Nintendo hasn't provided details of what the audio standards are for the console, but the stereo set-up pumps out richer, clearer, more immersive sound than expected. The OLED Model now has twin front-facing speakers which offer “enhanced” audio. While the screen is getting all eyes on it, Nintendo should be shouting from the rooftops about its improved sound array. What’s here is nice – very nice, in fact, and a notable improvement over the LCD screen of the original model and the Switch Lite – but it’s perhaps not quite the selling point Nintendo hopes it will be. Up close, keen-eyed players will still be able to discern individual pixels, although the true black levels do make them harder to spot on atmospheric games such as Metroid Dread.Įven if Nintendo never had any intention of releasing a 4K capable Switch, we’d have liked to have seen a boost to 1080p in handheld mode to really make use of the OLED tech, and to get a better pixel density. The result of offering a larger screen at the same 1,280 x 720 resolution means that the OLED Model actually has a slightly lower pixel density than its predecessor – 210ppi versus 237ppi on the classic Switch. Nintendo Switch OLED Model still only offers 720p resolution in its tablet state, jumping to full 1080p HD when docked and outputting to a TV. Tougher still is that while the display technology is improved, the resolution isn’t.
