The seven AI devices which are about to make your life higher: From a memory-jogging good ring to a four-in-one well being scanner

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Every January, 1000’s of tech journalists, influencers and business analysts swarm to a freezing Las Vegas: their mission, to see what new devices and improvements the world’s geek-masters have provide you with.

This is CES – the Consumer Electronics Show – and I’ve been to twenty of them. Predicting what’s going to take off and what’s not is the enjoyable half. Less enjoyable is strolling ten miles a day around the huge exhibition halls and paying £15 for a nasty espresso and off croissant.

One of my massive prediction failures was for a mixed refrigerated beer glass with a speaker, invented by boffins in Canada, to allow listening to music when you drink. Strangely sufficient, it by no means caught on.

Among my proudest CES finds is the selfie stick, now compulsory for all Chinese vacationers. Then there was the Ember self-heating espresso mug, which, because it price £179, everybody laughed at (particularly when then-chancellor Rishi Sunak was noticed with one at his desk). They’re just a little cheaper now and wildly common as a result of they work so effectively; full disclosure, we now have three Embers and even the household Luddites love them.

So what was new at this yr’s CES? I used to be on the hunt for gizmos which may significantly curiosity the grown-ups amongst us – let’s say the 50-plus contingent, who’ve little interest in gaming or making TikTok selfie movies, however are all the time up for a gadget that makes life higher. Here’s what I discovered:

1. The memory-jogging good ring

In phrases of ‘I could use that and almost afford it’, the standout for me this yr was a wise ring being launched by Pebble, the start-up that made the primary good watch in 2012, solely to be squished out of existence by the Apple Watch three years later.

The new Pebble Index 01, which is able to price round £75, has one job – that can assist you notice down issues you should do, fleeting ideas you’ve had through the day and so forth. All you should do is click on a button on it and communicate. The swim-proof machine information what you say and wirelessly transfers each the recording and a transcript to your cellphone. Just open the accompanying app and also you’ll discover all of your sensible on-the-hoof ideas prepared to listen to and skim. The Pebble ring by no means wants charging and doesn’t require an annoying subscription, a giant plus in gadget land.

2. The power-up in your legs

Another product that may have been unimaginable even two years in the past is the exoskeleton, coming in from China and designed to make strolling, operating and biking simpler. An exoskeleton is a motorised harness: you strap the belt round your waist and its two robotic arms gently cup the again of your thighs. They then assist push up every leg in flip as you step.

Exoskeletons are aimed toward individuals who have issues strolling and those that don’t, hikers and runners included. It doesn’t do the strolling for you, however means you get ten to 40 per cent extra energy, relying on the setting, for a similar effort. So the machine leaves your coronary heart thumping because it ought to throughout train, however your legs notably much less drained.

Exoskeletons from one of many main manufacturers, Hypershell, vary from £700 to £1,600 for the Ultra X model I attempted.

3. The fridge you may communicate to

Gadgeteers have been obsessive about fridges for many years. They can’t depart them alone, inventing fridges that monitor the meals you utilize and order extra, fridges with video cameras inside that you would be able to log into from the grocery store… All garbage and never helpful. However, one innovation promised at CES by Samsung is fascinating. Its Family Hub good fridges (priced round £2,000) now have a brand new characteristic: voice-activated door opening  and shutting. When your arms are loaded with groceries, or are coated in pastry, you’ll be capable of say, ‘Shut the fridge door’, or ‘Open the door’, and it’ll just do that.

Gadgets you may speak to have by no means been as useful as you’d assume. We had a bin that opened whenever you requested it – the snag was, it might solely recognise an American accent and placing one on sounds very foolish. I do assume self-opening fridge doorways might catch on, although, particularly in the event that they perceive the King’s English.

4. The four-in-one well being scanner

Health is a subject of some curiosity to us over-50s – and gadget-makers are keener than ever to assist us monitor our very important indicators. French firm Withings has been devising merchandise for what docs name ‘the worried well’ – individuals not in poor health however anxious to choose up signs of something nasty early – for almost 20 years and its stuff is great. At CES there was loads of media fuss about its new £450 (significantly) toilet scale, the Body Scan 2, which takes so many measurements that they name it a ‘longevity station’ fairly than a weighing scale.

I used to be extra impressed, although, by the Withings BeamO. This is a neat handheld machine costing a mere £230, which is a four-in- one well being scanner that includes a contactless thermometer, an ECG checker, a digital stethoscope (for lungs and coronary heart well being) and a pulse oximeter to test in your blood-oxygen stage.

5. The AI residence assist

Lots of over-50s have aged dad and mom to fret about – and in some unspecified time in the future could consider trying into an AI digital companion for them.

ElliQ hasn’t launched but within the UK, however it’s changing into common within the States and is promised for us quickly. It’s not a clinking-clanking, tea-spilling robotic, however a tabletop or bedside machine that has an enormous vary of capabilities: messaging, reminding you to take medicine, well being monitoring, leisure, flagging up family’ birthdays and far more. It’s more likely to price about £250 plus a £50-a-month subscription.

6. The sound booster

Do you end up unable to comply with what’s being stated in your favorite TV exhibits? British firm Geemarc, which specialises in units to help listening to, is right here to assist. Its £198 Sonarya ports the sound out of your TV wirelessly to a classy moveable speaker, utilizing AI to reinforce the audio readability.

7. The actually useful recording machine

My remaining choose of the goodies from CES 2026 is the £149 Plaud NotePin, a tiny recorder that you would be able to carry on you all day to trace conversations. I’d usually imagined – largely as a joke – a life recorder that helped kind out home arguments. ‘Did you really remind me to put the rubbish out? Let’s test the transcript from this morning, lets?’

You wouldn’t actually use it so creepily, however you’ll discover a dozen sensible purposes for the NotePin, which routinely relays recordings and transcripts to your cellphone. I’ve used it (with permission) in conferences with legal professionals and docs, work discussions and elsewhere. It actually is helpful, I promise. Unlike that notorious Canadian singing beer mug…