The Galaxy S26 lineup and every part else we anticipate

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 is anticipated to host its first Galaxy Unpacked of the 12 months in February to introduce the Galaxy S26 lineup.

Engadget shall be masking Galaxy Unpacked dwell, and we’ll almost definitely have hands-on protection of Samsung’s new smartphones quickly after they’re introduced. Whereas we look ahead to an official invite, here is every part we anticipate Samsung will introduce on the first Galaxy Unpacked occasion of 2026.

What’s Unpacked 2026 going down?

However first, when is Unpacked going to occur? A recent image shared by leakster Evan Blass indicated Unpacked must be going down on “February 25 2026.” Blass has a protracted historical past of credible leaks, which implies this date is all however confirmed, and the primary 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 possible proceed with the Galaxy S26. Based mostly on leaked images 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 an alternative will keep on with an identical 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. In contrast to Apple’s transfer from the iPhone 16 Pro to the iPhone 17 Pro, the largest distinction right here will possible be inside parts 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 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 manner 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, significantly good at on-device AI processing.

One notable distinction between the Galaxy S26 and the Galaxy S25 might be the cellphone’s display. The brand new cellphone will reportedly characteristic 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 can 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 cellphone, although: leaks counsel it’s going to characteristic the identical 50-megapixel essential digital camera, 12-megapixel ultrawide, 10-megapixel 3x telephoto and 12-megapixel selfie digital camera because the earlier technology. Modifications seem like much more minor on the Galaxy S26+. Aside from the brand new Snapdragon chip, the cellphone will reportedly characteristic 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 cellphone’s cameras shall be barely extra raised, and stand out because of a brand new metallic end. Samsung may additionally 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 cellphone really help Qi2 reasonably 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 cellphone and undertake a brand new methodology for accepting stylus enter. It isn’t clear what that new methodology will really be, nevertheless it may let the Galaxy S26 Extremely extra simply work with Qi2 equipment with out dropping 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 saying quickly will not essentially change that, although they’ll characteristic a extra compact case and fewer angular stems, according to leaked images from the Samsung Suggestions app.

Help for head gestures to simply accept and decline calls, a characteristic 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 out there in North America. That information 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 individuals are almost definitely 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 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 attainable that Samsung may change its “Plus” smartphone with a singular type issue, identical to Apple has opted to do with the iPhone Air. There have been conflicting reports on the matter, nevertheless it looks like Samsung is not going to be doing that with the Galaxy S26 Edge.

As an alternative, the smartphone will reportedly stay another choice, very like foldables are for patrons not swayed by Samsung’s conventional smartphones. The Galaxy S26 Edge is rumored to characteristic a barely completely different design than final 12 months’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 cellphone 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 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 take care of 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 will make a take care of Samsung uncommon is the shut relationship the corporate already has with Google.

The corporate additionally unintentionally introduced a new version of its Bixby AI assistant, which can possible 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 look like pure new software program options to indicate off at Galaxy Unpacked.

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

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