Last year, Samsung made the controversial move of removing Bluetooth capabilities from the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s S Pen and if you were hoping for some restitution with the S26 Ultra, we have some unfortunate news.
A new hands-on video of the S26 Ultra shows that its S Pen will once again lack Bluetooth functionality and will simply function as a stylus. The video is courtesy of YouTuber Sahil Karoul, who managed to purchase a Galaxy S26 Ultra unit ahead of its announcement.
Bluetooth-enabled S Pens of the past allowed users to use the stylus as a tiny remote for all sorts of tasks, like a remote shutter for the camera app, swiping through photos in the gallery or controlling presentation slides.
The removal of Bluetooth functionality from the S Pen on the S25 Ultra even sparked rumors that Samsung may be looking to ditch stylus support on its Galaxy S Ultra line altogether but that has fortunately turned out not to be true, at least for the S26 generation.