Samsung’s 2025 was full of 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 predicted to host its first Galaxy Unpacked of the 12 months in February to introduce the Galaxy S26 lineup.
Engadget will probably be masking Galaxy Unpacked stay, and we’ll most probably have hands-on protection of Samsung’s new smartphones quickly after they’re introduced. While we watch for an official invite, here is everything we expect Samsung will introduce on the first Galaxy Unpacked occasion of 2026.
What is Unpacked 2026 going down?
But first, when is Unpacked going to occur? A current picture shared by leakster Evan Blass indicated Unpacked ought to be going down on “February 25 2026.” Blass has an extended 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 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra hands-on picture (Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget)
Samsung’s restrained strategy to updating its telephones will seemingly proceed with the Galaxy S26. Based on leaked photos 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 Ultra, and as a substitute will persist with an identical 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. Unlike Apple’s transfer from the iPhone 16 Pro to the iPhone 17 Pro, the most important distinction right here will seemingly be inside elements just like the screens, chips and digicam 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 experiences 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. Either method the brand new telephones ought to be extra performant than the earlier era, 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 may very well be the cellphone’s display. The new cellphone will reportedly function a 6.3-inch FHD+ show in accordance 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 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 recommend it will function the identical 50-megapixel foremost digicam, 12-megapixel ultrawide, 10-megapixel 3x telephoto and 12-megapixel selfie digicam because the earlier era. Changes look like much more minor on the Galaxy S26+. Other than the brand new Snapdragon chip, the cellphone will reportedly function the identical 6.7-inch FHD+ display, 4,900mAh battery, 12GB of RAM and the identical digicam array used on the bottom Galaxy S26.
The distinction between the Galaxy S26 Ultra and Galaxy S25 Ultra is reportedly a bit clearer. According 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 swap again to utilizing an aluminum body on the Galaxy S26 Ultra, after utilizing titanium frames on each the Galaxy S24 and S25 Ultras. Most importantly, to make the cellphone really help Qi2 fairly than solely technically work with the usual when a case is hooked up, rumors recommend Samsung will take away the S Pen digitizer layer within the cellphone and undertake a brand new methodology for accepting stylus enter. It’s not clear what that new methodology will really be, but it surely may let the Galaxy S26 Ultra extra simply work with Qi2 equipment with out shedding its stylus.
Galaxy Buds 4
Galaxy Buds 3 Pro in case. (Engadget)
Samsung launched the Galaxy Buds 3 and 3 Pro in 2024, with a serious redesign that introduced them way more in step with Apple’s AirPods. The Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Pro Samsung is rumored to be saying quickly will not essentially change that, although they may function a extra compact case and much less angular stems, in accordance with leaked photos from the Samsung Tips app.
Support for head gestures to simply accept and decline calls, a function Apple consists of on the AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods 4, can also be rumored to work on each variations of the brand new Galaxy Buds. SamCell experiences the Galaxy Buds 4 and 4 Pro can also ship with a brand new Ultra Wideband chip that can make them simpler to search out with Google’s Find Hub community.
Galaxy Z Trifold
Yes, the TriFold has a crease, two the truth is. But they nonetheless do not wreck 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 obtainable in North America. That data got here on January 27, when the corporate introduced the TriFold could be obtainable within the US on January 30, for a whopping $2,900. Considering we’ve already seen the gadget in particular person at CES 2026 and persons are most probably 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 expect 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 likely one of the thinnest smartphones ever made. (Sam Rutherford for Engadget)
When the Galaxy S25 Edge was introduced in 2025, it appeared doable that Samsung may change its “Plus” smartphone with a novel kind issue, similar to Apple has opted to do with the iPhone Air. There have been conflicting experiences on the matter, but it surely looks like Samsung is not going to be doing that with the Galaxy S26 Edge.
Instead, 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, in accordance with Android Headlines, with a big rectangular digicam plateau that is paying homage to Google’s Pixel telephones, and the raised oval Apple used on the iPhone Air. Beyond that, the cellphone 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 cope 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 firm additionally by accident introduced a brand new model of its Bixby AI assistant, which can seemingly even be built-in with Perplexity and may function a substitute for Google Gemini. Both a brand new Bixby and a deeper integration with Perplexity seem to be pure new software program options to indicate off at Galaxy Unpacked.
Update, January 27 2026, 11:55AM ET: This story has been up to date to mirror the most recent information across the Galaxy Z TriFold’s worth and availability within the US.
Update, January 30 2026, 12:45PM ET: This story has been up to date to incorporate the most recent leaks on the doable dates for Unpacked 2026.
