{"id":761421,"date":"2026-07-14T01:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/761421\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T01:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:13:13","slug":"samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-users-are-seeing-red-over-screen-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/761421\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra users are seeing red over screen issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Privacy Display on the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is designed to make sure that no one can spy on what\u2019s on its screen. The problem is that while it might disguise what\u2019s written there in black and white, the display itself is turning red.<\/p>\n<p>Device owners are complaining that their screens have developed a red cast in the middle, posting images on social media and on Samsung\u2019s community forum. <\/p>\n<p>Korean site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsway.co.kr\/news\/view?ud=2026071223044397805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newsway said that Samsung is investigating<\/a> the issue. A spokesperson told the publication: \u201cWe are currently examining the matter internally to confirm the cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While a cause has not been identified, it is possible that the reddish cast is a side effect of the way Privacy Display works. <\/p>\n<p>In order to prevent anyone from getting a glimpse of the screen unless they are looking directly at it, the display dims pixels on the sides and boosts them in the center, exactly where the discoloration is showing up. <\/p>\n<p>However, there is no evidence so far that the Privacy Display is or is not to blame. <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/moved-over-from-the-samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-surprised-at-this-one-tool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img width=\"440\" height=\"248\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A hand holding a smartphone highlighting the Samsung Finder feature.\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a-hand-holding-a-smartphone-highlighting-the-samsung-finder-feature.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/a-hand-holding-a-smartphone-highlighting-the-samsung-finder-feature.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Related<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/moved-over-from-the-samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-surprised-at-this-one-tool\/\" title=\"I&#039;ve moved over from the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra \u2014 and I&#039;m really surprised at this one tool I miss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tI&#8217;ve moved over from the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra \u2014 and I&#8217;m really surprised at this one tool I miss<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Find me an equivalent<\/p>\n<p>                        An unfortunate issue to add to a few others<\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">review of the Galaxy S26 Ultra<\/a>, Android Police writer Andy Boxall noted three controversies surrounding the phone: the screen that emulates but does not offer 10-bit color performance (it\u2019s actually 8-bit), a detectable screen flicker (likely caused by either the emulation or the Privacy Display technology), and a switch from the periscope telephoto for a 50-megapixel camera used for 5x zoom shots to an All Lenses on Prism (ALoP) type. <\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, he gave the Galaxy S26 Ultra an 8\/10 and, as he said in his original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-hands-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hands-on with the device<\/a>, he felt that though brightness does suffer a bit because of it, the Privacy Display is its standout feature from previous models.<\/p>\n<p>Whether existing and potential customers feel that the phone is worth it given this latest news remains to be seen and likely largely depends on whether or not Samsung solves it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Privacy Display on the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is designed to make sure that no one can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":["post-761421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}