The Morning After: Sony Honda’s new automotive, Lego’s first CES press occasion and extra
Welcome to your first CES version of TMA, trying (virtually futilely) to distill the largest product reveals and bulletins. Regardless of two days of briefings and conferences, at the moment is merely day one. Nonetheless, we’ve already seen Sony Honda reveal its subsequent automotive — and the Afeela 1 isn’t but on sale. We’ve acquired a deep dive on what we’ve seen up to now, proper right here.
AMD introduced new Ryzen AI 400 laptop computer processors and up to date desktop chips, together with the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, with a brand new focus broadly on AI processing enhancements. NVIDIA had a prolonged, dense press convention exhibiting off its dominance in AI tech, nevertheless it lacked main shopper bulletins — till in a single day, when it revealed next-gen G-Sync tech and an upgraded model of DLSS. The brand new tech can deal with as much as 4K 240Hz path traced efficiency. It additionally provides an improved model of Tremendous Decision Transformer, with extra stability.
This yr’s wildcard CES press convention was… Lego? It revealed Sensible Bricks, which provides sensors, audio and wi-fi communication to conventional Lego items. The system is launching with Star Wars units later this yr — and maybe crucially, no smartphone or display screen is required to play.
There’s additionally LG and Samsung to get into — extra on these beneath!
— Mat Smith
The opposite massive tales (and offers) this morning
Telephone and pill, collectively.
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After launching its double-folding smartphone in Korea, Samsung is giving its latest foldable the press tour at CES 2026 and, regardless of reservations, it’s slick. The important thing distinction between the Z Trifold and the Z Fold sequence is a second fold-out wing, turning it from a standard smartphone right into a extra tablet-like kind issue, nearer to what we’re used to. Farewell square-ish screens.
That is what we had been promised when foldables first appeared: a bigger display screen that provides better utility than conventional smartphones, with out compromise. Sam Rutherford examined one out. Learn on for his impressions.
In additional wall-friendly sizes.
Engadget
The massive reveal at Samsung’s First Look CES press convention was actually massive: a flagship 130-inch Micro RGB TV framed by a large steel easel with embedded audio system. It’s way more within the realm of idea than actuality — no value, no launch date. It really works as a halo product for extra real looking TV units utilizing Samsung’s new most well-liked show know-how. This yr it’ll offer TVs in 55-, 65- and 75-inch sizes. And in the event you’re curious, we clarify what Micro RGB TVs are.
Oh, and scale.
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CES 2026 marks the return of LG’s ultra-thin Wallpaper TV. The most recent model sports activities a stunning OLED display screen and wi-fi connectivity, and it’s about as skinny as a pencil. We checked out the brand new Wallpaper TV throughout a CES preview occasion, together with LG’s Gallery and Micro RGB units. If cash had been no object, I’d desire a 100-inch LG Wallpaper TV. In line with Devindra Hardawar, it seems “shockingly skinny” in particular person.