Galaxy S26 Ultra Users Will Need to Relearn This One S Pen Habit

If you have been keeping up with Galaxy S26 Ultra leaks, you must be aware of Samsung’s design shift. The new Ultra has a camera bump on the back and more rounded corners than before. This redesign may look subtle at first glance, but for long-time Ultra users, it introduces a surprisingly noticeable change, especially when it comes to the S Pen.

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Galaxy S26 Ultra’s rounded corners change how you insert the S Pen

On previous Ultra models, the S Pen featured a flat, clicky head. As long as you inserted the tip first, orientation didn’t really matter. The pen would sit perfectly flush regardless of how the stylus was aligned. That’s no longer the case with the Galaxy S26 Ultra. Due to a more rounded chassis, the S Pen’s head has also been redesigned. Instead of a uniformly flat top, the new S Pen appears slightly rounded on one side and flatter on the other to match the phone’s curved corner.

This means you now need to insert the S Pen in a specific orientation:

• The rounded portion of the S Pen’s head must face the phone’s curved corner
• The flatter side must align with the main frame

If inserted the other way around, the S Pen still slides into the silo and doesn’t break. As shown by @KaroulSahil on X, it doesn’t fall out either.

However, as you can see above, the flatter portion awkwardly protrudes slightly beyond the frame, making the misalignment immediately noticeable. When inserted correctly, the stylus sits perfectly flush with the body. It’s a small but meaningful adjustment that could take some time getting used to, particularly for long-time Ultra users.

Last tweet I put the Spen wrongly , as in my S25u I never cared for that both sides were okay so here again pic.twitter.com/adrxFORx2a

— Sahil Karoul (@KaroulSahil) February 22, 2026

No Bluetooth features — as expected

The same source also confirms that the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s S Pen lacks Bluetooth functionality, though this doesn’t come as a surprise. Samsung already removed Bluetooth-based Air Actions and remote control features starting with the S25 Ultra, citing extremely low usage among customers. The S26 Ultra simply continues that approach.

For those who primarily use the S Pen for writing, sketching, annotating, and precision tasks, the experience remains unchanged. But users who relied on gesture controls or remote camera shutter features will once again find those capabilities absent. More specifically, users upgrading from the Galaxy S24 Ultra or older Ultra models need to be wary about it, as those models featured a Bluetooth S Pen.