SMART Board RX Series 86" 4K UHD Interactive Display | RX265-5A

The SMART Board RX Series 86" is SMART Technologies' most powerful and expansive interactive display — purpose-built for large classrooms, lecture theatres, specialist rooms, and any teaching environment where scale, clarity, and inclusive interactivity are non-negotiable. It is the highest-performance member of the RX Series family, and it makes an immediate, lasting impression.

The 86" RX Series is driven by the iQ 4 education-first operating system, running on Android 15 (models may ship on Android 13, with a free OTA update available, and Android 17 update support planned for 2027). iQ 4 is designed around the needs of teachers and IT teams alike — keeping the display secure, up-to-date, and enriched with new capabilities through regular over-the-air updates, without requiring expensive hardware refreshes. Appliance-based upgrade paths and hardware built to last 7 years or more make the 86" RX Series one of the most cost-effective long-term investments a school can make. EDLA licensing by Google brings full access to Google Play, Google for Education tools, Microsoft Office 365, and direct cloud integration with Google Drive, OneDrive, and Lumio, all within a secure, managed environment.

The 4K UHD panel with zero-bonded glass delivers stunning visual precision across the full 86" surface. At this scale, the zero-parallax touch experience becomes especially significant — every touch, gesture, and stylus stroke registers exactly where intended, with no lag or visual gap between finger and content. The LED panel is rated to 50,000 hours, ensuring that the display maintains its performance standard across the entire product lifecycle. Multi-user sign-in via QR code and NFC card reader gives every teacher instant access to their own saved workspace — a particularly valuable feature in schools where multiple staff members share rooms.

SMART's patented Tool Explorer technology is the feature that makes the 86" RX Series uniquely suited to inclusive and early years education. By automatically recognising physical objects — including SMART's range of programmable tools such as cubes and stamps — placed on or near the screen, Tool Explorer opens a new dimension of learning. Students who may struggle with traditional touch interaction, including those who communicate non-verbally or who learn best through physical manipulation, are able to engage with content in a deeply meaningful way. This is a capability available exclusively from SMART and represents a genuine breakthrough for special educational needs and early years classrooms.

At 86", the display supports the full breadth of collaborative classroom activity. Multiple students can write, touch, and erase at the same time, supporting multi-group interaction without conflict or interruption. SMART Ink annotation tools work across all applications on Windows and Mac, allowing teachers to draw, highlight, and annotate anything on screen — in a browser, a video, a document, or a presentation — while annotations stay fixed to their original positions as the user navigates freely between programmes. Every RX Series 86" display includes SMART Notebook lesson creation software, the iQ whiteboard app, SMART Ink, and SMART Mirror wireless screen sharing at no additional cost.

The integrated wide-angle microphone array is designed for the scale of a large classroom, ensuring clear audio pickup for lesson recording and hybrid or remote teaching setups. The enhanced audio system — 2×20W speakers combined with a 15W subwoofer — produces full, powerful sound that fills large teaching spaces. Dual USB-C ports (65W and 27W) allow any connected laptop or device to receive a single-cable connection delivering Ethernet, power, video, audio, touch, and data simultaneously. Wi-Fi 6E ensures fast, low-latency, and secure wireless connectivity even in bandwidth-intensive school environments.

"The SMART Board RX series represents a major leap forward in classroom technology, our goal was to create not just another interactive display but rather an investment that helps to create inclusive, accessible classrooms that will stand the test of time.”

Nicholas Svensson, CEO of SMART Technologies