The platform powering Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra has already been revealed through One UI’s source code.
A new report has confirmed that Samsung will continue to rely on Qualcomm for its next Ultra smartphone.
The Galaxy S26 Ultra is confirmed to be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, based on evidence found in the device’s firmware.
This does not rule out the existence of an S26 Ultra powered by an Exynos 2600 or a Samsung-made Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, despite lean chances of any of that happening.
Phone brands these days don’t do a very good job of containing confidential information about upcoming devices. Samsung isn’t immune to this problem either, and many tidbits of its yet-to-release Galaxy S26 series are already public knowledge. Earlier today, we learned about internal codenames for the upcoming Galaxy S26 devices that indicate the likelihood of a lineup rejig. Now, a new leak has confirmed the chipset (or at least, one of the chipsets) that will power the Galaxy S26 Ultra.
