Samsung Reportedly Adopting New Battery Tech, Just Not The One You Were Hoping

According to a new report, Samsung has plans to implement new battery tech in upcoming devices, but it’s not quite what many are hoping to see.

Over the past few years, silicon-carbon battery tech has been used in more and more devices. This allows for more dense energy storage, leading to devices like the OnePlus 13T packing a 6,200+ mAh battery into the same footprint as the Google Pixel 9, and foldables like the Oppo Find N5 having huge batteries despite incredibly thin profiles.

Samsung, though, has not yet adopted this tech, leaving devices like the just-launched Galaxy S25 Edge with very small batteries, and the company’s foldables stagnant compared to their competition.

According to a new report from The Elec (via @Jukanlosreve), Samsung does have plans to adopt newer battery tech, just not silicon-carbon – for now. The report claims that Samsung is preparing to start the use of “SUS CAN,” a battery technology that leverages stainless steel. This does bring an improvement to energy density and charging speeds, both things that many would like to see Samsung working on. It also surpresses the tendency of batteries to swell over time, something that’s been an issue with many Samsung devices in the past. Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max also uses this tech, but Samsung has yet to implement it in a Galaxy smartphone.

As for when this might be used, it remains unclear, but we’re certainly hoping it will happen sooner than later.