{"id":621792,"date":"2026-10-06T00:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T00:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/621792\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T00:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T00:56:13","slug":"the-galaxy-s27-needs-to-make-this-privacy-screen-change-tech-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/621792\/","title":{"rendered":"The Galaxy S27 Needs to Make This Privacy Screen Change \u2013 Tech Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a marvel of engineering and it\u2019s no surprise that the likes of Xiaomi with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techadvisor.com\/article\/3243055\/xiaomi-18-pro-global-2026-launch-confirmed.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">18 Pro series<\/a>, and no doubt others soon, are adding it to high-end handsets. The feature blocks the person sitting next to you on the train from seeing what\u2019s on your screen, and can even block just a specific section of the display for notifications or a floating app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seeing it in real life at the Galaxy S26 pre-briefing in London was the first time I\u2019d thought \u201cwow!\u201d about a piece of new phone hardware in a long time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem here is that, although it\u2019s brilliant and impressive technology, it comes with various downsides.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Samsung-Galaxy-S26-Ultra-Privacy-Display-Notification.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Privacy Display Notification\" class=\"wp-image-3071165\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCredit\">Chris Martin \/ Foundry<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the Galaxy S26 Ultra hit the shelves, there was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techadvisor.com\/article\/3082013\/samsung-refutes-s26-ultra-privacy-display-complaints.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">huge debate<\/a> about whether the screen was, in fact, worse than its predecessor. Turns out, you can\u2019t just change the way display pixels work without making some compromises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Users reported a much lower quality of experience even when the privacy display feature was switched off. Lower brightness, worse viewing angles, fuzzy text. It even made some users feel ill to look at it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No doubt the clever engineers at Samsung Display and other companies can make these panels better in the future, but for now, phone makers adding these to flagship devices could make a simple change to negate the whole awkward situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a marvel of engineering and it\u2019s no surprise that the likes of Xiaomi with its 18 Pro&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,306077,145],"class_list":["post-621792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-reintroduction","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}