Samsung Galaxy S26 launch live — all the latest leaks and rumors ahead of today’s big Unpacked event

Pushing privacy

One cool upgrade the Galaxy S26 Ultra is tipped to bring to the table is a so-called ‘Privacy Display’.

Supposedly this is a built in feature that can be used to make the screen appear dark and unreadable to sideways and over-the-shoulder snoopers.If such a feature works well it could be a neat USP for the S26 Ultra.

Or Samsung has just got a bit boring…

Equally, 70% of you told me you’re not hyped about the Galaxy S26, which signals to me that there’s not a huge amount of interest in what’s likely to be one of the best phones of 2026.

So maybe we’ve hit peak smartphone, and the excitement of generation-to-generation upgrades has withered.

I actually think the Galaxy S26 series could be one of the most iterative generations of Android smartphones ever.

This may not be a terrible thing though, as Samsung has somewhat perfected its flagship phone recipe.

Speaking of upgrades, going by some of the top Galaxy S26 rumors, I’m not expecting the Galaxy S26 Ultra or its smaller predicted siblings to be very different from the Galaxy S25 series.

New chips are almost a given, but I’ve not heard many rumors of new cameras or any major design tweaks.

Further to that, Samsung has previously boosted the vapor chamber cooling system on its most flagship of phones, so I’d expect the same for the Galaxy S26 Ultra.

But with a new chipset expected, and surely some improvements on power efficiency and cooling, I’d very much hope the Galaxy S26 Ultra doesn’t run to hot.

Now I’d take the the below news with a degree of skepticism, as even if everything is legit, pre-release phones aren’t likely to be running the latest software and optimizations to get the best out of them.

So with that in mind, it’s not hugely surprising that the Galaxy S26 Ultra could be running a little warm right now.

Beep! Beep! news just in: The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has been leaked in a hands-on video, and it runs worryingly hot!

Phones, lots of phones

RIght so what’s the rundown? Well in simple terms expect to see a suite of new Galaxy S-series phones.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra will surely lead the charge as the main phone, followed by the Galaxy S26 Plus and Galaxy S26.

Hello there! This is Managing Editor of Phones, Roland Moore-Colyer here to take you through some of the run up to today’s Galaxy Unpacked.