LG's next-gen OLED tech is coming to laptops and monitors first, and we've got a rough timeline

LG's FLiPP tech could deliver Tandem OLED performance for much less Will arrive on smaller displays first, don't expect it on TVs for several years Production for laptop and monitor screens could start in 2027 If you're a fan of OLED, there's an exciting new acronym you need to know: FLiPP .

It stands for FMM-Less innovative Pixel Patterning, and the FMM bit refers to fine metal masks.

Those are normally used in OLED manufacturing to precisely place the organic emissive materials.

With FLiPP, there's no mask.

Instead, the materials are deposited across the glass, given a protective layer and then refined using photolithography and etching to get rid of the unwanted sections.

The biggest single advantage to FLiPP is efficiency.

According to trade site The Elec, LG Display found that the tech increased the utilization rate – the efficiency of the production – from 75% in a conventional FMM process to over 93% in a FLiPP process.

That's good news for us, because more efficient production means lower production costs.

And that ultimately means we could see much better OLEDs without higher prices.

FLiPP also improved utilization of the organic emissive materials from 40% to 74%, boosted the pixel aperture ratio (how much of the pixel area emits light) to 65%, and enabled the light-emitting area to boost luminance by 1.6x, longevity by 2.4x or reduce power consumption by 13%.

So that means these OLED screens can brighter, or they can be more reliable, or they can use less power, depending on the preference of the device.

But in the near future, those devices will almost certainly be laptops and monitors, and not TVs — sadly for those desperate for the price of the best OLED TVs to drop.

LG Display announced the technology at the International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) 2026 (Image credit: LG Display) What the FLiPP? LG Display's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Choi Young-seok says that the technology is still in the first development stage.

The next stage would be developing actual products, and the third stage is mass production.