Every little 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 manner within the close to future.

Lots of the Engadget crew are on the bottom to take a look at as a lot of the brand new tech as doable. After all, we’re maintaining tabs on the entire main CES press conferences too. Samsung has already held its First Look presentation, which focuses on residence merchandise, whereas LG has proven off a wide selection of TVs and Lego unveiled its new Sensible Brick expertise.

You’ll be able to compensate for the entire huge CES 2026 bulletins (and a few of 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’ll be able to anticipate to listen to about fairly a bit within the coming months and years, particularly while you’re buying to your subsequent TV. Micro RGB is a brand new tech that is just like Mini LED, although it makes use of pink, inexperienced and blue LEDs as a substitute of white backlights. Distinction ratios aren’t fairly as excessive as these on Micro LED and OLED shows, for the reason that pixels cannot be turned on and off individually. Nonetheless, Micro RGB items are stated to be brighter and extra coloration correct than TVs that use different show tech, partially as a result of the LEDs in these screens supply smaller, extra customizable dimming zones. Learn 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 idea mannequin that Samsung dropped at Las Vegas. The corporate unveiled its first Micro RGB TV in August, — that’s a 115-inch, $29,999 mannequin. This yr, you’ll be able to anticipate it to start out 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 properly. The most important variant is 100 inches, however there are 86- and 75-inch fashions too. Elsewhere, LG confirmed off its newest Wallpaper TV, which is a 100-inch OLED show. We additionally obtained 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 obtained 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 point out on the display screen. The Ember Artline can change on or off robotically when somebody enters or leaves the room.

It runs on the Fireplace 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 start out delivery this spring. It begins at $899 for the 55-inch mannequin.

Talking of Fireplace TV, Amazon has revamped the platform’s consumer interface with rounded corners for present, film and app tiles; a bit of extra space for stated tiles; and typography and coloration gradient modifications. The corporate has reworked the platform’s codebase as properly, and it says the Fireplace 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’ll be able to anticipate extra Gemini-powered options. The corporate is bringing the power to look Google Pictures for sure moments and other people to Google TV, together with the choices to remix images into completely 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 properly. You too can anticipate the power 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.

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 a type of), the trendy Music Studio audio system (we have obtained some IRL impressions of these), a bunch of displays, the refreshed FreeStyle+ projector (we have checked that out too). It additionally introduced plans to deliver Google Pictures to TVs.

On the First Look showcase on Sunday, Samsung talked up “AI experiences in every single place. For everybody” (sigh). Right here, we noticed extra TVs, equivalent 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 centered on residence merchandise. Naturally, Samsung execs mentioned some options for the corporate’s fridges, equivalent 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 objects and assist you determine what it’s essential 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 get rid of irons (thanks, Samsung). As for the Bespoke AI sensible vacuum and mop, that may apparently keep watch over your pets while you’re not residence.

LG

Likewise, LG introduced different non-TV tech to CES. The corporate is shining the highlight on its CLOiD robotic. Just like the far creepier-looking 1X Neo, the CLOiD is designed to assist with family duties equivalent 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 should 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 residence audio system it developed along side Dolby to tackle the likes of Sonos. Simply forward of CES, LG pulled again the curtain on a brand new batch of xboom audio system in addition to some displays and ultralight Gram laptops which can be made with a cloth it is calling Aerominum.

Lego

In its first CES look, Lego introduced the Sensible Brick, a standard-sized brick with a 4.1mm ASIC chip inside that’s designed to reply in several 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 reside play actions” somewhat than solely pre-recorded clips.

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

The primary “Sensible Play” accomplice is, unsurprisingly, Star Wars, which can launch three “all-in-one” units utilizing Sensible Bricks, Sensible Tags and Sensible Minifigures. The 473-piece Darth Vader TIE Fighter set will price $70; the 584-piece Luke’s Pink 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.

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 devices. The LED Eye Masks makes use of pink mild and near-infrared mild to handle the likes of puffiness, discoloration and fantastic traces.

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. Nonetheless, it is solely in prototype type for now and it is not anticipated to hit the market till subsequent yr.

The Gentle Straight + Multi-styler makes use of infrared mild 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 greater (temperatures that may injury hair), its newest innovation “successfully straightens hair whereas by no means exceeding 320°F.” You’ll be able to anticipate the Gentle Straight to reach in 2027 as properly.

Laptops and desktops

It is CES, so after all we will see a bunch of laptops and desktops. Nearly all of these will certainly emerge after NVIDIA’s press convention on Monday night, although we have already had a peek at LG’s Aerominum laptops.

Cellular

Again at CES 2024, we obtained to check out a bodily keyboard telephone accent from Clicks. Quick ahead two years, and the model is making its personal Blackberry-esque telephones, in addition to a brand new bodily telephone 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 improve to $499 on February 27.

As for the brand new accent, Clicks is asking that the Energy Keyboard. It connects to an iOS or Android telephone through MagSafe or Qi2, and it may possibly function as an influence financial institution in a pinch due to the two,150 mAh battery. The Energy Keyboard has Bluetooth performance as properly, 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 worth jumps to $110.

Those that favor their cell phones to have fewer bells and whistles could 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 relies on the Android Open Supply Mission. It has a UI that borrows a web page out of the Gentle Cellphone’s playbook, although you’ll be able to 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 telephone buy, then it is a €10 / CHF10 / £9 month-to-month price (paying for a long-term plan up entrance can cut back the price by as much as 60 p.c).

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 model of Alexa+. Which means you will not essentially have to have an Amazon gadget to check out the generative AI-powered assistant. Nonetheless, Alexa+ Early Entry clients 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 referred to as Takway. The Sweekar will keep in mind your interactions with it (you will have to feed and play with the pet to maintain it wholesome and blissful). 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 can probably price between $100 and $150.

We additionally noticed the Fraimic, an E Ink show that may faucet into OpenAI to generate photographs. 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 photographs per yr included along with your buy. Pre-orders are open now and the Fraimic is anticipated to start out delivery on this spring.

Some corporations nonetheless making an attempt to make wearable AI gadgets occur. SwitchBot has a wearable mic referred to as the AI MindClip, which may seemingly file and transcribe the whole lot you say (no, thanks!). Plaid, in the meantime, introduced its NotePin observe up to the dance. This time round, the NotePin S has a button that you would be able to push to file conversations. You too can press the button to flag key moments for an AI-generated abstract to give attention to. 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 a number of iterations of this machine over the previous few years and now the corporate’s newest mannequin 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 launch, the partnership “will give attention to enabling humanoids to finish all kinds of commercial duties and is anticipated to grow to be a driving drive of producing transformation, starting within the automotive trade.” Because it occurs, Hyundai (Boston Dynamics’ majority shareholder) and DeepMind will probably be among the many first to obtain Atlas robots.

Gaming

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