Samsung Display is demonstrating its first microLED wearable display prototype, at CES 2025. The company did not share many specifications, beyond saying that the brightness is 4,000 nits peak, which makes it brighter than the 3,000 nits Apple Watch OLED display.
Samsung started developing wearable microLED displays back in 2023, hoping that Samsung Electronics will release a first product by the end of 2025. This was delayed, but it is great to see SDC showing this display publicly for the first time.
The main advantages of microLED displays for wearable applications are the high brightness, and high efficiency. Several companies develop microLED wearable displays, including AUO (which is starting commercial production) and Apple. In early 2024 Apple cancelled its main project to produce microLED wearable displays, but the company may still be developing the technology.
Garmin is working on its first microLED smartwatch, and so is luxury watch brand Tag Heuer. Both companies are said to use AUO's wearable microLEDs. We expect the first devices to launch later this year.
