The LG G6 OLED has a new feature I desperately need — and it could be the biggest TV upgrade in years

The LG G6 OLED at LG's suite at CES 2026.

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OLED just keeps getting better (and brighter) every year. The best OLED TVs can now match the cornea-scorching vividness of high-end Mini-LED sets, which is hugely impressive.

When it comes to my most anticipated TV of 2026 though, the LG G6 OLED, it’s not the rumored eye-rubbing number of nits I’m most excited for — it's actually the LG G6’s reflectivity. Or more accurately, it’s total lack of it.

Thanks to LG’s new “Reflection Free Premium” tech, the TV giant is promising a top-tier set that will deliver perfect black levels in not only dark viewing conditions, but also the most sun-filled living rooms. Here's why I think it's the biggest TV upgrade in years.

It's time to end glare for good

Eliminating reflections has been a big priority for LG for years at this point. I’m lucky enough to own a 77-inch LG G3 OLED, and the anti-reflective coating on its Evo panel stops it from becoming a giant mirror whenever the sun pops up here in my native (currently frigid) Scotland. It’s far from perfect, though.

In summer months, my living room takes in a lot of light. In late June, when the sun often doesn’t fully set until after 10pm, the mid-evening rays that pour into my lounge create a bunch of distracting reflections that the G3 simply can’t banish.

This admittedly first-world AV problem was so distracting last summer, I literally thought there was a giant mark on my screen every sunny evening. Mercifully, I hadn’t accidentally scratched my screen, rather, it was the sun bouncing off my PS5 Pro’s shiny black middle strip that was creating an annoying reflection.

Plonking my console on its side quickly remedied this issue, but I can’t deny I’ve been pining for better anti-reflective tech ever since.

Nearly glare-free since 2023

An LG G3 OLED TV with the PS5 game Returnal on the screen — (Image credit: Tom's Guide)

Since the G3 launched back in 2023, LG has made significant strides in reducing glare on its OLED panels. Last year’s superb LG G5 OLED is, in part, such a “picture powerhouse” because its anti-reflective coating is extremely accomplished. Said coating works so well, LG’s current flagship OLED was granted a UL Glare Free certification.

If you believe LG’s early promises surrounding the G6, glare will be a complete non-issue for its upcoming screen.

That might make you think there’s little room for improvement when it comes to slaying TV reflections. Yet if you believe LG’s early promises surrounding the G6, glare will be a complete non-issue for its upcoming screen.

LG stated at CES 2026 that the G6’s panel would have a screen reflectance lower than 0.5%. That’s an impressive metric on its own, but when working in conjunction with LG's new “Brightness Booster Ultra” technology, the G6 should have more than enough juice to overpower ambient light.

So how bright are we talking? We measured last year's LG G5's HDR peak brightness at 2,296 nits on a 10% white window, making it one of the brightest OLEDs we’ve ever seen — and the G6 is supposedly 20% brighter than its already vivid predecessor.

When you combine that Reflection Free Premium coating with sky high brightness, OLED’s infinite black levels, an upgraded Alpha 11 Gen 3 processor, plus a four stack Primary RGB Tandem 2.0 panel, it would be a surprise if the G6 isn’t competing with the Samsung S95H for the crown of 2026’s best OLED TV.

Spring can't get here quick enough

The LG G5 OLED at Tom's Guide's Labs. — (Image credit: Tom's Guide)

Look, I’m incredibly happy with my G3. The 2023 screen is still so good. It’s the first OLED TV I’ve owned in years where I’ve not been immediately tempted to replace it as soon as its successor was released.

But the G6 is going to be a day-one buy for me. I already know I’m going to appreciate the G6’s 4K/120Hz screen and its plethora of gamer-friendly features — like Nvidia G-Sync, FreeSync Premium, VRR and ALLM — and the improvements in upscaling and motion processing that will come with G6's updated processor.

It's possible, of course, that LG's marketing speak has simply said all the right things to convince me to shell out for the latest and greatest technology... but from everything I've read about it, I’m confident the G6 will be the most impressive set I’ll have ever clocked eyes upon.

If prior years' launch dates are anything to go by, LG's new OLEDs are typically released in late March or early April, and you can bet I'll be first in line when they arrive.

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Dave is a computing editor at Tom’s Guide and covers everything from cutting edge laptops to ultrawide monitors. When he’s not worrying about dead pixels, Dave enjoys regularly rebuilding his PC for absolutely no reason at all. In a previous life, he worked as a video game journalist for 15 years, with bylines across GamesRadar+, PC Gamer and TechRadar. Despite owning a graphics card that costs roughly the same as your average used car, he still enjoys gaming on the go and is regularly glued to his Switch. Away from tech, most of Dave’s time is taken up by walking his husky, buying new TVs at an embarrassing rate and obsessing over his beloved Arsenal.

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