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Samsung Demos Sensor OLED and Flex Chroma Pixel With On‑Screen Vitals and 3,000‑Nit Color at SID

Commercial timelines remain unannounced.

Overview

  • Samsung Display showed a 6.8-inch Sensor OLED that uses embedded organic photodiodes to read heart rate and blood pressure from light the screen emits and the finger reflects.
  • The company integrated RGB pixels and the photodiode sensors into a single layer at about 500 ppi using a co-deposition process.
  • Flex Magic Pixel privacy tech narrows side viewing so health readings stay visible to the user and harder to see from off angles.
  • A separate Flex Chroma Pixel panel claims up to 3,000 nits of brightness and about 96% of the BT.2020 color space, a very wide color standard for HDR video, using new PSF materials and Samsung’s LEAD structure.
  • Both displays are prototype demos at SID Display Week with no product launch dates, and accuracy validation and independent testing have not been detailed.