The whole lot introduced at CES 2026

It is the primary week of a brand new 12 months 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 firms descending on Las Vegas to disclose their newest improvements and what they’re planning to convey your method 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 potential. After all, we’re holding tabs on the entire main CES press conferences too. Samsung held its First Look presentation, which focuses on dwelling merchandise, whereas LG has proven off a wide selection of TVs and Lego unveiled its new Good Brick know-how. We’ve heard from the main chipmakers, gone hands-on with Samsung’s trifold cellphone, checked out some funky laptops and seen some cute robots. There’s some sizzling gaming tech on the present too.

You don’t essentially have to attend to get your arms on all of those devices both. Some are available for purchase proper now.

You possibly can make amends for the entire huge CES 2026 bulletins (and among the extra offbeat gizmos we’ve seen) proper right here. We’ll be holding this story up to date all through the week. We even have CES stay updates, with all the newest information from the occasion.

Lego

In its first CES look, Lego introduced the Good 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, route and orientation in relation to different Good Bricks. Every brick additionally has a teeny tiny speaker inbuilt that can play audio “tied to stay play actions” slightly than solely pre-recorded clips.

Accompanying Good Bricks are Good Tags and Good Minifigures, which have their very own capabilities — considered one of which is letting Good Bricks know what context they’re being utilized in. All of those items tie collectively by way of an area wi-fi layer dubbed BrickNet that, partly, lets Good Bricks know the place they’re positioned in relation to different sensible parts.

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

Engadget deputy editor Nathan Ingraham acquired to try Lego’s Good Play system in particular person and I’ve by no means been extra envious of him. One of many Star Wars units means that you can have an interactive lightsaber duel between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. Not solely does the Vader minifigure have his signature heavy respiration sound, the speaker emits the Sith Lord’s “nooooo” yell if he loses the duel.

All of this appears extraordinarily cool. I am trying ahead to seeing what else Lego and followers can do with the Good Play tech.

LG

Together with some TVs (which we’ll get to momentarily), LG introduced loads of different merchandise to CES. For one factor, the corporate shone the highlight on its CLOiD robotic. Just like the far creepier-looking 1X Neo, the CLOiD is designed to assist with family duties reminiscent of beginning laundry cycles, folding garments, unloading the dishwasher and serving meals.

This seems to be extra of an idea than one thing you can purchase anytime quickly. Throughout an in-person CES demo, Engadget senior reporter Karissa Bell noticed CLOiD competently pull off some family duties, albeit very slowly.

The corporate additionally debuted the LG Sound Suite, a modular dwelling audio system it developed together with 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 might be made with a fabric it is calling Aerominum.

The chipmakers

It is CES, so after all we’ll see a bunch of laptops and desktops, together with bulletins in regards to 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 all the time one to keep watch over. This 12 months’s version was laregly a recap of the corporate’s latest strikes, nevertheless it did have some information to share.

NVIDIA introduced Alpamayo, which is a gaggle of open-source reasoning fashions designed to assist autonomous autos deal with tough driving situations. 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 definitely hoping that its Core Extremely Collection 3 chips may help it proper the ship. These are the primary chips to be constructed utilizing Intel’s 18A (18 angstroms, which is just below 2nm) course of. The corporate says they provide improved efficiency — 60 % 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 % extra graphics cores, double the cache and 120 GPU TOPS of efficiency. Put all that collectively and these chips ought to ship as much as 77 % sooner gaming efficiency than Lunar Lake fashions, Intel stated. To that finish, the corporate teased a Extremely Collection 3-powered gaming handheld for later this 12 months.

Engadget senior editor Devindra Hardawar performed some Battlefield 6 on a Core Extremely Collection 3-powered Lenovo IdeaPad Professional 5 (an ultraportable) and got here away impressed. The sport ran at as much as 190 fps in 1080p with the graphics settings on excessive, even with out a devoted GPU. That’s a promising signal for the embedded Arc graphics on Intel’s chips, in addition to the corporate’s upscaling and body technology tech.

After all, AMD wasn’t going to be not noted of the CES social gathering. The corporate introduced a number of CPUs for laptops and desktops, whereas chillingly declaring that “AI is in every single place” and “altering the face of gaming.” Ick. There was quite a lot of AI chat throughout 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 provides as a lot as 35 % sooner single-core efficiency over the earlier gen. The corporate additionally says the Adreno GPU provides a efficiency enhance of as much as 29 % 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. (You’ll want to try our devoted roundup of all of the laptops that grabbed our consideration at this 12 months’s present.)

Samsung’s 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 might be stated to enhance warmth administration. You possibly can learn our story on the Galaxy E book 6 collection for the specs of those laptops, although we don’t have pricing or a launch window as but.

Dell realized it tousled by killing off the XPS title 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 12 months, 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 holding beneath 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, considered one of Intel’s new CPUs and as much as an NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPU. The keyboard is removable and might work wirelessly. A kickstand may help you arrange the Zephyrus Duo in every kind of orientations. You possibly can even place the twin screens in an upside-down “V” tent mode. We don’t know the value of the Zephyrus Duo as but, nevertheless it absolutely received’t be cheap.

That’s not all ASUS dropped at the dance. The corporate made a particular version of the ROG Move Z13 some that’s styled after the works of the famed sport designer Hideo Kojima. The ROG Move Z13-KJP has visible aptitude that’s attracts from the likes of Loss of life 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.

Micro RGB TVs

Micro RGB is a time period you may count on 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 pink, 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, for the reason that pixels cannot be turned on and off individually. Nonetheless, Micro RGB models are stated to be brighter and extra colour correct than TVs that use different show tech, partly as a result of the LEDs in these screens supply smaller, extra customizable dimming zones. Learn reporter Steve Dent’s explainer for a deeper dive into how Micro RGB differs from different kinds 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 12 months, you may count on 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 properly. The biggest 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 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 point out on the display. 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 help for Dolby Imaginative and prescient, HDR10+ and Wi-Fi 6. The Ember Artline is anticipated to begin transport this spring. It begins at $899 for the 55-inch mannequin.

Talking of Fireplace TV, Amazon has revamped the platform’s person interface with rounded corners for present, film and app tiles; somewhat extra space for stated tiles; and typography and colour 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 %. Amazon will begin rolling out the up to date UI subsequent month.

On the Google aspect of TV land, you may count on extra Gemini-powered options. The corporate is bringing the flexibility to look Google Pictures for sure moments and other people to Google TV, together with the choices to remix pictures into completely different types and create slideshows on the fly. The Veo and Nano Banana AI video and picture technology fashions are coming to Google TV as properly. You can too count on the flexibility to regulate TV settings utilizing your voice. These Gemini options are coming to Google TV-powered TCL fashions first, then different units within the following months. Within the meantime, you may try senior reporter Amy Skorheim’s hands-on impressions of the Gemini updates.

Additionally in TV-related information, Peacock and Dolby have expanded their partnership. At present, Peacock’s Sunday Night time Soccer streams have Dolby Atmos help. You’ll quickly have the ability to watch extra stay sports activities on Peacock with Dolby Imaginative and prescient and Atmos, as help for NBA and MLB occasions are on the best way. Dolby Imaginative and prescient is coming to Sunday Night time Soccer on Peacock too.

Belkin, in the meantime, has a new wi-fi HDMI dongle that does not require a Wi-Fi connection. That ought to make it straightforward to beam movies from a tool with a USB-C port to a TV, monitor or projector — helpful in case you’re planning an out of doors film evening in an area with spotty web entry.

Screens and projectors

Let’s maintain the concentrate on show tech for a bit with a take a look at among the displays and projectors we have seen at CES this 12 months. Dell revealed a 52-inch ultrawide curved 6K monitor (the primary of these on the planet, based on the corporate). The UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor has a nifty characteristic in that it is potential to hook up 4 PCs concurrently and provides every a devoted part of the show — that might make co-op video games fairly enjoyable in case you’re devoted sufficient to attempt that arrange. It is potential to regulate all 4 linked PCs with a single mouse and keyboard too. This monitor is offered now for $2,900 with a stand and $2,800 with out.

Dell additionally confirmed off a brand new 32-inch 4K QD-OLED monitor with Dolby Imaginative and prescient and True Black 500 HDR help. The Dell UltraSharp 32 4K QD-OLED Monitor could be all yours for $2,600 as of February 24.

Samsung and LG revealed some new gaming displays forward of CES. Samsung’s 32-inch Odyssey 3D is a mannequin that gives glasses-free 3D on a 6K show, whereas LG has a brand new bunch of 5K displays. Throughout CES , although, the latter additionally pulled again the curtain on the 27-inch UltraGear GX7, a $1,000 QHD OLED show with a 540Hz refresh charge.

Samsung introduced the newest model of its FreeStyle+ projector to the present. Engadget’s UK bureau chief Mat Smith checked out the brand new mannequin in particular person and reckoned that Samsung has given the projector a critical improve over earlier iteration. The FreeStyle+ is now a lot brighter, whereas the up to date keystone correction characteristic appears very helpful.

Elsewhere, Anker’s Soundcore introduced the Nebula P1i, a 1080p moveable projector with audio system you can fold out and tilt. At $369, that looks as if a reasonably first rate choice in case you’re on the lookout for an entry-level projector you may take wherever. The P1i ought to arrive in time for tenting journeys too, since Soundcore says it’ll be accessible within the early a part of this 12 months. The model additionally stated its higher-end Nebula X1 Professional, a model of its 4K Nebula X1 that features a 160W encompass sound system, will likely be accessible this month for $4,999.

XGIMI was additionally at CES to point out off its newest high-end projector, the Titan Noir Max. There’s no phrase on pricing but, however this seems to be an upgraded model of the $3,999 Titan mannequin.

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 kind of) and the fashionable Music Studio audio system (we have acquired some IRL impressions of these). It additionally introduced plans to convey 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, reminiscent of the skinny S95H OLED, which has a zero-gap mount that means that you can place the unit flush in opposition to a wall.

First Look has lengthy been centered on dwelling merchandise. Naturally, Samsung execs mentioned some options for the corporate’s fridges, reminiscent of ​​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 you might want 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 characteristic — Samsung goals to put off irons (thanks, Samsung). As for the Bespoke AI sensible vacuum and mop, that may apparently keep watch over your pets if you’re not dwelling.

L’Oreal

L’Oreal usually brings some attention-grabbing magnificence tech to CES and the corporate did so once more this 12 months with a trio of devices. The LED Eye Masks makes use of pink mild and near-infrared mild to deal with the likes of puffiness, discoloration and high quality 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 lately. Nonetheless, it is solely in prototype kind for now and it is not anticipated to hit the market till subsequent 12 months.

The Gentle Straight + Multi-styler makes use of infrared mild to assist dry and elegance hair in comparable style 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 possibly can count on the Gentle Straight to reach in 2027 as properly.

Cellular

At CES 2026, we had our first likelihood to go arms on with the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, which the corporate formally introduced final month. Senior author Sam Rutherford had qualms in regards to the value (not confirmed but for North America, nevertheless it prices round $2,500 in Korea) and bulkiness.

Nonetheless, after Sam opened it up, “my considerations had been rapidly pushed apart as a result of out of the blue you’re greeted with 10 inches of vivid AMOLED goodness.” That additional actual property might are available in very helpful for a lot of people. Mixed with a keyboard and maybe a mouse, it might properly be the laptop computer/pill alternative many have been ready for. You’ll want to learn Sam’s hands-on for his full preliminary impressions.

Virtually precisely three a long time after releasing its first correct clamshell flip cellphone, Motorola revealed its very first side-folding cellphone. The Razr Fold has a 6.6-inch exterior display and a 8.1-inch important show, with stylus help on each. The digicam array features a 50MP important sensor from Sony, a 50MP ultra-wide/macro lens and a 50MP telephoto. There’s a 32MP exterior selfie digicam and a 20MP inner sensor too. We’ll get the total specs, pricing and availability information within the coming months.

Again at CES 2024, we acquired to check out a bodily keyboard cellphone accent 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 possibly can 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 by way of MagSafe or Qi2, and it will probably function as an influence financial institution in a pinch because of the two,150 mAh battery. The Energy Keyboard has Bluetooth performance as properly, so you should use it with units 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 want their cell phones 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 Gentle Telephone’s playbook, although you may nonetheless set up any Android app.

The MC03 will hit European markets this month for €699 / CHF699 / £610. There is a obligatory subscription, nonetheless. You get a 12 months 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 cut back the associated fee by as much as 60 %).

Charging tech

Anker and Belkin really feel like CES mainstays at this level. They every had some attention-grabbing charging gear to point out off this 12 months. Belkin supplied up a refreshed Nintendo Swap 2 case that recharges the console by way of its 10,000mAh energy financial institution (which delivers as much as 30W of quick charging). The case has an LCD display on the surface to point out 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 Swap 2 charging case prices $100 and it’s accessible now. The corporate’s new $100 UltraCharge Professional Energy Financial institution can recharge two units concurrently. You may 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 12 months.

Anker unveiled its neat Nano Charger, which may seemingly determine the iPhone mannequin you hook as much as it and supply the suitable degree of charging energy. This plug will arrive later this month for $40.

The corporate introduced a string of different merchandise that may cost a number of units on the similar time. The $150 foldable Prime Wi-fi Charging Station can juice up your iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods concurrently, with as much as 25W of Qi2 wi-fi energy. That’ll arrive by the tip of March.

There’s additionally a 10-in-1 Nano Energy Strip ($70, late January launch) with 70W of output, surge safety and a number of USB-C ports, USB-A ports and AC shops. Anker additionally confirmed off a 13-in-1 Nano Docking Station you can snag proper now for $150. Amongst different issues, this helps as much as three 4K shows, as a lot as 100W of upstream charging and 10 Gbps of information switch between units which might be hooked as much as it. Helpful!

AI

No prizes for guessing that there is going to be a ton of AI-related information at CES this 12 months. Amazon, for one, introduced that it is rolling out a web-based model of Alexa+. Meaning you will not essentially must have an Amazon gadget to check out the generative AI-powered assistant. Nonetheless, Alexa+ Early Entry prospects are getting first dibs on the internet model.

There are a boatload of AI-powered units on the CES present flooring 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 must feed and play with the pet to maintain it wholesome and completely satisfied). 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 probably price between $100 and $150.

Ludens AI, in the meantime, confirmed off a pair of AI companion robots which might be admittedly fairly cute. Cocomo can react to your voice and contact interactions, comply with you round your house and find out about you over time. It stays near human physique temps, so it feels cozy in case you hug it. Inu, then again, stays in your desktop. It, too, responds to your voice and contact.

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 12 months included along with your buy. Pre-orders are open now and the Fraimic is anticipated to begin transport on this spring.

Some firms are nonetheless attempting to make wearable AI units occur. SwitchBot has a wearable mic referred to as the AI MindClip, which may seemingly report and transcribe the whole lot 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 comply with up to the dance. This time round, the NotePin S has a button you can push to report conversations. You can too press the button to flag key moments for an AI-generated abstract to concentrate on. The NotePin S is offered now for $179, must you be enticed to purchase such a factor.

On an analogous be aware, Bee offered an replace on what it’s bee-n as much as since Amazon purchased the corporate final 12 months. It has developed 4 options that it’s rolling out to its current AI voice recording wearable units, together with one which draft an e mail if you say you might want to ship one, and one other that highlights traits in what you say over a interval of weeks or months. There’s additionally a voice notes characteristic, as a result of that’s one thing you may’t do along with your cellphone already.

Robots

Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robotic is able to roll. We’ve seen just a few iterations of this machine over the previous couple of years and now the corporate’s newest mannequin is about 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 concentrate on enabling humanoids to finish all kinds of commercial duties and is anticipated to develop into a driving power of producing transformation, starting within the automotive business.” Because it occurs, Hyundai (Boston Dynamics’ majority shareholder) and DeepMind will likely be among the many first to obtain Atlas robots.

LG’s CLOiD remains to be an idea helper robotic for now, however the Onero H1 is one you could possibly purchase as quickly as this 12 months. Throughout an in-person demo, we noticed Switchbot’s robotic (slowly) decide up garments, chuck them in a washer and shut the door. The corporate has additionally launched a video that reveals the Onero H1 finishing up different family duties, from serving meals and drinks to washing home windows. We’re advised Switchbot plans to promote the robotic for “lower than $10,000.”

Transportation

Sony and Honda introduced the newest revision of their first Afeela EV to CES 2026. We already knew that you just’d have the ability to play your PS5 remotely whereas the automobile is parked, although we discovered some new particulars from the businesses’ presentation. The Afeela 1 will debut with a sophisticated hands-off, eyes-on driver help system. The goal is to finally supply Degree 4 autonomy by way of over-the-air updates.

Sony Honda Mobility plans to begin shipments on the tail finish of 2026, first in California, then in Arizona. Nonetheless, after getting a close-up take a look at the newest iteration of the EV, Engadget contributor Tim Stevens reckons the Afeela 1 feels “increasingly more out of contact” with every passing 12 months, though it “was an audacious product when it was introduced at CES 2020.”

We additionally acquired our first take a look at a mannequin that’s an extra down the pike. The Afeela Prototype 2026 is a taller model of the primary EV. Simply don’t count on to have the ability to attempt it your self till not less than 2028.

Segway is increasing its e-bike lineup with two new fashions which have a heap of sensible options, from Apple Discover My integration and GPS monitoring to distant locking and well being app features. The Muxi (above) appears to be like fairly fairly and has a cup holder(!), whereas the $2,000 Myon has a chunkier body and options reminiscent of digital gear shifting. Each are cargo-centric step-through fashions. You should purchase the Myon now, and the $1,700 Muxi will likely be accessible in March, simply in time for spring.

Together with these e-bikes, Segway had a brand new electrical filth bike to inform us about. The Xaber 300 was created with off-roading in thoughts. There are three energy modes, providing the equal of 150cc, 200cc and 300cc engines. Segway hasn’t revealed pricing for the Xaber 300, which must be accessible this spring or summer season.

Gaming

NVIDIA introduced the newest model of its DLSS (Deep Studying Tremendous Sampling) upscaling tech. DLSS 4.5 is alleged to supply sharper visuals because of the 2nd Era Tremendous Decision Transformer, which is offered now for all RTX GPUs. NVIDIA says this provides higher temporal stability, decreased ghosting and improved anti-aliasing.

On GeForce RTX 50 Collection GPUs, DLSS 4.5 will have the ability to generate as much as 5 additional frames for every historically rendered one and ship as much as 4K 240Hz path traced efficiency, NVIDIA says. The Dynamic 6x Body Era characteristic will likely be accessible for these graphics playing cards someday this spring.

NVIDIA additionally detailed a brand new model of its G-Sync variable refresh charge tech. It says that G-Sync Pulsar can reduce movement blur by successfully quadrupling your refresh charge. So 250 Hz gameplay will seemingly supply up a perceived efficient movement readability of over 1,000 Hz with G-Sync Pulsar enabled.

You’ll want a G-Sync Pulsar-compatible show to make use of this characteristic. Most shows have a backlight that’s all the time on, so photographs fade from one body to the subsequent. On G-Sync Pulsar shows, there are a number of horizontal backlight sections. The backlights pulse from prime to backside. That is stated to assist the pixels in every body stabilize earlier than they’re backlit, leading to decrease movement blur.

It’s attention-grabbing stuff. Acer, AOC, ASUS and MSI are every releasing a G-Sync Pulsar-compatible 27-inch monitor this week.

The FlipPad is considered one of my favourite issues I’ve seen popping out of CES this 12 months. It’s an 8BitDo cellular sport controller that’s designed for vertical use. There are a bunch of neat bodily controllers for telephones which might 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 permit you to play the likes of Recreation 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 brand new Xbox controller with swappable joysticks and button modules.

Why have a numpad on the aspect of your keyboard when you may have a extremely customizable controller as an alternative? Corsair slapped a Stream Deck right into a keyboard and it appears to be like completely rad. I’ve but to make the leap on a Stream Deck-style controller and since I’d slightly not have an additional gadget on my desk, I’m very tempted to select up the $350 Galleon 100 SD, which is offered now.

It has 12 programmable keys that you should use for gaming (give me that Helldivers 2 profile so I don’t must maintain punching in stratagem codes) or livestreaming, however there are many different purposes too. They may help with video modifying, controlling sensible dwelling units or just adjusting media playback. There’s a five-inch display and two dials for high quality management too. Oh, and it’s a full-sized mechanical keyboard in addition.

GameSir had a few attention-grabbing controllers to inform us about. The Swift Drive (which appears to be a working title) has a steering wheel with power suggestions in the course of a daily gamepad. It’s a cool thought and it appears to work fairly properly. The Swift Drive ought to hit the market later this 12 months.

As well as, GameSir teamed up with Hyperkin to make a modular controller that works with telephones, tablets and Nintendo Swap consoles. You’ll have the ability to slot these units into the X5 Alteron’s grip (as you would possibly with a Spine or Razer Kishi controller) although there’s a Bluetooth choice for PC gaming too. The magnetic modules embrace ones styled after the GameCube and Nintendo 64, and there’ll be one with a trackpad that’s made with first-person shooters in thoughts. There’s no pricing or launch date for the X5 Alteron but, however I’m wanting to attempt it.

Elsewhere on the gaming entrance, Lenovo revealed a SteamOS-powered model of the Legion Go 2. That variant of the hand-held is heading your method in June for $1,199.

Razer had some idea gear to point out off, together with an AI-driven headset with built-in cameras that may acknowledge objects and textual content, and a gaming chair with haptic suggestions and spatial audio inbuilt. There’s additionally an AI desktop companion gadget with a number of avatars to select from, together with an anime lady and legendary League of Legends participant Faker.

Audio

Victrola introduced a reasonably Bluetooth speaker that sits neatly beneath its turntables. You should use a cable to attach the 2 as properly. After all, you may play audio from different units, together with telephones and tablets. I’ve had my eye on a Victrola turntable for some time because of its Sonos integration, and the Soundstage speaker is tempting too. The Soundstage will likely be accessible this summer season for $350.

Talking of fairly audio system, I actually just like the aesthetic of those three wi-fi bookshelf choices from Cambridge Audio. The fashionable-lookin’ L/R Collection audio system begin at $549 for a 100W mannequin with a 21mm hard-dome tweeter with a 3-inch long-throw woofer hut no help for Wi-Fi streaming (there’s Bluetooth aptX HD, although).

On the prime finish is the $2,299 L/R X, a 800W speaker that has a a 2.5-way acoustic design with a 28mm Torus tweeter and twin five-inch woofers. There’s even a contact of LED underlighting on this mannequin and the $1,599 L/R M, which has 300W of energy, smaller four-inch twin woofers and the identical 28mm tweeter. All three audio system will likely be accessible later this 12 months.

There’s heaps extra audio gear at CES past the Victorla and Cambridge Audio audio system, after all. JBL was on the occasion to point out off a complete bunch of earbuds and gaming headsets. Shure now has a USB-C model of its MV88 condenser microphone, making it suitable with Android units and up to date iPhones. That’ll run you $159. The newest model of JLab’s teeny JBuds Mini earbuds now have customizable lively noise cancellation (ANC) and but they nonetheless price $40.

PartyStudio looks as if a enjoyable product — it’s a MIDI speaker with 128 built-in instrument tones and 50-plus drum machine patterns. There’s a companion 36-key MIDI keyboard referred to as PartyKeys as properly (the speaker will work with any MIDI keyboard, although). PopuMusic is the corporate behind each.

Anker, in the meantime, has new AeroFit 2 Professional earbuds which might be fairly attention-grabbing. They’re the corporate’s first open-ear earbuds with ANC. You possibly can snap them up in February for $180. There’s additionally a brand new moveable Bluetooth speaker from Anker referred to as the Soundcore Growth Go 3i. It’s a 15W unit with (based on Anker) as much as 22 hours of battery life, and it ought to price between $65 and $80 when it drops in March.

Engadget deputy editor Billy Steele has been trying out among the audio gear at CES, together with Shokz’ $250 OpenFit Professional earbuds, which have Dolby Atmos help. Billy has additionally had some hands-on (or heads-on) time with Klipsch’s first new headphones in years. There are initially three fashions within the firm’s Atlas collection, together with the Atlas HP-1, a wi-fi set with ANC that has a stunning wooden end on the outside of the earcups. Klipsch is barely permitting demos with lossless audio over USB-C for now, however the audio high quality is “wonderful,” Billy wrote in his hands-on story.

Good dwelling

As ever, there was a ton of sensible dwelling gear at CES this 12 months. One factor that caught our eye is a robotic vacuum idea from Dreame. It is considered one of a number of firms engaged on fashions that may climb stairs, however the Cyber X is a barely terrifying one because it has giant legs that look a bit like chainsaws. The enamel in these legs assist present traction in order that the Cyber X can climb stairs which might be nearly 10 inches excessive.

Whereas Dreame’s vacuum positions its legs horizontally to climb stairs with tank-style traction, Roborock’s Saros rover pushes itself upwards on extendable legs to achieve greater flooring. The legs have wheels on the underside and knee-like joints — these may help the robotic vacuum to boost itself over obstacles on flooring too.

Narwhal constructed a vacuum to your mattress. The U50 is a handheld mannequin that has a UV sterilization mild. It has a high-speed tapping characteristic that may assist dislodge gunk and mites. The corporate additionally confirmed off a brand new robotic vacuum and mop with a “PetCare Mode” you should use to trace down your bestest furry good friend and keep watch over them if you’re not dwelling. You possibly can even discuss to your pet by way of a speaker system. Each merchandise must be accessible within the spring.

Anker’s Eufy model has a brand new robotic vacuum too, together with a video doorbell, outside mild and sensible lock. This one’s fairly attention-grabbing: Lockin’s newest vein-recognition sensible lock can wirelessly recharge by way of an optical infrared beam emitted by a separate gadget that’s plugged into an outlet.

On an analogous be aware, Ring has up to date its door, window and break glass sensors, and it has launched an OBD-II automotive alarm, movement detectors and panic buttons. Most of these will likely be accessible in March, although can pre-order the automotive alarm now.

Elsewhere in dwelling safety, Ugreen introduced a modular system that doesn’t require a subscription. At a time when so many firms are determined to promote you a subscription for reliable month-to-month income, that’s fairly refreshing. Gadgets which might be a part of Ugreen’s platform — together with a video doorbell and 4K cameras — must be accessible later this 12 months.

IKEA made its CES debut to point out off a few of its sensible dwelling tech, specifically a string of budget-friendly, Matter-compatible units. Together with some dwelling sensors, the corporate plans to supply a $6 sensible bulb, an $8 sensible plug and a $6 sensible distant within the coming weeks. Senior reporter Amy Skorheim checked out the merchandise and notably appreciated the BILREA distant, which you should use to regulate IKEA’s lamps and different units.

Talking of sensible bulbs, Philips introduced some Hue updates at CES. You may want a Hue Bridge Professional to make use of the SpatialAware characteristic, which makes use of augmented actuality to verify the entire lights in a room are working collectively harmoniously to create, as an example, a extra natural-looking sundown scene. Philips will likely be rolling out SpatialAware to Hue customers this spring. Additionally on the best way is Apple Residence help for the Hue Safe Digital camera, Hue Safe video doorbell and Hue contact sensors.

Elsewhere in lighting, Govee has a brand new flooring lamp, in addition to a ceiling mild that is stated to simulate a skylight.

By way of kitchen tech, GE Home equipment has a new sensible fridge that is designed to make restocking simpler. It has a built-in barcode scanner you should use to rapidly add objects to a procuring record. It is potential to sync the objects to Instacart for grocery supply. There’s additionally an inside digicam that may assist you to maintain tabs on the products in your fridge’s crisper drawer. As you would possibly count on for a sensible fridge, it has a touchscreen on the door that you should use to name up recipes. The GE Profile Good Fridge will likely be accessible in April for $4,899.

Nosh, in the meantime, is an AI cooking robotic that you can purchase within the subsequent few months. Load it with components, decide one of many 500 dishes in Nosh’s repertoire and the robotic will put the whole lot collectively. Whereas it has water and oil reservoirs, in addition to a built-in spice rack, you will nonetheless must prep the contemporary components earlier than including them to the machine. Nosh will price $2,000 however in case you’re able to pre-order now, you may snag one for an early fowl value of $1,200.

Shifting outdoors, Whisper Aero claims that the T1 leaf blower (from its Tone Open air division) is 80 % quieter and 60 % extra highly effective than “main fuel handheld blowers.” That appears fairly nice on paper, so right here’s hoping that your noisy neighbors will likely be satisfied to shell out $599 for a T1 when it arrives in September. In the meantime, Segway’s Navimow unit has a bunch of new robotic mowers.