topic Re: Re: Display dull and washed out in Galaxy S26

Display dull and washed out

craigster5959 — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:54:07 GMT

Not sure what to do but I'm very disappointed in the display on my new Samsung S26+ phone. I had three S25+ renewed phones that I could not get to work due to auto update issues on T-Mobile network. So I know the 25+ very well and comparing how it's display to the 26+ is very different, night and day worse. The 26+ is dull and washed out even after I set to Vivid and all the colors and everything at maximums, it's still nowhere near the display of the 25+. Has anyone figured out how to get the 26 plus to look like the 25 plus?

Re: Display dull and washed out

meself — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:06:12 GMT

Your colors aren't bright or the screen isn't as bright as the s25 plus

Re: Display dull and washed out

craigster5959 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:09:10 GMT

Are you saying you have an s26 plus and an s25 plus and you're able to compare the display? I ask because I have both of them here side by side and they're exactly the same and I even bumped up on the 26th all of the settings the Vivid the brightness the colors everything and it's still 25 to 40% less colorful

Re: Display dull and washed out

Daneke — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:15:30 GMT

Turn off privacy display except for some apps

Re: Display dull and washed out

catloverplayer — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 03:42:29 GMT

Same with the S24 Ultra the colors are more vivid then the S26 Ultra. Samsung needs to push an update to update the vividness slider so we get more saturation on the 26 series.

Re: Re: Display dull and washed out

catloverplayer — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 03:43:41 GMT

That has nothing to do with this issue. I'm not using the privacy filter and I notice the same thing.

Re: Display dull and washed out

Tom6068 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:44:10 GMT

What about toggling off the adaptive color tone settings in the display settings and/or turning off the eye comfort shield, etc? I don't own any S26 model but I looked up the issue and these are changes that can be made. If making these changes still does not make the screen vividness the same as the previously owned S25+ modesl, return it for a refund.

Re: Re: Display dull and washed out

edin702 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:00:54 GMT

Do none of you own the phone? The S26+ doesn't even have a privacy display.....

Re: Re: Display dull and washed out

edin702 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:03:34 GMT

Non of that changes anything. OP would need to downgrade to an S23 series phone to get what they want. Everything changed S24 and onwards.

Re: Display dull and washed out

JMCIII — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:58:47 GMT

The color on my S26 is NOT more natural than my S21. The S26 appears unable to properly render red. So red in photos and icons appears as brown. Photos taken by the S26 are great when viewed on another device like my S21 or Panasonic 65" screen. But when viewed on the S26 everything appears in sepia tones. Display adjustments do not help.

Re: Display dull and washed out

userpXRZIVD2mM — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:19:33 GMT

I think I might have solved this problem. Turn off the enhanced comfort setting in the display settings.