Nathan Edwards is The Verge‘s Senior Reviews Editor. He has been writing and editing reviews of computer hardware and consumer tech since 2007. He spent five years at Maximum PC building desktops and reviewing components, and seven at Wirecutter, where he was the first editor for PCs and home networking, and eventually led beats including computing, mobile, networking, and peripherals. He enjoys mechanical keyboards, cargo bikes, making his life more complicated while trying to make it less complicated, and developing new hyperfixations. His French is terrible and his Osage is almost beginner-level. 𐓏𐓘𐓯𐓤𐓘͘
Like last year, the Galaxy S26 phones are “Qi2 Ready,” which means you’ll need a magnet case to use Qi2 accessories. Which is fine, I guess, since you were gonna get a case anyway. Fifty bucks seems a little steep, though.
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The Galaxy Unpacked keynote ended less than an hour ago, and with it the announcements of the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra. We watched the whole thing, but you don’t have to. Got twelve minutes?
Why, it’s right here on The Verge dot com! Samsung’s event kicks off at 1PM ET / 10AM PT on February 25th. It’ll be streaming on YouTube, and we’ll have Allison Johnson, Sean Hollister, and Owen Grove live blogging from the event.
The company had paused production on the TB800 EQ in December because of a tracking issue when the trackball was handled from a certain angle. In an email to The Verge, spokesperson Ken Hagihara confirmed that it isn’t coming back. Bummer. I liked the TB800 and its many scroll wheels.
The DynaCap system lets you combine the best qualities of Topre and MX keyboards for a semi-reasonable price.
Samsung is rolling out the update this month, and it’s working with Aqara, Eve and Ulticam on Matter cameras. Jennifer Pattison Tuohy called it:
SmartThings will probably jump on adoption. Samsung abandoned its first-party camera hardware years ago, and Matter could provide the platform with the opportunity for broader camera support it desperately needs.
