There’s been screen protector film on the market that does exactly this for almost as long as the iPhone‘s been available. Almost 20 years?
TheDong•2h ago
Can the screen protector film only mask banking apps and notifications, but not the lock screen and homescreen?
It's a real, albeit minor, quality of life improvement for the phone screen to only become less-vibrant for a subset of content.
SilverElfin•1h ago
The Samsung masking tech can selectively mask parts of the screen. And it has configurability so it automatically is turned on only in certain apps and things like that. Because it dims the screen slightly (when you look at it straight on), just like a screen protector, it’s really useful that it can be customized in these ways. You get to keep the quality of the screen high to a much greater amount while still keeping your privacy.
iknowstuff•1h ago
It’s clear that you haven’t really looked much into this. It’s per pixel.
Screen protectors also degrade light output
Kirby64•1h ago
> Screen protectors also degrade light output
So does this function from Samsung. You can see in all the video demonstrations that the 'privacy' pixels are notably dimmer even head-on compared to normal pixels.
yftsui•1h ago
When your display fails in viewing angles, we call it privacy screen
that_lurker•58m ago
Samsung makes the screens for iPhones so they most linely will make this tech available after the testing period with the new phone
dsdxd•2h ago
TheDong•2h ago
It's a real, albeit minor, quality of life improvement for the phone screen to only become less-vibrant for a subset of content.
SilverElfin•1h ago
iknowstuff•1h ago
Screen protectors also degrade light output
Kirby64•1h ago
So does this function from Samsung. You can see in all the video demonstrations that the 'privacy' pixels are notably dimmer even head-on compared to normal pixels.