Singapore Airlines’ New KrisWorld Brings 32-Inch 4K Screens and Bluetooth, but Not to Every A350 Seat

On October 22, 2026, Singapore Airlines unveiled its next-generation KrisWorld entertainment system, with 4K touchscreens of up to 32 inches in First Class and Bluetooth pairing for passengers’ own headphones. It arrives from 2027 on 41 retrofitted Airbus A350-900s and on the airline’s Boeing 777-9s.

The catch is in the back of the A350s. SIA’s own feature table gives Premium Economy and Economy on those jets no new screen size, no 4K display and no Bluetooth pairing, so the full upgrade in those cabins waits for the 777-9.

What the new KrisWorld adds

According to the airline’s release, First Class gets 32-inch 4K screens and Business Class displays of up to 22 inches, with OLED panels on selected aircraft and cabins. Spatial audio and a redesigned interface come to every cabin on the new system.

First Class passengers will be handed Bang & Olufsen wireless noise-cancelling headphones. Business and Premium Economy get active noise-cancelling headphones, while Economy is offered wired earphones.

The interface gains a mini-player for watching while browsing, category shortcuts, a flight information sidebar and a simplified Kids’ Mode. The library grows to more than 2,500 options refreshed monthly, with content from Apple TV, BBC, CNA, HBO Max, iQIYI and Paramount+, plus BBC News and Sport 24 as live channels.

KrisFlyer members who log in can resume a program from a previous flight and see the gate and terminal for an onward SIA connection out of Singapore. In First and Business on the new aircraft, passengers can also save their preferred seat positions for dining, relaxing and sleeping and recall them on later flights.

“Our customers told us that they wanted more choice and flexibility in how they spend their time on board,” said Yeoh Phee Teik, SIA’s Senior Vice President Customer Experience. A new wellness planner adds sleep and meditation tracks, breathing exercises and in-seat stretches.

Which aircraft and cabins get what

The hardware varies a lot by aircraft. The 34 long-haul A350-900s have no First Class, and the seven ultra-long-range A350-900ULRs, which gain a four-seat First cabin for the first time, have no Economy.

Cabin	Retrofitted A350-900 long-haul	Retrofitted A350-900ULR	Boeing 777-9
First	No First cabin	32-inch 4K OLED, Bluetooth	32-inch 4K, Bluetooth
Business	22-inch 4K OLED, Bluetooth	22-inch 4K OLED, Bluetooth	20-inch 4K, Bluetooth
Premium Economy	Refreshed seat, no new screen listed	Refreshed seat, no new screen listed	Up to 16-inch 4K, Bluetooth
Economy	Refreshed seat, no new screen listed	No Economy cabin	Up to 13-inch 4K, Bluetooth

That Premium Economy and Economy on the A350s would only be refreshed is not new. When SIA announced the S$1.1 billion retrofit in November 2024, it promised new seats only in First and Business, with new screens for those two cabins.

What the new release adds is the detail: no 4K and no Bluetooth in those cabins on the A350. USB-C is promised in the “retrofitted cabins” of the A350s, and The MileLion reads that as First and Business only, since SIA calls the rear cabins refreshed.

Wireless charging pads are listed for First and Business. SIA named only the A350s and the 777-9 for the new system, and Mainly Miles notes that the A380, 777-300ER, 787-10 and regional A350s keep today’s KrisWorld.

Starlink and the timeline

The screens are paired with Starlink Wi-Fi, which SIA confirmed in May for its A380s, long-haul A350s and A350ULRs, starting in the first quarter of 2027 and finishing by the end of 2029. Low-orbit satellites fly far closer to the aircraft than the geostationary satellites behind traditional airline Wi-Fi, which cuts the lag that makes streaming and video calls stutter.

Wi-Fi stays free and unlimited for Suites, First and Business passengers and PPS Club members, and for KrisFlyer members in Premium Economy and Economy. The A380 gets Starlink but not the new KrisWorld.

The retrofit has already slipped. In 2024, SIA expected the first long-haul A350 back in service in the second quarter of 2026; the October 22 release says only that the 41 jets will enter service “progressively from 2027,” with the whole program targeted for completion by the end of 2030.

The Boeing 777-9 carries its own uncertainty. SIA gave no delivery date, and Boeing’s July update still pointed to first deliveries in 2027, with certification unfinished and an engine seal issue weighing on its ETOPS testing.

SIA plans to show the full package, including its new long-haul First and Business seats, in Singapore in November 2026. The 41 A350s are about a quarter of SIA’s passenger fleet by Mainly Miles’ count, so most flights will keep today’s KrisWorld for years.