Fender Play has come a good distance since its 2017 launch; whereas it initially targeted on beginner-friendly classes, Fender’s studying platform now provides one thing for guitarists of all calibres. Final 12 months, we awarded it 9/10 – and now, due to a collaboration with Samsung, you’ll be able to benefit from the service in a completely new method.

Whereas the Fender Play expertise has beforehand been restricted to mobiles and laptop browsers, it’s now obtainable on Samsung TVs, too. The brand new Samsung TV app permits customers to entry the platform’s large library of method guides, concept classes and suggestions modes, all in your TV.

“With video-based classes on Samsung TVs, studying an instrument matches naturally into every day life and helps gamers attain targets quicker,” Hun Lee, Govt Vice President of the Visible Show (VD) Enterprise at Samsung Electronics, explains.

“By bringing Fender Play to TVs for the primary time, Samsung is popping the biggest display screen at house into a spot to be taught and play collectively,” he provides.

Alongside Fender Play’s intensive catalogue of classes, spanning content material for electrical guitar, acoustic guitar, bass or ukulele, the TV app permits a contemporary option to expertise the app’s Jam Mode.

Whereas Jam Mode does what it says on the tin – permitting customers to ‘jam’ out to their favorite tracks – the TV model of the mode feels extra immersive. The transfer to a much bigger display screen basically turns your TV “right into a stage”, with a customisable background to make you actually really feel like a rockstar.

“We’re thrilled to convey Fender Play’s immersive studying expertise to Samsung TV customers, serving to guitar fans take their expertise to the subsequent stage,” Cliff Kim, President of the Fender Play Basis, notes.

“Our mission has at all times been to coach and encourage gamers globally, and this partnership permits music lovers to be taught, observe, and play with Fender Play’s high-quality, interactive classes straight on their Samsung TV.”

For these concerned about exploring Fender Play, our 2025 evaluate praised the app for its sheer mass of content material. With its various collection of instructors and presenters, spectacular library of tracks, and useful suggestions modes, its an awesome whether or not you’re a beginner or a longtime guitarist eager to fine-tune your expertise.

The app is ready to drop within the first half of 2026, and shall be free to obtain. After all, you’ll want a Fender Play subscription, which prices £19.49 a month or £144.99 yearly.

This isn’t the one information coming from Fender in the meanwhile. Elsewhere, the guitar large has taken a dive into the DAW market, launching its personal fully-fledged DAW, Fender Studio Professional. The event comes after the corporate took its first child steps into DAWs with Fender Studio.

Fender Studio Professional is basically constructing on the bones Studio One Professional, the DAW Fender purchased in 2021. On the time, buy hinted that Fender was concerned about crafting its personal superior DAW – and it appears 2026 is the time for it.

The corporate has additionally simply launched a brand new CEO, Edward “Bud” Cole, who shall be taking the reigns formally on 19 January.

For extra info, head to Fender Play.