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TL;DR Last month a leak identified a few new features coming to Samsung’s Camera Assistant app.
One UI 8.5 now show evidence backing up the idea of a new 24MP shooting option.
The app is also preparing new HDR options for working with HDR10+.
Is Samsung going to be able to win shoppers over next year with its Galaxy S26 series? Android users already sound concerned about what they’re expecting from the S26 family, especially as leaks paint the picture of S26 phones that don’t feel like they’re doing enough to differentiate themselves from S25 models. As that hardware continues to come into focus, we’re at least finding reasons to get excited about Samsung’s latest software, especially as that introduces new changes specifically for Galaxy S26 phones.
Back near the start of November, we heard about a leak that outlined a handful of new features for Samsung’s Camera Assistant app that looked like they were getting ready to debut with the S26 series: a 24MP resolution for Camera and Portrait modes, Adaptive Pixel for reducing noise, a focus speed slider, and new HDR options.
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Well, we can’t yet confirm that all of those are going to show up when the Galaxy S26 debuts, but we just uncovered some strong evidence in support of two of them. Check out the text strings we’ve spotted in Camera Assistant for One UI 8.5:
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