Samsung Sets a New Standard for Mobile Privacy
January 28, 2026Our phones are our most personal spaces, yet we use them in the least private places. On buses, in elevators, or while waiting in line, our messages, passwords and notifications are often exposed to curious eyes. And as smartphones become more personalised, privacy concerns continue to grow.
That’s why Samsung is set to introduce a new layer of privacy designed to protect your screen from shoulder surfing—wherever you are. You’ll be able to check messages or enter passwords during a crowded commute without worrying about who’s watching. PINs and passwords stay hidden from people nearby, even in public spaces.
Flexible Protection, Built for Real Life
Privacy needs aren’t one-size-fits-all. This new layer gives you full control, allowing you to customise protection based on what matters most to you. You can enable it for specific apps, secure areas of your phone, or sensitive actions like entering login details.
With adjustable visibility settings, you decide how much others can see. From app-level privacy controls to protecting notification pop-ups, it’s a tailored approach you can fine-tune—or turn off entirely—rather than a blanket solution.
Behind this feature is over five years of engineering, testing and refinement. Samsung studied how people use their phones, what they consider private, and how security should feel in everyday life. The result is a seamless fusion of hardware and software that protects you without disrupting your experience.
A New Standard for Mobile Privacy
Privacy starts with strong security. For over a decade, Samsung Knox has delivered multi-layered protection for Galaxy devices—from dedicated security hardware like Knox Vault to ecosystem-wide defenses such as Knox Matrix. This latest innovation builds on that legacy, introducing pixel-level privacy.
This is privacy you can see and security you can feel—and it’s coming to Galaxy very soon.
