Samsung is rumored to be interested in plugging "variable aperture" into the Galaxy S26 Ultra. Rumors about the aperture range remain unknown; however, Xiaomi recently did this, delivering an f/1.63 to f/4.

According to a reliable Samsung tipster, IceUniverse on Weibo, Samsung may bring back the variable aperture in its camera in its upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra flagship smartphone. This was last seen in the Galaxy S9 and S10 series.

Smartphone cameras can’t change their apertures. Well, Samsung changed that when it launched the Galaxy S9. When you’d take a photo, the aperture would shift between f/1.5 and f/2.4. It would depend if the lighting conditions called for it. This is a feature that can make a camera much more versatile.