Amazon just revealed the Ember Artline TV at CES 2026. This is a lifestyle TV that displays art, putting it in direct competition with Samsung’s The Frame. The 4K QLED screen is extremely thin, at 1.5-inches, so it’ll likely fit just about anywhere.
It also features a glare-reducing matte screen that has been “designed to make your art and photos look great.” The Artline integrates with Amazon Photos and offers access to 2,000 pieces of free art to display. For those worried about electricity usage, the TV includes proprietary technology that senses when someone has entered or left the room and turns on or off accordingly.
The display comes with Amazon’s new smart assistant Alexa+, allowing it to double as a smart TV. This is helped along by the inclusion of far-field microphones. Alexa+ is a beefier version of the company’s long-standing digital assistant. You can talk to it like a person, if that’s your bag. There’s even a new use case in which Alexa+ analyzes the aesthetics of a room and recommends art to throw on the screen.
This is also a standard TV. It features support for Dolby Vision, HDR10+ and Wi-Fi 6 and will operate on the Fire TV platform. Customers can choose from 10 magnetic frames in a wide variety of colorways, further diversifying the aesthetics.
We don’t have a release date yet, other than “later this spring.” Amazon has released pricing, however, as this TV starts at $899 for the 55-inch version.
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