The claim comes from @phonefuturist, a tipster who also goes by Schrodinger, who posted that Samsung and Corning are working on a self-healing surface coating for the next generation of Gorilla Armor. The target is the Galaxy S27 Ultra, and the goal described is recovery from everyday micro-scratching rather than glass that is simply harder. Per Android Headlines, the same post floats Samsung switching the term from scratch resistance to scratch recovery. Neither Samsung nor Corning has announced anything resembling this technology.
LG tried a self-healing surface on the G Flex back in 2013, and only on the back cover rather than the glass. Gorilla Armor arrived with the Galaxy S24 Ultra, Gorilla Armor 2 is on the S25 and S26 Ultra, and Corning puts its own testing at more than four times the scratch resistance of competing lithium-aluminosilicate cover glass, figures SammyGuru laid out alongside the rumour. All of it is about stopping a scratch from happening in the first place. The S27 Ultra is tipped for the first quarter of 2027, which leaves a year and a half for a coating nobody has demonstrated to fall out of the plan.