CES 2026: all the news, gadgets, and innovations from the biggest tech show
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CES 2026 in Las Vegas will showcase major tech innovations from January 6th, including smart home gadgets, gaming gear, and AI-powered devices. The Verge will provide live coverage of announcements and hands-on impressions.
Hot on the heels of new year’s celebrations, the annual Consumer Electronics Show will get underway in early January 2026. Once again, Las Vegas will host a sprawling sneak peek at the tech that will shape the industry throughout 2026.
The Verge will be on the ground at CES 2026 covering the biggest announcements, press conferences, and gadgets and we’ll be sharing hands-on impressions and takeaways of the best new tech making its debut in Vegas. The show floor officially opens on Tuesday, January 6th, for four days, but you can expect some of the major news to drop in the days and weeks leading up to the show.
You can stay on top of all of The Verge’s CES 2026 coverage right here including standout innovations, clever upgrades, and even the weird stuff the show is often known for.
- CES silly season begins.
- This CES post comes to you via Starlink.
- Why hang a painting in your home, when you can tell an AI to put slop on your wall?
- This smart home controller is literally a piece of wood
- This smart fridge wants to solve the hassle of grocery shopping
- LG announces the ‘world’s lightest 17-inch RTX laptop’
- Fender’s first wireless headphones have a long-lasting, replaceable battery
- Fender’s new Bluetooth speakers can play audio from four sources simultaneously
- What to expect at CES 2026
- The Clicks Communicator is a Blackberry for your phone
- The Clicks Power Keyboard is also a backup battery for your phone
- Punkt’s German-made MC03 smartphone comes to the US this spring
- Samsung adds much needed brightness to its Freestyle projector
- Petkit’s first automatic wet food feeder keeps track of how much your pet eats
- Qualcomm, Intel, or AMD? HP’s leaked Elitebook X reportedly lets you pick.
- Leak: Dell is about to bring back XPS.
- LG’s new karaoke-ready party speaker uses AI to remove song vocals
- GameSir put a tiny force feedback steering wheel on its new Swift Drive controller
- LG is announcing its own Frame-style TV at CES
- LG announces new UltraGear evo gaming monitors with AI upscaling
- Two new wireless Samsung speakers for 2026 lean into aesthetics
- LG teases a new chore-completing home robot
- Samsung’s 2026 gaming monitors promise 6K, 3D, and up to 1,040Hz
- Birdfy’s Hum Bloom captures 120fps slow motion footage of hummingbirds
- A GoPro laptop from ASUS.
- You can stick any TV to your wall using the Displace Hub suction mount.
- LG and Dolby partner to release the first FlexConnect soundbar
- Samsung’s 2026 Micro RGB LED TVs can actually fit in your living room
- LG enters the RGB LED fray in 2026 with the Micro RGB evo TV
- Get ready to hear Sony say True RGB a lot in 2026.