This laptop upgrades Privacy Display tech with a physical switch, and I want it on phones too

1K OLED privacy screen with a physical side toggle to instantly block shoulder surfing. Samsung popularized Privacy Display on the Galaxy S26 Ultra, but software controls aren’t as convenient as hardware toggles. With broader adoption of Privacy Display on the horizon, physical hardware toggles need to become the ideal control method for phones.

Samsung made waves with the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display technology. It’s a genuinely useful piece of technology that protects your on-screen content from prying eyes, though opinion is divided about how much it affects display quality . Samsung provides handy shortcuts to toggle Privacy Display, but what if you wanted an even more convenient way to control it?

HUAWEI is addressing this with the new MateBook Pro S laptop, which debuts a privacy screen controlled by a hardware switch. 1K OLED panel that uses a dual-pixel array structure, integrating two distinct sub-pixel sets within the same display zone. One set serves normal wide-angle viewing, while the second limits side-angle light emission, effectively giving you Privacy Display functionality in the same way that Samsung does.