- Samsung reveals two new elite Dolby Atmos soundbars forward of CES 2026
- The Samsung HW-Q990H replaces the present Samsung HW-Q990F
- The Samsung HW-QS90H is a 7.1.2-channel all-in-one soundbar
Samsung clearly could not await CES 2026 to disclose its new soundbars popping out subsequent 12 months: it is simply introduced two new fashions, although sorry if you would like to see what they appear to be, as a result of the corporate did not hassle to supply any pictures of them.
Nonetheless, we’ve got different particulars, and I will be on the bottom at CES the place I am certain I will hear them in motion and can get to see them, so watch this house.
Within the meantime, this is what it is advisable know: there are two new high-end soundbars coming, named the Samsung HW-Q990H and the Samsung HW-QS90H.
The primary one is not any shock in any respect; it is the successor to the five-star Samsung HW-Q990F, which we fee as the perfect soundbar for Dolby Atmos immersive energy general.
The brand new mannequin sounds similar to the earlier one, which is not a lot of a shock, since these fashions do not have a tendency to alter a lot year-on-year. It is a soundbar system that consists of 4 items: the primary soundbar, the 2 wi-fi rear audio system, and the wi-fi subwoofer.
The entire system is an 11.1.4-channel Dolby Atmos setup, with the entrance soundbar delivering seven channels throughout it in addition to two upfiring top channels. The rear audio system every have two angled encompass audio system, plus an upfiring speaker.
The subwoofer shall be a compact unit once more, identical to the present one, with twin eight-inch drivers.
Samsung has revealed little in the best way of specs, however has mentioned that this mannequin debuts two new audio processing applied sciences: Sound Elevation and Auto Quantity. The primary “lifts dialogue towards the middle of the display screen for extra pure sounding audio”, says Samsung, which is one thing soundbars usually attempt to do anyway (and LG even contains an fifth upfiring channel in soundbars such because the LG S95AR to assist with this), however I am all for Samsung doing it higher than ever.
However the function I actually just like the sound of is Auto Quantity, which “maintains constant quantity throughout channels and content material for a smoother, extra balanced listening expertise”, in keeping with Samsung. No extra super-loud adverts immediately, or weirdly quiet previous streaming films? One constant degree with out me driving the quantity buttons? Adore it.
There is not any worth or launch date listed, however Samsung often releases these in Spring, and the earlier mannequin launched at $1,999 / £1,699 / AU$2,099 – although the value began falling rapidly.
The opposite soundbar can be a flagship, however of a distinct variety. The Samsung HW-QS90F is particularly an all-in-one soundbar, that means that it is designed not for use with rear audio system or a subwoofer (although realizing Samsung, it will most likely be potential so as to add these one – it hasn’t introduced this as an possibility at the moment, although).
It is a 7.12-channel Dolby Atmos soundbar, with 13 drivers in whole, together with 4 bass drivers (which Samsung is named a Quad Bass Woofer system) to create convincing low-end and not using a devoted subwoofer.
One attention-grabbing contact is that it may be utilized in two configurations: mendacity flat on a floor like most soundbars, or rotate upright for wall mounting. This is not new for Samsung – the idea was used on the Samsung HW-QS700F in 2025, and we discovered it to be very efficient in our testing.
That is principally a direct competitor to the Sonos Arc Extremely as an all-in-one soundbar possibility with deep built-in bass, although the speaker configuration is nearer to the unique Sonos Arc in some methods, which additionally used 4 bass drivers to create its low-end, whereas the Arc Extremely makes use of Sonos’ new Sound Movement driver to create huge bass in a smaller house, devoting extra speaker house in the direction of Dolby Atmos positional sound.
It will be attention-grabbing to see how the 2 examine – particularly as a result of Samsung will possible keep away from a number of the points I had with the Arc Extremely once I reviewed it, together with its lack of HDMI passthrough and DTS assist… although, as soon as once more, Samsung hasn’t really introduced this for the brand new soundbar but, as a result of data remains to be gentle.
It is unclear if this mannequin will assist the Sound Elevation or Auto Quantity options – Samsung solely talked about them for the Q990H mannequin, however they appear like they’d be equally helpful right here.
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