Galaxy A55 Camera in 2026: What Reviewers Found

Samsung’s Galaxy A55 was released in March 2024 with a 50MP main camera with OIS (the same camera setup as the Galaxy A54).

Since we haven’t reviewed it ourselves, we’ve collated info about its camera from trusted sources including Samsung, GSMArena, SamMobile and DXOMARK, and compiled it into this Galaxy A55 camera guide. Read on to find out how well the Galaxy A55 camera performs and if it’s still worth buying in 2026.

Samsung Galaxy A55 camera specs

What you get vs an S25 Ultra

• The main sensor is 1/1.56-inch, against the S25 Ultra’s 1/1.3-inch one.
• There’s OIS on the main camera.
• There’s no 200MP main camera or telephoto camera this time around.
• Video recording maxes out at 4K/30, with no 4K/60 or 8K recording.
• You get Pro and Pro video modes, but no Expert RAW.

Real-world camera performance

In GSMArena’s tests, colours were found to be natural, but still retained some liveliness, while detail and sharpness impressed and even slightly surpassed those of the A54. Dynamic range and exposure were deemed excellent, with noise a little noticeable in the skies and in some shots taken indoors. As for the 2x option, it fared worse in daylight than its 1x counterpart with fuzzier and noisier pictures, though surprisingly held up well at night. Finally, while the ultrawide produced impressively sharp images free of colour fringing during the day, GSMArena noted its pictures became noticeably softer and noisier once the sun set.

At night the main camera was mostly solid because the phone often switched to Night mode by itself, and those shots came out clean and natural. However, SamMobile’s findings suggest switching on Night mode when shooting in low light as the Galaxy A55 won’t necessarily do so on its own when it would benefit from it. The Galaxy A55 earned a camera score of 108 (using the older DXOMARK v5 camera testing protocol) in tests conducted in March 2024. Good points mentioned by DXOMARK included generally accurate exposure and texture levels that were fairly high for images taken in good lighting. Areas for improvement cited by the review included noise in dark areas and autofocus that sometimes has difficulty keeping up with moving subjects. Our Galaxy A55 settings page lists starting values for other situations.

Video

Video footage can be recorded in 4K/30 from both the main and ultrawide cameras. Stabilised 4K video clips are among the best with electronic stabilisation around this price, according to GSMArena, which also thought that night video quality was good but suffered from bright highlights.

SamMobile noticed more jittery stabilised 4K footage, particularly in poor lighting conditions. DXOMARK found video stabilisation to be fairly good when standing still but ineffective when walking.

According to SamMobile, there’s a Pro mode for taking photos and recording video, which lets you control settings such as exposure manually.

What's missing

Samsung’s mid-ranger doesn’t have Expert RAW, a telephoto camera or the ability to shoot 4K video at 60fps. And Galaxy AI isn’t available out of the box either, according to SamMobile’s and GSMArena’s reviews.

That said, Samsung’s Mexico newsroom confirmed Circle to Search for the Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35 in September 2024. Still, we couldn’t find any official page from Samsung mentioning the Galaxy A55 in connection with Photo Assist or Generative Edit, so we recommend checking out the Gallery app’s editing options yourself after installing the latest software update.

Battery, storage and SIM

For its price, the Galaxy A55 has a surprisingly premium-feeling design with an aluminium frame, Gorilla Glass Victus+ on the front, a glass back and IP67 dust and water resistance. The Galaxy A55's 6.6-inch Super AMOLED display can refresh at up to 120Hz. The Galaxy A55 supports charging speeds of up to 25W over USB-C and is powered by a 5,000mAh battery. There's no support for wireless charging.

The microSD card slot is handy if you like recording lots of 4K video, but note that the microSD card slot is hybrid (it's the second nano-SIM slot). That said, most variants of the Galaxy A55 support eSIM, so you can still use two numbers alongside a microSD card if you really need to. The microSD card slot is handy because it supports cards of up to 1TB. Other expensive Galaxy models, such as the S24 FE, don’t offer an expansion card slot.

Software support and newer models

Samsung released the Galaxy A55 back in March 2024 with Android 14 and One UI 6.1. The company promised four Android updates and five years of security patches, so expect the Galaxy A55 to continue receiving updates into 2029. In May and June 2026, One UI 8.5 with Android 16 landed on the Galaxy A55, debuting first in South Korea and rolling out later to other countries such as India and nations in Europe. According to Android Authority, a stable build of One UI 9 came to Galaxy A55 owners in South Korea in October 2026, and Beebom noted that Galaxy A55 beta testers in India started receiving the update from 26 October.

The Galaxy A55 isn’t Samsung’s latest mid-range offering. Its successor, the Galaxy A56, was released in March 2025. The Galaxy A57 and A37 were released in April after being unveiled in late March 2026. Before buying one, make sure to check the prices of the Galaxy A56 and Galaxy A57. If the Galaxy A55 is way cheaper than the other two and you mostly take pictures during the day, then you can still consider getting it. If the A55 still costs more than you want to spend, our Galaxy A35 camera guide covers its cheaper sibling.