Samsung’s stylish new compact speakers have landed in Australia

If there’s one thing consistent about Samsung’s speakers, it’s that they have distinct designs. In recent years, there was the Music Frame, a speaker designed to look like art you hang on a wall. This year, Samsung has the Music Studio 5 and Music Studio 7, a pair of wireless speakers that, while not art-themed as such, are meant to furnish a home as much as they are meant to play music.

Revealed at CES 2026 earlier in the year, the Wi-Fi-enabled Music Studio speakers brandish what’s called a “Dot Design”. It’s pretty easy to see why: they have a big dot in the centre, meant to evoke a minimalist aesthetic.

Of the two, the Music Studio 7, priced at $749 in Australia, is the more powerful unit. It houses a 3.1.1-channel audio system, while the smaller $499 Music Studio 5 is a simpler two-channel setup. Both support many of the standard casting features, including Apple AirPlay and Google Cast. They also support Spotify Tap, letting you double-tap your phone to the speaker to start up a playlist.

Samsung’s Music Studio duo work with the brand’s Q-Symphony technology, so they can connect to Samsung TVs and soundbars for a fuller sound. Alternatively, up to 10 Music Studio speakers can connect and play music simultaneously if you’re keen to have one in every room of the house.

Samsung’s 2026 soundbars elevate audio, literally

Launching at the same time is Samsung’s latest Q-Series soundbar range, led by the 11.1.4-channel HW-Q990H model, which costs $1,999 in Australia. At the more affordable end of the scale is the $899 HW-Q600H 3.1.2-channel soundbar.

This year’s soundbars come with a feature called ‘Samsung Sound Elevation’. According to Samsung, the feature uses a soundbar’s up-firing speakers to make dialogue sound like it’s coming from higher, as in the TV instead of the soundbar that sits below.

Image: Samsung.

Perhaps the most useful feature for most households will be ‘Auto Volume’. It aims to normalise audio levels, so you’re not suddenly jumpscared by wildly different volume levels when swapping between YouTube and free-to-air TV, for example.

This feature could help address audio inconsistencies with streaming content; it’s a common bugbear that people have to manually set different volume levels per input. If it also addresses the big volume difference between ads and actual content, Samsung might be onto a winner here.

Alongside the Music Studio and soundbar ranges, Samsung rounded out the launch with two updated Sound Tower party speakers. Each one is splashproof and kitted out with reactive LED lights. As for price, the MX-ST40F model costs $479 in Australia, while the bigger MX-ST50F costs $699.

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