Galaxy S26 Ultra could finally get its first wireless charging upgrade in six years

After adjusting its strategy to drop the Galaxy S26 Edge and go with the Galaxy S26 Plus, Samsung has reportedly managed to avoid the delay in next year's Unpacked event. It was reported a few months ago that the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could feature the fastest charging speed in the company's history.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra is expected to support 45W wired charging. It isn't as fast as what the Chinese OEMs are offering with their flagships, but it is something to boast about for Samsung, as it hasn't been done since the Galaxy S21 Ultra.

Aside from wired charging, the Galaxy S26 Ultra is now also tipped to get an upgrade in wireless charging as well. According to a fresh report from South Korean publication ETNews, Samsung could finally upgrade the wireless charging on its Ultra phone from 15W to 25W.

An industry insider said, "All models in the previous S25 series supported 15W wireless charging, but models released next year will feature faster wireless charging." This could be a welcome upgrade for Samsung Galaxy owners, as the company has stuck with the 15W wireless charging support for the past six years.

Notably, the Galaxy S26 and the Galaxy S26 Plus will also get an upgrade, from 15W to 20W wireless charging. Samsung has taken a cautious approach when it comes to batteries, after the Galaxy Note7 fiasco. So much so that the company now lags behind Apple, which offers Qi2 wireless charging support since the iPhone 16 series, enabling 25W charging.

Even the slim iPhone Air—whose future seems a bit cloudy—supports 20W wireless charging. But with 25W fast wireless charging, the Galaxy S26 Ultra would reportedly charge 40 times faster compared to 15W.

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