Samsung Unveils Galaxy S26 Line With Agentic AI, Privacy Display

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus and S26 Ultra, introduced agentic AI features, and said the phones arrive in stores March 11.

Samsung said the lineup adds expanded on-device and cloud AI, including integrations with Google's Gemini and the Perplexity assistant, which TM Roh described as making the S26 an "agentic AI phone."

Carriers including AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon rolled out trade-in and line-add deals tied to the new phones, and a demo by creator Miles Franklin showed the Ultra's Privacy Display in action.

Samsung raised prices about $100 for the S26 and S26 Plus to roughly $899–$900 and $1,099–$1,100 while the Ultra stayed at about $1,299–$1,300; battery capacities are 5,000mAh, 4,900mAh and 4,300mAh.

The S26 Ultra adds a built-in Privacy Display using a Black Matrix pixel architecture, an aluminum frame, S Pen support, upgraded cooling and faster Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chips, and Samsung also launched Galaxy Buds 4 Pro at $250.