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The Galaxy S26 Ultra privacy display is kind of insane 👀

March 04, 2026 / 00:59

This episode discusses smartphone privacy features, specifically focusing on built-in privacy displays and their functionalities. Key topics include how these displays work, customization options, and their impact on screen resolution.

The conversation highlights the effectiveness of privacy screen protectors integrated into smartphones. It explains how users can customize settings to blackout the entire display, specific apps, or just password fields and notifications.

Participants discuss the technology behind the privacy display, noting that half of the pixels are regular wide-emitting light pixels while the other half have a focusing mechanism. This design allows for effective privacy without needing an external screen protector.

They also address the trade-offs involved, such as the reduction in screen resolution when the privacy feature is activated, as only half of the pixels are functioning.

TLDR

Smartphone privacy displays allow customizable blackout options but reduce resolution.

Episode

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You can turn on privacy display and now when I tilt it off access it blacks out the phone. But you've seen those like

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privacy screen protectors people put on their phone sometimes where if you put it at an angle it's pitch black. This is

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built into the phone. Not only is it very effective, but you can customize exactly how it works. So you can have it

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black out the whole display or you can have it only black out certain apps or you can only have it black out password

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fields and notifications. Half of the pixels are regular wide emitting light pixels and half of the pixels have this

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sort of a focusing hardware on them where they're emitting just forward. And

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so when you turn this feature on, all of the wide emitting pixels turn off cuz it's an OLED and you're just left with

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the narrow emitting pixels. >> Oh, so it's not all pixels that have this like screen over it. It's just the

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random >> half of them. Got it. >> Does that mean your resolution is worse

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when it's on? >> Yes. Yes. >> I didn't think of that. >> So half your pixels are off. So half

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your resolution is gone >> and all of them are on when the privacy protector is off.

Episode Highlights

Privacy Display Feature
A built-in privacy display blacks out the screen at certain angles. 'Not only is it very effective, but you can customize exactly how it works.'
“Not only is it very effective, but you can customize exactly how it works.”
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March 04, 2026

Episode Quotes

Half your pixels are off. So half your resolution is gone.
The Galaxy S26 Ultra privacy display is kind of insane 👀

Key Moments

Resolution Impact00:48