The Galaxy S26 Extremely, Galaxy Buds 4 and extra

Cellular World Congress is true across the nook, however Samsung acquired out forward of many rivals that might be exhibiting off new handsets at that occasion by operating the latest edition of Unpacked on Wednesday. At its occasion in San Francisco’s Palace of Advantageous Arts, the corporate revealed the Galaxy S26 lineup, which incorporates the bottom S26, the S26+ and the S26 Extremely. We have got some hands-on time with all three handsets as nicely, and you may examine our in-person experience with the Galaxy S26 Ultra, in addition to our S26 and S26+ impressions in these articles.

Along with these, Samsung introduced the Galaxy Buds 4 together with (you guessed it) some AI updates. All of the units unveiled at this time are already available for pre-order, do you have to already be dying to get your fingers on them. Here is a have a look at every part Samsung introduced on the newest Unpacked:

Galaxy S26 and S26+

New-ish year, new Samsung phones. Let’s cope with the out-and-out dangerous information first. The S26 and S26+ are every $100 costlier than their predecessors (the RAM shortage is not precisely serving to to maintain costs down). They start at $900 and $1,100, respectively, for variants with 256GB of storage.

Samsung has tweaked the design a bit this time by rounding the corners to align them extra with the S26 Extremely’s look. The bottom mannequin has a barely bigger show than the S25 at 6.3 inches, although the S26+ nonetheless  has a 6.7-inch display screen (albeit with a better decision than the S26 can deal with). The S26 has a bigger battery capability than the S25 too at 4,300mAh.

In North America, China and Japan, Samsung is sticking with Qualcomm chips reasonably than utilizing its personal Exynos 2600. For those who choose up an S26 or S26+ in these markets, it’s going to run on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset.

The digital camera modules are the identical as final 12 months, however Samsung is aiming to supercharge them with upgrades elsewhere, reminiscent of ProScaler picture upscaling and an MDNIe chip that is stated to enormously enhance colour precision. There’s additionally a video stabilization characteristic that tries to maintain the horizon stage whilst you’re following a transferring individual or pet, which sounds helpful for motion photographs. The brand new Object Conscious Engine is claimed to higher render pores and skin tones and hair textures to make your selfies look higher. Samsung has reworked some AI options too, reminiscent of making Now Transient and Auto Eraser suitable with extra apps.

Pre-orders for the S26 and S26+ are open at this time, they usually’ll be obtainable on March 11. The telephones might be obtainable in purple, blue, black, white, silver and rose gold, although the latter two are on-line exclusives.

Galaxy S26 Extremely

The Galaxy S26 Ultra might be obtainable in the identical colorways and on the identical date as its smaller siblings. It begins at $1,300, so there’s no worth improve from the S25 Extremely. Preorders open at this time.

The S26 Extremely has a 6.9-inch AMOLED show with a QHD+ decision of 3120 x 1440 and a 120Hz refresh charge. That is all nicely and good, however the show is hiding (that being the important thing phrase) what’s maybe the Galaxy S26 Extremely’s most fascinating characteristic.

The machine has a Privateness Show that’s stated to be the primary of its type on a smartphone. The concept right here is to forestall folks round from seeing what’s on the display screen from acute angles. There is a small lower in brightness when Privateness Show is energetic, and there are many customization choices.

You may arrange Privateness Show to activate while you’re requested for a password or PIN, or while you get a notification or open sure apps. So if (as an illustration) you have a tendency to take a look at your banking apps while you’re on public transit and don’t need different passengers to see how a lot moolah you’ve got, Privateness Show looks like a really helpful characteristic.

Elsewhere, the S26 Extremely runs on the identical chipset as its smaller siblings. It comes with 12 or 16GB of RAM and 256GB, 512GB or 1TB of storage. The battery is bigger than those within the different S26 fashions, because the Extremely has a 5,000 mAh capability. There’s assist for Tremendous Quick Charging 3.0 as nicely. Alas, Samsung nonetheless hasn’t seen match to supply built-in Qi2 charging magnets within the S26 lineup, which looks like a wild oversight within the 12 months 2026.

The selfie digital camera is identical as on the S26 and S26+. The S26 Extremely has 50MP ultrawide and 200MP large lenses, together with twin 10MP 3x and 50MP 5x telephoto sensors. The resolutions of these cameras are the identical as on the S25 Extremely, however the principle 200M and 5x telephoto sensors now have wider apertures to let in additional gentle. The S26 Extremely after all has the digital camera software program options (and different AI options) discovered within the S26 and S26+.

We’ll have a assessment of the units quickly. Within the meantime, head on via to our hands-on story for our initial impressions of the S26 Ultra.

Galaxy Buds 4 and Buds 4 Professional

Whereas the S26 telephones are extra iterative updates this 12 months, Samsung has given its Galaxy Buds a correct refresh. It revamped the design and form of the Galaxy Buds 4 and Galaxy Buds 4 Pro to eliminate the angular look of the stems and take away the lights from them.

The earbuds have a “extra refined, computationally designed match” too, in line with Samsung. The corporate claims the newest earbuds have smaller earbud heads that enable for a greater, safer match and a extra “snug expertise throughout all-day put on.” The Galaxy Buds 4 stay in an open-fit format whereas the Buds Professional 4 have a canal-fit design.

The most recent earbuds are stated to supply improved audio high quality and energetic noise cancellation (ANC), with an ambient sound mode, adaptive EQ and adaptive ANC. On Buds 4 Professional, there is a siren detection characteristic that permits ambient sound to allow you to hear issues like alarms or emergency car warnings.

The Buds 4 Professional have a large woofer that will increase the efficient speaker space by practically 20 p.c in contrast with the earlier gen earbuds, Samsung stated. They assist 24-bit/96kHz audio.

For those who’re utilizing Galaxy Buds 4 or Buds 4 Professional with a Galaxy machine, you can use Bixby, Google Gemini and Perplexity with hands-free voice controls (although the “hey, Plex” command for the latter may be a tad complicated for folk who use a sure media server app). The Buds 4 Professional assist head gesture controls for managing calls and Bixby interactions as nicely.

As with the S26 telephones, pre-orders for the earbuds open at this time they usually’ll hit cabinets on March 11. The Galaxy Buds 4 cost $180 and Galaxy Buds 4 Professional will run you $250. Each fashions can be found in white and black with a matte end. There’s an online-exclusive pink choice for Buds 4 Professional as nicely.

Android AI options

Forward of Unpacked, Samsung confirmed that it might offer Perplexity as an AI agent option in Galaxy AI on the S26 lineup. As a part of that replace, it shared that the S26 sequence would reply to the “Hey Plex” wake phrase, and that Perplexity’s options would even be embedded within the Samsung Browser app. The corporate additionally not too long ago updated Bixby to make its personal digital assistant extra conversational.

On prime of that information, Google had bulletins of its personal to make at Unpacked concerning new Android AI features, which is able to after all be obtainable on S26 units. On these handsets and the Pixel 10 lineup, the Gemini app will quickly have a characteristic (in beta) that lets you offload multi-step duties, reminiscent of reserving a trip or placing a grocery order collectively, to AI. It positive appears like an try to construct out agentic AI options on cellular units.

Beginning this week on Pixel 10 units (and shortly on S26 telephones), Circle to Search will provide the flexibility to search out particulars about multiple objects at once, reminiscent of whole outfits as an alternative of single items. Furthermore, Gemini-powered, on-device Rip-off Detection for telephone calls might be obtainable for S26 units in English within the US.

Replace, February 25 2026, 4:35PM ET: This story has been up to date to incorporate extra particulars on the Perplexity AI integration, in addition to embody mentions within the intro of our hands-on and pre-order articles.