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 firms descending on Las Vegas to disclose their newest improvements and what they’re planning to convey your approach 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 attainable. After all, we’re retaining tabs on the entire 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. Displays from NVIDIA, Sony, Lego, Hyundai and others are but to come back.

You’ll be able to atone for the entire large CES 2026 bulletins (and a few of the extra offbeat gizmos which might be being proven off on the occasion) proper right here. We’ll be retaining this story up to date all through the week.

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 once 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 crimson, 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, because the 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 provide smaller, extra customizable dimming zones.

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 may count on 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 way in which.

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 showed off its latest Wallpaper TV, which is a 100-inch OLED show. We additionally received a have a look at LG’s new Gallery TV — The Gallery is the corporate’s tackle Samsung’s Body TV format.

Different new TVs and updates

We’ve received one other competitor to The Body, as Amazon has entered that market with the Ember Artline TV. The 4K OLED mannequin integrates with Amazon Images and might show your alternative of two,000 items of free artwork. The Ember Artline can swap on or off mechanically when somebody enters or leaves the room.

It runs on the Hearth 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 start out 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; slightly more room for stated tiles; and typography and coloration gradient modifications. The corporate has reworked the platform’s codebase as properly, and it says the Hearth 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 more Gemini-powered features. The corporate is bringing the power to look Google Images for sure moments and other people to Google TV, together with the choice to remix images 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 properly, together with the power to regulate TV settings primarily based on pure voice instructions. These Gemini options are coming to Google TV-powered TCL fashions first, then extra gadgets within the following months.

Samsung

Samsung being Samsung, the corporate had much more up its sleeve than simply TVs. Within the leadup to CES, it introduced its two new soundbars (we’re had some hands-on time with one of those), the nifty-looking 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 in every single place. For everybody” (sigh). Right here, we noticed extra TVs, akin to the skinny S95H OLED, which has a zero-gap mount that lets you place the unit flush in opposition to a wall.

First Look has lengthy been targeted on house merchandise. Naturally, Samsung execs mentioned some options for the corporate’s fridges, akin to ​​recipe choice, 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 is advisable 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.

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 dispose of irons (thanks, Samsung). As for the Bespoke AI good vacuum and mop, that may apparently keep watch over your pets once you’re not house.

LG

Likewise, LG introduced greater than TVs 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 akin 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 better have a look at the CLOiD in particular person later this week.

The corporate additionally debuted the LG Sound Suite, a modular house 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 speakers in addition to some monitors and ultralight Gram laptops which might be made with a fabric it is calling Aerominum.

L’Oreal

L’Oreal usually brings some attention-grabbing 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 crimson mild and near-infrared mild to handle the likes of puffiness, discoloration and effective 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. Nonetheless, it is solely in prototype kind for now and it is not anticipated to hit the market till subsequent yr.

The Mild Straight + Multi-styler makes use of infrared mild to assist dry and magnificence hair, identical 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 harm hair), its newest innovation “successfully straightens hair whereas by no means exceeding 320°F.” You’ll be able to count on the Mild Straight to reach in 2027 as properly.

Laptops and desktops

It is CES, so after all we’ll see a bunch of laptops and desktops. We’ll virtually definitely see the vast majority of these emerge after NVIDIA’s press convention on Monday night, although we have already had a peek at LG’s Aerominum laptops.

Cell

Again at CES 2024, we received 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 keyboard for telephones. 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 worth will enhance to $499 on February 27.

As for the brand new keyboard, Clicks is asking that the Energy Keyboard. It connects to an iOS or Android telephone by way of MagSafe or Qi2, and it might 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 should use it with gadgets like tablets, good TVs and digital actuality headsets. Pre-orders are open now and the Energy Keyboard is anticipated to ship within the spring. Early adopters can pre-order one for $79 earlier than the retail value jumps to $110.

Those that choose their cellphones to have fewer bells and whistles may 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 Mild 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 necessary subscription, nevertheless. You get a yr of this without spending a dime then it is a €10 / CHF10 / £9 month-to-month charge (paying for a long-term plan up entrance can cut back the fee by as much as 60 %).