- LG’s iconic Wallpaper TV returns for 2026 as the OLED evo W6, featuring an ultra-thin 9mm-class design that sits flush against the wall.
- The separate Zero Connect Box wirelessly transmits visually lossless 4K video and audio from up to 10 metres away, eliminating the need for HDMI cables to the display.
- Hyper Radiant Colour Technology and the α11 AI Processor Gen3 bring LG’s latest OLED picture technology to the ultra-thin W6.
- Gamers get 4K at up to 165Hz, NVIDIA G-SYNC compatibility, AMD FreeSync Premium and a claimed 0.1ms pixel response time.
LG is bringing back one of its most memorable TV designs for 2026, and somehow it has made the idea even more extreme. First introduced in 2017, the Wallpaper TV returns as the LG OLED evo W6, an impossibly slim OLED measuring just 9mm thick and designed to sit almost completely flush against the wall. More importantly, LG has paired that barely-there profile with True Wireless technology, moving the usual collection of HDMI ports and connections away from the screen itself.
Unveiled at CES 2026, LG calls the W6 the world’s thinnest True Wireless OLED TV, and at 9mm it’s thinner than plenty of smartphones once you factor in their camera bumps. Achieving that profile required LG to miniaturize key components and rethink the television’s internal architecture, while an improved wall mount allows the display to sit flush against the wall from edge to edge.
- Screen: OLED evo, Wallpaper-style 9mm-class design
- Resolution: 4K
- Refresh rate: Up to 165Hz
- VRR: NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatible; AMD FreeSync Premium
- Processor: α11 AI Processor Gen3
- Wireless connectivity: True Wireless via Zero Connect Box
- Wireless range: Up to 10 metres
- Colour technology: Hyper Radiant Color Technology
- Brightness: Brightness Booster Ultra, up to 3.9× conventional OLEDs under LG’s testing conditions
- Reflection control: Intertek Reflection Free Premium certified
The clever part is what LG removed from the television. Instead of plugging consoles, streaming boxes and other devices directly into the W6, those connections live inside the separate Zero Connect Box, which can sit up to 10 metres away and transmit visually lossless 4K video and audio wirelessly to the screen. That means you can keep most of the usual HDMI clutter somewhere else, although the television itself still needs power, so “True Wireless” refers specifically to the connection between the Zero Connect Box and display rather than a completely cable-free TV.
LG hasn’t made the W6 ridiculously thin at the expense of picture quality, either. Its new Hyper Radiant Colour Technology is designed to improve brightness, colour and black levels while reducing reflections, with Brightness Booster Ultra capable of reaching luminance levels up to 3.9 times brighter than conventional OLEDs under LG’s testing conditions. The screen has also received Intertek’s Reflection Free Premium certification, which should make that OLED picture easier to appreciate in rooms where sunlight and reflections would normally be distracting.
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Driving it all is LG’s new α11 AI Processor Gen3, which features a Neural Processing Unit the company says is 5.6 times more powerful than the previous generation. The new Dual AI Engine can handle noise reduction and detail preservation simultaneously, while gamers get an equally serious specification sheet with 4K at up to 165Hz, NVIDIA G-SYNC Compatible, AMD FreeSync Premium, a claimed 0.1ms pixel response time and Auto Low Latency Mode.
LG is also leaning into the idea that a television this thin should become part of the room when you aren’t watching it. LG Gallery+ offers more than 4,500 visuals alongside personal photos and AI-generated imagery, while the latest webOS adds Voice ID, Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot integration, allowing the W6 to do considerably more than simply disappear into the wall once the movie is over.
For LG, bringing back the Wallpaper TV isn’t simply about reviving one of its most recognizable designs. The company sees the W6 as the point where more than a decade of OLED development meets its increasingly wireless approach to home entertainment.
“The Wallpaper TV represents the beautiful convergence of our True Wireless leadership, form factor innovation and 13 years of OLED mastery,” said Park Hyoung-sei, president of the LG Media Entertainment Solution Company. “LG continues to raise the bar for OLED TVs, setting the standard for what’s next.”
The original Wallpaper TV was already one of those products that made far more sense once you saw it mounted than it ever could on a specification sheet, but the W6 takes the idea closer to its logical conclusion. Making an OLED around 9mm thick is impressive on its own; removing most of the cables that would normally be hanging underneath it is what makes the concept considerably more convincing.
There’s something slightly ridiculous about a television this large being thinner than the phone sitting in your pocket, but that’s also what makes the W6 interesting. LG hasn’t chased thinness alone, either, with wireless 4K transmission, flagship OLED picture technology and 165Hz gaming support all squeezed into a television designed to look more like part of the wall than another piece of electronics.
Nine years after LG first introduced the Wallpaper concept, it finally feels much closer to what the name always promised: a huge OLED screen that can live against your wall without forcing the rest of the room to revolve around it. For a television designed to disappear, the LG OLED evo W6 may be hard to ignore.
