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Samsung ad confirms rumors of a useful S26 ‘privacy display’

Dominic Preston

created: Feb. 16, 2026, 11:55 a.m. | updated: Feb. 17, 2026, 12:28 p.m.

Samsung has released a new advertisement for its upcoming Galaxy S26 launch that all-but confirms rumors of a new display with a built-in privacy mode. An overlay shows a quick flick of a “Zero-peeking privacy” toggle, which blacks out the titillating content for the nosy onlookers. But leaks say what Samsung has in store for the S26 range is different. It will reportedly use a new type of OLED panel that Samsung Display first debuted two years ago at MWC 2024 called Flex Magic Pixel. It allows viewing angles to be adjusted on a pixel-by-pixel basis, so the privacy effect is only applied to certain parts of the screen at a time.

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