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Color options are always a major focus leading up to the launch of large phones, and this is especially the case with the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip, as the eye-catching design is part of the phone’s appeal. The Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 color rumors have been pretty consistent since the beginning.
Based on both rumors and a series of leaked renders that look pretty official to our eye, it sounds like the Galaxy Z Fold 6 will come in pink, navy blue, and silver. Look for brighter options with the Galaxy Z Flip 6, which is rumored to feature silver, green, light blue, and yellow. If none of these options grab you, Samsung occasionally offers exclusive colors on its website, so keep an eye out.
Eat my dust
One of the most commonly cited concerns about foldable phones is their durability — people are reluctant to pay $999 to $1,799 for one of Samsung’s foldable phones if there’s a chance the device might…well…stop folding . And one of the things that can bring devices to their knees faster than you think is dust.
This is a problem for Samsung’s current foldables, which are rated for water resistance but not dust resistance. This makes potential buyers of the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip wary of dust getting into their future phones and wreaking havoc on the moving parts that make the phone open and close.
Given this background, you can understand why my colleague Richard Pirday is excited about a feature proposed for the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6. The new phones are expected to have an IP48 rating. This means the phones will be able to withstand dust as well as survive immersion in water. If true, it’s an improvement that could make people feel a lot more at ease about buying a foldable phone.
Meet the bioactive sensor on the Galaxy Watch
The Galaxy Watch 7 is also likely to be on the Galaxy Unpacked agenda, although Samsung has already given us a look at one of the new features coming to the watch. Samsung previews the BioActive health sensor that will be part of the upcoming watches.
Fitness editor James Frew has details on the BioActive health sensor, but TLDR; version is that it’s built into Samsung’s smartwatches, and this upgraded version boasts an optimized sensor placement that should result in more accurate readings for things like heart rate monitoring. There’s also more space in this chip, along with improvements to the LEDs used to measure heart rate.
Olympic setting
The timing and setting of this Unpacked is a bit more interesting than a typical Samsung event. While Samsung tends to hold its product launches in New York or San Francisco, this year Unpacked is taking place in Paris. And this is just weeks before the Paris Olympics begin.
In fact, Samsung moved Unpacked from its usual late July/early August window so that the product launch could take place in Paris before the Summer Olympics. That’s partly because Samsung is one of the sponsors of the event. But I guess the types of products that Samsung will introduce today are also behind the company’s choices in settings. As I wrote this weekend, health and fitness tracking will take center stage at Unpacked, to the point where foldable phones will likely be overshadowed.
By the way, my colleague Kate Kozuch is in Paris at Unpacked, so expect reports from her later in the day.
Oura prepares for the Galaxy Ring
If today is the day that brings the launch of the Galaxy Ring—and all signs point to yes—Samsung’s main smart ring rival isn’t taking the news for granted. Just before Galaxy Unpacked, Oura announced plans to bring AI features to its Oura Ring.
The recently introduced Oura Advisor is a set of AI-based tools that will analyze data to come up with actionable tips to improve your sleep and well-being. Or as Oura puts it, the Advisor feature available to Oura Ring Gen 3 owners will use “” AI to enable [you] to achieve [your] health goals with personalized insights, recommendations and encouragement.”
Your move, Samsung.
Unless Samsung has a surprise up its sleeve, we’re not a product I will not you’ll see today in Galaxy Unpacked is the Galaxy Z Fold 6 FE. This is the cheaper version of the Galaxy Z Fold, which will remove some features – forget about S Pen support, for example – in exchange for a lower price.
There’s been a steady stream of rumors for a while about a possible low-cost foldable device from Samsung showing up at this summer’s Unpacked event. But in May, reports surfaced that Samsung was planning work on this particular device. The problem is reportedly that Samsung is worried about the lack of differentiation from the full-featured Galaxy Z Fold 6.
The FE version of the Fold may not be completely dead. Rumor has it that it could arrive early next year alongside the Galaxy S25. But that’s an Unpacked event for another time.
Galaxy AI, take two
Samsung’s current foldables — the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 — already feature some Galaxy AI features, as Samsung has brought the capabilities it introduced with the launch of the Galaxy S24 to recent flagships, including the latest Fold and Flip. This means that features like Circle to Search and Chat Assist are now part of Samsung’s foldable experience.
Samsung plans to expand Galaxy AI features in Unpacked today. We know this because Samsung told us so in a blog post last month by Won-Joon Choi, who happens to head the company’s mobile R&D division in its Mobile Experience business. “Our foldable devices are the most flexible and flexible form factor in the Samsung Galaxy, and when combined with Galaxy AI, these two complementary technologies together will unlock all new possibilities,” Choi wrote at the time.
What form the Galaxy AI features intended for the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6 might take is unclear, but at least one rumor suggests a Fold-specific capability that will use generative image editing. According to rumors, you’ll be able to take any drawings you do on the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and have AI tools shape them to look more stylized.
This is probably just the tip of the iceberg as far as Galaxy AI features coming to Samsung phones, as I think AI should be a feature that sets Samsung’s foldable devices apart from the crowd.
Up close with the Galaxy Ring
It’s too early to pick an Unpacked MVP considering we’re still hours away from the event. But it’s very clear that there’s a lot of attention surrounding the Galaxy Ring, the smart ring that will mark Samsung’s first foray into this new health-tracking market.
Samsung showed off the ring briefly at its Unpacked event in January, and then gave us a look at the different colors during February’s Mobile Congress. What Samsung hasn’t told us yet is a price or what the Ring will be able to do.
The leaks have filled in some details on at least the latter question. According to a leak, the ring should measure both heart rate and stress levels, and is expected to monitor sleep patterns as well, with snoring detection features to potentially diagnose sleep apnea. Other potential features include the ability to measure skin temperature and predict menstrual cycles.
Some reports even claim that the Galaxy Ring may include an ECG sensor as well as an additional blood flow sensor. However, these auditory possibilities seem more exaggerated to us.
