Samsung will hold its Galaxy S26 event on February 25 | TechCrunch

Samsung on Tuesday sent out invites for its next Galaxy Unpacked event, scheduled for February 25 in San Francisco, where the company is expected to launch its Galaxy 26 smartphone series.

AI features will be at the forefront again, as the company said the upcoming phones are “built to simplify everyday interactions, inspire trust and ensure that Galaxy AI feels seamlessly integrated from the moment it’s in hand.”

One notable feature that the company has teased is a privacy display that is expected to arrive on the Galaxy S26 Ultra. This feature allows users to hide certain parts of the phone’s screen from onlookers to protect sensitive information. For example, users can hide the system tray from prying eyes.

Reports suggest that the top phone in the lineup will use Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon Elite Gen 5 processor in the US and China. In other regions, Samsung will likely opt for its own Exynos 2600 processor. The distinction is important, but less and less so. Snapdragon processors have historically outperformed Samsung’s Exynos chips in benchmarks and thermal efficiency, but the performance gap has narrowed.

This is evident from a report from the technical site SamMobileThe S26 will also have a 5,100 mAh (milliamp-hour, a standard unit of battery capacity) battery and support 60W wired charging and 25W wireless charging.

In addition to phones, Samsung will probably also release updated Galaxy Buds 4 wireless earbuds. The company plans to update the design from the previous generation, which drew many comparisons to Apple’s AirPods.

The event starts at 10am PT/1pm ET/7pm CET and will be streamed live on Samsung’s website And his YouTube channel.

Samsung is offering everyone a $30 promotional credit register interest in advance they are upcoming devices. Pre-registration is just an expression of interest; consumers will still get the credit as a discount on other Samsung products, even if they don’t end up purchasing the new devices. If you pre-register and then pre-order one of the devices, the company will bump that up to a $150 credit – no trade-in required.