What you need to know
- Samsung is said to be flirting with 24MP photos on the Galaxy S26, but unlike Apple, it won’t be the default — you’ll have to turn it on manually.
- The 24MP mode reportedly lives inside Good Lock’s Camera Assistant, not the main camera settings.
- Once enabled, 24MP shows up directly in Photo and Portrait modes, so you don’t have to jump between camera apps.
- Leaked benchmarks point to a faster Galaxy S26 Ultra overall, likely thanks to Qualcomm’s next-gen Snapdragon chip.
Samsung may be moving away from the 12MP standard we’re used to, but the Galaxy S26 won’t make this upgrade easy to get. While Apple made 24MP the default with the iPhone 15, Samsung appears to be taking a more complicated approach.
For quite some time, we’ve had to pick between 12MP photos, which are quick but less detailed, and 50MP or 200MP modes, which offer more detail but come with large file sizes and slower shutter speeds.
Often-reliable leaker @UniverseIce shared on X that the Galaxy S26 Ultra, and possibly its smaller siblings, will support high-resolution 24MP photos. However, this won’t presumably be the default setting. To use it, you’ll need to find the Camera Assistant app in the Good Lock module and turn on the 24MP option in Advanced Resolution settings.