Samsung’s next mid-range chip is inching closer to launch, and its latest stop is the Bluetooth SIG database. The Exynos 1680 has now been certified with support for Bluetooth 6.1, giving us one of the first concrete specs for the upcoming silicon.
The Galaxy A56 came with the Exynos 1580, succeeding the A55 that packed the Exynos 1480, and—as you’d expect—the upcoming A57 is widely expected to be the first phone powered by the Exynos 1680. This listing also suggests Samsung is lining things up for a release in early 2026.
The listing was spotted by Mohammed Khatri. The Exynos 1580 only supported Bluetooth 5.3, so moving to 6.1 should bring better privacy features, smoother pairing, and slightly lower power use during wireless streaming or accessories. It’s a relatively small number bump, but these low-level improvements do matter over time — especially for mid-range phones where power efficiency usually comes before brute force performance.
Samsung has been pushing the 1680 through the usual certification rounds lately, which suggests the launch is a bit behind schedule. The Exynos 1580 was announced in October 2024, and Samsung usually refreshes this lineup annually, so the 1680 showing up now points to a delayed but imminent debut.
An early Geekbench sighting has already revealed what the CPU and GPU look like. The chip seems to use an eight-core layout: one “prime” core clocked at 2.0GHz, four performance cores at 1.95GHz, and three efficiency cores running at 1.70GHz. Graphics duties fall to an Xclipse 550 GPU with two compute units at 1,306MHz, based on AMD’s RDNA 3.5 architecture. That alone should give the A57 a small graphics lift compared to last year’s model.
With Bluetooth 6.1 now confirmed, the Exynos 1680 is shaping up as a well-balanced upgrade — nothing flashy, but a solid step forward for Samsung’s mid-range lineup. Now we just have to wait for Samsung to make it official.
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