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.

Variable aperture is rumored to make an first appearance on a Samsung Galaxy phone later this year, for the first time since 2019.

It was first introduced by Samsung with the S9 series in 2018. Samsung was the first smartphone brand to introduce variable aperture cameras with