Samsung seemingly considered a camera button on Galaxy S26. Would you want

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TL;DR

• A former employee at a Samsung supplier revealed on LinkedIn that they had worked on a camera button for the Galaxy S26 series.
• The camera button would’ve also offered swipe functionality, akin to Apple’s Camera Control key on recent iPhones.
• We don’t see a camera button on unofficial renders, while prominent leakers haven’t mentioned the feature, either.

Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy S26 series next month, and we’ve already seen a ton of leaks about these phones. We’re pretty sure the phones won’t have a dedicated camera button, though. However, new evidence spotted by Android Authority reveals that the company at least explored the possibility.

A former employee at a Samsung supplier revealed on LinkedIn that they had worked on a “new camera button with swipe gesture functionality” for the Samsung Galaxy S26. Check out the screenshot below.




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