After first announcing it at CES 2025, the HDMI Forum is finally releasing the new HDMI 2.2 specification to manufacturers today. HDMI 2.2 and Ultra96 HDMI cables will support video resolutions up to 16K, but it will be a while before we see 16K TVs. HDMI cables are currently differentiated with names including Standard, High Speed, Premium High Speed, and Ultra High Speed, which doesn’t provide any specifics on their capabilities. With HDMI 2.2, the Ultra96 name will make it clear that a cable supports the new specification and bandwidths up to 96Gbps. You can continue to use your existing older HDMI cables and even still take advantage of some HDMI 2.2 features that don’t require higher bandwidths.