Omdia says that it expects the shipments of OLED tablet panels to rise 39% in 2026, and reach 15 million units. The total tablet display market will rise 1.4% (and reach 301.5 million units) - fueled almost entirely by the growth in OLED shipments - LCD panel shipments will remain the same as in 2025.
Most of the growth in 2026 will be driven by higher demand from Apple, for its iPad Pro tablets - and also its iPad Mini tablets, as it is estimated that Apple will launch the OLED iPad Mini in 2026. This will increase Samsung Display's OLED tablet production. Other companies that expect to increase tablet OLED panel production are BOE, TCL CSOT and Visionox, mostly for supplying OLEDs to Huawei's tablets.
OLED makers are gearing up to increase IT AMOLED production capacity, as demand for OLED tablets, laptops and monitors is expected to indeed rise sharply in the near future. Samsung Display is set to start producing panels at its 8.6-Gen line in Q3 2026, or maybe even a few weeks early. BOE accelerating its own plans to start production at its 8.6-Gen flexible AMOLED line, and may even manage to do so earlier than Samsung.
Beyond Huawei and Apple, Samsung has also recently released new AMOLED tablets. It is expected that as Apple increases its adoption of OLED in its tablets, more device makers will follow suit, and the market share of OLED in the tablet segment will continue to rise.
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