Samsung is all set to unveil the Galaxy S26 Ultra and its smaller siblings at its first Unpacked event of the year later this year. Ahead of that, a barrage of marketing materials leaked online, detailing almost everything about the upcoming Galaxy flagships. Adding to the embarrassment, one creator got hold of a retail Galaxy S26 Ultra unit early and has showcased its key features on social media.
Leaks have already extensively detailed the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s standout feature: Privacy display. The phone will mask on-screen content from side viewing angles to prevent prying eyes from peeking at your display in public.
A video posted by @KaroulSahil on X shows the feature in action, and it works exactly as detailed in leaks. When viewed from off-angles, the S26 Ultra’s on-screen content becomes nearly impossible to see. The effect is identical to putting a privacy screen guard on a phone’s screen, but without compromising brightness and clarity when viewed head-on.
Do note that the creator did not set the privacy protection to maximum, in which case the privacy effect will be even stronger. Based on earlier leaks, you can also set Privacy display to trigger on the Galaxy S26 Ultra when you open sensitive apps.
S Pen skips Bluetooth functionality, again
In another short clip, Sahil confirms that the S Pen on the Galaxy S26 Ultra (again) lacks Bluetooth functionality. This means you cannot use it as a remote shutter button in the Camera app — a feature that Samsung first removed with the Galaxy S25 Ultra in 2025 and received a lot of flak.
Unfortunately, there’s also only one right way to insert the S Pen into the device. If inserted in the wrong direction, the stylus sticks out a bit from the device.
Samsung also appears to have beefed up the S26 Ultra’s cooling. It returned a 53.2% stability in the Wild Life Extreme Stress Test, which is about the same as its predecessor. This is despite the newer flagship packing a faster and hotter Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip. In the AnTuTu benchmark, the phone scored over 3,720,000 points, with peak temperatures reaching 43.1°C.
With Samsung set to unveil the Galaxy S26 lineup around 48 hours from now, expect more leaks surrounding the phones to pop up on the internet until then.
