Gear News of the Week: Samsung sets Galaxy Unpacked launch date, Fitbit’s AI trainer comes to iOS

Samsung will reveal Its next flagship smartphone lineup will be released on February 25 at the Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco. The company sent out invitations earlier this week. The event will start at 10am PT (1pm ET) and will be streamed live here.

Rumors abound that the Galaxy S26 series – which will include the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Ultra – will not feature any major changes from its predecessors. It will likely be powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, with some minor improvements in charging speed and minor camera hardware upgrades.

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AI features will likely be at the forefront, likely with some new Gemini tricks. However, a big new feature is the privacy screen built into the smartphone itself. It will allow you to selectively block parts of the screen from people around you. Unfortunately, even with only minor upgrades, there may be an increase in the prices of these phones due to the lack of RAM. As usual, Samsung is letting you reserve the Galaxy S26 now. You’ll get a $30 credit to use when you open pre-orders, and a chance to win a $5,000 gift card at Samsung.com.

Don’t expect to see the Galaxy S26 Edge. The ultra-slim Samsung Edge from 2025 wasn’t a huge hit, and leaks suggest a successor has been cancelled. However, The Edge debuted in May 2025, so we could still see a follow-up around that time. All we know is that it likely won’t be shown off at this Unpacked event. Samsung usually announces other products outside of smartphones, and this year, that could be a new pair of Galaxy Buds wireless earbuds.

We’ll be on the ground bringing you the news live.

Fitbit’s personal health coach is coming to iOS

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Months after Fitbit’s Personal Health Coach was released in public preview for Android users, the Gemini-powered health service is finally available to iOS users. To try it, you must have an active paid or trial subscription to Fitbit Premium and a phone running iOS 16.4 or higher. (You can see the full list of requirements here.) The Personal Health Coach program is also expanding to include English speakers in other countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.

As I mentioned in my review of the service, I would be wary of revealing too much personal health information to a large company, even one that has promised not to use it for advertising. I’ve also found it easy to start consulting with a coach for advice on every part of your day that your IRL family and friends would find weird and annoying. However, it is He is The easiest, most useful, and most accommodating of the AI ​​Coach services I’ve tried so far, and it’s $10 a month for Fitbit Premium He is Cheaper than a real running trainer. As always, your mileage may vary (literally). —Adrian Su

iOS 26.3 makes it easy to switch to Android

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Apple released iOS 26.3 this week for iPhones, and the cool new feature might surprise you. The company is making it easier to switch to Android phones, thanks to a collaboration with Google, which also recently added a similar feature for switching from Android to iPhone.