Samsung's bringing party speakers to Australia in 2026
Samsung unveiled a new range of party speakers at IFA 2025 in Berlin, alongside a remote management service for its appliances and certification for its IoT devices' security.
Karaoke is big business. So it's not really a surprise that Samsung is jumping on the bandwagon with its new lineup of party speakers announced at the IFA conference in Berlin today.
There are two models launching as part of Samsung's new "Sound Tower" range. The Sound Tower ST50F is a 240W speaker, with 6.5-inch dual woofers, 25mm dual-dome tweeters, a telescopic handle and integrated wheels.
The Sound Tower ST40F is a bit more subdued, with a 160W output, 5.25-inch dual woofers, 20mm dual-dome tweeters and an integrated handle.
Both new Sound Tower speakers are packed with LED lighting options, including a racetrack-style LED light around the woofers, a ring light around the tweeters, four perimeter line lights around the body, crystal lights at the base of the speaker and a handle light.
There are five mood presets and six dynamic patterns, and if you're having a proper party, you can connect multiple units together – either through Auracast for Group Play or two units together for a proper stereo system.
If you're not into karaoke, there's also a dedicated DJ Booth and guitar input, allowing you to get the party started in any number of ways. There's no mention of wireless microphones being included, though.
The Samsung Sound Tower speakers won't hit Australia until 2026, and pricing hasn't been announced yet. But I love a good party speaker, so it will be interesting to see how this one performs.
Better support for connected appliances
Also announced at IFA today was the expansion of Samsung's Home Appliance Remote Management Service.
The expansion brings improved customer support to Australia, so Samsung can connect to SmartThings-connected appliances and maintain a continuous record of device conditions. It can also enable real-time monitoring through the service centre (so long as you consent).
By accessing this data, customer service can more easily diagnose the issue without having to send out a technician.
As someone who had to spend hundreds of dollars recently because my washing machine decided to stop spinning, I kind of appreciate the benefits this service might bring.
If you still need a technician to come out to look at things, they'll still have a detailed log of diagnostic data before they arrive, which should help speed up the process.
Samsung's Bespoke Jet robot vacuums get IoT security certification
This is a bit like the Oscars where all the boring awards are announced off-air. Samsung teased me with the party speaker, then slipped in the "IoT security certification from TÜV Nord".
There's a lot of boring security information in the release you can read yourself, but the main takeaway is that the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo and Bespoke AI Jet Bot Steam (which will apparently be announced at IFA some time), plus Samsung's Bespoke AI fridges have all received this certification.
Which I guess means they are "safe" – as much as any Internet-connected device is ever truly "safe". That's a good thing, ultimately.
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Nick Broughall
Nick Broughall
