Samsung 8K QLED TV : All about Ambient Mode on Samsung Q900R

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Samsung QLED TV: What is Ambient Mode and how to use it


When you flip through Houzz, or design magazines on the Apple News app, have you ever noticed you never see a TV in any of the fancy rooms. Why? Because those big empty, dark screens are a major downer when it comes to design. Samsung has been working on that; why DO TVs need to go dark when not in use, anyway? Now, they don't. Samsung's new QLED TVs including the 2019 Samsung 8K Q900 QLED TV have something called Ambient Mode. What is Ambient Mode, how does it work and how can you customize it for your home? Let's find out.

What is Ambient Mode?

The gist of Ambient Mode on your QLED TV is that you can make your TV look pretty when you’re not watching it. Ambient Mode uses your TV screen to display video or visual décor, weather information, and new to the 2019 QLED TV, artwork and trending pictures and stories based on your interests.

It basically can turn your TV into a window, or a bit of art, instead of a black hole.

You can also take a photo of the wall your TV is mounted on and use that as your TV’s background, so it blends in seamlessly. Whaaaaa?!

If you use a remote control other than the Samsung Smart Remote, there may be restrictions for entering Ambient Mode.

How to use Ambient Mode

To enter Ambient Mode, press the Ambient button on the Samsung One Remote, and use the directional pad to select the desired Ambient mode.

You can view the different Ambient options by pressing the Ambient button, then scrolling across the options that will appear at the bottom of the frame.

When you select a category or tab at the bottom of the screen, you’ll see a preview of available functions and content. To view more detailed information, move the focus to it, and then press the Up directional button. Press the Home button to return to TV mode.

If you press the Ambient button when the TV is turned off, the TV turns on in Ambient Mode. You can also use the Samsung Smart Things app to control the TV and make more precise adjustments to the settings of any mode.

How to Customize Ambient Mode Content

Once you’re in Ambient Mode, you can press the Up button on your remote to view detailed information about the content on your screen. But it doesn’t end there – you can even customize the content on your screen to make it look even more unique.

Special Edition:
This setting features different motion videos like Light Grid, a pseudo neon grid, Metamorphosis, a dizzying lineup of sharp squares that shift shade and tone, Elation Island, a series of abstract impressionist artwork that cycles every hour. Linear Dots is a pattern of circles that you can customize so it matches the colours in your room. Porcelain Hours is a wall of clocks.

Under the Decor tab, there’s about 20 different options for you to customize things.
Sheltering Tree, a subtle shady tree that also features ambient outdoor sounds and motion and audio that changes throughout then day, depending on your weather and the time. Butterfly turns the screen into a butterfly enclosure with moving butterflies flitting about.

My Album lets you customize a layout, gallery wall-style using your own photos.

The Info option lets you display weather info as a screensaver, or the time.

Artwork gives you a variety of stunning photographs you can put up.

Background theme lets you have the entire TV display a colour, and you can actually adjust it to precisely mimic the colour of the wall behind it, so it essentially vanishes into your space.

In my testing area I have a projector screen behind the TV at the moment, so it wasn’t super conducive to blending in, but I was able to get it to mimic the overall wall colour in the room, or the screen shade, so there were options for blending.

You can also customize these background to an amazing degree. You can make these customizations on screen or use the app for more precision.

Shadow Effects: Applies a shadow effect.
Brightness: Adjusts the brightness level.
BG Saturation: Adjusts the saturation of the content.
BG Colour Tone: Adjusts the colours.
BG R-Gain/BG G-Gain/BG B-Gain: Adjusts the red, green, and blue contrast.
Customize Ambient Mode

Adjusting for room lighting: Ambient Mode Settings

One of the best parts about Ambient Mode is that it’s self-adjusting; you can set the brightness to automatically match the level of light in the room. You can also set a timer for Ambient Mode to turn off automatically, say, after your company has left.

Samsung Ambient Mode on the new Q900 8K TV is pretty amazing. Not only does it look great, and turns your TV into part of the room instead of a decor distraction, it’s infinitely customizable, and very easy to use. Having this option for the home definitely pushes a Samsung TV higher on my new TV wish list.