Ballie
A rolling ball-shaped home companion with a built-in projector, first shown at CES 2020. Samsung promised a summer 2025 launch with Google Gemini, then missed it. In January 2026 Samsung told Bloomberg that Ballie is an 'active innovation platform' rather than a coming product. Treat it as cancelled for buyers.
- Price
- Not announced Never priced. Shelved as a consumer product in January 2026.
- Status
- Internal onlyResearch Promised for summer 2025 in the US and Korea, missed that date, and was indefinitely shelved in January 2026
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- Made in
- South Korea
A dash means the maker has not published it. Values with a label are claims, not measurements.
Trust and legalWhat these mean
Does a remote human drive it?
Not disclosed
Never shipped, so there is no real-world data.
US FCC
Unknown
No FCC authorization confirmed. Any future launch of a foreign-made mobile robot over 4.4 lb would face the 2026-07-28 Covered List listing.
Status history3 dated events
- Internal only
Absent from CES 2026; Samsung calls Ballie an 'active innovation platform', and Bloomberg reports it is indefinitely shelved Bloomberg: Samsung's Rolling Ballie Robot Indefinitely Shelved After Delays
- Announced
Summer 2025 launch window passes with no release 9to5Google: Samsung Ballie launch window flies by, and it's still delayed
- Announced
Samsung and Google Cloud say Gemini-powered Ballie will launch in the US and Korea 'this summer' Samsung and Google Cloud Bring Gemini to Ballie
PromisesLedger
- Samsung1 slipped · 1 broken
Ballie would hit the market in the first half of 2025
SlippedOn 2025-04-09 Samsung gave a new date: available to consumers in the US and Korea 'this Summer' (2025). That date was missed too; see the next entry. Source
Ballie, with Google Gemini, would be available to consumers in the US and Korea in summer 2025
BrokenNo launch in 2025. In December 2025 Samsung said it was still refining the technology. At CES 2026 Ballie did not appear, and Samsung called it an 'active innovation platform' used internally, giving no release date. It has not been formally cancelled. Source
Sources for specs and status
- Bloomberg: Samsung's Rolling Ballie Robot Indefinitely Shelved After Delays7 Jan 2026
- Forbes: Why Samsung Still Hasn't Shipped Ballie After Six Years30 Mar 2026
- The Gadgeteer: Home Robots in 202620 May 2026
- 9to5Google: Samsung Ballie still delayed8 Dec 2025
Last updated 27 Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Send a correction.