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CES 2026 kicked disconnected pinch a large property convention from 1 of nan biggest companies astatine nan show: Samsung. The tech elephantine held its "first look" position to show disconnected caller location products and make a plethora of AI-infused announcements. New TVs, speakers, projectors and much were among nan headliners, on pinch updated gaming monitors and soundbars.
Many of nan products announced connected shape were not really new, but alternatively had been dripped retired by Samsung recently. Like its minimalist Music Studio speakers aliases caller Micro RGB TVs. We did get a person look a antecedently undisclosed set, a flagship 130-inch Micro RGB TV framed by a elephantine metallic easel pinch embedded speakers. It's 1 of nan astir striking sets we've ever seen, but it's overmuch much successful nan realm of conception than reality. (That's not to opportunity they won't waste it, conscionable that we've heard nary plans and if they do it will beryllium hideously expensive.)
Samsung's flagship Micro RGB TV. (Devindra Hardawar for Engadget)
As for nan remainder of Samsung's Micro RGB TV line, that whitethorn really beryllium somewhat much affordable. The institution released its first group past twelvemonth for an eye-watering $30,000, but that was a 115-inch impervious of concept. This twelvemonth it'll beryllium offering TVs successful much reasonable sizes, including nan ever-popular 55-, 65- and 75-inch sets. We don't cognize pricing connected those but those smaller models will decidedly beryllium cheaper than $30,000. For those that want thing bigger, there'll besides beryllium 85-, 100- and 115-inch models. As before, nan Micro RGB scope will connection a purported 100% sum of nan Rec.2020 colour space, which is thing that moreover nan highest-end OLEDs can't match.
While they whitethorn person been announced anterior to CES, we did get a fewer minutes successful personification pinch Samsung's Music Studio speakers successful nan demo area aft nan large show. The Music Studio 5 and 7 are wireles speakers supporting some Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The Studio 5 has a four-inch woofer and dual tweeters, while nan Studio 7 has a 3.1.1 setup pinch top-, front-, left- and right-firing speakers to springiness an "immersive 3D audio experience." For each of that, it's clear nan main tie of these caller speakers is nan design, which is decidedly striking.
Another point from those heady pre-CES days was nan Freestyle+, nan latest effort astatine a micro projector from Samsung. Like erstwhile Freestyle models, it's mini and unobtrusive, but this 1 is simply a small brighter and has "smarter AI capabilities."
“The Freestyle+ reflects Samsung’s imagination to create displays that accommodate people to really group unrecorded and move betwixt spaces,” said Hun Lee, Executive Vice President of nan Visual Display Business astatine Samsung Electronics. “By combining existent portability pinch intelligent AI that optimizes some nan viewing situation and nan contented itself, The Freestyle+ makes it easier to bask a consistent, high-quality acquisition wherever you are.”
Samsung's Music Studio 5 speakers astatine CES 2026. (Billy Steele for Engadget)
There were moreover products that Samsung didn't mention connected shape that we past recovered successful nan demo area. Like nan Samsung HW-QS90H soundbar, a caller skew connected its celebrated HW-QS90 statement that targets those of america that would alternatively not person a subwoofer sitting successful our surviving rooms. It's an all-in-one 7.1.2 soundbar pinch 13 drivers, including 4 (we're assuming) woofers for its "Quad Bass Woofer system." Or the
And that was really that for nan large announcements. The remainder of nan shape show was focused connected really Samsung thinks (or really, astatine this point, insists) AI is going to make each of its products much useful. Demos included utilizing AI sound cancelling to move disconnected nan commentators successful a shot match, utilizing AI to watch recipes connected your fridge door, utilizing AI to lavation your apparel amended (?) and... to trim a agelong communicative short, Samsung would very overmuch admit it if you could please usage AI.
We're expecting to spot and perceive much from Samsung during CES, but for now you tin find each of our news stories and much elaborate hands-on impressions below, aliases if you want to relieve nan arena successful extruciating item there's nan livestream replay too. (Don't worry, though nan video is 3 hours agelong nan arena itself was a tight hour.)
