Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra:
Full Phone Specifications and Features
Meet Galaxy S26 Ultra, an AI phone featuring ultra-premium experience. It’s designed to make you pause and admire the display a little longer. Equipped with a customised processor, brightest camera system yet, and the world’s first built-in Privacy display on mobile, it transforms your daily routine into something effortless and impressive. If you’re looking for a premium device that makes life smoother, more creative, and more exciting, keep reading.
Our slimmest Ultra yet
The new ambient island camera design flows seamlessly into the rest of the device, delivering a refined and elegant finish.
• The first thing you’ll notice is the gorgeous 17.49 cm anti-reflective display1, paired with a refined Armor Aluminum frame2 featuring rounded, ergonomic corners. And, it is protected by Corning® Gorilla® Glass Victus 2, making it exceptionally tough3.
• Experience our slimmest Ultra yet4 a design that not only brings elegance and comfort but fits perfectly in your hand.
• It features a super-cool built-in Privacy Display, which uses innovative technology to protect your screen from prying eyes in public places5.
• Galaxy S26 Ultra comes in Cobalt Violet, Sky Blue, Black and White. And you know what the best part is? On Samsung.com, you can grab exclusive colours6, Silver Shadow and Pink Gold.
How is the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra camera?
If you love taking pictures, then the Galaxy S26 Ultra will bring magic to them. Every photo will make you feel like you are reliving the moment. The Galaxy S26 Ultra features the best camera system in the S Series.
• Capture stunning photos with the 200 MP wide-angle camera7, 50 MP telephoto with 5x optical zoom and 10x optical-quality zoom, 50 MP ultra-wide, and 12 MP front camera, allowing you to take sharp, natural-looking selfies.
• It offers up to 100x Space Zoom, combining advanced hardware with AI-powered zoom processing8 so you can capture distant subjects without losing clarity.
• Galaxy S26 Ultra sets a new benchmark for Nightography, with wider apertures and advanced noise reduction, delivering clear and detailed videos in low-light environments. So, you can confidently capture cinematic moments even after sunset7.
• The front camera now features an AI image signal processor (ISP) for more natural-looking selfies, balancing highlights, and shadows exactly where they should be7. Your selfies will look great even without filters.
Our most powerful processor, customized for Galaxy
Heavy gaming? Smooth. Multitasking? Seamless. Switching between apps? Instant.
• It is powered by the Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 customized for Galaxy9, designed to deliver superior performance in every task.
• The processor’s architecture is specifically customized to enhance multitasking, camera performance and overall energy efficiency.
• Experience faster and smarter AI performance with a 39% boost in the advanced NPU.
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Battery Life
Enjoy ultra-fast charging and ultra-long lasting battery life, so you don’t have to worry about your battery draining while you enjoy your favourite game.
• It features a 5000mAh (typical) battery10, allowing you to enjoy uninterrupted usage throughout the day without worrying.
• Galaxy S26 Ultra supports Super-Fast Charging, refuelling your device at blazing speeds without compromising battery health or your time10. No constant anxiety about your battery running out - just ultra-smooth performance.
• Play it cool with our largest Vapor Chamber ever. The advanced Vapor Chamber cooling system helps maintain lower device temperatures11, ensuring smooth and consistent performance even during extended gaming sessions.
Does Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra have AI features?
Next-gen Galaxy AI is here with its powerful and useful features, making the Galaxy S26 Ultra a truly smarter device.
• Photo Assist: Enjoy studio-level edits for your social media post in just a few clicks. Galaxy AI helps bring your creative vision to life within minutes12.
• Creative Studio: Create custom stickers from your photos using Creative Studio. And the best part? You receive real-time suggestions exactly when you need them13.
• Now Nudge: Powered by Galaxy AI, the all-new Now Nudge understands on-screen context and provides helpful, timely shortcuts to boost productivity14.
• Now Brief: Keep your day simplified with Now Brief. It can track your daily activities and understand your habits better than before. You’ll receive bite-sized summaries throughout the day, helping you stay informed and organized15.
• Finder to Search: Reservation and appointment details are now just a quick search away, using everyday language. From the home screen, you can use Finder to Search to quickly access information such as flight details, reminders, and saved notes. One simple search brings everything together, helping you remember where things are16.
Does Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra support S Pen?
Yes. Even you can elevate your creativity and bring new ideas to life. The build-in S Pen adds a level of creativity and control that most smartphones simply don’t offer truly setting the Galaxy S26 Ultra apart.
• Take quick notes instantly
• Sketch ideas effortlessly
• Edit photos with precision
• Navigate using air gestures
Why Choose Galaxy S26 Ultra?
If you want next-generation features and an upgraded mobile AI experience, then the Galaxy S26 Ultra is the exceptional choice.
• A display that feels truly immersive
• AI features that genuinely help
• Next-level gaming experience
• Performance that lasts without interruptions
• A camera that elevates your photography game
Galaxy S26 Ultra stands out as the ultimate productivity powerhouse, making it a truly versatile all-in-one device. It delivers superior features and a stunning camera to provide an exceptional user experience. So, what are you waiting for? Choose the Galaxy S26 Ultra today!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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What are the AI features of Samsung S26 Ultra?Galaxy S26 Ultra comes with a new generation of deeper, smarter AI features that are intuitive, powerful, and easy to use.
• You can now use written prompts in Photo Assist for faster and more precise photo editing12.
• Now Nudge is an intelligent feature that understands what's on your screen and offer helpful suggestions, such as opening your Calendar to add an event or jumping straight to your Gallery when someone asks you to share photos14.
• Now Brief delivers highly personalized insights based on your usage patterns and preferences in easy-to-read, bite-sized summaries. These include reminders based on saved information such as booking details and friends' birthdays15.
• Search with Finder lets you quickly find information without having to browse through multiple apps, including flight details, reservations, and saved notes16.
• Bixby now understands natural language queries, enabling quick changes to device settings and effortless web search17. -
How is Galaxy S26 Ultra different from Galaxy S25 Ultra?Galaxy S26 Ultra features significant hardware and software advancements that clearly set it apart from the Galaxy S25 Ultra.
• Galaxy S26 Ultra is powered by the Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy, while Galaxy S25 Ultra features the Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile Platform for Galaxy, delivering enhanced performance and efficiency9.
• The new ambient island camera design offers a sleeker, more refined, and premium look.
• Galaxy S26 Ultra introduces the world's first Privacy Display on a smartphone, ensuring enhanced on-screen privacy5.
• Wider apertures enable the 200 MP Wide camera opens to F1.4 while the 50 MP telephoto camera, with 5x optical zoom and 10x optical-quality zoom, now opens to F2.9 allowing more light for improved brightness and clarity7.
• mDNIe has improved image processing precision by 4 times on Galaxy S26 Ultra, which enhances the display quality4. -
What has changed with Galaxy S26 Ultra's design?• Yes, the Galaxy S26 Ultra delivers an improved display compared to previous models, thanks to enhancements in the customized processor and advanced display technologies.
• mDNIe now offers four times higher image processing precision, delivering more vibrant, accurate, and lifelike visuals4.
• Display quality is sharper and clearer, with enhanced realism powered by ProScaler's latest improvements18.
• The 17.49 cm Dynamic AMOLED 2x display delivers a stunning peak brightness of 2600 nits1, ensuring excellent visibility even in bright outdoor conditions. -
What processor does Galaxy S26 Ultra have?Galaxy S26 Ultra is powered by the Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy, engineered to deliver exceptional performance across CPU, GPU, NPU and AI tasks.
• This customized processor is designed to enhance multitasking, camera performance and overall energy efficiency, ensuring smooth, reliable performance throughout the day.With a 39% boost in the advanced NPU, the device delivers faster, smarter, and more responsive AI performance.
• This power-efficient chipset enhances our built-in mDNIe technology, improving image processing precision by 4x to deliver significantly refined image quality. At the same time, it optimizes power consumption, helping preserve battery life9. -
What is the maximum zoom on Galaxy S26 Ultra?Galaxy S26 Ultra offers up to 100x Space Zoom, combining advanced hardware with AI-powered zoom processing for exceptional clarity and detail.
• Optical-quality zoom delivers clear, detailed shots at closer distances.
• Space Zoom seamlessly extends up to 100x from 1x, allowing you to capture distant subjects with impressive definition.
• AI Zoom analyzes images in real time, intelligently identifying subjects and textures to enhance details as you zoom in helping your photos appear sharper, clearer, and more defined7,8. -
What is Privacy Display, and how does it work?Absolutely. The Galaxy S26 Ultra delivers significant hardware and software advancements, offering a noticeably superior experience compared to the Galaxy S25 Ultra.
• The Galaxy S26 Ultra features a custom Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 For Galaxy processor, delivering enhanced speed, efficiency, and AI performance – compared to the Snapdragon® 8 Elite Mobile Platform used in the Galaxy S25 Ultra8.
• The redesigned ambient island camera layout introduces a sleeker, more refined aesthetic, elevating the phone’s premium appeal.
• The Galaxy S26 Ultra introduces the world's first Privacy Display on a mobile4 device.
• With wider apertures, the 200 MP wide camera now opens to F1.4, while the 50 MP telephoto camera – featuring 5x optical zoom and up to 10x optical quality zoom - opens to F2.9. These enhancements allow lighter to enter the lenses, resulting in brighter16 and clearer images.
• The upgraded mDNIe technology improves image-processing precision by up to four times on the Galaxy S26 Ultra, significantly enhancing overall display quality16.
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1Measured diagonally, Galaxy S26's screen size is 15.93 cm in the full rectangle and 15.59 cm accounting for the rounded corners, Galaxy S26+'s screen size is 16.91 cm in the full rectangle and 16.55 cm accounting for the rounded corners, and Galaxy S26 Ultra's screen size is 17.49 cm in the full rectangle and 17.14 cm accounting for the rounded corners; actual viewable area is less due to the rounded corners and camera hole.
2Armor Aluminum frame does not include volume and side keys, SIM tray or camera lens barrel.
3Corning® Gorilla® Armor 2 is applied to the front of the device and Corning® Gorilla® Glass Victus® 2 is applied to the rear.
4Compared to previous models.
5Privacy Display feature controls the screen's viewing angle to limit peripheral vision and can be activated in Settings. Activation for specific apps also available in Settings. Some changes in image quality may occur outside the viewing angle. Some information may still be visible to others depending on the viewing environment, such as angle or brightness. Caution is advised when exposing sensitive information.
6Color availability may vary depending on country or carrier.
7Results may vary depending on light condition and/or shooting conditions including multiple subjects, being out of focus or moving subjects. Optical quality zoom is enabled by the Adaptive Pixel sensor. 3x and 5x distances are optical zoom. 2x and 10x distances are optical quality zoom.
8The 100x Space Zoom includes 10x optical quality zoom and 100x digital zoom with Super Resolution technology. Zoom distances past 10x zoom may express some image deterioration. AI Zoom is applied to distances between digital zoom lengths. Accuracy of results is not guaranteed.
9Snapdragon branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Snapdragon is a trademark or registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated.
10Typical value tested under third-party laboratory condition. Typical value is the estimated average value considering the deviation in battery capacity among the battery samples tested under IEC 61960 standard. Rated capacity is 4175 mAh for Galaxy S26, 4755 mAh for Galaxy S26+ and 4855 mAh for Galaxy S26 Ultra. Actual battery life varies by network environment, features and apps used, frequency of calls and messages, the number of times charged, and many other factors. Estimated against the average usage profile compiled by UX Connect Research. Independently assessed by UX Connect Research between 2026.1.8-2026.1.30 in US and UK with pre-release versions of SM-S942, SM-S947 and SM-S948 under default setting using LTE and 5G Sub6 networks. NOT tested under 5G mmWave network.
11Vapor Chamber performance improvements shown compared to Galaxy S25 Ultra. Actual performance will depend on user environment, conditions and pre-installed software and applications.
12Photo Assist may require a network connection and Samsung Account login. Service availability may vary by country, language or device model. Photo Assist may result in a resized photo. A visible watermark is overlaid on the image output upon saving in order to indicate that the image is generated by AI. The accuracy and reliability of the generated output is not guaranteed.
13Creative Studio feature requires a network connection and Samsung Account login. Service availability may vary by country, language or device model. The accuracy and reliability of the generated output is not guaranteed. Sticker sets only compatible with Samsung keyboard and can only be shared via Quick Share feature with other Galaxy devices that have One UI 5.0 or later installed and Quick Share app version 13.8.50.x or later.
14Now Nudge feature requires a Samsung Account login. Available functions and features may vary by country, region and language. Text message prompts available with certain third party messaging apps including Samsung Messages, Google Messages, Google Chat, WhatsApp, WhatsApp Business, KakaoTalk, LINE, Signal, Instagram (DM), Tango, NTT Docomo Messages, KDDI Messages. Share photos in Now Nudge works by analyzing available image content. Accuracy of results is not guaranteed.
15Now Brief feature requires Samsung Account login. Service availability may vary by country, language, device model, apps. Some features may require a network connection. The description of photos provided by moments may not align with the user's intent. Notifications for dog walking require SmartTag2 and Pet Care in SmartThings to be activated. SmartTag2 sold separately. Notifications must be switched on to be used as the recalled data. Recalled data available from supported app notifications, Messages, Gmail and Samsung Wallet and data collected from Gmail is only applicable if the user consents to Personal Data Intelligent's Gmail read permission. Recalled data for reservation details only available from reservation confirmation messages.
16Available functions and features from Search with Finder may vary by country, region and language. For advanced search, data can only be searched in the same language as current system setting. Supported apps currently include Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Call Recording, Voice Recording, My Files, Gallery and Settings. Notifications must be switched on to be used as the recalled data. Recalled data available from supported app notifications, Messages, Gmail and Samsung Wallet and data collected from Gmail is only applicable if the user consents to Personal Data Intelligent's Gmail read permission. Recalled data for reservation details only available from reservation confirmation messages.
17Bixby service availability requires Samsung Account login and data connection. Available functions and features may vary by country, region, and language. Bixby only recognizes certain accents and dialects of English (UK), English (US), English (India), French (France), German (Germany), Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Mandarin Chinese (China), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish (Latin America). Other supported languages may be added in the future. Not all accents, dialects, and expressions may be recognized, and actual performance may vary depending on pronunciation, voice level, and the surrounding environment. Use of Bixby may be limited in certain situations such as when recording media (Video/Game/Voice), during calls, Maximum Power Saving mode, Emergency mode and Samsung Kids. Service availability may vary by country/service provider/language/device model/OS version. Bixby controls selected apps, other apps to be supported. To control SmartThings enabled devices with Bixby, first connect the devices to the SmartThings app. For more information, visit the SmartThings website (www.samsung.com/in/smartthings).
18ProScaler feature is supported on Galaxy S26+ and Ultra models. Image quality can be enhanced up to QHD+, depending on the screen resolution setting of the device.