Every thing introduced at CES 2026

It is the primary week of a brand new yr and there is no time for the tech world to slowly ease again into issues following the vacations. That is as a result of CES 2026 is in full swing, with all method of corporations descending on Las Vegas to disclose their newest improvements and what they’re planning to deliver your means within the close to future.

Most of the Engadget crew are on the bottom to take a look at as a lot of the brand new tech as doable. In fact, we’re maintaining tabs on all the main CES press conferences too. Samsung has already held its First Look presentation, which focuses on house merchandise, whereas LG has proven off a big selection of TVs and Lego unveiled its new Sensible Brick know-how.

You’ll be able to make amends for all the huge CES 2026 bulletins (and among the extra offbeat gizmos which can be being proven off on the occasion) proper right here. We’ll be maintaining this story up to date all through the week.

Micro RGB TVs

Micro RGB is a time period you possibly can anticipate to listen to about fairly a bit within the coming months and years, particularly if you’re procuring to your subsequent TV. Micro RGB is a brand new tech that is much like Mini LED, although it makes use of purple, inexperienced and blue LEDs as an alternative of white backlights. Distinction ratios aren’t fairly as excessive as these on Micro LED and OLED shows, because the pixels cannot be turned on and off individually. Nevertheless, Micro RGB items are stated to be brighter and extra shade correct than TVs that use different show tech, partly as a result of the LEDs in these screens supply smaller, extra customizable dimming zones. Read our explainer for a deeper dive into how Micro RGB differs from different forms of show tech.

We’re seeing extra of those TVs pop up at CES 2026, together with a mammoth 130-inch concept model that Samsung brought to Las Vegas. The corporate unveiled its first Micro RGB TV in August, — that’s a 115-inch, $29,999 mannequin. This yr, you possibly can anticipate it to begin providing Micro RGB TVs in 55-, 65- and 75-inch sizes. There are additionally 85-, 100- and 115-inch fashions on the best way.

LG revealed its first Micro RGB set at CES as nicely. The biggest variant is 100 inches, however there are 86- and 75-inch fashions too. Elsewhere, LG showed off its latest Wallpaper TV, which is a 100-inch OLED show. We additionally acquired a take a look at LG’s new Gallery TV — The Gallery is the corporate’s tackle Samsung’s Body TV format.

Different new TVs and OS updates

We’ve acquired one other competitor to The Body, as Amazon has entered that scene with the Ember Artline TV. The 4K OLED mannequin has Amazon Pictures integration and you may select from 2,000 items of free artwork to indicate on the display screen. The Ember Artline can swap on or off routinely when somebody enters or leaves the room.

It runs on the Hearth TV platform and (after all) there’s Alexa+ integration, together with assist for Dolby Imaginative and prescient, HDR10+ and Wi-Fi 6. The Ember Artline is anticipated to begin delivery this spring. It begins at $899 for the 55-inch mannequin.

Talking of Hearth TV, Amazon has revamped the platform’s user interface with rounded corners for present, film and app tiles; somewhat extra space for stated tiles; and typography and shade gradient modifications. The corporate has reworked the platform’s codebase as nicely, and it says the Hearth TV OS will ship pace boosts of as much as 20 to 30 p.c. Amazon will begin rolling out the up to date UI subsequent month.

On the Google aspect of TV land, you possibly can anticipate more Gemini-powered features. The corporate is bringing the flexibility to go looking Google Pictures for sure moments and other people to Google TV, together with the choices to remix photographs into totally different types and create slideshows on the fly. The Veo and Nano Banana AI video and photograph technology fashions are coming to Google TV as nicely. You can even anticipate the flexibility to regulate TV settings utilizing your voice. These Gemini options are coming to Google TV-powered TCL fashions first, then different gadgets within the following months. Within the meantime, you possibly can try senior reporter Amy Skorheim’s hands-on impressions of the Gemini updates.

Samsung

Samsung being Samsung, the corporate had much more up its sleeve at CES than simply TVs. Within the leadup to the occasion, it introduced its two new soundbars (we’re had some hands-on time with one of those), the trendy Music Studio audio system (we have got some IRL impressions of those), a bunch of monitors, the refreshed FreeStyle+ projector (we’ve checked that out too). It additionally introduced plans to bring Google Photos to TVs.

On the First Look showcase on Sunday, Samsung talked up “AI experiences all over the place. For everybody” (sigh). Right here, we noticed extra TVs, similar to the skinny S95H OLED, which has a zero-gap mount that permits you to place the unit flush towards a wall.

First Look has lengthy been targeted on house merchandise. Naturally, Samsung execs mentioned some options for the corporate’s fridges, similar to ​​recipe choice updates, AI cooling tech and Google Gemini-powered AI Imaginative and prescient that is stated to have the ability to acknowledge extra gadgets and assist you determine what it’s worthwhile to purchase with out having to manually take stock. FoodNote, in the meantime, is a weekly abstract that breaks down what has gone out and in of your fridge.

Furthermore, Samsung highlighted the Samsung Bespoke AI Laundry Combo and its new AI wash cycle. With the brand new Air Dresser — which has an Auto Wrinkle Care function — Samsung goals to put off irons (thanks, Samsung). As for the Bespoke AI sensible vacuum and mop, that may apparently regulate your pets if you’re not house.

LG

Likewise, LG introduced different non-TV tech to CES. The corporate is shining the highlight on its CLOiD robot. Just like the far creepier-looking 1X Neo, the CLOiD is designed to assist with family duties similar to beginning laundry cycles, folding garments, unloading the dishwasher and serving meals. This seems to be extra of an idea than one thing you’ll purchase anytime quickly, however we must always get a more in-depth take a look at the CLOiD in individual this week.

The corporate additionally debuted the LG Sound Suite, a modular house audio system it developed along with Dolby to tackle the likes of Sonos. Simply forward of CES, LG pulled again the curtain on a brand new batch of xboom speakers in addition to some monitors and ultralight Gram laptops which can be made with a cloth it is calling Aerominum.

Lego

In its first CES appearance, Lego introduced the Smart Brick, a standard-sized brick with a 4.1mm ASIC chip inside that’s designed to reply in numerous methods relying on what set you’re constructing and the way you’re constructing it. Utilizing what Lego calls the “Play Engine” and built-in copper coils, every brick can sense issues like movement, orientation and magnetic fields, plus its personal distance, course and orientation in relation to different Sensible Bricks. Every brick additionally has a teeny tiny speaker in-built that may play audio “tied to stay play actions” quite than solely pre-recorded clips.

Accompanying Sensible Bricks are Sensible Tags and Sensible Minifigures, which have their very own capabilities — one among which is letting Sensible Bricks know what context they’re being utilized in. All of those items tie collectively through a neighborhood wi-fi layer dubbed BrickNet that, partly, lets Sensible Bricks know the place they’re positioned in relation to different sensible parts. All of it appears very neat and I am wanting ahead to seeing what else Lego and followers can do with these Sensible Bricks.

The primary “Smart Play” companion is, unsurprisingly, Star Wars, which is able to launch three “all-in-one” units utilizing Sensible Bricks, Sensible Tags and Sensible Minifigures. The 473-piece Darth Vader TIE Fighter set will value $70; the 584-piece Luke’s Crimson 5 X-Wing set is available in at $100 and the 962-piece Throne Room Duel & A-wing set will set you again $160. The audio system in these units can emit lightsaber swooshes, fighter sounds and The Imperial March.

The chipmakers

It is CES, so after all we will see a bunch of laptops and desktops, together with bulletins concerning the tech that powers the brand new fashions. Meaning NVIDIA, Intel, AMD and Qualcomm are all on the town to speak up their newest chips and different improvements.

Given its lofty place within the business (and the economic system) NVIDIA’s CES press convention is at all times one to regulate. This yr’s version was laregly a recap of the corporate’s current strikes, but it surely did have some news to share.

NVIDIA introduced Alpamayo, which is a gaggle of open-source reasoning fashions designed to assist autonomous automobiles deal with tough driving eventualities. The corporate additionally revealed {that a} tremendous laptop constructed on the Vera Rubin GPU structure NVIDIA unveiled in 2024 is in manufacturing.

Issues haven’t precisely been going nice for Intel for some time, however the firm is unquestionably hoping that its Core Ultra Series 3 chips may also help it proper the ship. These are the primary chips to be constructed utilizing Intel’s 18A (18 angstroms, which is slightly below 2nm) course of. The corporate says they provide improved efficiency — 60 p.c greater than the previous-gen Lunar Lake processors — and battery life enhancements for laptops.

The Extremely Collection 3 features a new Arc B390 built-in GPU, with 50 p.c extra graphics cors, double the cache and 120 GPU TOPS of efficiency. Put all that collectively and these chips ought to ship as much as 77 p.c quicker gaming efficiency than Lunar Lake fashions, Intel stated. To that finish, the corporate teased a Extremely Collection 3-powered gaming handheld for later this yr.

In fact, AMD wasn’t going to be not noted of the CES get together. The corporate introduced a number of CPUs for laptops and desktops, whereas chillingly declaring that “AI is all over the place” and “altering the face of gaming.” Ick. There was plenty of AI chat through the two-hour(!) keynote, together with a “a jet-powered flying robotic.”

After which there’s Qualcomm. The corporate revealed the Snapdragon X2 Plus chip on the present. It’s extra of a mid-range chip that isn’t fairly as highly effective as the upper finish Snapdragon X2 Elite — it doesn’t have as many CPU cores, for one factor. Nonetheless, Qualcomm claims the X2 Plus affords as a lot as 35 p.c quicker single-core efficiency over the earlier gen. The corporate additionally says the Adreno GPU affords a efficiency enhance of as much as 29 p.c in contrast with the final technology.

Laptops

What would CES be with out some new {hardware} that makes use of these new chips? As ever, laptop computer and desktop makers had been on the present to supply up their newest fashions to your consideration. We’d already seen LG’s new ultrathin laptops upfront of CES, whereas Samsung had a few of its personal to indicate off.

The Galaxy E book 6 Extremely, Galaxy E book 6 Professional and Galaxy E book 6 boast Intel’s Core Extremely Collection 3 chips and revamped designs which can be stated to enhance warmth administration. You’ll be able to learn our story on the Galaxy Book 6 series for the specs of those laptops, although we don’t have pricing or a launch window as but.

Dell realized it messed up by killing off the XPS identify as a part of a broader rebranding effort and we’re glad to see that the corporate is making a U-turn on that entrance. A full lineup of XPS laptops is coming this year, together with an all-new XPS 13 (a long-time Engadget fave on the Home windows ultraportable entrance). Dell additionally has 14- and 16-inch XPS fashions within the hopper, together with others it’s maintaining below wraps for now.

We love an odd laptop computer and ASUS didn’t disappoint by bringing the ROG Zephyrus Duo to CES. It is a dual-screen gaming laptop computer with two 16-inch OLED panels, one among Intel’s new CPUs and as much as an NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPU. The keyboard is removable and might work wirelessly. A kickstand may also help you arrange the Zephyrus Duo in every kind of orientations. You’ll be able to even place the twin screens in an upside-down “V” tent mode. We don’t know the value of the Zephyrus Duo as but, but it surely absolutely received’t be cheap.

That’s not all ASUS dropped at the dance. The corporate made a particular version of the ROG Circulation Z13 some that’s styled after the works of the famed recreation designer Hideo Kojima. The ROG Flow Z13-KJP has visible aptitude that’s attracts from the likes of Demise Stranding and Metallic Gear. Kojima’s Ludens mascot is right here too. There’s no pricing or launch date for this variant or its matching equipment simply but.

L’Oreal

L’Oreal typically brings some fascinating magnificence tech to CES and the corporate did so once more this yr with a trio of gadgets. The LED Eye Masks makes use of purple gentle and near-infrared gentle to handle the likes of puffiness, discoloration and superb strains.

The LED Face Masks appears to be a extra pliable model of masks that we have seen from the likes of Dr. Dennis Gross, Omnilux, Therabody and Shark in recent times. Nevertheless, it is solely in prototype type for now and it is not anticipated to hit the market till subsequent yr.

The Mild Straight + Multi-styler makes use of infrared gentle to assist dry and elegance hair in related trend to L’Oreal’s AirLight Professional. It is stated to have sensors that make use of “built-in proprietary algorithms and machine studying” to allow them to adapt to your gestures and “maximize particular person expertise.” L’Oreal claims that whereas conventional straighteners can function at 400°F or larger (temperatures that may harm hair), its newest innovation “successfully straightens hair whereas by no means exceeding 320°F.” You’ll be able to anticipate the Mild Straight to reach in 2027 as nicely.

Cellular

Again at CES 2024, we acquired to check out a physical keyboard phone accessory from Clicks. Quick ahead two years, and the model is making its personal Blackberry-esque telephones, in addition to a brand new bodily cellphone keyboard accent. The Android 16-based Clicks Communicator has a tactile keyboard with a fingerprint sensor within the spacebar, a 4-inch OLED show, a 3.5mm headphone jack (hooray!) and expandable microSD storage as much as 2TB. You’ll be able to reserve one now for $399 — the value will enhance to $499 on February 27.

As for the brand new accent, Clicks is looking that the Energy Keyboard. It connects to an iOS or Android cellphone through MagSafe or Qi2, and it might probably function as an influence financial institution in a pinch due to the two,150 mAh battery. The Energy Keyboard has Bluetooth performance as nicely, so you need to use it with gadgets like tablets, sensible TVs and digital actuality headsets. Pre-orders are open now and the Energy Keyboard is anticipated to ship within the spring. Early adopters can lock in a pre-order for $79 earlier than the retail value jumps to $110.

Those that desire their cellphones to have fewer bells and whistles is likely to be within the newest mannequin from Punkt. The MC03 is a nifty-looking touchscreen mannequin that runs on the privacy- and security-centric AphyOS, which is predicated on the Android Open Supply Challenge. It has a UI that borrows a web page out of the Mild Telephone’s playbook, although you possibly can nonetheless set up any Android app. The MC03 will hit European markets this month for €699 / CHF699 / £610. There is a necessary subscription, nevertheless. You get a yr of entry included with a cellphone buy, then it is a €10 / CHF10 / £9 month-to-month payment (paying for a long-term plan up entrance can scale back the price by as much as 60 p.c).

Charging tech

Anker and Belkin really feel like CES mainstays at this level. They every had some fascinating charging gear to indicate off this yr. Belkin supplied up a refreshed Nintendo Switch 2 case that recharges the console through its 10,000mAh energy financial institution (which delivers as much as 30W of quick charging). The case has an LCD display screen on the skin to indicate you at a look how a lot juice it has left and there’s a built-in kickstand so that you can prop the console up on.

Belkin’s new Change 2 charging case prices $100 and it’s out there now. The corporate’s new $100 UltraCharge Professional Energy Financial institution can recharge two gadgets concurrently. You will get your arms on that subsequent month. There’s additionally a really slim BoostCharge energy financial institution that may match into your pocket. That may run you $60 and it’ll ship later this yr.

AI

No prizes for guessing that there is going to be a ton of AI-related information at CES this yr. Amazon, for one, introduced that it is rolling out a web-based version of Alexa+. Meaning you will not essentially have to have an Amazon machine to check out the generative AI-powered assistant. Nevertheless, Alexa+ Early Entry prospects are getting first dibs on the net model.

There are a boatload of AI-powered gadgets on the CES present ground too. One which we noticed early on is a Tamagotchi-style digital pet from a startup known as Takway. The Sweekar will bear in mind your interactions with it (you may have to feed and play with the pet to maintain it wholesome and comfortable). As soon as it is all grown up, the Sweekar will head off on digital adventures and let you know about its exploits when it “returns.” Takway will quickly begin a Kickstarter marketing campaign for the  Sweekar, which is able to seemingly value between $100 and $150.

We additionally noticed the Fraimic, an E Ink show that may faucet into OpenAI to generate photos. There isn’t any subscription for the Fraimic (which prices $399 for the usual measurement, which has a 13-inch show) and also you get 100 AI-generated photos per yr included along with your buy. Pre-orders are open now and the Fraimic is anticipated to begin delivery on this spring.

Some corporations nonetheless making an attempt to make wearable AI gadgets occur. SwitchBot has a wearable mic known as the AI MindClip, which may seemingly report and transcribe all the things you say (no, thanks!). Anker’s Soundcore division acquired in on the combo too with its Work voice recorder.

Plaid, in the meantime, introduced its NotePin follow up to the dance. This time round, the NotePin S has a button you could push to report conversations. You can even press the button to flag key moments for an AI-generated abstract to concentrate on. The NotePin S is out there now for $179, do you have to be enticed to purchase such a factor.

Robots

Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robotic is able to roll. We’ve seen just a few iterations of this machine over the previous few years and now the corporate’s latest model is ready to enter manufacturing. As well as, Boston Dynamics has teamed up with Google DeepMind to fuse Gemini Robotics AI basis fashions into Atlas robots.

Per a press release, the partnership “will concentrate on enabling humanoids to finish all kinds of business duties and is anticipated to turn into a driving drive of producing transformation, starting within the automotive business.” Because it occurs, Hyundai (Boston Dynamics’ majority shareholder) and DeepMind might be among the many first to obtain Atlas robots.

Gaming

The FlipPad is one among my favourite issues I’ve seen popping out of CES this yr. It’s an 8BitDo cellular recreation controller that’s designed for vertical use. There are a bunch of neat physical controllers for phones which can be constructed for panorama mode. However many cellular video games are performed with the cellphone oriented to the vertical place. And that’s to not point out emulators that assist you to play the likes of Sport Boy titles whereas your cellphone stands tall. So it’s neat to see 8BitDo providing a bodily controller that’ll do the trick. The corporate additionally unveiled a new Xbox controller with swappable joysticks and button modules.