Samsung just made the S26 Ultra's Privacy Display a lot more useful - Android Authority

What the report says

Android Authority reports that Samsung has improved the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s Privacy Display feature in the latest One UI 9 Beta 4 release, making it work more precisely with picture-in-picture, or PiP, windows. The update means a protected app, such as YouTube, can remain obscured when minimized into a floating PiP player while the rest of the phone screen stays visible and usable.

The article cites an X post from leaker Ice Universe and a Samsung Community notice describing the change. Previously, Android Authority says, moving a privacy-protected app into PiP could cause the entire display to remain covered by the Privacy Display effect, reducing the usefulness of the feature. Under the beta change, users should be able to move the PiP window around while the privacy layer continues to follow that window rather than covering unrelated parts of the interface.

The report says Samsung’s implementation also allows users to keep using other interface elements, including the Edge Panel, without the PiP privacy treatment blocking them. Android Authority notes that this appears consistent with Privacy Display improvements Samsung previewed at MWC earlier in the year, where the company indicated the enhancements would work with its current-generation display privacy technology.

For S26 Ultra owners enrolled in the beta program, the update can be checked through the Samsung Members app, according to the article. More broadly, the change matters because it makes software-based screen privacy less disruptive: instead of dimming or obscuring the whole screen, Samsung is moving toward a more targeted approach that protects selected content while leaving normal phone use intact.