simple and truly user‑friendly, with Galaxy AI cutting down the steps between what you want and what actually happens. Working proactively based on context, it surfaces the right help at the right moment and automates routine tasks with minimal input. As the technology quietly handles the heavy lifting in the background, users are free to focus on results—not the process.
Now Nudge13 keeps you in the zone with timely, relevant suggestions so you don’t lose your flow. If a friend asks for photos from a recent trip, Galaxy S26 automatically surfaces the right shots from the Gallery, saving you from digging through albums or jumping between apps. Get a message about a meeting, and Galaxy S26 can spot the related Calendar entry and instantly check for scheduling conflicts.
On the Galaxy S26 series, Now Brief14 is more proactive and personalized than ever. It surfaces timely reminders for key events — from reservations to travel updates — based on your personal context, helping you stay organized throughout the day.
Searching for information is easier than ever on the Galaxy S26 series, thanks to an upgraded Circle to Search with Google16 featuring enhanced multi‑object recognition. Spot a look you love and simply circle it — the feature can analyze multiple parts of the image at once, identifying everything from the jacket to the shoes in a single, effortless search.
On the Galaxy S26 series, Bixby17 has been upgraded into a truly conversational device agent, making it more intuitive than ever to interact with your Galaxy. Users can navigate the phone and adjust settings using natural language, without needing exact terms or rigid voice commands.
Alongside Bixby, the Galaxy S26 series also gives you a choice of agents, including Gemini and Perplexity. Once set up, tasks can be completed with a single button press or simple voice prompt, while the phone quietly handles multi‑step actions in the background. With Gemini, for example, booking a taxi18 can be as easy as asking, reviewing the details, then tapping confirm. These agents can search, coordinate across apps, and carry out complex tasks seamlessly through natural interaction.
Taken together, these proactive, personalized and adaptive experiences lay the groundwork for more agentic AI — setting Galaxy devices up as trusted companions that understand and anticipate user needs.
Availability
Galaxy S26 Ultra, S26+ and S26 will be available for pre‑order starting February 25. All three share a unified design language and come in Cobalt Violet, White, Black and Sky Blue23, with Samsung.com‑exclusive24 shades Pink Gold and Silver Shadow also on offer.
For extra peace of mind, Samsung Care+25 delivers comprehensive coverage tailored to each user’s device needs, including fast repairs for accidental damage, extended warranty, and certified expert support available both at home and abroad. This ensures a seamless mobile lifestyle and long‑lasting protection that helps safeguard the value of every Galaxy device.
Specification Table
| Galaxy S26 Ultra | |
| Display | 6.9-inch* QHD+Dynamic AMOLED 2X Display120Hz adaptive refresh rate (1~120Hz)Vision booster |
| * Measured diagonally, Galaxy S26 Ultra’s screen size is 6.9-inch in the full rectangle and 6.7-inch with accounting for the rounded corners; actual viewable area is less due to the rounded corners and camera hole. | |
| Dimensions & Weight | 78.1 X 163.6 X 7.9mm, 214g* Weight may vary by country or region. |
| Camera | 50MP Ultra-Wide Camera• F1.9 200 MP Wide Camera• 2x Optical Quality Zoom, F1.4 50MP Telephoto Camera• 10x Optical Quality Zoom, 5x Optical Zoom, F2.9 10MP Telephoto Camera • 3x Optical Zoom, F2.4 12MP Front Camera• F2.2 * Optical quality zoom is enabled by the Adaptive Pixel sensor. 3x and 5x distances are optical zoom. 2x and 10x distances are optical quality zoom. |
| AP | Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy |
| Memory & Storage | 16GB + 1TB12 + 512GB12 + 256GB |
| * Storage options and availability may vary by carrier, country or region. Actual Available storage capacity is subject to preloaded software.* Memory option may vary by market. | |
| Battery | 5,000 mAh |
| * Typical value tested under third-party laboratory conditions. Typical value is the estimated average value considering the deviation in battery capacity among the battery samples tested under IEC 61960 standard. Rated (minimum) capacity is 4,855mAh. Actual battery life may vary depending on network environment, usage patterns and other factors.** Actual battery life varies by network environment, features and apps used, frequency of calls and messages, the number of times charged, and many other factors. | |
| OS | Android 16One UI 8.5 |
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* Specifications may vary by market.
* All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice.
- Samsung Account login may be required to use certain AI features. Samsung does not make any promises, assurances or guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness or reliability of the output provided by AI features. Availability of Galaxy AI features may vary depending on the region/country, OS/One UI version, device model and phone carrier. ↩︎
- Snapdragon branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Snapdragon is a trademark or registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. ↩︎
- AP performance improvements shown compared to Galaxy S25 Ultra. Actual performance will depend on user environment, conditions and pre-installed software and applications. ↩︎
- Vapor Chamber performance improvements shown compared to Galaxy S25 Ultra. Actual performance will depend on user environment, conditions and pre-installed software and applications.
- Typical value tested under third-party laboratory conditions. Typical value is the estimated average value considering the deviation in battery capacity among the battery samples tested under IEC 61960 standard. Rated capacity is 4,855 mAh for Galaxy S26 Ultra.
- ProScaler feature is supported on Galaxy S26+ and S26 Ultra models. Image quality can be enhanced up to QHD+, depending on the screen resolution setting of the device.
- 47% more light on 200MP Wide camera and 37% on 50MP Telephoto (5x Optical Zoom) camera on Galaxy S26 Ultra. Brightness improvements shown are compared to Galaxy S25 Ultra.
- Results may vary depending on light condition and/or shooting conditions including multiple subjects, being out of focus or moving subjects.
- Super Steady results may vary depending on editing method and/or shooting conditions.
- Results may vary depending on light condition and/or shooting conditions including multiple subjects, being out of focus or moving subjects.
- Photo Assist may require a network connection and Samsung Account login. Service availability may vary by country, language or device model. Photo Assist may result in a resized photo. A visible watermark is overlaid on the image output upon saving in order to indicate that the image is generated by AI. The accuracy and reliability of the generated output is not guaranteed.
- Creative Studio feature requires a network connection and Samsung Account login. Service availability may vary by country, language or device model. The accuracy and reliability of the generated output is not guaranteed. Sticker sets only compatible with Samsung Keyboard and can only be shared via Quick Share feature with other Galaxy devices that have One UI 5.0 or later installed and Quick Share app version 13.8.50.x or later.
- Now Nudge feature requires a Samsung Account login. Available functions and features may vary by country, region and language. Text message prompts available with certain third party messaging apps including Samsung Messages, Google Messages, Google Chat, WhatsApp, WhatsApp Business, KakaoTalk, LINE, Signal, Instagram (DM), Tango, NTT Docomo Messages, KDDI Messages. Share photos in Now Nudge works by analyzing available image content. Accuracy of results is not guaranteed.
- Now Brief feature requires Samsung Account login. Service availability may vary by country, language, device model, apps. Some features may require a network connection. The description of photos provided by moments may not align with the user’s intent. Notifications must be switched on to be used as the recalled data. Recalled data available from supported app notifications, Messages, Gmail and Samsung Wallet and data collected from Gmail is only applicable if the user consents to Personal Data Intelligent’s Gmail read permission. Recalled data for reservation details only available from reservation confirmation messages.
- Compared to previous models.
- Circle to Search is a trademark of Google LLC. Results for illustrative purposes only. Available on select devices and internet connection required. Works on compatible apps and surfaces. Result may vary depending on visual matches. Check responses for accuracy.
- Bixby service availability requires Samsung Account login and data connection. Available functions and features may vary by country, region, and language. Bixby only recognizes certain accents and dialects of English (UK), English (US), English (India), French (France), German (Germany), Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Mandarin Chinese (China), Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain), and Spanish (Latin America). Other supported languages may be added in the future. Not all accents, dialects, and expressions may be recognized, and actual performance may vary depending on pronunciation, voice level, and the surrounding environment. Use of Bixby may be limited in certain situations such as when recording media (Video/Game/Voice), during calls, Maximum Power Saving mode, Emergency mode and Samsung Kids. Service availability may vary by country/service provider/language/device model/OS version. Bixby controls selected apps, other apps to be supported. To control SmartThings enabled devices with Bixby, first connect the devices to the SmartThings app. For more information, visit the SmartThings website (www.samsung.com/smartthings).
- Availability may vary by country, region, language device model, OS/One UI version.
- Privacy Display feature controls the screen’s viewing range to limit peripheral vision. Some changes in image quality may occur outside the viewing range. When activated, some information may still be visible to others depending on the viewing environment, such as angle or brightness. Caution is advised when exposing sensitive information.
- Call Screening feature for Call Assist may vary by country, region and language. Feature may need to be manually activated in select regions.
- AI features require compatible Samsung Galaxy phone.
- Default is set as off. User can turn on Head Gestures through the Galaxy Wearable app.
- Color availability may vary depending on country or carrier.
- Exclusively available on Samsung.com.
- Terms and conditions apply. Samsung Care+ coverage, service type and promotion details may vary by country/region and deductible (service fee) may apply. To be eligible for Samsung Care+ promotion benefit, registration may be required. For detailed Samsung Care+ information, please visit https://www.samsung.com/samsung-care-plus/.
