Samsung Galaxy S26 Cases

Samsung moved the camera housing again on the S26, which means nothing from the S25 carries over. Every case on this page is cut from the phone itself rather than from a published drawing.

That takes a few extra weeks after a launch and it is the reason the cutouts line up instead of sitting a millimetre proud of the lenses.

The S26, S26 Plus and S26 Ultra are three different phones that share a name.

• The standard S26 is the smallest and the easiest to use one handed.
• The Plus is taller and wider with the same camera layout.
• The Ultra has squarer corners, a larger camera housing and the pen.

Pick the exact model in the selector. A Plus case will not close on an Ultra.

On the Ultra the pen lives inside the phone rather than in the case, so a case for it needs no extra channel. What it does need is to leave the slot completely clear at the bottom edge.

Ours are cut back around the opening so the pen comes out with a fingernail the way it does on a bare phone. A case that overlaps that slot even slightly turns a one second action into an annoyance you notice every day.

Galaxy screens still round off at the edges, and a folio flap that presses onto that curve causes phantom touches and, eventually, a lifted screen protector.

The flap on our folios is cut wider so it closes past the curve rather than onto it, and the closing magnet sits in the outer panel away from the screen. It is a small difference in the pattern and it decides whether the cover is usable day to day.

Does wireless charging work through it? Yes on the snap-on shells, and on the folios with the cover folded back.

Is there a magnetic version? Yes on the models listed as magnetic. The ring sits inside the shell rather than stuck to the surface.

Will the fingerprint reader work? It is under the screen, so a case does not touch it. A folio cover folds fully back out of the way.

Since the S26 is new, colour ranges here start narrower than on the older Galaxy pages and widen over the following months. If the shade you want is not showing for your exact model yet, it is more likely still in production than discontinued, and we can tell you which batch it is in.