Samsung Electronics on the 11th released its latest artificial intelligence (AI) smartphones, the Galaxy S26 series, and the wireless earphone lineup Galaxy Buds4 series in major markets including Korea and the United States.

Compared with the previous generation, the Galaxy S26 series offers enhanced hardware performance and introduces new features such as the “Privacy Display,” which were not available in earlier models. The Privacy Display applied to the top-tier Galaxy S26 Ultra restricts side viewing of the screen without the need for an add-on privacy film. A “Call Screening” feature, in which AI answers calls from unknown numbers and summarizes caller information and call content, is also installed across all models in the series.

The Galaxy Buds4 series, which consists of two products—the Galaxy Buds4 Pro and the Galaxy Buds4—comes with a newly added “Head Gesture” function. Users can answer calls simply by moving their heads, without touching the earbuds with their hands. It is also possible to control Samsung’s voice assistant “Bixby” by moving the head. AI features such as real-time interpretation are also available.

The launch price of the Galaxy S26 Ultra 256GB model is KRW 1,797,400, while the Galaxy S26 256GB model is priced at KRW 1,254,000. During the domestic pre-order period, 1.35 million units of the Galaxy S26 series were sold, recording the highest pre-order volume among all Galaxy S series to date.

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