Samsung scooped up a bunch of superfans, flew them to San Francisco, and gave them Galaxy S26 feature superfans access before anyone else could get their hands on it.

From late February, the company hosted the Galaxy Community Connect 2026 event. Over 50 people from 17 countries got to test drive the unreleased Galaxy S26 and Buds 4 series.

Samsung Members Stars are the people who actually post high-quality content on Samsung’s community platform. Samsung also pulled in Reddit users, who bought Galaxy devices and then got mad at you in the comments.

Features from the Galaxy S26 series that were trending include Now Nudge, Privacy Display, Circle to Search, and Super Clear Calls of the Galaxy Buds 4 series.

Now Nudge checks your calendar when someone messages about plans and presents a context aware popup if there’s a conflict.

Privacy Display on the S26 Ultra adjusts viewing angles to block visibility from side angles. It can be activated in settings, bringing additional personalization for specific apps.

Upgraded Circle to Search can now handle multi-element searches, like circling a celebrity’s outfit and getting curated pieces to recreate the look.

Super Clear Call uses deep neural network tech and a voice pickup unit to separate your voice from background noise, then doubles Bluetooth bandwidth to 16kHz for Super Wideband calling.

AMA session: Sungdae Joshua Cho, who runs Visual Solution for Samsung’s mobile division, took live questions. The company says it’ll keep doing this kind of direct community engagement.

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