Huawei’s MateBook Pro S Hides Your Screen From Everyone but You

Huawei just released the MateBook Pro S, a 14.2-inch laptop that weighs 798 grams and measures only 11.9 millimeters thick. That puts it among the lightest full-metal machines in its size class, lighter than many 13-inch models by a noticeable margin. The magnesium-lithium body keeps the whole package easy to carry all day, and it comes in several finishes including Midsummer Purple, Dawn Yellow, Smoke Gray, Velvet White, and Feather Black.

A 14.2-inch flexible OLED display sits right in the center of this slim laptop. It has a crisper-than-crisp 3,120 by 2,080 pixel resolution in that ‘document-friendly’ 3:2 ratio, and it refreshes at 120 times per second, boasting 1,600 nits at its brightest points, a color gamut that covers the entire P3 range, and even ten-point touch. Let’s not forget the two million to one contrast ratio. That’s some very impressive screen technology, but the real magic isn’t in the numbers, but in how those pixels are arranged.

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Huawei refers to this screen as their “privacy display,” and it’s a game changer. The deal is that each part contains two entire sets of light-emitting pixels, and this is what happens when you flick a physical switch on the side. The first set covers standard viewing, so your coworkers can crowd around the screen without issue, but the second set kicks in and light travels practically straight ahead. So, if someone looks in from the side, they’ll see a dark or virtually black surface, but the person in front gets to keep the full brightness, resolution, and color accuracy intact; no extra film, no software dimming, just 100 percent pixel power. There is a camera on board that is continually on the watch for someone attempting to peek over their shoulder, and when this occurs, the system gently asks the owner if they want to change to private mode. Now, the switch is easy, works instantaneously, and is entirely controlled by hardware, which is a significant improvement over add-on filters or reduced pixel counts.

So, what makes this whole thing work? Huawei’s proprietary Kirin XE90 chip is the brains of the operation. It has a 9-core ARM CPU that boasts a 23% increase in single-core speed, 25% higher energy efficiency, and a 40% more powerful neural processing work than the previous model. We’re also talking about a sustained output of roughly 20 watts, thanks to two fans and improved heat distribution. You can have up to 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, and you’re running HarmonyOS 6.1, which includes some useful tools for creating documents, filling out forms, and making rudimentary web pages. There are six microphones (yes, six!), four speakers for audio, and a pair of 1080p cameras in the front and back. Finally, a fingerprint sensor is buried away inside the power button.

According to Huawei, the battery capacity is a reasonable 54 watt-hours, which is enough to power an 18-hour marathon of 1080p movie streaming. Power it up with one of the two USB-C connections, which can handle a speedy recharge of up to 66 watts. The greatest part is that those same ports can also be used to charge other devices. For wireless networking, they use no fewer than four antennas and Wi-Fi 7 to deliver the kind of long-range connections you’d expect from a high-end device, with Huawei claiming they can reach up to a kilometer under perfect conditions.

The base model starts at 7,999 yuan ($1,185) and includes 16 GB of memory and 512 GB of storage. If you want a privacy screen, which sounds like a fairly handy feature, you’ll have to pay a premium of 10,299 yuan ($1,526) for 24 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage, with more fancier configurations available if you’re willing to spend. We should expect the machine to be ready for purchase in China between mid and late August, but there is still a wait for those outside of China at this moment, and it may be longer than that, given that it runs on ARM-plus-HarmonyOS rather than Windows.
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