Keep everything safe, even your reading preferences<\/p>\n
Yes, really. That’s exactly how Samsung frames it in its teaser video.<\/p>\n
The short video shows a young woman sat on the subway, while she scrolls through an e-book chapter that starts in a somewhat … spicy way. Noticing the content of the chapter and presumably worried someone else might see it \u2014 partially because of the quite frankly enormous font size she’s using \u2014 she toggles on the Privacy Display feature, fading out the screen overlay to black. <\/p>\n
It’s a bit of fun, and honestly, we love it. Because it shows exactly hows this feature is likely to be used. The Privacy Display is one of the upgrades set to come to the Galaxy S26 Ultra, and it works like a privacy filter you’d get on your laptop or smartphone.<\/p>\n
Viewed from front-on, the display works as usual. But if seen from an angle, like if you were sat in a seat next to the smartphone owner, you’ll only see a black screen. It makes the feature perfect if you’re looking at confidential documents, want to keep bank details private, or, as in this video, if you’re reading something you’d rather others didn’t see. <\/p>\n It’s thought that only the S26 Ultra will be getting this feature, but it’s also rumored that users will be able to selectively dim parts of the screen<\/a>, and not have to protect all of it at once. <\/p>\n Quite how this is achieved isn’t known, but it’s great that the privacy filter can be toggled on and off. One of the major downsides of a physical privacy filter is that it heavily affects viewing angles, so it’s harder to show people your screen if they’re not dead-on to it. Being able to turn it off solves this problem.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/samsung-privacy-display-anim.gif\")
\n Credit:\u00a0SammyGuru<\/a><\/p>\n