Samsung has updated its flagship smartphone for 2026, with the Galaxy S26 Ultra packing its finest mobile camera tech to date with a quad-camera setup that brings back the mighty 200MP primary sensor. While this year’s camera hardware is very familiar to anyone upgrading from last year’s Ultra, from the design through to the software, there’s enough new here to get excited about.
The Galaxy S26 Ultra’s headline feature is Privacy Display, a hardware-and-software one-two punch that prevents prying eyes from seeing what’s on the phone’s massive 6.9-inch screen. It also sports a fresh new chip courtesy of Qualcomm, some nifty AI tools, our favorite being Audio Eraser for third-party apps, and should run cooler for gamers and long bouts of 4K or 8K video capture, thanks to the upgraded vapor chamber.
