Tom spent 5 minutes with the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, and Audio Eraser was the feature that stood out. The tool now works in third-party apps, not just Samsung apps, so recorded clips can be cleaned up where people actually use them.
Samsung says Audio Eraser is available on all three new Galaxy phones. It strips background sounds from audio files you have recorded or received, which makes it useful for voice clips, videos, and other everyday recordings that arrive with noise baked in.
Samsung Galaxy S26 series unveiling
The Samsung Galaxy S26 series unveiling leaned on modest spec changes compared with the S25, and that is why this software change lands harder than the hardware pitch. Tom said the feature set is similar to the S25 counterpart, yet the upgrade that mattered most was an enhanced tool that is not new.
Samsung also showed Audio Eraser working in Gallery or Voice Recorder, but the important shift is that the same cleanup now reaches third-party apps. Samsung gave Instagram, YouTube, and Netflix as examples, and Tom also found it working in Prime Video and Tubi.
Audio Eraser in Instagram
The practical gain is simple. A noisy clip no longer needs to be routed back into Samsung’s own apps before the background sound is removed. That saves a step for anyone who records, shares, or watches audio inside the apps they already use most.
In a live demo at a soccer match, crowd cheers and chants were eliminated so only the commentator could be heard. That is the clearest test of the feature because it shows the tool can isolate speech from a dense, moving sound field instead of just trimming mild noise.
Tom and the S26
Tom has covered technology since 2019. He worked on the phones team at TechRadar and then as an editor at What to Watch, and he became a freelance contributor in 2025.
He has written about phones and tablets, headphones and earbuds, fitness and AV, games, movies, and sports, which makes his quick take on the Galaxy S26 Ultra worth separating from the usual launch gloss. His view here is blunt: the hardware looked familiar, but the audio tool changed how the phone felt in use.
The one thing Samsung has not spelled out is how much better Audio Eraser is in third-party apps than in Samsung apps. For users, that means the headline upgrade is real, but the size of the jump still needs a closer test before anyone can tell whether the broader app support is the feature’s full value or just the first step.
