{"id":216715,"date":"2026-02-23T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display-might-come-to-more-android-phones-this-year\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:50:12","slug":"galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display-might-come-to-more-android-phones-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display-might-come-to-more-android-phones-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy S26 Ultra privacy display might come to more Android phones this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display-other-phones-rumor\">Galaxy S26 Ultra privacy display might come to more Android phones this year<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display-other-phones-rumor\">https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display-other-phones-rumor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-23 15:38:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theshortcut.com\">www.theshortcut.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Credit: Kevin Lee \/ The Shortcut)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!R-yl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44ed4fa5-61ad-4772-9c74-072e6d536223_576x59.jpeg\" width=\"576\" height=\"59\" data-attrs=\"{\"src\":\"https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/44ed4fa5-61ad-4772-9c74-072e6d536223_576x59.jpeg\",\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":59,\"width\":576,\"resizeWidth\":null,\"bytes\":null,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":null,\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":false,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":null,\"isProcessing\":false,\"align\":null,\"offset\":false}\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!R-yl!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44ed4fa5-61ad-4772-9c74-072e6d536223_576x59.jpeg 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!R-yl!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44ed4fa5-61ad-4772-9c74-072e6d536223_576x59.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!R-yl!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44ed4fa5-61ad-4772-9c74-072e6d536223_576x59.jpeg 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!R-yl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44ed4fa5-61ad-4772-9c74-072e6d536223_576x59.jpeg 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf1 Samsung is expected to use a new Privacy Display on the Galaxy S26 Ultra<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\ud83d\udd12 The screen will let you hide certain areas to keep private information hidden<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\ud83d\udc40 A new leak suggests that more phones could use the technology later this year<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\ud83e\udd37 It\u2019s unclear which manufacturers could be first, but one of them might be Xiaomi<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>\ud83c\udf4e It doesn\u2019t seem like Apple will use the technology on the iPhone 18 Pro, at least not yet<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>Samsung is hosting its big Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday, where the <\/span><strong>Galaxy S26 Ultra<\/strong><span> will be announced. One of the phone\u2019s <\/span><strong>biggest rumored upgrades<\/strong><span> is the new Privacy Display, which can hide certain areas of your screen from peeping toms at wider viewing angles. Now, before Samsung can even announce it, a new leak from a credible source suggests that the S26 Ultra might not be the only Android phone to use the technology in 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Digital Chat Station, who has shared accurate smartphone leaks in the past, said on <\/span>Weibo<span> that more phones will use similar technology to Samsung\u2019s Privacy Display later this year. It\u2019s unclear which phones Digital Chat Station is speaking of, but the devices could debut in September with a \u201chardware level\u201d privacy screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!schf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff90c499d-045c-43e1-b7be-1ec79b04e203_512x512.gif\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" data-attrs=\"{\"src\":\"https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/f90c499d-045c-43e1-b7be-1ec79b04e203_512x512.gif\",\"srcNoWatermark\":null,\"fullscreen\":null,\"imageSize\":null,\"height\":512,\"width\":512,\"resizeWidth\":null,\"bytes\":1008678,\"alt\":null,\"title\":null,\"type\":\"image\/gif\",\"href\":null,\"belowTheFold\":false,\"topImage\":false,\"internalRedirect\":\"https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/i\/188942861?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff90c499d-045c-43e1-b7be-1ec79b04e203_512x512.gif\",\"isProcessing\":false,\"align\":null,\"offset\":false}\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!schf!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff90c499d-045c-43e1-b7be-1ec79b04e203_512x512.gif 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!schf!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff90c499d-045c-43e1-b7be-1ec79b04e203_512x512.gif 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!schf!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff90c499d-045c-43e1-b7be-1ec79b04e203_512x512.gif 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!schf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff90c499d-045c-43e1-b7be-1ec79b04e203_512x512.gif 1456w\" sizes=\"100vw\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>Samsung\u2019s implementation of the Privacy Display has been demoed in leaked videos of the Galaxy S26 Ultra, as well as in <\/span>official teaser videos<span>. The technology will allow you to censor certain aspects of the screen from those who might be spying at your phone from a different angle, letting you hide things like notifications or banking information with ease. It could become a more preferrable way to hide your display compared to privacy screen protectors, which censor your entire display depending on the angle you look at it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Digital Chat Station leak seems to indicate that other phones will use a very similar implementation, but it\u2019s not clear which specific models will be supported. Given that DCS mentions \u201cdomestic\u201d phones, they like mean&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display-other-phones-rumor\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Galaxy S26 Ultra privacy display might come to more Android phones this year https:\/\/www.theshortcut.com\/p\/galaxy-s26-ultra-privacy-display-other-phones-rumor Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!zK2o!,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%2Fb2272107-048e-4e36-8be9-e42d5689872d_2400x1349.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216715","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\/216715"}],"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=216715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216717,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216715\/revisions\/216717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}