With the Galaxy S26 Ultra, Samsung has introduced a feature designed to prevent nearby people from reading what’s shown on the display. Now, Xiaomi seems ready to follow the same path with smart privacy displays, with the technology showcased in some leaked images previewing the solution’s capabilities.
Novelty should Coming with HyperOS 4 It’s for this reason that it’s likely to be a software solution, unlike what Samsung does. However, leaked screens show different ways of using it, from the possibility of protecting the entire smartphone to operating on only certain apps or pages.
Xiaomi Smart Privacy Screen and HyperOS 4
According to information shared by Kacper Skrzypek, smart privacy displays will be reduced Screen visibility when viewed from the side. One of the screens also contains the words “hardware-level privacy,” although existing information does not detail how Xiaomi technically implements this feature.
The system can be activated Across the entire device or just within a single app. A mode called App Privacy Display also allows you to protect notification apps, preventing potentially sensitive information from being read by nearby people when it arrives on your smartphone.
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Another feature seen in the image is the page privacy display: this can hide specific pages that are considered sensitive. Such as dedicated screens for passwords, payments, remittances and messaging. This approach is therefore more selective than simple protection applied indiscriminately to the entire display.
However, the available information also highlights some restrictions. When using notifications on the lock screen, the feature may be incompatible with some third-party themes and does not work on smartphones in landscape mode. Some of the features shown, including page privacy display and Xiaoai app groups, are currently only visible in the Chinese version of HyperOS.
Smart privacy displays may also have an impact on battery life. Xiaomi warns that using this feature may Slightly increase consumption This feature is temporarily deactivated when battery saver mode is active. The brightness compensation associated with this technology can also be paused when playing HDR content.
The operation is therefore very similar to the solution launched by Samsung, but it will be necessary to wait for the market launch to know how effective it is in practice. Most importantly, it is necessary to know whether it is actually a software solution and therefore retroactive, or whether it will only work with new smartphones using compatible panels, as is the case with Samsung.
