- S Pen support may return for future Samsung foldable devices
- However, it is unlikely to be added to the main Galaxy Z Fold 8.
- The measure is apparently to counter the iPhone Fold
Read our review of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and you’ll see that the book-style foldable doesn’t support S Pen stylus input like its predecessors did, a change Samsung may be about to reverse as the iPhone Fold looms large.
According to well-known tipster Lanzuk (via Android Authority), Samsung is now busy testing S Pen support on “Galaxy Z Fold 8 variants,” with the goal of giving more competition to devices from “Company A” (which is apparently Apple).
However, it doesn’t look like the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will support S Pen. One of the main reasons the Galaxy Z Fold 7 doesn’t let you use an S Pen is because it means the screen (and the foldable device as a whole) can be thinner. Samsung will also want to maintain that slim profile on the Galaxy Z Fold 8.
Instead, we may see S Pen support appear for a different Galaxy Z Fold device – Samsung reportedly developing a wider foldable with a 4:3 aspect ratio when opened, to match the rumored dimensions of the foldable iPhone.
Wide is the new thin
Samsung Wide Fold 5.4″/7.6″ 4:3 iPhone Fold 5.35″/7.58″ 4:3 pic.twitter.com/9hWLKMIym1December 24, 2025
Veteran tipster @UniverseIce weighed in by posting the expected screen sizes for both the Samsung wide foldable and the iPhone Fold: 5.4 inches and 7.6 inches for the former, and apparently 5.35 inches and 7.58 inches for the latter.
In short, Samsung appears to be developing a book-style foldable that isn’t the Galaxy Z Fold 8 to directly compete with the 4:3 aspect ratio of Apple’s foldable iPhone, possibly with S Pen support and a sweetener.
It’s also worth noting that these latest dimensions of the iPhone Fold don’t exactly match the dimensions leaked last week and used to make a prototype of the 3D-printed device. One of these sources must be wrong, or perhaps Apple has changed its mind about how wide and tall the foldable iPhone should be.
Since they’ll be talking to the same manufacturing partners and suppliers, it’s no surprise that Apple and Samsung know what each other’s plans are, and that could be reflected in two foldable devices in particular in 2026.
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