Samsung
Ghana today announced the Galaxy S26
series, powered by the most intuitive, proactive and adaptive Galaxy AI
experiences yet and designed to simplify the tasks people do on their phones
every day. From managing plans and finding information to capturing and refining
content, Galaxy S26 reduces the effort and number of steps required to get
things done. As Samsung’s third-generation AI phones, Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26
Ultra handle complex tasks in the background, allowing users to focus on
results rather than how the technology works.
The Galaxy S26 series was engineered with Samsung’s
most advanced capabilities working together as one: incredible performance, an
industry-leading camera system and Galaxy AI. This provides a strong foundation
that gives Galaxy S26 users the confidence to depend on their phone throughout
the day without compromising security or privacy.
Building on Samsung's decades of innovation in
display technology, Galaxy S26 Ultra introduces the world's first built-in
Privacy Display for mobile phones to unlock a new class of display experiences
and reinforce Samsung's commitment to privacy at a pixel level. Galaxy S26
Ultra also delivers a customized chipset and upgraded thermal management that
enable faster and more powerful AI — all wrapped up in the slimmest Ultra yet.
Together, these choices allow the Galaxy S26 series
to deliver the most powerful Galaxy experience yet.
“We believe AI should be something people can depend on every day,
designed to work consistently for everyone and without the need for expertise,”
said TM Roh, Chief Executive Officer, President, and Head of Device eXperience
(DX) Division at Samsung Electronics. “With the Galaxy S26 series, we focused
on making AI feel effortless, working quietly in the background so people can
focus on what matters.”
Powerful Performance Designed Around
Everyday Use
Engineered for all-day performance, the Galaxy
S26 series is built on the most powerful hardware ever on a Galaxy S series,
powered by a customized chipset. Across the line-up, the Galaxy S26 series is
engineered for AI performance, power efficiency and thermal management,
ensuring demanding tasks run smoothly and consistently, so users can rely on
their device when it matters.
On Galaxy S26
Ultra, a customized mobile processor — Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform for Galaxy — delivers the best performance ever in its class
with significant gains across CPU, GPU, and NPU to support faster, smoother
experiences that keep up throughout the day.
A CPU
performance increase of up to 19% means Galaxy S26 Ultra responds more quickly
and handles complex workloads intelligently, even when multiple tasks are
running at once. A 39% improvement in NPU performance powers always-on Galaxy
AI features that run seamlessly, allowing users to move between tasks without
lag or interruption. A 24% boost in GPU performance delivers richer visuals and
more fluid gameplay.
To sustain this level of performance, Galaxy S26 Ultra introduces a
redesigned Vapor Chamber with thermal interface material positioned along
the sides of the processor, allowing heat to spread more efficiently across a
larger surface area. This improves heat dissipation to keep the device cool and
consistent, even during demanding activities such as gaming, multitasking and
video capture. To support all-day use, Galaxy S26 Ultra also brings Super
Fast Charging 3.0, minimizing downtime by reaching up to 75% charge in just
30 minutes.
Embedded into the processor, Samsung’s proprietary technologies enhance
visual performance. ProScaler improves image scaling so photos and
videos appear richer and clearer at a glance by sharpening text and fine detail
while smoothing textures. Additionally, Samsung’s mobile Digital Natural
Image engine (mDNIe) delivers
more subtle and lifelike colors thanks to image processing with four times the precision compared to the previous
generation.
Taken together, these advancements deliver dependable all-day
performance, making every action feel effortless.
Galaxyustry-Leading Camera System
The Galaxy S26 series brings the same focus on intuitive interaction to
creativity and productivity, delivered through the industry-leading Galaxy
camera system. With an approach that integrates capturing stunning photos and
videos, editing and sharing into a single, seamless experience, creativity
feels more natural and accessible even without professional tools or technical
knowledge.
On Galaxy S26 Ultra, wider camera apertures allow more light to reach the
sensor, delivering clearer photos with richer details in low-light conditions,
even when zoomed in. Enhanced Nightography Video keeps footage clearer
and more vibrant even in dim scenes, whether capturing concerts indoors or
recording moments around a campfire after sunset. Video capture is further
enhanced with upgraded Super Steady capabilities, which
add a horizontal lock option for greater stability and to make consistent
framing easier to achieve, even with bumpy trails or fast-paced activities.
Galaxy S26 Ultra is 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, it ensures
visually lossless video quality that stays true even after repeated editing.
Improvements to the AI ISP now extend to the selfie camera,
capturing more natural skin tones and finer detail in mixed lighting.
Editing photos and videos is just as easy and straightforward, with
AI-powered tools built into familiar workflows so users can make changes
quickly and unlock their creativity without design expertise.
With the upgraded Photo Assist suite, users can simply describe
what they want to change in their own words. Changing the scene from day to
night is just a matter of asking. It can also add to images and restore missing
parts of objects like a bite taken out of a cake. Personal details, such as a
spill on clothing, can also be cleaned up with Galaxy AI’s new ability to
change outfits in photos. Edits can now be made continuously, reviewed step by
step, and easily adjusted or undone along the way, making the process feel
fluid rather than final.
Creative
Studio builds on this simplicity by bringing creation and customization into
one integrated space, making it easy to act on ideas when inspiration strikes.
Starting from a sketch, photo or prompt, users can quickly turn ideas into
polished visuals — from stickers and invitations to personalized wallpapers —
and refine or share them without switching tools or interrupting creative flow.
The Galaxy S26 series also simplifies frequent visual tasks with
AI-powered tools like the Document Scan, which removes distortions and
distractions such as creases or fingers to deliver clean scans instantly.
Multiple images can be organized automatically into a single PDF, making it
easy to digitize receipts, forms or notes.
The Most Intuitive Galaxy AI Experience
Yet
The Galaxy S26 series is designed to make frequently used experiences
feel straightforward and user-friendly, with Galaxy AI reducing the steps
between intent and action. It works more proactively and seamlessly on the
user’s behalf based on context, surfacing the right support at the right moment
and automating tasks with minimal manual input. As the technology fades and
handles tasks in the background, users can focus on the results.
With Now Nudge, timely and relevant suggestions help users stay in
the flow without being distracted. If a friend asks for photos from a recent
trip, Galaxy S26 automatically suggests photos from the Gallery, removing the
need to search through albums or switch between apps. When receiving a message
about a meeting, Galaxy S26 can recognize related Calendar entries and check
for conflicts.
On the Galaxy S26 series, Now Brief has become more proactive and
personalized. It surfaces timely reminders for important events – from
reservations to travel updates – based on personal context, helping users stay
organized throughout the day.
Searching for
information is also easier than ever. Circle to Search with Google on the Galaxy S26 series has been upgraded
with enhanced multi-object recognition, so users can now explore more deeply on
multiple parts of an image at once. If users spot a look they love, the feature
also identifies everything from the jacket to the shoes, all in one search.
Galaxy S26 series features an upgraded Bixby as a conversational device
agent, making it more intuitive and easier than ever to interact with Galaxy
devices. Users can navigate their devices and adjust settings using natural
language, without the need for exact terminology or commands.
Alongside Bixby, Galaxy S26 series integrates a choice of agents,
including Gemini and Perplexity. Once set up, tasks can be completed with a
single button press or voice prompt. Galaxy S26 can also handle multi-step
tasks in the background, streamlining the process on the user’s behalf. For
example, with Gemini, booking a taxi[1]
is as simple as asking, reviewing the details and tapping confirm. These agents
support tasks such as searching and carrying out complex tasks seamlessly
across apps through natural interaction.
Together, these proactive, personalized and adaptive experiences lay the
foundation for more agentic AI experiences — setting the stage for Galaxy
devices to become trusted companions that understand and anticipate user needs.
Layers of Protection in the Age of AI
As mobile
experiences become more personalized thanks to AI, protecting
user privacy becomes even more critical. Samsung builds protection into every layer
of Galaxy S26, keeping personal data secure while giving users transparency and
control over how their information is used.
Galaxy S26 Ultra introduces privacy at
the pixel level with the mobile industry’s first built-in Privacy Display[2], a
breakthrough in display technology that fundamentally changes how privacy can
be protected on a phone. Designed for everyday situations like transit, cafés
and shared environments, Privacy Display goes beyond anything previously
available on mobile devices — hardware and software working as one to protect
privacy without compromising the viewing experience.
By controlling
how pixels disperse light, the display keeps content clear, bright and
comfortable for the user in everyday use, while limiting what others can see.
Unlike traditional stick-on privacy films, Galaxy’s integrated Privacy Display
preserves full viewing quality from all directions when off, and limits
visibility for others from side viewing angles when activated, even when
switching between portrait and landscape orientation.
Users can
customize when it turns on — such as when entering PINs, patterns and passwords
or opening selected apps — and adjust privacy levels depending on the
situation. Partial Screen Privacy intelligently
limits visibility for notification pop-ups, while Maximum Privacy Protection further
obscures side views for added discretion, all with minimal impact on power or
usability.
The Galaxy S26
series also brings smarter software safeguards that work quietly in the
background. AI-powered Call Screening identifies
unknown callers and summarizes intent, making it easier to safely manage calls.
Privacy
Alerts use machine learning to proactively notify users in real time when apps
with device admin privileges unnecessarily attempt to access sensitive data,
such as precise location, call logs or contacts. These alerts help users
quickly understand when apps are seeking deeper access, so they can manage
permissions with greater clarity and control.
Private
Album, built directly into Gallery, lets users easily hide selected photos and
videos without creating a separate folder or signing into a Samsung Account. To
stay ahead of emerging threats, Galaxy S26 also extends Samsung’s innovation in
post-quantum
cryptography (PQC) to critical system processes, including software verification and
firmware protection, strengthening device integrity for the future.
New updates to
Knox Matrix further
strengthen protection across connected Galaxy devices, adding PQC-enabled
end-to-end encryption for more services such as eSIM transfers and clearer
visibility into firmware update status across the ecosystem through Security
Status of Your Devices.
These
experiences are supported by Samsung Knox, the multi-layer security platform
that protects Galaxy devices from the chip level up. For on-device Galaxy AI, Personal Data
Engine (PDE) enables context-aware, personalized AI experiences. To keep this process
safe, Knox Enhanced
Encrypted Protection (KEEP) encrypts each app’s data, while Knox Vault adds a
physical layer of protection that isolates sensitive data inside its own secure
hardware. Together with settings that let users choose how AI features operate,
Galaxy S26 combines hardware and software to deliver a comprehensive,
system-wide approach designed to keep personal data protected.
These updates
build on Galaxy’s existing security and privacy portfolio which includes Auto
Blocker, Theft Protection, Private Sharing, Secure Wi-Fi and more. These layers
of protection are designed to give users greater transparency, choice and
control through Samsung’s continued mobile security innovation in the age of
AI. And with seven years of security updates, Galaxy S26 helps keep these
layers resilient over time — supporting longer, more confident use well into
the years ahead.
Galaxy S26’s ease of use continues even when the
phone is out of reach. The new Galaxy Buds4 series is a natural companion to
Galaxy S26, extending everyday experiences beyond the phone while delivering
rich and immersive hi-fi sound. When Galaxy S26 is paired with Galaxy Buds4,
interactions can continue naturally in moments when using hands isn’t
practical. Users can activate AI agents with their voices, manage
calls through simple Head Gestures on Buds4 Pro, and stay connected
without breaking their flow.
Availability
Galaxy S26 Ultra, S26+ and S26 will be available for pre-order starting
from February 26. The Galaxy S26 series features a unified design language
across all models, with shared color options including Cobalt Violet, White,
Black and Sky Blue.
For added peace of mind, Samsung Care+ offers comprehensive coverage
optimized to users' device needs, including fast repairs for accidental damage,
extended warranty, and certified expert support. This ensures a seamless mobile
lifestyle and provides lasting protection that safeguards the value of Galaxy
devices.
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