Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on What Hi-Fi?
Samsung’s Frame TV has been a massive success for anyone less than keen on having a big chunk of their living room taken over by tech, and at CES 2024, the brand applied that same thinking to speakers.
Just like its televisual sibling, the Music Frame looks nothing like a speaker and more like a standard picture frame. The art inside it and the frame surround will be customizable so you can choose according to your décor.
However, it is a speaker that can be used as either a standalone wireless speaker or teamed with a Samsung TV and soundbar via Q-Symphony, for a discreet surround-sound system.
Samsung may have carved the path with its Frame TVs but it isn’t the first brand to bring this thinking to audio. The Symfonisk picture frame speaker from Sonos’ collaboration with IKEA was something very similar in its release in 2021.
How they will compare is hard to tell. So far, Samsung has been tight-lipped on further information for the Music Frame, so its full specs and even its price and availability are still TBA.
About the Author
Verity Burns is a freelance technology journalist and former Multimedia Editor at What Hi-Fi? Having chalked up more than 15 years in the industry, she has covered the highs and lows across the breadth of consumer tech, sometimes traveling to the other side of the world to do so. With a specialism in audio and TV, however, it means she’s managed to spend a lot of time watching films and listening to music in the name of “work”. You’ll occasionally catch her on BBC Radio commenting on the latest tech news stories and always find her in the living room, tweaking terrible TV settings at parties.
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