Wi-Fi has reached the piano. Roland has unveiled the FP-40, a $750 digital piano that connects to a home network and uses that connection for teaching software, updates, and future services. The instrument is available to purchase right now in black and white.
Built-in Wi-Fi remains incredibly rare in pianos, which makes the FP-40 less interesting as a connected gadget than as a connected learning tool. Its primary use case is Roland’s new Piano Sphere teaching app, which offers guidance, real-time feedback, and a library of songs and courses.
Users will need a smartphone or tablet to control many aspects of Piano Sphere. The app works with the piano over the home network, and Roland says using Wi-Fi should reduce lag when practicing — a useful detail when feedback needs to arrive before the wrong note becomes a confident musical decision.
A piano that watches practice
The FP-40 automatically records playing history and can notice when a player is struggling. When that happens, the piano flashes a button to offer assistance, giving Piano Sphere a way to respond to practice instead of serving as a static collection of lessons.
Piano Sphere combines that response with its song and course library, while real-time feedback gives players information during practice. The app is designed to provide guidance as well, turning the FP-40 into a system built around instruction rather than a piano that merely happens to have a network connection.
Both the app and the piano software will update automatically. Roland also promises “new services, feature enhancements and ecosystem integrations that enrich the user’s piano experience over time.” That promise gives the FP-40 a longer product horizon, although the value of the system will depend on what those future additions deliver.
Weighted keys, acoustic-piano sound
The connected features do not replace the instrument’s core hardware. The FP-40 uses Roland’s proprietary Piano Reality Sound Engine, which captures the depth, detail, and tonal character of an acoustic piano.
Its keyboard includes fully weighted hammer action keys with a triple-sensor system. Roland says the system provides exceptional responsiveness and natural expression, while a new speaker system enhances depth in the low register.
The FP-40 also includes a Bluetooth receiver for streaming music, adding another way to use the instrument beyond lessons and courses. Bluetooth is less unusual in a digital piano — the Casio PX-S7000 is listed as a piano with Bluetooth — but Wi-Fi gives Roland’s model a separate role in practice and software support.
At $750, the FP-40 sits at the intersection of a digital piano and a connected learning platform. It is available now in black and white, with built-in Wi-Fi, Piano Sphere, automatic software updates, weighted keys, and Bluetooth streaming included in the package.
Roland unveiled the FP-40 on Sept. 1, 2026 at 3:00 am EST. The hardware is familiar territory for a digital piano; the networked practice system is the part that signals where Roland wants the product to go next.
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