The Samsung Galaxy S26 may get a Camera Control button, like that seen on the iPhone 16 series and the latest iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone Air. Or at least there was once a plan to add one.
As seen by Android Authority, an ex-employee of one of Samsung's supply partners (AA doesn't give us their name or the name of the company they worked for) has seemingly leaked a feature on their LinkedIn page.
Among their other achievements while in that post, they claim to have "Contributed to an initiative developing a new camera button with swipe gesture functionality for Samsung Galaxy S26."
A camera button with swipe gestures sounds exactly like the Camera Control you find on recent iPhones. A select few photography-focused phones have offered standard shutter buttons on their sides for some time, such as many of Sony's Xperia flagships.
However, after Apple introduced the Camera Control, other Android phone makers got involved by adding their own spin on the feature to their latest flagship phones, such as Honor's Magic8 Pro and Oppo's Find X9 Pro.
Is this feature real?
People say all kinds of things on LinkedIn. But even if we take this source's claim as true, it's hard to prove that the new camera button has actually made it to the Galaxy S26 series.
The renders and dummy models we've seen so far show no sign of new buttons, and other regular leaks have not said a word on the topic. It seems like if this was a real initiative, then it's either been dropped entirely, or Samsung wants to save for a future Galaxy S launch.
Speaking of launches, the Galaxy S26 series is expected to arrive during a Galaxy Unpacked event tipped for February 25th. That's less than a month away, so make sure you're up to speed on the rumors by reading our rumor hubs, including for the most powerful Galaxy S26 Ultra, and the potentially absent Galaxy S26 Edge.
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