LG Sound Suite hands-on at CES 2026: Home theater powered by Dolby Atmos FlexConnect

Dolby introduced its FlexConnect exertion a fewer years ago, vowing that it would let customers to position soundbars and speakers anyplace successful a room. The institution said nan level would past reconfigure nan sound automatically, taking into relationship immoderate locations that whitethorn beryllium further distant from nan halfway saccharine spot. At CES 2026, LG is nan first to put Dolby Atmos FlexConnect successful a soundbar, offering nan alleged Sound Suite that besides includes outer speaker options and a subwoofer. You don’t request each personnel of nan lineup to usage Dolby’s tech, truthful you tin prime and take which items activity champion for your surviving room.

The centerpiece of nan Sound Suite is nan H7 soundbar. This 9.1.6-channel speaker is configured for spatial audio (Dolby Atmos) and supports lossless audio up to 24 bit/96kHz. The standout connected nan spec expanse for maine is nan six up-firing channels, which should heighten nan sensation of overhead sounds. Most of nan soundbars I reappraisal person only 2 of those.

What’s more, nan H7 is equipped pinch a characteristic called Sound Follow that tracks nan location of your telephone to reconfigure nan audio erstwhile your position changes. Maybe you move to a comfy chair alternatively of nan sofa correct successful beforehand of nan TV. The thought is that you don’t person to suffer done subpar audio during a movie aliases show conscionable because you aren’t successful nan champion spot.

Then location are nan M5 and M7 speakers. When utilized pinch nan H7 soundbar, these are nan outer speakers, but LG cautioned maine against calling them “rear” units. While it’s existent a brace of them will beryllium positioned down astir people’s sofas, nan institution explained that there’s much audio contented coming retired of them than accepted rear channels provide. As such, 2 of nan M5s aliases M7s that are utilized to complement nan speakers wrong 1 of LG’s impressively bladed TVs are doing much activity than conscionable beaming sounds that are designed to travel from behind.

The M5 is simply a 1.1.1-channel speaker while nan M7 is 2.1.1. Like nan H7, some support Dolby Atmos and lossless music. What’s more, nan full Sound Suite arsenal has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, including AirPlay 2, Google Cast and some Spotify and Tidal connect. The full shebang besides employs LG’s ain AI Sound Pro and Room Calibration Pro, and each of nan settings are customized successful nan ThinQ app for Android and iOS.

Each speaker tin beryllium utilized independently should nan request arise, and arsenic I already mentioned, you tin prime and take which components will activity champion for you — up to 4 full speakers. So you tin opt for nan H7, sub and 2 speakers aliases 4 of either nan M5 aliases M7. You tin besides get a smaller setup pinch 2 speakers aliases conscionable nan soundbar and subwoofer. Dolby Atmos FlexConnect is still successful play nary matter what operation you determine on. I should statement nan optional W7 subwoofer is rather large, but you tin usage it opinionated upright aliases laying flat, according to LG.

Of course, nary of this intends thing if Sound Suite doesn’t really sound good. I’m happy to study LG’s postulation of speakers are sonically impressive. I was capable to get a bully consciousness of really they’ll execute successful a rather demo room astatine CES. Watching a assortment of movie clips successful Dolby Atmos, I flipped backmost and distant betwixt a setup pinch 4 M7 speakers and a much robust configuration of nan soundbar, subwoofer and M7 speakers. While I preferred nan wide reside and tuning of nan 4 M7s, I tin concede nan bigger postulation offered much immersive sound and amended directional audio. That said, they some provided fantabulous clarity and pristine detail.

With Sound Follow, you tin quickly person Sound Suite reconfigure nan audio based connected nan location of your telephone pinch conscionable a tap. Let’s opportunity you move from nan sofa to a comfy chair and want to set nan sound to that spot. You tin do that successful nan app. And while I could show a flimsy quality successful a side-of-the-room location and nan halfway saccharine spot successful beforehand of nan TV, nan correction did connection an betterment complete nan unadjusted audio.

I was besides capable to trial standalone mode, wherever you tin quickly usage immoderate Sound Suite speaker individually for music. Sound value was accordant present too, and nan strategy allowed maine to adhd a 2nd M7 speaker for a stereo brace pinch a fewer taps successful LG’s app. Overall, nan Sound Suite lineup offers tons of elasticity successful position of features and configurations. In fact, LG says that betwixt nan H7, W7, M5 and M7, location are 50 imaginable combinations.

Unfortunately, LG hasn’t announced pricing aliases readiness yet. Given nan capabilities of nan Sound Suite system, I don’t expect nan much robust collections to travel cheap. However, I do deliberation nan institution will connection a fewer different bundles that will hopefully supply a discount complete buying each constituent individually.