How to set up HDMI-CEC on your Samsung TV
Entertainment How to set up HDMI-CEC on your Samsung TV HDMI-CEC makes all the devices connected to your Samsung TV work together more efficiently, with a few quirks to know. 13, 2026 10:00 am EST Novikov Aleksey/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Disable just one setting on your Samsung TV, and it can suddenly feel a lot less smart. Turning on your game console will no longer wake the display, your soundbar won't respond to the TV remote, and changing inputs becomes a game of finding the last remote you left between the couch cushions.
- ▪Entertainment How to set up HDMI-CEC on your Samsung TV HDMI-CEC makes all the devices connected to your Samsung TV work together more efficiently, with a few quirks to know.
- ▪13, 2026 10:00 am EST Novikov Aleksey/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Disable just one setting on your Samsung TV, and it can suddenly feel a lot less smart.
- ▪Turning on your game console will no longer wake the display, your soundbar won't respond to the TV remote, and changing inputs becomes a game of finding the last remote you left between the couch cushions.
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Entertainment How to set up HDMI-CEC on your Samsung TV HDMI-CEC makes all the devices connected to your Samsung TV work together more efficiently, with a few quirks to know. By Husain Parvez Sept. 13, 2026 10:00 am EST Novikov Aleksey/Shutterstock Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Disable just one setting on your Samsung TV, and it can suddenly feel a lot less smart. Turning on your game console will no longer wake the display, your soundbar won't respond to the TV remote, and changing inputs becomes a game of finding the last remote you left between the couch cushions. Much of this behavior is tied to Anynet+, which is Samsung's name for a feature call HDMI-CEC. HDMI-CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) lets compatible devices send control signals over HDMI.
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