Hands on: I’m super impressed with the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s new Privacy Display
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TL;DR
- The Galaxy S26 Ultra features a new Privacy Display that limits the viewing angle of the screen.
- The Privacy Display can be turned on or off and offers customizable options, including obscuring notifications or activating with specific apps.
- The phone is slightly slimmer and lighter than its predecessor, with a switch back to aluminum from titanium.
- Camera hardware updates include brighter lenses for the main 200MP and 50MP 5x zoom cameras.
- AI features include natural language generative photo edits and an agentic Google Gemini assistant for tasks like ridesharing and grocery shopping.
- The S26 series also gains Pixel-like features such as contextual prompts in the keyboard and enhanced scam detection for calls.
- All S26 Ultra models worldwide will feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset for Galaxy.
- The price remains $1299 for 256GB of storage and 12GB of RAM.