{"id":691179,"date":"2026-07-14T13:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/691179\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:29:13","slug":"new-rumours-suggest-nintendo-could-be-looking-into-upgrading-the-switch-2-with-an-oled-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/691179\/","title":{"rendered":"New rumours suggest Nintendo could be looking into upgrading the Switch 2 with an OLED screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rumours of Switch 2<\/a> upgrades continue to pour in following talk of Nintendo looking to upgrade the console’s LCD panel<\/a>. Now, a major Korean technology website is claiming serious talks are underway at the Japanese giant about exploring the possibility of an OLED model.<\/p>\n

Though many have always assumed Nintendo would eventually give the Switch 2 the OLED treatment like it did with the original console, we weren’t expecting to hear rumours this early. ZDNET Korea<\/a> (hat tip to Nintendo Everything<\/a>), however, has underlined production wouldn’t start before the end of 2027 if the plans move forward. If Switch 2 OLED released in 2028, that would be roughly three years after the LCD model’s launch versus the four-year-and-a-half wait for Switch 1 OLED, released in late 2021.<\/p>\n

“There is a possibility that Samsung Display will supply the OLED, just as it did for the Switch 1. The extent of the price increase resulting from the adoption of OLED is a variable,” the post on ZDNET Korea explained. Needless to say, the main reason why Switch 2 first launched without an OLED screen<\/a> – a much better choice for the system’s HDR feature – was the effect on costs. It’s unclear how much of an impact the ongoing component crisis would have on this model.<\/p>\n

One of the insiders ZDNET cites claimed “Nintendo is considering releasing a Switch 2 OLED with the resolution upgraded from HD (1280×720) of the Switch 1 OLED model to FHD (1920×1080)”. This feels like a given considering the Switch 2’s native resolution in handheld mode already is 1080p. If the release of the Switch 2 OLED model is confirmed in the coming months, “there is a possibility that product development will begin at the end of this year”, they added. It must be noted “product development” comes before production.<\/p>\n

Such a potential upgrade could also deal with ongoing complaints about the LCD screen’s delay and ghosting problems<\/a> as well as its imprecise HDR support. While Switch 2 is a notable piece of handheld hardware, such shortcomings have been extensively documented and explained by experts like Digital Foundry<\/a>‘s.<\/p>\n

What we know for sure is that Nintendo has confirmed small revisions of Switch 2 products<\/a> – including the console – will happen in Europe starting this summer in order to comply with the Right to Repair directive and new battery regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rumours of Switch 2 upgrades continue to pour in following talk of Nintendo looking to upgrade the console’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-691179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}