[1] The Samsung Galaxy Book line originated with the release of Galaxy TabPro S in 2016, a Windows-powered Intel Core M tablet with detachable keyboard designed as a competitor to Microsoft's Surface Pro.

[5] In August 2019, the Galaxy Book S was announced, in a standard laptop form factor and again using an ARM Snapdragon processor.

[8][9][10] They were the world's first laptops with QLED displays, and the Flex is bundled with an S Pen stylus.

[14] In May 2020, a Galaxy Book S running on low-power Intel Core "Lakefield" was unveiled,[15] which was called a "hybrid processor".

[16] At the end of the year, the successors Samsung Galaxy Book Ion2 and Flex2 were announced as part of the 2021 lineup.