{"id":317194,"date":"2026-02-25T22:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/317194\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:26:09","slug":"samsung-shows-off-new-display-tech-that-adds-a-privacy-screen-to-apps-and-notifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/317194\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung shows off new display tech that adds a privacy screen to apps and notifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Samsung\u2019s Galaxy S26 live event on Wednesday, the company introduced a new display technology that allows users to turn on a privacy mode and prevent so-called \u201cshoulder surfing\u201d on a per-app basis. The display tech will offer a smarter and more flexible alternative to privacy films, which are overlaid on top of a smartphone\u2019s screen to limit viewing unless you\u2019re looking directly at the phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Samsung pointed out, these traditional privacy films come with trade-offs \u2014 like dimmer screens or more difficulties when you\u2019re trying to show someone else something on your phone. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"386\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/privacy-screen-notification-blacked-out.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3096922\"  \/>Image Credits:Samsung<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its solution is a new display technology for mobile devices that uses two different types of pixels: narrow pixels and wide pixels. This architecture, which Samsung dubbed Black Matrix, will narrow the path of light emitted from each pixel to precisely control the light visible to you when the privacy mode is enabled. When it\u2019s turned off, a widened standard pixel works with the narrow pixels to deliver the light in every direction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"378\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/turning-privacy-screen-on-and-off.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3096921\"  \/>samsungImage Credits:Samsung<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Privacy Display feature is also customizable, so you can set certain apps or notifications to trigger privacy mode, while others are viewed normally. For instance, you could set your messaging app or banking app to always be displayed in a private mode, but leave it off for other apps where privacy is less of a concern. This flexibility also extends to notifications, essentially blacking out certain alerts when viewed from a side angle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samsung says there\u2019s also a setting for \u201cmaximum privacy protection,\u201d which intensifies the privacy effect further by bringing down the bright areas and lifting the darker ones. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"377\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/privacy-screen-demo.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3096923\"  \/>Image Credits:Samsung<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new display will initially be available on the high-end Galaxy S26 Ultra smartphone, which also includes support for upgraded and faster AI and a custom chipset. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The privacy screen was demoed live on stage during the event Wednesday, with creator Miles Franklin (of MilesAboveTech) showing the technology in action. In the demo, the feature appeared to work as advertised, including for smaller elements on the screen like specific notifications.<\/p>\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoston, MA<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t|<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 9, 2026\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/28\/samsung-teases-new-privacy-feature-to-hide-your-galaxy-phone-screen-from-onlookers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had teased the technology<\/a> ahead of Wednesday\u2019s event, but hadn\u2019t yet explained how it would work. It noted that the feature would work with specific apps, protecting users when they enter PINs, patterns, or passcodes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At Samsung\u2019s Galaxy S26 live event on Wednesday, the company introduced a new display technology that allows users&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[56614,61,60,202,5702,573,575,80],"class_list":["post-317194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-galaxy-s26","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-privacy","tag-samsung","tag-smartphones","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}