Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra - TIPS, TRICKS & HIDDEN FEATURES!

Summary

Key Points

• Users can now set Perplexity as their default long-press assistant, offering enhanced real-time research capabilities with a slick visual interface. 1:17
• The video camera features a "horizontal lock" that keeps footage perfectly level with the horizon, even with extreme phone rotation, and an upgraded scanner that intelligently removes fingers or folds from scanned documents. 2:01
• The gallery's new AI editing tools allow users to add or change elements in photos by text description, replace backgrounds, or seamlessly integrate subjects from other images. 3:10
• The S26 Ultra introduces a new privacy display feature, activated via the side button or quick settings, which can hide screen content from side viewers for specific apps, notifications, or pins. 5:16
• The quick settings panel has been massively updated, allowing users to resize, reposition, and reorient controls like volume and brightness, and includes hidden features like a Buds menu and an audio erase option for videos. 6:48
• Samsung's Good Lock app offers extensive customization, enabling users to create unique icon packs with various effects and personalize the keyboard with custom designs and two-finger gestures for actions like select all or copy. 10:00
• The phone app includes a new call screening feature that automatically answers unknown calls, interacts with the caller to determine their identity and purpose, and allows the user to decide whether to pick up. 11:36
• The S Pen's "Circle to Search" now provides intelligent search suggestions, and with Good Lock's Pentastic, users can customize the S Pen pointer with any image and add custom sound effects for removal and insertion. 12:18
• The S26 Ultra offers "dim strobing" for eye comfort during flashing content and a "theft protection" feature that automatically locks the phone if someone fails to open a locked app, sending a notification to the owner. 15:34