Best TVs for Smart TV platform

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Best for Smart TV platform

Samsung QN80H

4.9 attribute score

Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

Sony BRAVIA 5

4.6 attribute score

Balances the attribute score, supporting reviews, and overall product strength.

Most evidence

Samsung Q8F 2025

22 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this attribute.

Best overall product

Hisense U6SF

4.3 overall score

Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this attribute.

#1 Samsung QN80H
4.9

Samsung's current Tizen system is quick, feature-rich and generally intuitive, though the AI and recommendation areas are less universally useful.

Pros: picture quality, contrast ratio

Cons: blooming control, glare resistance

#2 Samsung QN70H
4.8

Tizen offers an extensive app selection and useful connected features; its busy navigation, account requirement and uneven speed are the drawbacks.

Pros: picture quality, overall satisfaction

Cons: sound quality, black levels

#3 Sony BRAVIA 5
4.6

Google TV brings an extensive app ecosystem and intuitive navigation, with occasional clutter from recommendations and ads.

Pros: picture quality, black levels

Cons: HDR brightness, value for money

#4 Hisense 98QD5QG
4.6

Google TV earns high marks for familiar apps, simple navigation and easy access to entertainment.

Pros: overall satisfaction, picture quality

Cons: Weight and handling, black levels

#5 Hisense UR9SG
4.5

Google TV is fast and app-rich, with useful search; ads, occasional software faults and buried settings hold it back.

Pros: peak brightness, picture quality

Cons: value for money, color accuracy

#6 LG QNED92A
4.5

webOS earns praise for its broad content access, customization, and generally smooth navigation. Advertisements and increasingly busy AI features are its main distractions.

Pros: gaming performance, overall satisfaction

Cons: sound quality, value for money

#7 TCL Q77K
4.5

Google TV supplies comprehensive apps and a familiar interface, but unavoidable ads diminish the experience.

Pros: picture quality, value for money

Cons: viewing angles, HDR performance

#8 TCL RM9L
4.5

Google TV brings a familiar layout, user profiles, and plentiful content options. Advertising remains a nuisance unless the set is configured with fewer smart functions.

Pros: picture quality, overall satisfaction

Cons: color crosstalk, value for money

#9 Samsung S95H OLED
4.5

The refreshed Tizen interface is generally quick and capable, but ads, autoplay content, and occasional app issues detract from the experience.

Pros: picture quality, overall satisfaction

Cons: design and appearance, Dolby Vision support

#10 Samsung R85H
4.4

One UI Tizen is generally responsive, well organized and rich in features, although newer conversational AI functions occasionally feel unfinished.

Pros: overall satisfaction, color gamut

Cons: value for money, local dimming performance

#11 Samsung S85H OLED
4.4

The redesigned Tizen layout feels improved.

Pros: black levels, picture quality

Cons: glare resistance, reflection handling

#12 TCL QM5K
4.4

Google TV is easy to navigate and rich in apps, though its menus may lag and its home screen includes advertising.

Pros: black levels, picture quality

Cons: HDR performance, blooming control

#13 Hisense U6SF
4.4

Fire TV offers a familiar interface and wide app support; the chief drawbacks are ads and an Amazon-heavy home screen.

Pros: picture quality, black levels

Cons: bass performance, HDR brightness

#14 LG B6 OLED 2026
4.3

webOS 26 offers broad apps and navigable menus, with a few complaints about advertising, interface design or sluggishness.

Pros: value for money, peak brightness

Cons: color accuracy, stand quality

#15 Hisense U7SG
4.2

Google TV delivers familiar apps and easy browsing, but the recommendation-heavy home screen and layered menus can feel cluttered.

Pros: overall satisfaction, glare resistance

Cons: motion handling, viewing angles

#16 Samsung QN70F
4.2

Tizen provides a capable streaming and smart-home hub with clear navigation, though it can stumble shortly after booting.

Pros: picture quality, 4K at 144 Hz support

Cons: sound quality, value for money

#17 Amazon Ember Artline 2026
4.0

The updated Fire TV home screen is approachable and integrates popular services, but advertisements and occasional sluggishness divide opinions.

Pros: art display mode, picture quality

Cons: contrast ratio, high-refresh-rate gaming

#18 Samsung M80H
3.9

Tizen is comprehensive and usually quick, with clear navigation and many services, though regional gaps and occasional lag remain.

Pros: gaming performance, color accuracy

Cons: value for money, overall satisfaction

#19 Sony BRAVIA 2 II
3.9

Google TV supplies familiar apps, recommendations and casting in one place, but crashes, menus and forced account steps frustrate some owners.

Pros: picture quality, overall satisfaction

Cons: sound quality, reliability

#20 Samsung R95H
3.8

The redesigned Tizen interface is faster and easier to navigate, with broad app access. Advertising, occasional app problems and a less intuitive layout than some rivals remain frustrations.

Pros: color volume, overall satisfaction

Cons: value for money, color accuracy

#21 LG QNED75B
3.7

webOS provides profiles, streaming choices, and free content, but some find its busy layout and sluggish behavior frustrating.

Pros: picture quality, color accuracy

Cons: remote control quality, black levels

#22 Panasonic Z8BA OLED
3.5

The built-in system is responsive and feature-rich, but its crowded interface and advertising are divisive.

Pros: overall satisfaction, picture quality

Cons: size options, value for money

#23 Samsung U8000H
3.3

Tizen’s app breadth and polished everyday streaming appeal, though sluggish moments, intrusive ads and smart-first menus frustrate some users.

Pros: white balance accuracy, design and appearance

Cons: overall satisfaction, value for money

#24 Hisense U6SF Pro
3.1

Fire TV delivers popular apps and voice features, yet its ads and uneven responsiveness divide opinion.

Pros: overall satisfaction, value for money

Cons: Smart TV platform, advertising intrusiveness

#25 LG C6H OLED
3.0

webOS has useful apps and extras, but its cluttered layout and persistent promotions make it divisive.

Pros: gaming performance, HDR brightness

Cons: reflection handling, glare resistance

#26 TCL QM7L Pro
3.0

Google TV offers the familiar connected experience, but advertisements cannot be disabled without switching to a stripped-down Basic TV mode.

Pros: picture quality, black levels

Cons: viewing angles, motion clarity

#27 Samsung Q8F 2025
2.8

Tizen supplies extensive streaming and smart-home functions with a capable interface, but its layout and navigation frustrate several owners. A few report serious lockups or wish they could bypass the...

Pros: overall satisfaction, picture quality

Cons: reliability, remote control quality