Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display

Ben Schoon, writing for 9to5 Google:

When activated, Privacy Display changes how the pixels in your
display emit light, making it harder or near-impossible to view
the display at an off-angle. At its default setting, it definitely
works, but the contents of the display are visible at less-sharp
angles. Samsung has a “maximum” setting that takes this up a
notch, and that setting makes it even harder to see the contents
and narrows the field-of-view even further. [...]

A bigger deal, though, is that Samsung has built Privacy Display
with the ability to only apply to small portions of the Galaxy S26
Ultra’s display. Specifically, it can hide your notification
pop-ups. This part really impressed me, as Privacy Display is able
to specifically hide only that singular portion of the display,
and it does so nearly perfectly. The masking around the
notification ensures the content behind isn’t affected, and the
effect works incredibly well.

Neat feature, especially the way you can toggle it when needed, set it to auto-enable for specific apps, and/or work only for notifications.

See also: Allison Johnson at The Verge. Also worth noting that the Galaxy S26 Ultra starts at $1,300; the iPhone 17 Max starts at $1,200.

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