The Galaxy Z Fold 8 may miss out on S26 Ultra’s best features

Credit: Prakhar Khanna / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 leak points to a surprising downgrade strategy centered around making the foldable thinner. The Fold 8 series may reportedly lose S Pen support and Samsung’s new Galaxy S26 Ultra privacy screen technology. Samsung’s 2026 foldable strategy is starting to look a lot more complicated and potentially divisive.