The Morning After: The Galaxy S26 Ultras Privacy Display is pretty cool
Samsungs Unpacked event midweek revealed three new phones and two sets of earbuds, but the real standout, as usual, is the Galaxy S26 Ultra . This year, the Ultra actually features a bit of genuine tech innovation and no, we dont mean it folds. Lets talk about its new Privacy Display. This isn't a shimmery, holographic screen protector thats hard to read and constantly peels off at the corners; this tech is engineered directly into the S26 Ultras OLED display. Samsung Display revealed its Flex Magic Pixel technology back in 2024 . The S26 Ultras Privacy Display is built off the back of this. It controls the direction of light emitted from the AMOLED at the pixel level, integrating wide-angle and narrow-angle pixel arrays so the display can switch between a wide-angle viewing experience and more private, straight-on views. While HPs SureView tech is similar, the amount of customization possible is incredible and we all have our phones out in public much more than our HP laptops. It could be perfect for keeping prying eyes off your banking apps, messaging apps and even dating apps. Otherwise, the rest of the S26 series offers incremental updates with better cameras and newer processors. This makes the base S26 and S26+ a harder sell unless your current Galaxy phone is several years old. Also, following the 2026 trend, they are all pricier this year. Make sure you check out our early impressions ( S26 Ultra , S26 , Galaxy Buds 4 ); reviews are coming soon. Mat Smith The other big stories (and deals) this morning Apple and Netflix are teaming up to share Formula 1 programming Burger King will use AI to monitor employee friendliness Canadian government demands safety changes from OpenAI Amazon introduces three personality styles for Alexa+ Ambient Dreamie bedside companion review How much for a good nights sleep? $250? Cheyenne MacDonald for Engadget Ambients dedicated alarm clock offers many of the conveniences of your smartphone alarms highly customizable alarm schedules, a library of soundscapes and noise masks and even Bluetooth so you can connect earbuds. Theres no subscription, it sounds great and sleep insights are supposedly incoming. However, $250 is a lot. Check out our full review. Continue reading. An AI-generated Resident Evil Requiem review briefly made it on Metacritic By a video game news site owned by ClickOut Media. Review aggregator Metacritic has removed a review of Resident Evil Requiem because it was AI generated. Kotaku explained the review was published by UK gaming site VideoGamer , but appears to be written by a fake AI journalist rather than a real person. Brian Merrygold doesnt seem to exist. The authors profile on VideoGamer is just as awkwardly written as the review, and the profile picture of the account also appears to be AI-generated. Literally, the file name includes ChatGPT-Image. ClickOut Media, the company that owns VideoGamer and a collection of other publications, reportedly laid off the staff of its gaming sites earlier this month to pivot to AI-generated content. Here it is. Continue reading. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-engadget-newsletter-144951777.html?src=rss
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