#ces-2026

#ces-2026

Open-ear earbuds enthusiasts typically revere their form factor because they either want to remain in tune with their surroundings or dislike the feeling of earbuds inside their ear canal. Whatever the reason may be, open-ear earbuds have popped up in every corner of the earbud industry, proving their popularity and utility. Also: Sony may have just beaten Bose at its own game - these earbuds surprised me big time

At those jobs, Puchalski developed deep connections in the automotive industry, and we crossed paths all week. There he was at an industry networking party one night. On another night, in my hotel lobby at 10 p.m., he was debating how to balance quality and manufacturing yield with Sanjay Dastoor - founder of mobility startups Skip and Boosted, both of which also got off the ground at YC.

"AMD failed us," decried Gamers Nexus, pointing out that the company's keynote was entirely fixated on AI.

Over the past several weeks, I've been testing the , the last of Motorola's 2026 series -- for now. During CES 2026, the company unveiled the Razr Fold, its first foldable smartphone, so there is more to come. But for the initial group, I'd like to think that Motorola saved the best for last. It offers the best user experience of its generation, and I recommend it over the others.

CES 2026 was full of weird, fun tech that you didn't know you needed. Not everything is practical, but a lot of it is surprisingly clever. AI is popping up in places you'd never expect. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is known for featuring some of the weirdest and wildest new tech products and concepts of the year.

That's a wrap for CES 2026! In this episode, Devindra and Cherlynn chat about their favorite aspects of the show, as well as Engadget's best of CES awards lineup. Also, Cherlynn chats with Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky about his Pebble smartwatch revival, as well as an intriguing new AI ring that's built entirely around notetaking. Topics TVs at CES 2026: all eyes on Micro RGB and LG's super thin OLED 1:48

R1's "LLM-powered intelligence... distills your cravings into bespoke generative recipes" via "unlimited AI generated recipes," the device can only hold eight cocktail ingredients at a time. Consider a scenario where you load up ingredients to pump out a Manhattan - rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters - as well as a Vesper, which calls for gin, vodka, and Lillet Blanc.

Buy enough of the devices it's presently working on and you'll exist in an environment of "ambient care," coddled by the machinery in your home. It sounds positively utopian: When the sensors in your bed know you've not slept well and are getting a cold, a robot will wake you with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. When you're in a rush to get to work, the robot will make you a sandwich for you to eat on the go,

This year will be filled with robots that can fold your laundry, pick up objects and climb stairs, fridges that you can command to open by voice, laptops with screens that can follow you around the room on motorised hinges and the reimagining of the BlackBerry phone. Those are the predictions from the annual CES tech show in Las Vegas that took place this week. The sprawling event aims to showcase cutting-edge technology developed by startups and big brands.

This year's CES was an odd one. This is a conference usually dominated by futuristic, expensive TVs and futuristic, expensive cars, but those things weren't what dominated CES 2026. Instead, Las Vegas was filled with new ideas about old gadgets, and showed us a whole lot of really impressive hardware waiting on software to catch up.

It takes the classic tape deck design and turns it into a smart speaker with two tiny 1.5-inch circular OLED displays. They're in that place where the spinning reels used to be, since this isn't exactly a cassette player. On the left, you get the playback controls and on the right side, you get a digital waveform or equalizer. Both screens are touch-sensitive, letting you interact directly with the device without constantly reaching for your phone.

Samsung screens have dominated The Verge Awards at CES four years in a row, but it's LG Display's time to shine again. Both companies have finally managed to produce gorgeous high-refresh-rate OLED panels whose pixels contain the proper number of linearly repeating red, green, and blue components to clearly render text - addressing the annoying color fringing that can sometimes make text hard to read on previous-gen OLED screens.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered an expectedly lengthy presentation at CES, taking a victory lap for the company's AI-driven successes, setting the stage for 2026, and yes, hanging out with some robots. The Rubin computing architecture, which has been developed to meet the increasing computation demands that AI adoption creates, is set to begin replacing Blackwell architecture in the second half of this year.

You can't shake a stick without hitting an AI gadget at CES this year, with artificial smarts now embedded in just about every wearable, screen, and appliance across the show floor, not to mention the armies of AI companions, toys, and robots. But those are just the beginning. We've seen AI pop up in much stranger places too, from hair clippers to stick vacs, and at least one case where even the manufacturer itself seemed unsure what made its products "AI." Here are the gadgets we've seen at CES 2026 so far that really take the "intelligence" out of "artificial intelligence."

On a somewhat surprising note, Intel ( NASDAQ:INTC) really delivered at this year's CES (Consumer Electronics Show), with a big chip unveiling that helped power the stock to a gain of more than 12% year to date. Indeed, we've only had a handful of trading sessions in 2026, but shares of Intel are certainly not wasting time powering back, adding to the big momentum the shares experienced in the back half of 2025.

Bloomberg's Jason Schreier shared some of what he's heard on a recent episode of the Button Mash Podcast. He compared GTA 6's possible delay trajectory to Red Dead Redemption 2. "If you look at the history there, they announced it for fall 2017, then it slipped to spring 2018, and then it slipped again to fall 2018, and then it landed October of that year," he said. "So I wouldn't be super shocked if that is what happens again this time around."

What makes Strapsicle's design stand out is the way you can slide your hand under either strap and read from any position. There's no fussing about where to stick a grip or worrying about adding bulk with a clunky case. Strapsicle is an excellent accessory for those with dexterity or mobility issues, or in my case, a great way to keep my face safe from accidental drops.

The ZDNET team spent this past week on the ground at CES 2026, going hands-on with hundreds of products and services in Las Vegas. From massive TVs and AI gadgets to the weird and wacky, we tested all the headlining tech expected to define the year ahead. Also: CES 2026 live: Biggest news on TVs, laptops, weird gadgets that stole our attention That firsthand reporting helped inform CNET Group's official Best of CES 2026 awards, selected in partnership with the Consumer Technology Association.

Motorola recently unveiled several ecosystem products during the Lenovo Tech World showcase at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The company has now teased the launch of one of the devices in India, too. A teaser shared on social media indicates that the company is gearing up to launch a new smartwatch in the country. While details remain under wraps, the teased design hints towards a possible debut of the new Moto Watch, which was unveiled at the tech trade show on January 7.

Volatile RAM prices are going to make for a rough year. We're halfway through CES 2026, and it's clear that it's going to be a rough year for the PC industry. In this episode, Devindra chats with Engadget's Dan Cooper about Intel, AMD, NVIDIA and the sad state of the PC industry. We've got some new CPUs, but the volatile RAM market will likely make everything expensive this year.

There's no guarantee the ROG NeoCore will actually launch -- at least not in its current form. Its icosahedron shape is visually striking. I've never seen a router look anything remotely like this. It's hard for me to imagine something like this fitting neatly on a side table or tucked behind the TV next to the modem. I suspect Asus will opt for a more practical, boxy design

News coming out of CES 2026 might be slowing down, but as of Wednesday we still have writers on the ground, zipping around from hotel suite to Las Vegas convention center to try everything that matters. We've published well over 100 articles, and there's plenty of more content to come, including reviews of stuff we got to see at the show.

The world's largest tech showcase does not come without theatrics. Innovations and gadgets like a lollipop that sings to you as you consume it, a laundry-folding robot, and a "smart" LEGO brick have stolen the spotlight so far at CES 2026. But underscoring this year's programming is a strong focus on an industry that relies on a similar theatrical flair: entertainment.

Rather than focusing on speed upgrades, Wi-Fi 8 promises improved stability. It offers the high speeds and bandwidth of Wi-Fi 7, but with improved power efficiency, higher throughput, and better peer-to-peer communication between devices. Wi-Fi 8 is also better at maintaining fast, stable connections when users are moving devices around, or moving them further away from their router. As a result, Wi-Fi 8 users will experience less "dropping out" or freezing and better streaming and gaming performance.

If you listen to the CES hype machine this year, you might think that robots are finally ready to take over your domestic duties. To some extent that's true, but take note of the plural: there's no single robot ready to take over all of your household chores yet, but an army of them just might. You might have had one of these single-purpose robots in your home for years already, of course.