Everything Samsung revealed at the Galaxy Unpacked event

The Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco on Wednesday saw the Korean tech giant unveil the new S26 series of Galaxy smartphones, a pair of new earbuds, and talk a lot about AI assistants and agents.

Here’s a quick summary of everything announced at the event.

Galaxy S26 smartphones

The South Korean tech giant has prepared three new smartphones for this year: the Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy S26 Plus, and Galaxy S26, all of which feature frequent updates compared to their predecessors.

As a flagship, the S26 Ultra comes with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, a 6.9-inch QHD+ display, and a 5,000 mAh battery. Samsung says that the phone can be charged from 0% to 75% within 30 minutes using a 60-watt charger, and it supports the S-Pen.

Samsung said that while the S26 Ultra’s wide (200MP) and telephoto (50MP) lenses retain the same pixel count as its predecessor, the new wide camera has a larger aperture of f/1.4, as does the telephoto lens, with an aperture of f/2.9.

The other two phones have the same processor as the S26 Ultra, but Samsung is using its own Exynos 2600 processor for these devices in some geographies. The smaller Galaxy S26 gets a better battery than last year’s phone, and the S26 Plus can charge wirelessly at 20W.

The Galaxy S26 starts at $899 ($100 more than last year’s model), the Galaxy S26 Plus starts at $1,099 (also $100 more than last year), and the Galaxy S26 Ultra starts at $1,200.

Privacy View is the Ultra’s marquee feature

Along with the hardware upgrades, Samsung has given a stylish refresh to the S26 Ultra’s display Prevents people around you from reading what is on the phone screen.

Users can choose to hide certain parts of the screen, such as the notification area, the password field on login forms, or all of it. The privacy screen can be configured for each app.

Samsung said there’s also a “Maximum Privacy Protection” feature, which reduces bright areas and raises dark parts of the screen.

Gemini agent transformation and new “research department”.

Google also provided Two important announcements at the Samsung event. First, the search giant previewed a new agent version of Gemini that can perform tasks for you, like hailing an Uber cab.

Samir Samit, head of the Android ecosystem at Google, demonstrated a demo where Gemini looks at a group chat and figures out what meal order it should offer on Grubhub.

The company also introduced a new version of “Circle to Search” that uses multi-object recognition to search for anything you highlight on your phone’s screen.

Artificial intelligence features

Earlier this week, Samsung said it was Partnership with confusion To pre-load the AI ​​company’s app on its smartphones and use its APIs to do things like set alerts or take notes, as well as enhance its browser’s search capabilities.

Samsung smartphones now come with three AI assistants: Bixby, Google Gemini, and Perplexity. The company also uses Galaxy AI to screen calls and provide you with a summary of what the caller is saying.

Samsung Galaxy Buds 4

Samsung also released two new headphones: Galaxy Buds4 and Galaxy Buds4 Pro. These earphones feature a more flat stem design than their predecessors, and are IP54 and IP57 rated, meaning they are somewhat protected from dust and water.

Samsung says the Buds4 Pro have a new 11mm tweeter, which expands the speaker area by 20%. The Pro models also have a slightly longer battery life without the case compared to the regular version.

The Buds4 are priced at $179 while the Buds4 Pro cost $250.