Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra hands-on: Privacy Display is the coolest innovation by far

Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy S26 Ultra smartphone at Samsung Unpacked on Wednesday — or as the tech giant put it, their new "AI phone." Coming in at 0.3 millimetres thinner and four grams lighter than last year's S25 Ultra, Samsung's 2026 flagship phone continues to lean heavily into AI, aiming to transition machine learning from a feature to an integral part of its infrastructure.

Yet despite this, one of the S26 Ultra's most exciting features has nothing to do with generative AI. Say hello to Samsung's Privacy display...