Samsung’s 2025 was crammed with new foldables, an ultra-thin new kind issue and the launch of Google’s XR platform. After making some bulletins at CES 2026, the corporate is anticipated to host its first Galaxy Unpacked of the yr in February to introduce the Galaxy S26 lineup.
Engadget will probably be protecting Galaxy Unpacked reside, and we’ll more than likely have hands-on protection of Samsung’s new smartphones quickly after they’re introduced. Whereas we look ahead to an official invite, here is all the pieces we count on Samsung will introduce on the first Galaxy Unpacked occasion of 2026.
Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Extremely
Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely hands-on picture (Photograph by Sam Rutherford/Engadget)
Samsung’s restrained strategy to updating its telephones will probably proceed with the Galaxy S26. Based mostly on leaked pictures of the brand new lineup, the corporate just isn’t anticipated to radically reinvent the look of the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+ or Galaxy S26 Extremely, and as an alternative will stick to the same design to what it used on the Galaxy S25. The telephones can have a flat entrance display screen 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 largest distinction right here will probably 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 anticipated to be in all Samsung Galaxy S26 telephones, although Korean information website Yonhap Information reviews Samsung’s comparatively new Exynos 2600 chip may very well be utilized in some telephones within the lineup relying on the area, a technique Samsung has deployed previously. Both method 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 may very well be the cellphone’s display screen. The brand new cellphone will reportedly function a 6.3-inch FHD+ show in line 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 cellphone, although: leaks counsel it will function the identical 50-megapixel predominant digital camera, 12-megapixel ultrawide, 10-megapixel 3x telephoto and 12-megapixel selfie digital camera because the earlier era. Adjustments look like much more minor on the Galaxy S26+. Aside from the brand new Snapdragon chip, the cellphone 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. In response to Android Headlines, the brand new cellphone’s cameras will probably be barely extra raised, and stand out because of 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 cellphone truly assist Qi2 quite than solely technically work with the usual when a case is connected, rumors counsel 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 truly be, but it surely might let the Galaxy S26 Extremely extra simply work with Qi2 equipment with out shedding its stylus.
Galaxy Buds 4
Galaxy Buds 3 Professional in case. (Engadget)
Samsung launched the Galaxy Buds 3 and three Professional in 2024, with a significant redesign that introduced them far more in keeping 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 function a extra compact case and fewer angular stems, in line with leaked pictures 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 additionally rumored to work on each variations of the brand new Galaxy Buds. SamMobile reviews 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
Sure, the TriFold has a crease, two the truth is. However they nonetheless do not spoil the expertise. (Sam Rutherford for Engadget)
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 data got here on January 27, when the corporate introduced the TriFold could be out there within the US on January 30, for a whopping $2,900. Contemplating we’ve already seen the gadget in particular person at CES 2026 and individuals are more than likely 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 count on Samsung to spend an excessive amount of time dwelling on it, if in any respect.
Galaxy S26 Edge
At simply 5.8mm thick, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge is without doubt one of the thinnest smartphones ever made. (Sam Rutherford for Engadget)
When the Galaxy S25 Edge was introduced in 2025, it appeared potential that Samsung might substitute its “Plus” smartphone with a novel kind issue, similar to Apple has opted to do with the iPhone Air. There have been conflicting reviews on the matter, but it surely looks as if Samsung is not going to be doing that with the Galaxy S26 Edge.
As a substitute, 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 function a barely completely different design than final yr’s mannequin, in line with 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 cellular browser. Perplexity already has a take care of 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 brand new model of its Bixby AI assistant, which is able to probably 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 seem 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 newest information across the Galaxy Z TriFold’s value and availability within the US.
