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Samsung Display has introduced a new screen film for QD-OLED monitors called QuantumBlack, and while the name sounds dramatic, the idea behind it is actually very straightforward. It is a new low-reflection, high-durability layer designed to tackle two of the most common complaints about OLED-style displays in everyday use: glare and surface fragility. Samsung Display says the film reduces light reflectance by 20% compared with its previous film, raises panel surface hardness from 2H to 3H, and plans to apply it across all new 2026 QD-OLED monitor products.

Samsung's software roadmap is looking a little hazy at the moment. With the timing of the One UI 8.5 stable rollout still unclear, attention is already starting to shift toward what comes next. And as often happens in the Android world, early leaks are already giving us a small preview of Samsung's next big software refresh: One UI 9, which is expected to be based on Android 17.

Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra was never going to be an easy phone to sell on dramatic upgrades alone. A lot of the early conversation around the device focused on how little had changed compared with the previous model, with the new Privacy Display feature standing out as one of the few headline additions. On paper, that sounds useful enough: it narrows viewing angles so people beside you have a harder time peeking at your screen. But now, for some users, that same display is becoming the main reason they are unhappy with the phone.

Samsung's Galaxy S-series has been leaning into AI for a while now, but the Galaxy S26 era feels like a clear shift in attitude: less "here's a clever tool you can open," and more "the phone should notice what you're trying to do, then shorten the path to getting it done."

Samsung has dropped a new ad ahead of the Galaxy S26 launch, and it strongly points to a built-in "privacy display" mode that's designed to stop people nearby from reading your screen. The ad shows a simple "Zero-peeking privacy" toggle being switched on, and the content becomes unreadable to anyone viewing from the side