In case you’ve been living under a rock, the entire U.S. Northeast is facing a snowstorm that could end up dumping historic levels of snowfall in some places. Sadly, my flight out to Unpacked got canceled, and then the rebooking for Tuesday was canceled too. Safe to say, airports are closed and will be facing major delays whenever they’re operational again. So… yeah, I’m snowed in.

I had planned to be at Unpacked to cover Samsung’s new devices live, but I’ll now have to do so from the coziness of my New York City apartment. At least my cats, Lemons and Kiwi, will be glad I’m not leaving them again.

On the bright side, our social media editor, Adriano Contreras, has been in California since last week, so he’ll have hands-on footage with the S26 phones and give us the vibe check at Unpacked on Wednesday. —Raymond Wong

The privacy screen of the Galaxy S26 Ultra is truly amazing pic.twitter.com/iZxirp7Bzh

— Ice Universe (@UniverseIce) February 13, 2026

Come Galaxy Unpacked, we expect the major standout feature of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra will be the so-called “Privacy Display.” There is a mountain of evidence stemming from past reports and recent leaks to show the top-end Galaxy flagship will sport a special screen technology available nowhere else. Essentially, the phone can darken the whole or parts of the display depending on the angle you’re looking at it from. If you’re staring straight ahead, you should see your apps and home screen like normal. From an off angle, the screen will appear dark.

Recent leaks from Ice Universe on X suggest that users would be able to set the phone to restrict peeping Toms and nosy Nancys from looking at notifications or the full screen. We expect this feature may only come to the Galaxy S26 Ultra at launch. We may need to wait longer for the Privacy Display to come to the regular and plus versions of the S26. —Kyle Barr

There’s One, and Only One, Reason to Get Excited for the Samsung Galaxy S26

If there’s one thing we can likely expect from this year’s Unpacked, it’s a new pair of wireless earbuds—the Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Pro. What kinds of updates those will bring is anyone’s guess, but I’ve rounded up some of the most intriguing leaks and rumors we’ve seen so far. You can probably bank on a new look, that’s for sure.

One thing I wouldn’t bet on, however, is the inclusion of any wild new health features like Apple’s heart rate monitoring in the AirPods Pro 3, but you never know. I’m just hoping we get to say goodbye to the angular blade design. —James Pero

6 Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 Leaks That Have Already Dripped Out

If you’re hoping Samsung will announce a successor to its super skinny S25 Edge, you might wanna sit down. Samsung reportedly canceled the S26 Edge because sales of the original were extremely weak. To be fair, ultra-thin phones aren’t just a tough sell for Samsung; Apple is struggling to sell the iPhone Air, too. —Raymond Wong

The Galaxy S26 series will be the new shiny phones, but they’ll largely look and function like the Galaxy S25 series. Everything we’ve seen leaked so far points to the S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra being iterative versions of the S25, S25+, and S25 Ultra. That’s not a bad thing since the S25 series, especially the S25 Ultra, are still solid phones. But it’s not as exciting as things used to be over a decade ago when every annual refresh felt like it brought something genuinely new. There are only so many ways to make a glass slab. —Raymond Wong