Samsung Introduces New Education Tools for Interactive Displays at ISTELive 26

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced new education solutions for its Android-based Samsung Interactive Display lineup, making shared classroom displays easier to personalize and manage. Announced and exhibited at ISTELive 26, a leading education technology conference that is being hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) from June 28-July 1 in Orlando, Florida, the new solutions reflect Samsung’s focus on practical classroom tools for teachers and school IT teams.

“Digital classrooms depend on the right balance of advanced hardware, intelligent software and intuitive user experiences,” said Hyoung Jae Kim, Executive Vice President of the Visual Display (VD) Business at Samsung Electronics. “By bringing together AI and seamless connectivity, Samsung’s interactive display solutions are designed to support a more flexible, connected learning environment in which teachers and students can thrive.”

Samsung AMS: Personalizing the Shared Display Experience

In schools where multiple teachers use the same classroom display throughout the day, access and privacy can become daily challenges. Samsung Account Management Solution (AMS), which comes pre-installed on compatible Android-based Samsung Interactive Display lineup models, allows each teacher to access their own account using a QR code or an NFC-enabled ID card.¹ This streamlined sign-in experience helps schools support shared devices without relying on local profiles tied to a single display.

With Home Personalization, Samsung AMS supports cloud-connected profiles, allowing teachers to access their preferred layout, wallpaper, bookmarks, app shortcuts, files and settings when they sign in to compatible displays in different classrooms. This transforms any shared display into a personalized teaching workspace, giving teachers a consistent experience from room to room.

For added security, teachers can instantly activate a screen lock when they need to leave the classroom for brief amounts of time.

As schools add more connected displays, IT teams need a simpler way to manage users, devices and classroom permissions. Samsung Education Portal provides a central location for IT managers to register teachers and enroll devices. In terms of user management, NFC binding links NFC cards to teacher accounts so staff can sign in to shared displays with their assigned cards. IT teams can also enable Samsung AMS on selected displays and manage account access when needed, allowing classrooms to stay ready for the next teacher.

Samsung Education Portal also includes Tags, a feature that lets IT teams group displays by school, building or classroom. The same tags can support emergency alerts, enabling schools to push preconfigured alerts to selected Samsung Interactive Displays through major notification platforms like InformaCast and Raptor.²

Samsung AI Assistant: Supporting More Efficient Teaching and More Active Learning

Samsung AI Assistant provides AI tools for common classroom tasks directly on compatible Android-based Samsung Interactive Displays. The app supports content discovery, transcription, summaries and quizzes, helping teachers encourage student focus, participation and comprehension throughout lessons.

With Circle to Search³, teachers can circle on-screen text or images to find related information, visuals, videos and web links without leaving the display. Results can also be used in other classroom apps, such as Samsung Whiteboard, so teachers can bring supporting materials into the lesson more easily. Live Transcript converts spoken instruction into real-time text on the screen, making lessons easier to follow for students with hearing impairments, as well as multilingual learners.⁴

Samsung AI Assistant also includes AI Summary and AI Quiz. Using recorded lesson content, AI Quiz generates questions that allow teachers to assess student comprehension in real time. This keeps students engaged through the end of the lesson, while giving teachers immediate visibility into class performance, such as the overall correct answer rate. With Single Sign-On for Samsung AI Assistant through Samsung AMS, teachers can return to previous lesson materials, including AI-generated summaries, without signing in again.

Samsung Brings More Choice to Classroom Display Technology

Samsung AI Assistant is currently available following its April release, while Samsung AMS will be available beginning in July alongside related Samsung Education Portal updates.⁵

Samsung’s Android-based Interactive Display portfolio gives schools a range of options for classrooms, media rooms and shared learning spaces, with three new models coming soon: WAF-S, WAFX-PS and WAHX-M.⁶ These models, along with the existing WAF and WAFX-P series, support Samsung AI Assistant and Samsung AMS.  The lineup is also EDLA-certified,⁷ providing seamless access to services like Google Classroom and Google Drive, which further enrich the educational experience.

WAF-S and WAFX-PS build on previous models (WAF, WAFX-P) with an Android OS upgrade to Android 16. The new OS includes improvements in usability, accessibility, security and privacy. The upgrade gives schools a more advanced display experience while preserving the familiarity of the core product.

WAHX-M introduces a 98-inch option to Samsung’s Interactive Display portfolio for the first time, supporting larger spaces such as lecture halls and conference rooms. Available in 65-, 75-, 86- and 98-inch sizes, WAHX-M supports on-device AI features⁸ such as voice command, AI calculator and text-to-speech, along with Samsung AMS and the Samsung AI Assistant app.

Providing End-to-End Support for Educators

To keep classrooms running without interruption, Samsung has launched Samsung Fast Swap for Interactive Displays⁹, an innovative, one-time replacement program tailored for Platinum and Gold Education Channel Partners. Leveraging Samsung’s deep expertise in education technology, this initiative is designed to minimize downtime in K–12 U.S. schools by delivering rapid and reliable support for devices issues.¹⁰ By streamlining the replacement process and enabling swift on-site exchanges, Samsung Fast Swap empowers educators to maintain uninterrupted teaching, fostering a seamless learning environment.

For more information, visit www.samsung.com.

1 NFC-enabled sign-in availability may vary by model.

2 This feature requires integration with a compatible notification platform.

3 This solution is based on Google’s Gemini API and incorporates our proprietary features tailored specifically for educational products. As a result, the user experience (UX) and usability may differ from the Circle to Search used on mobile devices.

4 Supported languages for Live Transcript may vary by model and region.

5 Feature available in selected regions and models only, available in certain markets. Feature may be suspended or ceased without notice.

6 Model availability and launch timing may vary by regions.

7 Enterprise Devices Licensing Agreement, a program Google introduced at the end of 2022 to help solutions providers offer devices with built-in Google Mobile Services.

8 Supported languages for on-device AI features may vary by region.

9 Limited to one advance exchange per original unit only. Replacement units are not eligible. Additional or repeat failures will be supported under standard repair service. Limited to Platinum and Gold Education Partners only.

10 The program covers the following Samsung Interactive Display models: WAF, WAFX-P and WEFX series.