Report: all four Samsung Galaxy S27 models will have the Privacy Display feature | Infinium-tech

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra introduces the Privacy Display feature – it allows parts (or all) of the screen to temporarily switch to a restricted viewing angle mode. This allows you to read notifications and view other private information but prevents other people nearby from taking a look. With so many Ultra features, there was a possibility that it would remain exclusive to Ultra for the foreseeable future.

apparently not – election The report says that all four Galaxy S27 models will have a privacy display feature. We’ve already heard that the Galaxy S27 Pro is the new addition for 2027, but the vanilla model will also get it, which is surprising – vanilla phones are usually ones that lack features (e.g. 45W charging, UWB, etc.).

Samsung Electronics was reportedly considering purchasing displays for the vanilla Galaxy S27 from BOE as they would have been cheaper. However, that deal fell through and the phone will use Samsung display panels instead.

market research firm sigmoidal It is reported that 1 million phones with privacy displays were shipped in 2025 (these were mostly typical business-oriented devices). The S26 Ultra kicked things off in the consumer space and the number of Privacy Display-enabled phones is expected to grow to 21 million this year and then 29 million next year.

Samsung isn’t the only smartphone maker keen to introduce a privacy display style feature. Various leaks claim that Xiaomi, Honor, Oppo and Vivo are working on such features for their upcoming flagships.

This will eventually extend to foldables as well, although screen makers still have problems to solve. Privacy Display is a hardware feature that divides the display into two types of pixels – one type has narrow viewing angles and is on all the time, the other has wide viewing angles and blacks out when Privacy Display is enabled. However, this causes problems with resolution and brightness (which in turn affects power draw).

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