Samsung has released a new advertisement for its upcoming Galaxy S26 launch that all-but confirms rumors of a new display with a built-in privacy mode. Leaked videos show that the feature could be capable of entirely blacking out content from specific apps or parts of the display when viewed at an angle.<\/p>\n
The new advert shows a woman reading a racy romance novel on a subway, while curious passengers look over her shoulder. An overlay shows a quick flick of a \u201cZero-peeking privacy\u201d toggle, which blacks out the titillating content for the nosy onlookers.<\/p>\n
That might sound similar to existing privacy filters, which have been available as after-market screen protectors for years, or found built into products including certain HP laptops<\/a>. But leaks say what Samsung has in store for the S26 range is different.<\/p>\n It will reportedly use<\/a> a new type of OLED panel that Samsung Display first debuted two years ago at MWC 2024 called Flex Magic Pixel<\/a>. It allows viewing angles to be adjusted on a pixel-by-pixel basis, so the privacy effect is only applied to certain parts of the screen at a time. Combined with some AI, that means it could automatically protect sensitive information in a banking app, or be used to hide notifications in a messaging app, as shown in this short video clip shared by the reliable leaker Ice Universe.<\/p>\n