TL;DR - The Bespoke AI Jet Bot Steam Ultra (VR90F01ABG) is a real Samsung robot, unveiled at IFA 2025 and launched in South Korea in March 2026. Samsung's own spec sheet gives 22,000 Pa, a 220-minute maximum run, a steam mop, AI liquid recognition and a wheel that climbs 45 to 60 mm thresholds. A US retailer lists the SKU at $1,949 as not yet in stock, Samsung US lists nothing, and nobody has independently tested it.
Updated October 2026: This page used to review a robot with 4,200Pa suction, HEPA filtration and an Auto-Empty dock under the model number VR50T95735W, with a star rating and hands-on claims. That model number belongs to the 2021 Jet Bot AI+, which doesn't have a steam mop. A later version said Samsung had published no suction figure at all, which was also wrong: Samsung's spec sheet gives 22,000 Pa. The page now lists only what Samsung and coverage of its launches confirm. Nobody on this site has tested the robot.
I'll be straight about the limits. The Steam Ultra isn't a product I can review, because there's no US unit to test and no independent lab data. What I can do is separate what Samsung has published from what a retailer or an older page might have implied.
What Is Confirmed About the Jet Bot Steam Ultra?
| Item | What the sources say |
|---|---|
| Name and model | Bespoke AI Jet Bot Steam Ultra, VR90F01ABG (Korea: Bespoke AI Steam, Steam Plus and Steam Ultra tiers) |
| Unveiled | IFA 2025 (Samsung Germany, 4 September 2025), detailed at CES 2026 |
| Korea launch | Plus and Ultra on March 3, 2026, base model in April 2026 |
| Korea price | 1.86 million won (Ultra), 2.04 million won with the water supply and drain station |
| Suction | Up to 22,000 Pa, with a "10 W" suction power line on the same sheet (Samsung) |
| Run time | 220 minutes maximum (Samsung) |
| Brain | Qualcomm QRB4210, which Samsung and trade coverage call the Dragonwing chipset; AI Object Recognition for people, pets, cables and rugs |
| Spill detection | AI Liquid Recognition, with an RGB camera and infrared LEDs that detect clear liquids |
| Obstacles | EasyPass Wheel: 45 mm single-layer thresholds, 60 mm double-layer with Climb Zone on (Samsung) |
| Cleaning | Steam mop at 100 degrees C, pop-out side brush, pop-out wet mop pad; mop washed at 60 to 70 degrees C |
| Station | Auto refill and drainage from a water line, Korea only |
| US price and date | No Samsung US listing; AJ Madison lists VR90F01ABG/AA at $1,949, not yet in stock |
Samsung has also said it works with an upgraded Bixby that takes natural language commands, such as asking it to clean a specific room, and it has a camera for pet monitoring.
What Is the Suction Number, and Who Has Measured It?
Samsung's spec sheet lists a maximum of 22,000 Pa, and the German launch release says the same. The old version of this page said 4,200 Pa, and a later one said Samsung had published nothing. Both were wrong.
The same sheet carries a "suction power: 10 W" line, which an earlier version of this page dismissed as a typo in trade coverage. It isn't; it's Samsung's own spec line, and it's the kind of figure that only makes sense inside Samsung's own test, since 10 watts of suction wouldn't lift a crumb. What nobody has is an independent measurement. Until a lab publishes one, treat 22,000 Pa as a manufacturer claim, which is what every pascal figure in this category is.
How Good Is the Steam Mop?
Samsung's page gives the measured steam temperature as 100 degrees C, and says the mop is washed in the station with water at 60 to 70 degrees C. There's a pop-out wet pad for edges. I'd treat the 100 degrees as a claim about the pad, not about your floor, since a pad sitting under a moving robot doesn't get the dwell time of a hand steam mop.
Is steam a marketing label or a real difference? On a steam robot, the difference is whether the water is heated before it reaches the pad. Samsung says it is. What nobody has published is how long the tank lasts, how much floor it covers, or how the pad behaves on carpet. Those answers decide whether you'll like it.
How Does It Handle Stairs, Thresholds and Spills?
Two features set this robot apart on paper. First, the EasyPass Wheel. Samsung's spec sheet gives 45 mm for a single-layer threshold and 60 mm for a double-layer one, the second with Climb Zone switched on in the app. Samsung's design site quotes only the 45 mm figure, and the 2.4 inches in CES coverage is the 60 mm one. Either way it's more than most robots clear, and whether it climbs that cleanly on a real door bar is untested.
Second, AI Liquid Recognition. Samsung says the robot can detect clear liquids with a camera and infrared LEDs and then act on your preference, for example by avoiding the spill. Samsung Germany's footnote puts the smallest spill it detects at about 7 by 7 cm, or 15 ml. That's a useful safeguard if you have kids, pets or a habit of leaving glasses on the floor. How well it works on a glossy floor is untested.
What Does the Station Do?
The top Korean model comes with a station that connects to a water line, refills the robot and drains itself, and Samsung's design site notes it's built to sit in cabinetry. It's described as exclusive to Korea. If you live elsewhere, expect a different station, and don't assume plumbing at all.
Samsung hasn't published a bag capacity, a dust-collection spec or a filter rating for the Steam Ultra in the sources I found. So the "HEPA filter" and "Auto-Empty" lines from the old page are gone. For allergy households, wait for the real spec before you count on either.
What Can You Actually Buy Now?
Samsung US lists no Steam Ultra as of mid-October 2026. A US SKU exists, though: AJ Madison lists the VR90F01ABG/AA at $1,949 with a "notify me when item arrives in warehouse" button in place of a cart. Read that as a placeholder, not a launch. A second US retailer's search snippet showed $1,704.99, but the page wouldn't load for me, so don't bank on it.
If you're shopping in the US today, the practical Samsung choice is the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo line, which Best Buy lists with a station and auto steam. Coverage puts the Combo AI's US launch in summer 2024 at $1,699. That's a different robot, and its specs don't transfer to the Steam Ultra either.
The older Jet Bot AI+ (VR50T95735W) is cheaper and has real published numbers. Samsung UK lists it with a maximum of 170 W suction power, retailers give about 90 minutes of cleaning time, and it maps with LiDAR. It doesn't have a steam mop. If steam isn't a must, it's the one with a spec sheet to check.
For other options with real published numbers, our best robot vacuums for pet hair roundup compares several competitors, and the Dreame X50 Ultra review is the one to read if obstacle climbing matters more to you than ecosystem lock-in. If a robot's filter is your allergy plan, remember it only cleans air passing through the robot; air purifier sizing by CADR is a separate calculation.
What Should You Check Before Buying a Steam Robot?
Four questions decide it, and the Steam Ultra can't yet answer them.
- An independent suction measurement, since 22,000 Pa is Samsung's own figure under Samsung's own test.
- Tank life and area per fill, so you know how big a home it handles.
- Carpet behaviour: does the pad lift, and by how much?
- A US launch date and warranty, since a Korean price in won and a retailer placeholder say nothing about what you'll pay or when.
Summary
The Samsung Jet Bot Steam Ultra is a real robot with a few genuinely new ideas: a wheel that climbs thresholds, liquid recognition and a plumbed station. Samsung's sheet backs 22,000 Pa, 220 minutes and 45 to 60 mm of threshold clearance. It isn't a reviewed product. Samsung hasn't announced a US date, a US retailer lists it without stock, and the earlier numbers on this page didn't belong to it. Wait for independent tests, and until then judge it as a preview, not a recommendation.