Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: The World's First Smartphone with Built-in Anti-Peep Display
KOMPAS.com – The Samsung Galaxy S26 Series was officially launched on Thursday, 26th February 2026, at the Galaxy Unpacked event held in San Francisco, California, USA.
This flagship smartphone is equipped with a host of new features. One of the most notable is the Privacy Display.
This feature, which debuts on the Galaxy S26 Ultra, is designed to limit the viewing angle of the screen from the sides without the need to install additional protective layers.
In other words, the screen display remains clear when viewed from the front, but the content inside will be obscured when viewed from the right, left, or even the top and bottom.
The difference is that this technology is directly integrated into the Galaxy S26 Ultra, meaning it is installed by default (built-in), so users no longer need to install additional protectors, which usually make the screen darker or interfere with the fingerprint sensor.
CEO & Head of Device Experience at Samsung, TM Roh, claims that the Privacy Display on the Galaxy S26 Series is the first feature of its kind in the smartphone industry.
“The Samsung Galaxy S26 Series comes with the world’s first Privacy Display technology,” said TM Roh on stage at the Galaxy S26 Series launch.
Technically, the Privacy Display works by narrowing the direction of light emitted from the screen so that it only faces directly towards the user.
Samsung explains that this technology utilises a “Black Matrix” structure to narrow the emission path of each pixel, so that the emitted light becomes more focused and does not spread to the sides.
With this approach, the content on the screen remains clearly visible from the front, but will appear dark or obscured when viewed from the right, left, top, or bottom.
Because it is directly integrated into the screen panel, this feature does not require additional accessories such as tempered glass or separate privacy filter layers.
Product Management at Samsung Mobile, Rachel Roberts, said that the Privacy Display feature can be easily accessed via the Control Center display.
“In addition, users can link it to the side button via the double-press function for more practical access, and activate Maximum Privacy Protection for full protection,” explained Rachel on stage at Galaxy Unpacked.
Furthermore, users can adjust the level of protection of the Privacy Display via the settings menu, including activating it selectively when entering a PIN, pattern, or password, and when pop-up notifications appear.
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