1 AI Overview — What Makes It "Agentic"?

Samsung's big message at Unpacked 2026: AI should disappear into the background. The Galaxy S26 series doesn't just answer questions — it plans, executes, and confirms actions across apps while you do other things.

2 Gemini Agentic Automation — The Killer Feature

This is the headline-grabber. On the Galaxy S26 series (US & Korea first, rolling out March 11, 2026), Google Gemini can now autonomously handle multi-step tasks in third-party apps. You see live progress and can intervene anytime.

• "Book me an Uber to the airport" → Gemini opens Uber, selects ride, confirms details — you just tap approve.
• "Order pizza for movie night" → scans your group chat, suggests the order, adds it to DoorDash / Uber Eats / Grubhub cart.
• Early preview exclusive to S26 (and soon Pixel 10) — marks the beginning of Android's agentic era.

3 Now Nudge & Now Brief — Proactive Intelligence

Now Nudge reads your screen in real time and surfaces contextual one-tap actions. Now Brief delivers personalized daily digests pulled entirely from your on-device data. Both run locally.

• Friend texts "send me those beach photos" → Nudge offers instant one-tap Gallery access.
• Calendar invite appears in an email → immediate "Add to Calendar" button surfaces automatically.
• Morning brief: flight reminders, birthday alerts, weather-based outfit suggestions — zero cloud upload.

4 Photo Assist 2.0 + Creative Studio

Photo editing got dramatically easier — all tools are now consolidated in Creative Studio, with natural language prompts replacing manual slider adjustments.

• Type "make the sky more dramatic" or "change my shirt to red" — AI handles the rest.
• Auto-tags AI-generated or AI-edited photos for full transparency.
• Improved Document Scan and Object Aware Engine for better skin and hair in selfies.
• Audio Eraser removes background noise from video automatically.
• Front camera now has a dedicated AI ISP for natural highlights and shadow rendering.

5 Bixby, Perplexity & Flexible AI Agents

You now choose your AI assistant. One long-press of the side button lets you pick the best agent for the job.

6 Circle to Search — Supercharged

Long-press the home button and circle anything on screen. Now with multi-object recognition — circle two people in one photo and get outfit shopping links for both simultaneously. Works across every app and the full screen.

7 Privacy & On-Device Processing

• Privacy Display (S26 Ultra) — screen dims from side angles automatically using the display itself, no film needed.
• Most AI features run entirely on-device via the 39% faster NPU.
• Gemini-powered Scam Detection in the Phone app flags suspicious calls in real time.
• Call Screening summarizes unknown callers live before you pick up.

8 Real-World Performance (Early Hands-On)