Updating Live: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 Starts Soon

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 happens astatine 1PM EST / 10AM PST, and portion I don't cognize precisely what the institution has to amusement this year, it's astir apt going to beryllium the Samsung Galaxy S26 lineup.

Every year, Samsung kicks things disconnected aboriginal with an Unpacked lawsuit wherever it shows disconnected its caller lineup of flagship phones. And portion we're astir successful March close now, it's beauteous harmless to presume that this is going to beryllium that Unpacked – adjacent if it's a period aboriginal than it'd usually be.

If you privation to ticker along, you tin tune successful connected Samsung's YouTube transmission oregon connected its website, oregon you tin conscionable enactment tuned here, and I'll support this nonfiction updated with Samsung's announcements arsenic they happen.

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 Live Blog

12:50PM: Samsung is seemingly utilizing the Olympic Games to showcase its technology. Really, it conscionable looks similar the phones are being utilized to movie backstage footage. Although, determination were a mates rigs shown that person a Galaxy telephone clamped nether a nonrecreational camera – possibly they're shooting connected both?

And of course, Samsung is utilizing this spot to beforehand AI features, particularly unrecorded translation – which is really beauteous useful.

12:45PM: 15 minutes retired from Unpacked officially starting, Samsung's watercourse conscionable reiterated the company's dedication to utilizing recycled materials, particularly successful its packaging.

12:30PM: Unpacked officially kicks disconnected successful astir 30 minutes. While this is an yearly show, and I person a beauteous bully thought of what the caller Galaxy phones volition beryllium capable to do, I'm inactive excited to spot what they tin do. I'm beauteous definite the phones are going to thin beauteous heavy into AI, too.

What to Expect From Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026

It's beauteous harmless to presume that beyond the Galaxy S26 – in, presumbly, a scope of incarnations – Samsung volition person an other happening oregon 2 for america astatine the show. While determination person been rumors astir a caller wide signifier origin for its foldables, those are usually saved for the company's summertime Unpacked event. Instead, the extras volition astir apt beryllium immoderate benignant of wearable.

Samsung refreshed its Galaxy Watch successful July, alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 7, truthful it's astir apt excessively aboriginal to get the Galaxy Watch 9. Instead, the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro launched each the mode backmost successful summertime 2024, truthful it's overmuch much apt that those are going to beryllium refreshed.

In fact, a store listing was leaked recently, which shows Galaxy Buds 4 and a Galaxy Buds 4 Pro astatine $179 and $249, respectively. That's astir the aforesaid terms arsenic the Galaxy Buds 3 and 3 Pro, truthful it's looking alternatively apt that the Buds 4 are going to beryllium astatine today's event.

It's ever imaginable that Samsung has immoderate concealed 3rd happening up its sleeve. For example, we mightiness spot the chaebol denote a followup to the Galaxy S25 Edge that came retired past Spring, but I'd beryllium precise amazed if Samsung didn't conscionable termination that disconnected – it wasn't precisely well-received.

Jackie Thomas is the Hardware and Buying Guides Editor astatine IGN and the PC components queen. You tin travel her @Jackiecobra