What We’re Anticipating at Samsung’s July Galaxy Unpacked 2026

Samsung’s mid-year Galaxy Unpacked is all the time a enjoyable occasion. Whereas the yr’s first Unpacked is targeted on the newest Galaxy S collection, the summer season Unpacked is often reserved for brand new foldables and smartwatches, which makes for a extra product-packed gathering.

As we inch nearer to the occasion on Wednesday, July 22, I determine it’s value curating what’s already leaked out, as a result of it’s rattling close to all the pieces.

More sturdy foldables with much less display screen crease

The previous few weeks have been nonstop leak after leak for Samsung’s subsequent foldables. We’re anticipating there to be three new fashions. The most important improve throughout the foldables ought to be Samsung’s Flex Titanium know-how, which each strengthens the sturdiness of the screens and reduces the visibility of the crease on the inside display screen.

The new Galaxy Z Flip 8 ought to be the successor to final yr’s Z Flip 7. WinFuture has shared product photographs and what it claims are full particulars for the brand new flip-style foldable. While I hoped for a thinner system, it seems to be just like the Z Flip 8 shall be marginally thicker, although it ought to be lighter at 180g versus the Z Flip 7’s 188g. Otherwise, we’re taking a look at kind of the identical options, however with a more moderen Exynos 2600 chip. According to WinFuture, the Z Flip 8 may have a 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X inside display screen with 120Hz refresh fee, a 4.1-inch Super AMOLED cowl display screen, three cameras (a 50-megapixel most important and a 12-megapixel ultrawide on the skin and a 10-megapixel selfie lens on the within), the identical 4,300mAh battery as earlier than however now with sooner 45W charging, and storage choices of 256GB or 512GB paired with 12GB of RAM.

The center foldable is predicted to be the brand new shorter and wider Galaxy Z Fold 8. This is meant to be Samsung’s reply to Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone. We’ve been watching leaked photographs of the Z Fold 8 for weeks, however now we now have full specs, additionally hailing from WinFuture. When unfolded, the Z Fold 8 is alleged to measure 4.5mm thick, and the entire thing weighs 201g. The report says the Z Fold 8 has a 7.6-inch inside Dynamic AMOLED 2X display screen with 120Hz, a 5.5-inch cowl display screen, twin rear cameras (each 50 megapixels), and two 10-megapixel hole-punch cameras (one on the quilt show and one on the inside display screen). It ought to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy and have choices for 256GB of storage (with 12GB of RAM) or 512GB and 1TB (with 16GB of RAM). Battery capability is alleged to clock in at 4,800mAh, which might be fairly respectable.

On the high-end, we’re anticipating to see the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra. As its identify suggests, it’s projected to have the higher cameras (200-megapixel most important digital camera, 50-megapixel ultrawide, and 10-megapixel 3x telephoto) and longer battery life (5,000mAh). WinFuture’s leak claims the foldable will slim down by 1mm (from 4.2mm to 4.1mm), however achieve 3g (from 215g to 218g). The display screen side ratios will match the Z Fold 7’s carefully, with an 8-inch inside display screen and 6.5-inch cowl display screen, each with 120Hz refresh charges. Chipset, storage, and RAM configurations look like the identical because the Z Fold 8.

Smartwatches with larger batteries

On the Samsung smartwatches entrance, we ought to be taking a look at two new fashions: the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 and the Galaxy Watch 9. They’re each stated to be thinner and lighter than earlier than and use Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon Wear Elite chip with 2GB of RAM, in keeping with WinFuture.

The Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 will reportedly have an 800mAh battery, which might be a major bounce up from the 590mAh one within the first-gen Watch Ultra. Leaked specs embrace a titanium case with 10ATM water resistance, a 1.5-inch display screen, Bluetooth 6.0, NFC, and LTE.

The Galaxy Watch 9 is predicted to return in two sizes once more: 40mm with a 1.3-inch display screen and 44mm with a 1.5-inch show. Compared to the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, the water resistance for the Galaxy Watch 9 might be decrease at 5ATM. Battery life enhancements might be extra minimal year-over-year, too: the identical 325mAh on the smaller mannequin and a 445mAh for the bigger model (a 100mAh bump up from the Galaxy Watch 8’s 435mAh).

It seems Samsung received’t have a brand new model of the Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, which returned final yr with a bodily rotating bezel. Maybe the bulkier smartwatch wasn’t widespread in any respect.

More Galaxy AI

One factor that I’m sure that Samsung will announce extra of is additions to Galaxy AI, its personal suite of synthetic intelligence options. Whether it’s options from the Galaxy S26 Ultra being delivered to the brand new foldable telephones or smartwatches, Samsung has used each Unpacked in recent times to squeeze AI into its apps. It wouldn’t shock me to see extra predictive AI, automations utilizing agentic AI, and generative AI for picture modifying. Whether you’ll discover them helpful is a special query.

The wild playing cards

It’s a giant yr for sensible glasses, and Samsung has been very tight-lipped about its plans. Other than a partnership with Google that introduced “intelligent eyewear” created with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker at Google I/O this previous May, there’s been little additional information. We know that each fashions have built-in cameras for pictures and movies and audio system for music, calls, and audio notifications, which sounds precisely like Meta’s AI glasses. But how a lot will they price and how much privateness insurance policies shall be in place? We haven’t any clue. The latter is very necessary contemplating how Meta retains making it really feel gross to put on any of its sensible glasses.

Then, there’s the sensible ring. Might we get a tease for a Galaxy Ring 2? It’s been two years because the Galaxy Ring got here out. Oura now has a slimmer and longer-lasting Oura Ring 5 and Vital Signals’ Signal Ring might be a game-changer, changing conventional blood stress cuffs. What’s subsequent for Samsung’s sensible ring?