The Danish toy maker Lego has unveiled what it says is one of the "most significant evolutions" of the design of its bricks with a new smart interactive piece that can detect and interact with other smart bricks and tagged pieces

This week Meta announced several new features for "Meta Ray-Ban Display" smartglasses: - A new teleprompter feature for the smart glasses (arriving in a phased rollout) - The ability to send messages on WhatsApp and Messenger by writing with your finger on any surface

A YouTuber has managed to run Doom on a Krups Cook4Mec smart pressure cooker after dumping and reflashing the firmware on the appliances touchscreen control hardware

Thats a wrap for CES 2026! In this episode, Devindra and Cherlynn chat about their favorite aspects of the show, as well as Engadgets best of CES awards lineup

CES always has its share of attention-grabbing robots

Chances are that you're here because you've heard a virtual private network (VPN) can change your virtual location, and want to know what that means

Mashable's tech editor tried on dozens of smart glasses at CES 2026, and now he's breaking down the best in show from brands like Xreal and Even Realities.

Not long since it hit peak hype in 2022, the metaverse now barely features in the latest models of smart glasses

After eight years in development, Legos Smart Play system brings custom silicon, sensing, and responsiveness to a familiar form: the Smart Brick

We gave out 15 awards as well as our best of show, and you might be surprised by some of our picks I know I was. Read on for some of the best things to come out of Las Vegas this week, but first up, our Best of the Best winner, which was Lego Smart Play

Every third booth at CES showed off some new AI product or other

Clicks is an apologetically gadgety company, making gear that feels charmingly out-of-place in a world where almost every smartphone out there is an all-screen slab

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LG opened CES 2026 by outlining its vision to reduce the physical effort and mental burden of life

Haier has unveiled its 2026 product range scheduled for release throughout the year, featuring new air conditioners, refrigerators, 100-inch TV, plus several other home appliances.

Anker rolled out a bunch of new chargers and other gear at CES 2026 , including a cute one that's already on sale

Even as CES 2026 wraps up soon, theres no shortage of standout hardware hiding in plain sight

The Apple Watch Series 11 is on sale for the lowest price we've ever seen

Users who've made the jump to Gemini on their smart home are reporting several issues with functionality

Probably my favorite thing about the Lego Smart Play system unveiled this week at CES is that it was designed for kids, first and foremost

Xreal brought out the big guns for CES 2026

Another first-party Xbox game is making the leap to PlayStation 5

Between this and smart fitness glasses, Amazfit came prepared to CES 2026.

This negative-oxygen-ion-generating purifier claims to create a forestlike atmosphere in your bedroom.

Claimed to be one of the most significant evolutions in the Lego universe since the debut of the Minifigure 47 years ago, Lego has unveiled the new Lego Smart Play at CES 2026

Old-school, upright vacuums left a lot to be desired, and cordless models are here to right many of those wrongs

The good news doesn't apply to all Samsung owners, though.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: [I]t turns out that some genius dogs can learn a brand new word, like the name of an unfamiliar toy, by just overhearing brief interactions between two people

Mashable checked out the Infinity smart handbag at CES 2026.

The Google Play Console's Supported Devices list has a surprise for us today - the Samsung Galaxy M17e 5G

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission plans to authorize a new category of wireless devices in the 6 GHz Wi-Fi band that will be permitted to operate at higher power levels than currently allowed

When Meta first announced its display-enabled smart glasses last year, it teased a handwriting feature that allows users to send messages by tracing letters with their hands

It's for less consequential health-related matters, where being wrong won't kill customers Could a bot take the place of your doctor? According to OpenAI, which launched ChatGPT Health this week, an LLM should be available to answer your questions and even examine your health records

The learning curve isn't steep when you're excited to wear something new.

CES 2026 is nearly over and its been a fruitful one with a lot of new, weird and impressive tech

The usual suspects always show up at CES new TVs, laptops, chips, robots and the like

Perhaps you like the idea of controlling your home appliances with your voice, but arent super keen on a data center processing recordings of you

But the most important advancement here is not annoying your neighbors or yourself when its time to do some yard work. Billy Steele, Deputy editor Best toy: Lego Smart Play Lego Smart Play Lego Lego is constantly evolving, but rarely does it make as big a move as it did with Smart Play

Google has made some of its Gemini 3-based AI tools free in Gmail

Cute, alien-inspired companion robots are a fixture at CES , but have I ever seen one with a furry telescoping neck that's also warm to the touch? No, I can't say I have before this year

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a temporary restraining order against Samsung, blocking the company from continuing to collect data through its smart TVs' Automated Content Recognition technology

If youve ever bought a bag of spinach only to come home and realize you already had a bag of spinach, you may appreciate this fridge

Bose recently announced the pending end of cloud support for its SoundTouch line of home speakers

All of these pieces tie together via a local wireless layer dubbed BrickNet that, in part, lets Smart Bricks know where they are placed in relation to other smart components. The first Smart Play partner is, unsurprisingly, Star Wars, which will launch three all-in-one sets using Smart Bricks, Smart Tags and Smart Minifigures

Nintendo has unveiled the first color variants for the Switch 2 Joy-Cons in light purple and light green, set to arrive on February 12 alongside Mario Tennis Fever

LEGO has responded to concerns that its newly announced Smart Brick technology represents a departure from the company's foundation in physical, non-digital play, a day after the official reveal at CES drew criticism from child development advocates

From Legos most ambitious play experiment yet to assistive mobility tech, smart home ideas that actually feel affordable and robots that might one day fold your laundry, heres what stood out most on January 7. Lego Smart Play Lego Star Wars Smart Play: Luke's Red Five X-Wing Nathan Ingraham for Engadget LEGOs new Smart Play system feels far more compelling in person than it did on stage

Gmail's Help Me Write, AI summaries, and smart replies are coming to everyone for free.

In a move that should surprise nobody, Google is stuffing more Gemini AI into Gmail

The new Anker Nano Charger can recognize what it's plugged into, has a built-in screen, and delivers 45W of power

Spotify's Smart Shuffle is recommending AI artists in listeners' queues, raising questions: do we need clearer AI labelling and options to opt out of AI music entirely?

For years, weve been wondering when Samsung would actually bring Ballie, its cute household companion robot, to market and now we finally have our answer: it wont

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Free-to-play mobile games are common these days, but the Google Play Store isn't void of traditional one-time purchase games

Free-to-play mobile games are common these days, but the Google Play Store isn't void of traditional one-time purchase games

Health tech gadgets displayed at the annual CES trade show make a lot of promises

The LUBA 3 creates a live 3D map of your yard, and can make mowing smart decisions in an instant

If youre off-roading, its a neat idea to use your engine to top up your battery, which prompted Bluetti to launch the Charger

At CES 2026, Narwal showcases it's latest flagship robot vacuum, new cordless handheld vacuums, and a mattress vacuum.

Bose is end-of-lifing its SoundTouch smart speakers but softened the blow by open-sourcing the SoundTouch API and preserving limited local features, AirPlay, and Spotify Connect

It's only been a few months since Meta announced that it would open its smart glasses platform to third-party developers

A keyboard computer has always been on my wishlist that is, a computer where the entire machine was stuffed into a keyboard

The news, announcements, and discoveries from CES 2026 are continuing here are our picks from Day 3

Samsung Electronics has once again sidelined Ballie, a long-anticipated robot that was first announced six years ago but never released

Ultrahuman smart rings currently cant be sold in the US

As power gets more dicey , personal energy generation only gets more appealing

If you've never docked a boat before, consider yourself lucky

If companies insist on bricking gadgets, this is a better way to do it

Hands-on with Razer's new Project Motoko at CES 2026.

When LG announced that it would demo a laundry-folding , chore-doing robot at CES 2026, I was immediately intrigued

Samsung's been ordered to stop collecting ACR data in Texas.

Spotify is rolling out more social features to keep people on the platform

I know IKEA is all about small, efficient spaces, but their meeting room inside the Venetian during the companys first-ever CES was the same size as my (not large) living room

CES 2026 is in full swing, but you dont have to wait months to get your hands on everything announced in Las Vegas this year

Anker, one of the leaders in third-party chargers , has unveiled a new portfolio of "smart" chargers and docks at CES 2026

Roblox Corporation, the company behind the popular online game platform Roblox , announced today that age verification will now be required for any users wishing to use in-game chat in all regions where the feature is available

Dreame Technology, the China-based smart home appliance brand, has entered the wearables market with the introduction of its first AI-powered smart and health rings

WhatsApp just rolled out some upgrades to group chats