CES 2026: The greatest tech introduced thus far

Ahead of the CES present flooring formally opening on Tuesday, January sixth, many firms have already introduced new tech, devices, ideas, and AI-powered upgrades that might be launched over this 12 months.

Yesterday’s CES Unveiled occasion delivered much more bulletins and divulges. If you’re already struggling to maintain on high of all of the information popping out of the present, we’ve rounded up a number of the greatest {hardware} and upgrades which have debuted thus far. But there’s nonetheless extra to come back, so you possibly can examine again right here every single day, or make amends for all of The Verge’s CES 2026 protection right here.

First introduced final month, The Verge’s Allison Johnson lastly bought some hands-on time with the Galaxy Z TriFold that makes use of a pair of inward-folding hinges to increase from a chunky cellphone to a big pill. For now it’s solely obtainable in Korea, however the Z TriFold is anticipated to be obtainable within the US someday in Q1 2026 for what is going to probably be a hefty chunk of change. Its greatest promoting level, in keeping with Johnson, is the potential to hold round a laptop computer substitute in your pocket. “The thing that makes the TriFold feel like it could finally be The One — the one device you can carry around, leaving all others behind — is none other than DeX. On the TriFold, DeX isn’t just a desktop environment when you pair it with an external display. It’s a whole standalone mode with windowing to your heart’s content.”

If you all the time appear to recollect what groceries you want after you get dwelling from the shop, GE Appliances’ new package-scanning fridge may help you create a complete procuring listing. Launching in April 2026 for $4,899, the GE Profile Smart 4-Door French-Door Refrigerator with Kitchen Assistant has a scanner on the entrance you should utilize to scan empty packages, and you’ll manually add gadgets to a procuring listing utilizing an 8-inch pill on the door. There’s even a digicam contained in the fridge you possibly can remotely entry by means of an app to examine should you’ve run out of one thing when you’re procuring.

Clicks is greatest identified for its smartphone instances that add a bodily BlackBerry-style compact keyboard. Its newest creation has that very same keyboard, but in addition a 4.03-inch OLED display, entrance and rear cameras, a headphone jack, and a 5G information connection, and it runs Android 16. The Clicks Communicator is designed to be a substitute for your every day driver smartphone which you can restrict to important apps to attenuate distractions. At $499 it’s priced equally to the Pixel 9A, however you can reserve one now for a restricted time to get a reduction.

As TCL and Hisense have finished, LG is seeking to usurp the dominance of Samsung’s The Frame within the artwork TV class. Its new LG Gallery TV leverages the company’s Gallery+ service that launched earlier this 12 months to show all the pieces from artwork to gaming scenes. The Gallery TV is a mini-LED TV with what is probably going a matte coating, however LG describes it as having a “specialized screen that reduces glare and minimizes reflections for an art-like viewing experience.” It comes with a white body, and whereas you should purchase extra wood-colored frames, pricing for the LG Gallery TV hasn’t been introduced.

LG’s CLOiD is a house robotic that may doubtlessly do extra than simply clear your flooring. The robotic incorporates a pair of articulated arms with seven levels of movement mounted to a cell base with a torso that may tilt and bend. LG says CLOiD can carry out family duties like folding and stacking laundry, placing meals within the oven, or fetching one thing out of your fridge. Can it try this quicker or extra reliably than you possibly can? That stays to be seen, however CLOiD may very well be much more helpful as a cell sensible dwelling hub you possibly can converse with because it follows you round the home.

Samsung’s Family Hub sensible fridges aren’t new, however the firm will quickly be introducing a brand new characteristic for added comfort: voice-activated door opening and shutting. When your fingers are filled with groceries, or are soiled when you’re whipping up a meal, you’ll have the ability to ask Bixby to “Shut the fridge door,” or “Open the door,” and it’ll open over 90 levels supplying you with full entry. If your mouth is stuffed with meals and you’ll’t correctly articulate what you need, the door can be opened or closed utilizing a faucet of your palm or the again of your hand.

If you pulled a Honey, I Shrunk the Kids on the Las Vegas Sphere, you’d find yourself with one thing like SwitchBot’s new dome-shaped Obboto RGB desk lamp. It’s wrapped in over 2,900 color-changing LEDs and might show preset animations, animated GIFs, AI-powered “mood animations,” music visualizers, or simply the native climate and time if you wish to be sensible. Pricing and availability haven’t been introduced but.

Petkit’s new automated pet feeder that may dole out as much as seven days of moist meals isn’t nearly assuaging guilt about leaving your furry good friend behind when you journey. The Yumshare Daily Feast makes use of an NFC monitoring system to take away meals that haven’t been eaten in 48 hours and UVC lighting to sanitize the system for delivering recent ones. What’s doubtlessly much more helpful is an AI-powered 1080p night time imaginative and prescient digicam that tracks when and the way a lot your pet eats to offer insights on their food plan and potential well being points. It’s anticipated to launch in April 2026 and might be bought by means of pet meals firms.

Six years after its first Wallpaper TV debuted in 2017, LG has revived the road with its new LG OLED evo W6. The TV is 9mm thick because of its redesigned inner structure and incorporates a new mount so it will probably sit fully flush in opposition to a wall. Further enhancing set up is the W6’s use of LG’s Zero Connect Box which wi-fi sends a video sign from as much as 33 ft away. The solely bodily cable that you must path to the W6 is for energy. It might be obtainable in 77 and 83-inch sizes.

GameSir could have already clinched the title for weirdest controller at CES 2026. The firm shared extra particulars about its upcoming Swift Drive gamepad that incorporates a small steering wheel in the course of the controller. The wheel’s linked to a high-precision Hall impact encoder and an equally small direct drive motor that gives pressure suggestions results whereas enjoying racing video games and sims. There are extra haptic motors positioned within the gamepad’s Hall impact triggers to simulate results like ABS braking, and it’s bought RGB lighting results that may be synced to your recreation. Pricing and availability haven’t been revealed but.

It’s not fairly as lovely because the furry Mirumi robotic that debuted ultimately 12 months’s CES, however Yukai Engineering’s new Baby FuFu is doubtlessly extra sensible. It seems to be like a cuddly cat that’s huffing and puffing and options an inner fan that can hold younger youngsters cool whereas stopping tiny fingers from reaching any harmful shifting components. It’s anticipated to reach in mid-2026 for $50 to $60.