{"id":634156,"date":"2026-10-02T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/634156\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T11:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:38:13","slug":"which-samsung-galaxy-smartphones-have-privacy-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/634156\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Samsung Galaxy smartphones have Privacy Display?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung has long been a pioneer in the smartphone display industry. It launched the first phone with an active-matrix TFT-LCD screen featuring 262,000 colors and popularized large OLED smartphone screens. Earlier this year, it introduced Privacy Display<\/a>, a feature that offers on-demand privacy by blocking shoulder surfers and prying eyes.\n<\/p>\n

So, is it available on all Samsung phones or limited to a few?\n<\/p>\n

\nWhich phones have the Privacy Display feature?\n<\/p>\n

Currently, only the Galaxy S26 Ultra<\/a> features Privacy Display. Other models in the Galaxy S26 lineup, including the base Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 FE, lack the feature. The Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, which were launched after the Galaxy S26 Ultra, also lack Privacy Display.\n<\/p>\n

However, reports strongly indicate<\/a> that Samsung will bring the feature to two upcoming phones: the Galaxy S27 Pro and the Galaxy S27 Ultra. Both devices are expected to launch in early 2027.\n<\/p>\n

Samsung is also reportedly planning to bring the feature to certain laptops in the future.\n<\/p>\n

\nHow does Privacy Display work, and how is it useful?\n<\/p>\n

\"Galaxy<\/p>\n

SamMobile\n <\/p>\n

Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display in action\n <\/p>\n

\"Galaxy<\/p>\n

Abhijeet Mishra \/ SamMobile\n <\/p>\n

Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display in action\n <\/p>\n

Flex Magic Pixel actively prevents the light emitted by pixels from scattering sideways, forcing it to travel straight instead. As a result, only someone looking directly at the screen can see the content, while anyone viewing it from an indirect angle will not be able to read what is displayed.\n<\/p>\n

This feature can be activated or deactivated based on the user’s needs. Moreover, it can be applied to the entire screen or restricted to specific areas displaying sensitive information.\n<\/p>\n

For example, Privacy Display can be triggered exclusively for incoming notifications<\/a>, sensitive apps like mobile banking, and while entering your PIN or passwords<\/a>. It can also be set to turn on automatically in certain locations<\/a>, such as when you step outside your home.\n<\/p>\n

\"Samsung<\/p>\n

Samsung Display\n <\/p>\n

Samsung Display’s Flex Magic Pixel OLED panel showcased at CES 2024 for the first time\n <\/p>\n

The system is built on Samsung Display’s Flex Magic Pixel technology, which uses a combination of narrow and wide pixels. Narrow pixels emit light strictly in a straight line by using a multi-layer black matrix that acts as a physical wall to stop light from spreading horizontally. Wide pixels allow light to travel sideways, providing traditional broad viewing angles.\n<\/p>\n

When Privacy Display is turned on, the panel disables the wide pixels while keeping the narrow ones illuminated. This directs the light solely toward the user, preventing anyone looking from a side angle from seeing what is on the screen.\n<\/p>\n

Hopefully, Samsung brings it to most its high-end devices, including laptops, phones, and tablets, in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung has long been a pioneer in the smartphone display industry. It launched the first phone with an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2266,181050,122082,85,46,321,120263,125],"class_list":["post-634156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-galaxy-s26-ultra","tag-galaxy-s27-pro","tag-galaxy-s27-ultra","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mobile","tag-privacy-display","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}