I used to be improper — the Galaxy S26 Extremely’s battery life is incredible

I used to be disillusioned once I noticed the spec sheet for the Galaxy S26 Extremely. The enhance in charging speeds was welcome, however seeing Samsung keep on with the identical 5,000mAh battery made it pure to imagine the expertise could be no higher than that of earlier fashions.

After a couple of months of use, it’s time to confess I used to be improper. The Galaxy S26 Extremely has a few of the greatest battery life I’ve ever seen, and it’s arduous to present it up for different telephones.

I wasn’t planning on spending a lot time with the Galaxy S26 Extremely outdoors of testing One UI 9. I want the show have been brighter; I’ve grown bored with Samsung’s reused cameras, and I’ve been very happy with my Pixel 10 Professional. That modified when the dreaded battery drain hit my Pixel, and I made a decision to change to the S26 Extremely till Google lastly fixes issues. Or ought to I say, if Google fixes issues?

Although my S26 Extremely is operating the One UI 9 beta, it’s getting me by means of even the heaviest of days with out worrying. Within the screenshot beneath, I didn’t even trouble charging the cellphone once I went to mattress.

After a full day of use, I left the cellphone unplugged in a single day and nonetheless had nearly 50% remaining after 5 hours and 37 minutes of display screen time. I saved utilizing it that second day till 7 PM. I’ve by no means completed that with another cellphone earlier than.

That was two days spent working from house on Wi-Fi, however the S26 Extremely continues to impress on heavier days. The cellphone has endured hours-long highway journeys with wi-fi Android Auto, music streaming over knowledge, and GPS for navigation, and I nonetheless had greater than 35% once I went to mattress.

Numbers like this aren’t the be-all and end-all. My utilization is totally different from all of yours. Even so, the Galaxy S26 Extremely has crushed nearly each different Android cellphone I’ve ever used.

The charging is sweet, too. 60W won’t be as quick as different rivals, however it beats something Google has and what Samsung has supplied previously — and the S26 Extremely is fast. The cellphone can be conservative with its charging estimates. Within the screenshot above, it’s estimating 29 minutes to succeed in 100% from 56%, however I’d be shocked if it ever took that lengthy. Final week, I plugged the cellphone in at 30%, and it reached 68% in lower than 20 minutes.

I wrote the S26 Extremely off as one other lazy improve, and I’m certain loads of different folks did the identical. I used to be improper, and till I began utilizing the Razr Fold this week, the S26 Extremely gave me the perfect battery life I’d ever seen. Even when my Pixel doesn’t have a battery drain problem, it’ll be arduous to return to a cellphone that doesn’t final this lengthy.