Galaxy A57 Development Advances as Exynos 1680 Appears Again

Alongside the Galaxy S26 flagships, Samsung is hard at work on its 2026 mid-range lineup. The Galaxy A57 should top the line, powered by Samsung’s in-house Exynos 1680 processor. Following an appearance on Geekbench a few months ago, the unannounced chip has now surfaced on the Bluetooth SIG website, confirming its ongoing development.

Galaxy A57’s Exynos 1680 processor gains Bluetooth certification

Earlier this year, Samsung launched the Galaxy A56 with the 4nm Exynos 1580 chipset. The next-gen Exynos 1680 is expected to be a 3nm processor, paired with an AMD-powered Xclipse 550 custom GPU. Its CPU clock speeds remain unknown, as the aforementioned Geekbench listing didn’t appear to reflect the chip’s final performance levels.

The early benchmark run showed a peak speed of 2.0 GHz, which can’t be true. Instead, we expect the Exynos 1680 to run at around 3.0GHz. The Exynos 1580’s octa-core CPU has a triple-cluster arrangement with one prime core clocked at 2.9 GHz, three mid-cores at 2.6 GHz, and four base cores at 1.9 GHz.

These details about the 2026 model should surface in the coming months as Samsung starts internal testing. The Galaxy A57 isn’t expected until March next year, so there’s plenty of time for mass production. Meanwhile, the Bluetooth SIG entry suggests the chip will support Bluetooth protocol v6.1. Codenamed S5E8865, the Exynos 1680 may also bring improvements across power efficiency, AI processing, and camera support.

The Galaxy A57 should be accompanied by the Galaxy A37. The latter could feature this year’s Exynos 1580, or Samsung could equip it with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 (Galaxy A36 uses Snapdragon 6 Gen 3). The Korean firm has already started software development for these upcoming mid-range phones.

Speaking of software development, Samsung is actively working on One UI 8.5, a relatively minor OS release expected to debut with the Galaxy S26 series. The new version refines the user experience with subtle UI tweaks and functional improvements. One UI 8.5 also brings a handful of new features.