LG has started rolling out its 2026 television line-up in the UAE, and for once the interesting part isn’t the flagship. It’s the mid-tier.
The range is anchored by three OLEDs – the evo G6, evo C6, and AI B6 – plus a 115-inch QNED Mini-LED that exists mainly to make projector owners feel bad. The G6 and C6 both run LG’s new Alpha 11 AI Processor Gen3, a chip LG says handles picture and sound optimisation in real time based on what’s on screen and how much light is in the room.
The C6 is the story
Normally the C-series gets a trimmed version of the flagship treatment. Not this year. The C6 inherits the same top-tier Alpha 11 Gen3 silicon as the G6, then pairs it with what LG calls Hyper Radiant Color Tech to hit a claimed 3.2 times the peak brightness of a conventional OLED. It also ships with a native 165Hz refresh rate at 4K – higher than the G6’s 120Hz.
That’s an unusual bit of segmentation. The G6 remains the design-led wall-mount piece with improved thermal management, NVIDIA G-SYNC compatibility and AMD FreeSync Premium. But on raw gaming numbers, the cheaper set wins. The B6 sits below both at a still-competitive 144Hz, and keeps the full software stack rather than the stripped-down build entry OLEDs usually get.
Two assistants, one remote
LG has rebuilt webOS around a dedicated AI Button on the Magic Remote, which drops you into an AI Hub that curates apps and content. Behind it sit both Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot – natural-language search, questions about what you’re watching, smart-home control, no on-screen keyboard required.
Shipping two rival assistants on the same platform is a hedge, and it raises the obvious question of which one actually answers when you press the button. LG hasn’t detailed how the handoff works. It has, at least, addressed the elephant in the living room: a hardware-level system called LG Shield is meant to keep search history and personal data locked down, which matters when the TV is now listening for conversational queries.
The 115-inch flex
The other headline is scale. LG’s 115-inch QNED combines Quantum Dot and NanoCell colour with thousands of Mini-LED backlights, and it’s pitched squarely at people considering a projector – no washed-out colour, no fan noise, no dim bulb. It starts arriving at UAE retailers this July, with timing dependent on local shipments.
What LG hasn’t announced is pricing, which is the number that decides whether the C6’s spec sheet is a genuine bargain or just a well-marketed one. For now, the pitch is brighter panels, faster panels, and a TV you can argue with. Local pricing and availability are on LG’s UAE site.
