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- Samsung is introducing its new Privacy Display technology with the Galaxy S26 smartphones on February 25, after five years of development to selectively hide sensitive information from onlookers.
- Macworld reports that Apple may integrate this privacy technology into future MacBooks by 2029, meeting the needs of users in public settings.
- This development could greatly improve the MacBook’s privacy capabilities, as Apple currently only offers third-party privacy screen solutions for its laptops.
Samsung is set to unveil its new flagship Galaxy S26 line of smartphones on February 25, and it seems that the most interesting and innovative features have caught Apple’s eye. According to a new report, Apple is looking to bring Samsung’s new Privacy Display technology to future MacBooks.
According to research firm Omdia (via Ice Universe ), Samsung’s latest display technology isn’t expected to arrive on the MacBook until 2029, which is longer than Apple’s typical rumours. Reports like this usually focus on product launches within two years, but 2029 is probably more realistic given Apple’s development cycle.
Samsung announced the new feature on January 28th, ahead of the launch of the next line of Galaxy phones. While privacy screens aren’t new, this next-generation technology allows users to “protect specific parts of your environment, like notification pop-ups. It’s a customized approach that you can fine-tune or turn off completely, rather than a blanket approach.”
The Korean tech giant has identified the Privacy Screen as one of the Galaxy S26 flagships, noting that it took “five years of engineering, testing and refinement” to develop. A series of short videos show things like the user’s PIN and notifications being hidden from someone trying to see the screen from an angle, hinting that this will be one of the phone’s main selling points. Ice Universe previously showed how the display will be used in practice.
It’s not hard to see how this could be even more useful on a laptop. While phones can be easily covered or moved out of someone’s line of sight, preventing someone from looking at a MacBook’s screen is much more difficult, which is why Apple sells a third-party privacy screen from Kensington on its online store. For anyone who uses a MacBook in a coffee shop, on a train, or even in an office where you don’t want strangers or colleagues to see sensitive information, this can make a world of difference.