{"id":216341,"date":"2026-02-22T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultras-privacy-display-is-the-one-feature-apple-cant-copy-yet\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:10:09","slug":"samsung-galaxy-s26-ultras-privacy-display-is-the-one-feature-apple-cant-copy-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultras-privacy-display-is-the-one-feature-apple-cant-copy-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra&#8217;s &#8216;Privacy Display&#8217; is the one feature Apple can&#8217;t copy yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display\">Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra&#8217;s &#8216;Privacy Display&#8217; is the one feature Apple can&#8217;t copy yet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display\">https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-22 13:29:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theshortcut.com\">www.theshortcut.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Shortcut first saw the Flex Magic Pixel at MWC 2024. Two years later, it may come to the S26 Ultra this week at Unpacked 2026<\/p>\n<p><span>Recent Galaxy S26 Ultra leaks suggest that Samsung\u2019s new phone won\u2019t look very different from last year\u2019s handset, seen in our <\/span><strong>Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review<\/strong><span>. The biggest change, however, may be lurking underneath the display.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Samsung Display developed a next-gen privacy innovation called the Flex Magic Pixel over the last five years, and it\u2019s set to be a key feature of the Galaxy S26 Ultra. It\u2019ll allow users to \u201ccontrol visibility at a more granular level than traditional privacy modes,\u201d <\/span><strong>says Samsung<\/strong><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s a feature that Apple isn\u2019t expected to mimic in the <\/span><strong>iPhone 18 Pro Max<\/strong><span>, so if this S26 Ultra-exclusive feature catches your eye (and not the eyes of \u201cshoulder surfers\u201d), then Samsung may have a winner for an otherwise iterative year-over-year phone upgrade. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Samsung explained that this is better than a screen protector with a privacy filter slapped on the screen. It\u2019ll allow users to shade parts of the screen at a granular level. Here are some examples of where this could come in handy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/E3_HcSo2aE0?rel=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;showinfo=0&#038;enablejsapi=0\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowautoplay=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udd10 Shade password screens. <\/strong><span>Samsung\u2019s Flex Magic Pixel technology will shade your password entry, preventing phone thieves from spying on your passcode or drawing pattern to unlock your phone when they have it in their hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\uded1 Lock down specific apps.<\/strong><span> Banking apps with critical financial information often reveal you\u2019d rather not let strangers see. Unlike a privacy filter, Samsung\u2019s tech will be able to be applied to specific apps.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcac Hide notifications surprises. <\/strong><span>We\u2019ve all had text notifications awkwardly show upin front of someone who wasn\u2019t supposed to see <\/span>that message<span>.<\/span><strong> <\/strong><span>Apply some shade while talking shade (or, you know, planning a surprise) with Samsung\u2019s Flex Magic Pixel.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!fM_O!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F840d32fc-fd1a-4bae-80a1-df28e90fced8_6647x3739.jpeg\" width=\"1456\" height=\"819\" data-attrs=\"{\"src\":\"https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/840d32fc-fd1a-4bae-80a1-df28e90fced8_6647x3739.jpeg\",\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":819,\"width\":1456,\"resizeWidth\":null,\"bytes\":null,\"alt\":\"Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review\",\"title\":null,\"type\":null,\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":false,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false,\"align\":null,\"offset\":false}\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review\" title=\"Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!fM_O!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F840d32fc-fd1a-4bae-80a1-df28e90fced8_6647x3739.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!fM_O!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F840d32fc-fd1a-4bae-80a1-df28e90fced8_6647x3739.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!fM_O!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F840d32fc-fd1a-4bae-80a1-df28e90fced8_6647x3739.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!fM_O!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F840d32fc-fd1a-4bae-80a1-df28e90fced8_6647x3739.jpeg 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/>Expect to see Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Samsung in this year\u2019s smartphone (Image credit: Matt Swider \/ The Shortcut)<\/p>\n<p>Samsung&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra&#8217;s &#8216;Privacy Display&#8217; is the one feature Apple can&#8217;t copy yet https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!SVwy!,w_1200,h_675,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1affcf04-9f2e-422f-954f-c3963b4ceea0_1280x720.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216343,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216341\/revisions\/216343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}