TL;DR The Galaxy S26 might receive notable camera upgrades, even without many changes to the hardware.
Samsung is rumored to bring more features to Camera Assistant, an app that unlocks hidden Camera settings on Galaxy phones.
Among other features, we could see the option to click pictures at 24MP by default instead of the existing 12MP or 50MP modes.
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series appears to have kept Samsung busier than usual. While the lineup was slated to receive an overhaul with new product names, the changes were reportedly quashed recently, forcing Samsung to return to the older classification. And all this toiling may have contributed to a delayed launch and fewer upgrades to the Galaxy S26 series than we had hoped, especially in the camera department.
While the camera itself isn’t receiving any significant upgrades, some of the software features supporting it are expected to improve. One way we can see this improvement is by adding additional camera settings options to Samsung phones through a first-party extension.
Tipster chunvn8888 on X recently shared a list of features coming to Samsung’s Camera Assistant app with the Galaxy S26 series. For those who may not know, Camera Assistant is an app that can be installed on a recently released Galaxy flagship to expand controls, such as automatic lens switching or enhanced HDR controls, essentially bringing additional Camera settings that are hidden by default.
According to the tipster, the following new features will be added to Camera Assistant with the Galaxy S26’s launch: 24MP resolution for the default Camera and Portrait modes,
Adaptive Pixel, which reduces noise by combining multiple lower-resolution pictures into one single high-resolution shot,
which reduces noise by combining multiple lower-resolution pictures into one single high-resolution shot, Focus speed slider for picture and video mode, and
The option to turn off HDR10+ and use regular HDR.
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