Every year, Samsung’s display division gives us a taste of concept devices with cutting-edge screens, some of which will later appear on mass-market hardware. Remember the dual-fold concept from 2021 that didn’t become a proper product until late 2025 as the Galaxy Z TriFold? Well, at CES 2026 Samsung is giving another look into the future.
Robots deserve OLED too
At CES 2026, the company will focus on innovations in OLED screens and their application to a variety of devices. Among them is the AI OLED Bot, a robotic companion with a huge 13.4-inch circular display and AI-powered conversation capabilities. It appears to have two curved arms, although it is unclear what kind of tasks they can handle.
The company envisions the robot as a “teaching assistant robot in a university setting, guiding students to classrooms and providing information such as professor profiles.” Of course, since this is a concept device, it’s unclear whether Samsung will ever bring it to retail.
Given Samsung’s track record with the Ballie AI companion robot, which was revealed back in 2020 and is scheduled to launch in 2024 (and still not available as of 2026), I wouldn’t hold my breath in anticipation of the AI OLED Bot. It’s a pretty neat concept, and now that even Samsung’s fridges have a screen and AI, the odds are slightly better for this one compared to Ballie.
Preparing OLED for the future
Samsung is also diving into the retro musical instruments category and giving them an OLED makeover. The aptly named AI OLED Cassette features a round 1.5-inch OLED display. Actually two of them, although the size of the device is more like a cassette player than your average cassette.
Then there’s the AI OLED Turntable, which replaces the entire vinyl record with a large 13.4-inch round OLED screen. Of course, this also means that all other parts of a typical turntable, such as the tonearm, anti-skate and counterweight, have also been removed. The device is just the silhouette of a record player, which Samsung justifies with a combination of advanced display technology and analogue retro design.
Samsung is also introducing a head-worn wearable concept equipped with its next-generation microdisplays for XR devices such as smart glasses and headsets. These 1.4-inch RGB OLEDoS devices offer an astounding pixel density of 5,000 PPI, which is almost three times higher than the average 4K TV.
