{"id":229557,"date":"2026-03-31T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/no-apple-isnt-rolling-out-its-version-of-samsungs-privacy-display-but-the-fake-viral-videos-are-convincing\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T07:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:25:09","slug":"no-apple-isnt-rolling-out-its-version-of-samsungs-privacy-display-but-the-fake-viral-videos-are-convincing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/no-apple-isnt-rolling-out-its-version-of-samsungs-privacy-display-but-the-fake-viral-videos-are-convincing\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Apple isn\u2019t rolling out its version of Samsung\u2019s Privacy Display \u2014 but the fake viral videos are convincing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/no-apple-isnt-rolling-out-its-version-of-samsungs-privacy-display-but-the-fake-viral-videos-are-convincing\">No, Apple isn\u2019t rolling out its version of Samsung\u2019s Privacy Display \u2014 but the fake viral videos are convincing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/no-apple-isnt-rolling-out-its-version-of-samsungs-privacy-display-but-the-fake-viral-videos-are-convincing\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/no-apple-isnt-rolling-out-its-version-of-samsungs-privacy-display-but-the-fake-viral-videos-are-convincing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-31 07:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"elk-7a004a4d-2c71-43c1-a5c3-3a272d63d69f\">\n<li><strong>Viral videos of a fake iPhone privacy screen feature is circulating <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It appears to be a prototype made by a creator on Figma <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Apple doesn&#8217;t have the existing hardware to roll out a feature like this<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-eaaf00df-b747-42aa-a29f-da7b5e167e95\">Have you been seeing viral videos of Apple\u2019s alleged take on Samsung\u2019s Privacy Display tool? I hate to break it to you, but they\u2019re all fake \u2014 and even I foolishly succumbed to them.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, a number of creators on TikTok have been showcasing a privacy screen feature in what looks exactly like Apple\u2019s iPhone settings. These accounts claim that the feature is part of a developer beta testing roll out, garnering thousands of comments, but twice the confusion given that Apple just rolled out iOS 26.4.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-1470d422-3e61-48e0-8d12-eaa0a63a6ffb-0\">It turns out that, despite how real they may look, these viral videos are fake and Apple hasn\u2019t revealed any plans to roll out its own privacy screen feature. I\u2019m on Apple\u2019s iOS 26 public beta and have checked my settings many times \u2014 no such tool exists.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>So why do these videos look frighteningly convincing? After scouring a handful of videos and the comments underneath them, there are a few things you should be aware of.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"apple-doesn-t-have-the-hardware-3\">Apple doesn\u2019t have the hardware <\/h2>\n<p id=\"elk-8d82cc4c-a42e-4bcd-a9ec-d7a22d005291\">Just a few months back Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S26 Ultra, the flagship model for its impressive Privacy Display feature which lets you hide notifications and other on-screen content from those who aren\u2019t looking at the phone straight-on. Naturally, it would be only a matter of time before Apple would jump on this \u2014 but now isn\u2019t that time, because Apple simply doesn\u2019t have existing hardware that can support a privacy feature like this.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the Galaxy S26 Ultra, the screen is built differently to previous models, using \u2018narrow\u2019 pixels which emit light forwards, and &#8216;wide&#8217; pixels that emit light to the sides. When Privacy Display is enabled, wide pixels operate at a minimum level, restricting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/no-apple-isnt-rolling-out-its-version-of-samsungs-privacy-display-but-the-fake-viral-videos-are-convincing\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, Apple isn\u2019t rolling out its version of Samsung\u2019s Privacy Display \u2014 but the fake&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BhZcHp8A6L7gUk2Ed8J6mk-2000-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[69,77],"class_list":["post-229557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-ios","tag-ios-26"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229557"}],"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=229557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229559,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229557\/revisions\/229559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}