13 of its 19 Innovation Awards went to visual display; its four Best of Innovation honors went to the Galaxy Z Fold8, Fold8 Ultra and two display products
Samsung Electronics (삼성전자) won 19 CES 2027 Innovation Awards. Visual display took 13 of them. Its four Best of Innovation honors went to two foldable phones and two display products. The Galaxy Z Fold8 was built around vertical short-form video and mobile gaming.
Samsung Electronics won 19 CES 2027 Innovation Awards, including four Best of Innovation honors. The Consumer Technology Association announced the winners on Nov. 9 local time, and Samsung disclosed its results on Nov. 15.
Samsung received 13 awards in visual display, three in semiconductors, two in mobile and one in home appliances. Its four Best of Innovation honors, up from three a year earlier, went to two display products and two foldable phones. Its total count fell: at CES 2026, Samsung won 27 awards.
Visual display wins 13, covering 2027 TVs, soundbars and monitors
Beyond its two Best of Innovation honors, Samsung’s 2027 TVs, soundbars, monitors and services took 11 more awards in visual display. The announcement does not name the two display products that won the top honor; Samsung plans to show the winners at CES. Last year’s display winner was the 130-inch Micro RGB TV, backlit by RGB LEDs smaller than 100 micrometers.
Fold8 is built for short-form video and games
The Galaxy Z Fold8’s 5.5-inch cover display is designed for vertical short-form video, and its 7.6-inch main display for mobile games and video. The Fold8 Ultra, Samsung’s first foldable to carry the Ultra name, has an 8-inch main display and a 5,000mAh battery. Consumer Reports ranked it first among foldable phones, with perfect scores for display and camera.
Two AI server memory modules and UFS 5.0 also win
Samsung’s memory winners were the LPDDR5X SOCAMM2 and DDR5 RDIMM modules for AI servers and UFS 5.0 storage for on-device AI. The Bespoke AI Combo washer-dryer won in home appliances.
Record 4,000 entries; LG OLED takes Best of Innovation for a fifth year
CTA judged entries in 37 categories. Entries reached about 4,000, up 10% and the most on record. LG Electronics’ OLED TV won Best of Innovation for the fifth straight year, and the LG Signature OLED T transparent wireless TV won in art tech for the second year. Samsung SDI won for the third straight year with its SDI U8A3-UPS backup battery for AI data centers. In K-EnterTech Hub’s earlier analysis of the first-round results, Korea took 23 of 38 Best of Innovation honors, only four of them by large conglomerates.
Humanoid debut unconfirmed
Samsung was reported in September to be developing a humanoid robot prototype aimed at a CES 2027 debut. The company has said it cannot confirm the report.
Winners go on show when CES opens Jan. 6
CES 2027 runs Jan. 6–9 in Las Vegas. Samsung’s winners range from living-room TVs and soundbars to foldable screens shaped for short-form video and games, putting viewing devices at the center of its show. Content and media sessions during the week are listed in the CES 2027 Entertainment Tech Guide.