CES 2026: What to anticipate from the most important tech present this 12 months

A brand new 12 months is nearly right here, and you recognize what which means: The world’s largest annual tech occasion is beginning in only a few days.

Yep, CES 2026 is scheduled to kick off on January 6 in Las Vegas, Nevada, gathering tens of 1000’s of fans to see what’s new on this planet of shopper tech. We’ll see a completely new breed of TVs, new foldable telephones, self-driving automobiles, bizarre devices, highly effective chips, and plenty of, many AI and robotics-related bulletins. Unsurprisingly, these are among the high tech traits we’re anticipating in 2026.

Mashable will probably be on the bottom in Las Vegas to cowl CES 2026 because it unfolds. For now, let’s check out what we anticipate to see from the most important exhibitors this 12 months.

Micro RGB TVs

Can these obtain OLED-like image high quality at a cheaper price? It stays to be seen.
Credit: LG

Forget OLEDs and QLEDs – this 12 months you may largely be listening to about Micro RGB TVs. Two TV giants, Samsung and LG, have pre-announced their lineups of Micro RGB TVs, that are hitting the market in a wide range of sizes this 12 months. We haven’t got a verdict on how good these are simply but, however you possibly can learn concerning the know-how that drives them in our useful explainer.

Of course, all the different main TV producers will probably be at CES 2026 as properly. Sony is more likely to exhibit its True RGB TVs, a brand new take Mini-LED TVs that guarantees larger brightness and distinction with extra correct colours (do not all of them?).

We’re additionally more likely to hear lots of speak about new HDR codecs; Samsung introduced its HDR10+ Advanced, the corporate’s reply to Dolby Vision 2, again in October, with a launch scheduled for early 2026.

Foldable telephones

Why fold a cellphone as soon as when you possibly can fold it twice?
Credit: Samsung

CES is not precisely a cellphone present, with most main firms selecting to launch their flagships at standalone occasions. That doesn’t suggest we can’t see a bunch of recent units, although, and we’re betting that lots of them will probably be foldable.

Samsung, for instance, has freshly launched its first tri-folding cellphone, the Galaxy Z TriFold, however the firm is rumored to be engaged on yet one more foldable gadget that is not a brand new iteration of its Galaxy Z Fold. We do not know whether or not that one will present up at CES 2026, however we’re positive Samsung’s sales space will characteristic at the least a pair new units with folding shows.

Motorola can be rumored to launch a book-style foldable cellphone at CES; a primary for the corporate (Motorola already sells the flip phone-style foldable Motorola Razr).

Robots, robots all over the place

Roborock’s Qrevo Curv 2 Flow already combines a vacuum with a self-cleaning curler mop, however we wager the corporate has one thing much more superior up its sleeve.
Credit: Roborock

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is banking on the corporate’s Optimus robotic to be the subsequent massive factor, and different tech firms are taking discover.

One main firm that is already introduced a brand new robotic is LG. The firm will launch its CLOiD house helper robotic, designed to enhance your high quality of life by performing a “wide range of indoor household tasks”. We haven’t got pictures, specs, or a launch date for this one, so forgive us for not being too enthusiastic till we discover out extra about CLOiD.

Samsung has a robotic referred to as Ballie which it retains re-launching at CES (it initially launched in 2020, adopted by a 2024 remake), and we would not be too shocked if the corporate introduced a brand new model to CES 2026.

Companies reminiscent of Roborock are more likely to exhibit much more superior robotic vacuum cleaners. Since we’re on the subject of good house, we’re additionally more likely to see new, smarter house safety cameras, amongst different intelligent house-bound devices.

And whereas we can not reveal extra at this stage, we undoubtedly know there will probably be a number of firms bringing new, humanoid and non-humanoid robots to the present.

Self-driving automobiles

These would look good in entrance of my storage.
Credit: Honda

Look, it is CES. There will probably be automobiles. And if you happen to’re launching a automotive lately, it higher be able to autonomous driving.

We already know that Sony and Honda’s three way partnership (Sony Honda Mobility or SHM) will convey its retro-futuristic electrical automobiles to the present. These will characteristic Level 3 autonomy, and we’ll probably discover out extra about specs reminiscent of vary and charging instances.

Autonomous driving powerhouse Mobileye can even have a keynote on January 6, with CEO Amnon Shashua speaking concerning the firm’s tech roadmap going ahead.

Overall, we anticipate lots of bulletins associated to self-driving tech, be it within the type of new automobiles, new AI smarts and chips powering autonomous driving, or additional enlargement of robotaxi providers.

Powerful new chips

Intel’s Core Ultra sequence 3 (codenamed Panther Lake) chips will go on sale in January 2026.
Credit: Intel

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is delivering a keynote on January 5, and whereas that does not essentially imply we’ll see main new merchandise, we’re more likely to discover out extra about Nvidia’s technique on powering the AI revolution going ahead. One rumor claimed that Nvidia may launch new GeForce RTX 50 Super sequence graphics playing cards throughout CES, however later reviews mentioned the launch was delayed till later within the 12 months.

AMD might be introducing new Ryzen chips, together with the brand new Ryzen 7 9850X3D. Intel has pre-announced the announcement of its Panther Lake chips, which is able to formally launch at CES. Qualcomm is launching its Snapdragon X Elite and X Elite Extreme chips inside laptops for the primary time. In quick, you should not fear about your subsequent pc, cellphone, or pill being underpowered (if you happen to can afford the RAM, that’s).

AI every thing

This should not come as a shock. Every tech occasion up to now couple of years has had a robust synthetic intelligence focus or at the least undertone, and we anticipate to see much more of that this 12 months. AI will probably be talked about by the chip makers. It will probably be sworn on by the automakers. Every robotic, cellphone, pill and residential safety digital camera we see at CES 2026 will probably have a model new AI mind powering it. Heck, even the information TVs will boast AI smarts for upscaling and intelligence image enhancement.