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Samsung may have a new privacy-focused feature in store for its next flagship, the Galaxy S26 Ultra. The feature, called Privacy Display, is meant to protect sensitive information on your phone’s screen from prying eyes by restricting the viewing angle of the display from side angles. While Samsung hasn't called its new feature yet, several leaks have now indicated that this feature is very much real and getting ready for prime time.

Privacy Display was earlier discovered in September 2025 via code references found within an unnamed One UI 8.5 build. A month later, leaked UI elements offered us a concept of what it might look like. Now we have a new leak that offers additional details about how the feature will work in practice.

Privacy Display Found Inside Samsung’s Tips App

Privacy Display found inside Samsung’s new ‘Tips’ app Privacy Display has been found in an updated Tips application from Samsung, @SammyGuru reports. The outlet says it accessed the page by spoofing a device as being a Galaxy S26 Ultra and so could surface content that is not meant to be public just yet.

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You’ll find a page dedicated to Privacy Display inside the Tips app, featuring animations and scenarios of when you might want to use it. This carries the strong implication that Samsung is past testing with a select few and is instead actively turning on the feature for all users.

How Privacy Display Works

If Tips app screenshots are to be believed, when Privacy Display is enabled, it makes the screen hard to see from an angle. The display will dim or become obscure from the side, top or bottom if anyone tries to look at it and content remains clear when viewed by the owner directly.

Samsung will give users the option to manually enable or disable it. Also, Privacy Display can be set to work automatically under certain conditions such as when the phone senses you’re in a crowded area. Thisto could be beneficial for example when one is in public transit, a café or at an airport.

Settings and Quick Access Controls

Privacy Display, according to leaked animations, will sit in the Settings app's Displays area. There also seems to be a quick setting that toggles it on or off, so you can activate it on the fly without entering settings.

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A second animation shows the effect in real time, with the screen notably becoming more difficult to see from any angle other than head on. The effect remains the same regardless of where the interloper is situated.

What This Means for the Galaxy S26 Ultra

With this being added to Samsung’s own Tips app, there is probably no closer hint it will prematurely launch with the Galaxy S26 Ultra. Though Samsung’s now-familiar line of software-based privacy protections have already started to make their way into the Note range, this feature takes things the extra mile by offering up a real-world visual privacy pitch.

Privacy Display, if launched as planned, could be a killer quality-of-life feature for folks who handle sensitive information in public. All indications right now are that it’ll be one of the standout additions to the Galaxy S26 Ultra when this phone launches next year.


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