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Samsung Display Unveils OLED Innovation Technology for the AI Era at CES 2026

▲ 4,500 Nit QD-OLED

-- AI-Display Convergence Lifestyle Proposed Through Future-Oriented Devices Including 'AI OLED Bot'

-- High-Quality IT OLED Rapidly Expanding from Offices to Homes in the AI Era

-- Dashboard-type Display for Future Automotive Interior Implemented with Samsung OLED

-- OLED Durability Proven Through Basketball Impact Test on Foldable Panels and Refrigerator Interior Display

-- Watch-sized Display with 3 Times More Pixels Than 4K TV, Close Experience of RGB OLEDoS Quality

January 4, 2026 - Samsung Display will showcase a comprehensive lineup of next-generation OLED products at CES 2026, demonstrating how OLED can enrich AI-centric lifestyles in both futuristic and everyday applications. Through lifestyle-focused exhibitions encompassing both familiar electronics and new product concepts, visitors will be able to imagine richer AI experiences made possible by OLED technology.

Under the theme "The Era of New Experiences Powered by AI and Display," Samsung Display will host a private exhibition for global customers during CES 2026, held in Las Vegas from January 6-9 (local time).

At this exhibition, Samsung Display will showcase various OLED concept products including the 'AI OLED Bot' conceived as a communication platform between humans and AI, and will explain how OLED technology for tablets, notebooks, and monitors can create new synergies with AI in everyday life.

Additionally, we introduce new automotive solutions that leverage OLED's flexible design freedom to add sophistication to interiors. Visitors will be able to directly experience demonstrations highlighting Samsung OLED's durability, including a robot throwing basketballs at 18 foldable panels and a full display operating inside a refrigerator.

OLED Facial Robot in the Classroom: OLED Enhancing Future AI Assistant Experience

▲ AI OLED Bot

At the 'AI Edge Vision Station,' Samsung Display introduces unprecedented diverse 'edge device' concept models demonstrating how OLED applied to AI-enabled form factors can elevate AI-centric lifestyles.

The **'AI OLED Bot'**, equipped with a 13.4-inch OLED as its face, is a small robot concept designed to move freely within designated spaces and communicate with users through AI. At CES 2026, this robot is introduced as an educational assistant robot in a university environment, guiding students to lecture halls and providing information such as professor profiles. Through the robot's display, students can easily check assignments and class cancellations even in environments where voice commands or speaker use is difficult. Unlike LCD, OLED can be designed in curved, spherical, or circular shapes, offering greater freedom in reflecting the manufacturer's design intent or personal preferences.

Samsung Display also presents several speaker-type AI assistant concepts providing AI-based music recommendations. While conventional Bluetooth speakers rely on external smart devices, these display-equipped speaker concepts allow users to receive music recommendations, directly select content from the device, and create indoor ambiance using images and videos. The **'AI OLED Mood Lamp'**, a concept featuring a 13.4-inch round OLED, adjusts lighting ambiance to match the playing music. The 'AI OLED Cassette' (1.5-inch round OLED) and 'AI OLED Turntable' (13.4-inch round OLED) combine display technology with retro analog design.

Office, Business, Travel, and Home OLED: Over 300 Types of IT Products Equipped with Samsung OLED and QD-OLED Used Anywhere

▲ AI OLED Cassette

Samsung Display is showcasing how OLED adoption is increasing across various consumer segments and device categories, reflecting the growing demand for OLED in different environments such as offices, business trips, and homes. The company provides scenario-based experiences that demonstrate how OLED enhances AI efficiency.

In a workspace modeled after an architectural design firm, visitors can experience the color accuracy, deep blacks, high brightness, and wide viewing angles of OLED. OLED displays enable designers to scrutinize drawings, materials, and colors with precise detail, ensuring visual fidelity in AI-assisted digital workflows.

For business travelers, Samsung Display presents an OLED solution optimized for lightweight and slim AI-supported notebooks using its 'UT(Ultra Thin) One' technology. Unlike conventional dual glass OLED panels, UT One applies a glass substrate to the bottom and a hybrid organic-inorganic thin film to the top, making the panel 30% thinner and 30% lighter. Combined with Oxide TFT technology supporting variable refresh rates from 1Hz to 120Hz, UT One reduces power consumption while preserving more power for AI processing. By removing the air gap between the glass substrates, UT One achieves deeper blacks. It also meets 100% of the DCI-P3 color gamut widely used in movies and games and Adobe RGB, the industry standard for printing and professional imaging.

For home use, Samsung Display proposes scenarios where monitors and TVs act as high-fidelity visual interfaces for AI-powered systems. QD-OLED monitors with Always-On-Display (AOD) technology can function as wall clocks or digital art frames before transitioning into AI-based displays showing health data or daily schedules. With a wide color gamut and wide viewing angles, QD-OLED delivers consistent picture quality regardless of the viewer's position.

Additionally, Samsung Display is showcasing its 2026 QD-OLED TV model for the first time, featuring a peak brightness of 4,500 nits, the highest among self-emitting displays, and newly optimized organic materials. By combining the maximum brightness of each RGB component, QD-OLED achieves peak luminance. Compared to competing products with similar peak brightness, QD-OLED demonstrates the potential for sharper color reproduction and higher perceived brightness while further enhancing compatibility with AI-powered image optimization technologies.

A Samsung Display representative stated, "Samsung OLED and QD-OLED are no longer exclusive to gamers or professionals. They are now ideal solutions for office and home users in the AI era." The representative added that "over 300 tablet, notebook, and monitor models adopted Samsung Display panels last year, a figure three times higher than three years ago."

Dashboard-Style Displays: Future Car Interiors Realized with Samsung OLED

A newly designed digital cockpit demo invites visitors to envision autonomous vehicles equipped with advanced displays in various shapes and form factors.

An 18.1-inch 'Flexible L' Center Information Display (CID) seamlessly connects the dashboard between the driver and passenger seats, upgrading from the previous 14.4-inch version. This L-shaped flexible display enhances both aesthetics and usability, allowing for intuitive control of air conditioning and frequently used functions.

A 13.8-inch Passenger Information Display (PID) enables front passengers to enjoy content while remaining hidden beneath the dashboard when not in use, optimizing interior space and design. Other highlights include a curved cluster with a 500R curvature achieved using Rigid OLED glass and a 30-inch rear-seat entertainment (RSE) display with a 32:9 aspect ratio mounted on the ceiling.

Combining a 34-inch wide display and an 8-inch display, the OLED tail lamp serves as the centerpiece of the new digital cockpit design. Beyond standard directional signaling functions, this OLED provides high visibility even under direct sunlight and can display driving-related information such as traffic conditions or vehicle status to vehicles behind. For example, it can display a "Forward Collision" warning if danger is detected ahead.

Inspired by Samsung Display's diverse form factors, visitors can also design their own car interiors using generative AI. By sketching display layouts and selecting colors and themes on tablets provided at the booth, visitors can generate personalized interior concepts incorporating Samsung OLED.

Basketball, Marbles, and Refrigerator Displays: Proving OLED Durability

▲ AI OLED Turntable

Samsung Display has prepared several demonstrations for visitors to experience the durability of OLED firsthand.

In the 'Robot Basketball' zone, 18 foldable OLED panels are mounted on a basketball backboard with targets, and a robotic arm repeatedly throws basketballs to test impact resistance. Another test involves dropping marbles from a height of approximately 30cm onto a foldable panel, comparing its durability against competing products. Samsung Display's foldable OLED panels continue to function normally without image distortion or structural damage.

Automotive OLED displays are also showcased inside a refrigerator, demonstrating their performance in extreme cold temperatures. OLED responds instantly to electrical signals and maintains a response time of 0.2ms even at -20°C (-20 °C), similar to its performance at room temperature. In contrast, LCD response times can slow down to 200ms under the same conditions. This delay equates to approximately 2.8 meters traveled at a speed of 100 km/h, highlighting how OLED better supports safe driving.

Samsung Display will also unveil its lineup of ultra-high-resolution microdisplays for XR devices.

▲ RGB OLED Headset

The company is exhibiting a headset demo featuring the first RGB OLEDoS. This display, which is about the size of a watch face at just 1.4 inches, boasts a pixel density of 5,000 PPI (pixels per inch), nearly three times that of a 4K TV. Unlike previous years where the panel was displayed in a fixed state, this year's immersive headset demo allows visitors to fully experience the image quality of a working RGB OLEDoS.

OLEDoS (OLED on Silicon) is a micro-display technology that implements pixels as small as tens of micrometers by depositing OLED materials onto silicon wafers. RGB OLEDoS deposits red, green, and blue OLEDs individually without color filters, providing consistent image quality even at wide viewing angles.

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