Samsung Display Installs Micro LED Watch Pilot Line, Targeting 2027 Mass-Production Talks
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Updated · Samsung Magazine · May 30
Samsung Display Installs Micro LED Watch Pilot Line, Targeting 2027 Mass-Production Talks
9 articles · Updated · Samsung Magazine · May 30
Samsung Display is setting up a Micro LED smartwatch pilot line at its A2 campus in Asan, with commissioning and test runs scheduled for 2026.
The 5.5-generation quarter-cut line supports Samsung's push to bring Micro LED to wearables, even after Apple scrapped its Apple Watch project in 2024 over cost and technical hurdles.
Equipment suppliers were selected around late 2025 and early 2026, with machine deliveries due by the end of 2025; internal discussions on mass-production investment are penciled in for the second half of 2027 or later.
Commercial use still looks distant: Samsung's 2026 watch lineup is expected to keep existing display technologies, and broad Micro LED adoption is unlikely before 2028.
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