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TL;DR Samsung is reportedly working on a continuous zoom camera system for smartphones.
This tech will apparently be supplied to Chinese brands first, with Samsung Electronics following later.
This would enable a consistent level of photo and video quality across a given zoom range.
We’ve seen very few Android phones with continuous zoom cameras. In fact, Sony is the only major company offering this tech on its devices. However, Samsung is also working on this technology, but it won’t come to Galaxy phones first.
The Elec reports, citing “multiple” industry sources, that Samsung Electro-Mechanics is working on a continuous zoom camera system at the request of several Chinese smartphone makers.
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“Samsung Electro-Mechanics will initially aim to supply continuous zoom to Chinese smartphone manufacturers, but will also work to supply to Samsung Electronics and others in the future,” a source told the outlet. A source added that Samsung was preparing to supply the technology to a “specific Chinese smartphone company.”
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That’s bad news if you were hoping for this tech to arrive on the Galaxy S26 Ultra or another imminent Samsung release. For what it’s worth, a trusted leaker previously suggested that an upcoming Xiaomi phone (likely the Xiaomi 16 Ultra) could adopt continuous camera zoom.
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