CES 2026 is a global tech event hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada, from January 6-9, where major brands unveil innovations in AI, technology, mobility, health, robotics, and much more!

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A Mirror That Tells you how Well you are Ageing

Have you ever wanted to know how well you are aging by a mirror? Well, the NuraLogix Longevity Mirror that costs $899 can do that. It uses Transdermal Optical Imaging to analyze facial blood flow through a 30-second video scan. The NuraLogix also tracks over 30 metrics, including heart rate, blood pressure, and cardiovascular risk, while giving a Longevity Score, which is based on metabolic health and age.

Skylight is Releasing a new Digital Calendar

The Skylight Calendar 2 is a smart calendar that has a sleek, curved design like its bigger 27-inch Max model, but in a more versatile 15-inch model. This second-generation organizer has a slimmer profile and new AI-powered scheduling that can convert photos of paper school flyers or fridge contents into digital events. The frame can also be a digital photo frame, and will cost $299.99, with an expected release on February 18th, 2026.

Eufy’s New Smart Vacuum is a Moving Air Freshener

The Eufy Omni S2 is a smart vacuum hybrid that solves the problem of a smelly mop. How it solves that problem is how it uses an aromatherapy system with a built-in ozone generator that actually kills up to 99.99% of odor-causing bacteria! The vacuum also has replaceable scent cartridges for scents such as Bamboo, Sage, or Lychee, that turn it into a moving air freshener. It has a suction power of 30,000 Pa and a HydroJet 2.0 roller mop, too. With an adaptive chassis, the robot can lift itself 2 inches to clear things like a really thick rug.

Anker Added a Screen to Its Super Small Charging Brick

Anker’s Nano Charger is a pocket-sized 45W charging brick that has a built-in smart display and 180-degree rotating prongs to keep the screen visible in any outlet. For $39.99, it gives real-time wattage and temperature stats, and it can even recognize your specific iPhone or iPad model to adjust its power delivery. The Nano brick also has a Care Mode that keeps your device 9°F cooler than standard chargers, making sure your battery doesn't degrade as fast as normal.

Amazon Enters the Art TV Market With its new Ember Artline

The Amazon Ember Artline is a TV that was designed to compete with Samsung’s Frame. First of all, it starts at a much lower $899, and it also has a 4K QLED TV screen that makes the TV just 1.5 inches thick. It also has a matte screen that reduces reflections, and unlike its competitors, Amazon includes the choice of 10 magnetic frames with colors like Walnut, Midnight Blue, or Fig for free and offers a library of 2,000+ artworks without a subscription, which I am so happy to see, an art TV with no artwork subscription service. The TV also has Alexa+, which can look at photos of your room to recommend art that matches your decor. It has support for Dolby Vision, a feature that the Frame doesn't have, but it does include a small rectangular sensor bar at the bottom for its Omnisense motion detection, which does make the TV not have the perfect frame look.

This Mirror Can Literally Un-Fog Itself

Lifx annocued two new things at CES 2026, led by the SuperColor Smart Mirror, which changes the bathroom mirror into a business and party center with integrated front/backlighting, anti-fog tech, and physical buttons to trigger house-wide scenes. This mirror, paired with a new $30 Smart Dimmer and a line of $12 bulbs, aims to eliminate the delay of app-only control with tactile, low-latency physical buttons. While the current models only run on Wi-Fi, a planned Thread firmware upgrade later this year will make sure that these devices stay fast and responsive as your home network upgrades.

JBL Added Features to Open Earbuds that I Thought were Impossible

JBL’s Sense Pro and Sense Lite are air-conduction earbuds designed to give studio-quality audio without having to fully plug your ears. The flagship Pro model has a lot of cool tech in it with Bluetooth 6.0, 16.2mm drivers, and spatial audio, which I am surprised can be in open ear earphones. For calls, it uses a unique Voice Pickup Sensor that detects bone vibrations to isolate your speech from city or wind noises. The Lite model is more basic, as the name implies, with no spatial sound and hi-res support, but it still has the flexible, liquid silicone hook design and 32 hours of total battery. Both models are launching in March 2026, with the Pro starting at $199 and the Lite at $149

Samsung Brings Back The Easel Style TV with its new Samsung Timless Frame TV

Samsung’s 130-inch Micro RGB R95H, which is a long way to say a TV, brings back the easel design with its floor-standing Timeless Frame. Unlike the normal wall-mounted TVs, this TV uses microscopic Red, Green, and Blue LEDs to hit 100% of the BT.2020 color gamut, which is surprising to actually write, “100%”.The TV also has a Glare Free coating to redice reflections, and the AI Engine Pro is meant to elemitate blooming.

The Vex is a Robot Videographer for Your Pet

FrontierX’s Vex is a palm-sized, spherical robot designed to be your pet’s personal videographer. Unlike cameras that don’t move around, Vex uses autonomous visual recognition to follow cats and dogs at a low-angle perspective, videoing the world from their eye level, or lower than their eye level. Of course, it has AI in it, which looks through footage to stitch together short, shareable reels of your pet's best moments. It also has some cute, interchangeable ears and limbs, but FrontierX is still fine-tuning the tech, with pre-orders expected sometime in mid-2026. Do you think pets would love a robot following them around all the time?

These Smart Bird Feeders Recognize Species by their Songs

Birdbuddy’s next generation of bird feeders is debuting at CES 2026. The flagship of those next-generation bird feeders, which is kind of weird to say, “the flagship of the next generation of bird feeders,” is called the Birdbuddy 2. It will cost $199, which is a lot for a bird feeder, and they also unveiled the Birdbuddy 2 Mini, which costs $129. Both of them have some major hardware improvements with an instant-wake 2K HDR camera that supports both portrait and landscape mountings, plus with Gorilla Glass protection, it is hard for birds to damage the lens. The flagship version adds solar panels and a massive 135-degree field of view, while both models now use high-fidelity mics to ID species by their songs, not just by their feathers.

This is literally a Smart Scale, like it has so Many ways to Tell you how Healthy you are!

The Withings Body Scan 2 is $599.95 smart scale. It rebrands the smart scale to what they call a “longevity station.” It keeps the 12-electrode handle design of its predecessor, and it also adds a high-res color screen directly to the handle so you don't have to squint at a tiny screen at your feet. This model tracks 60+ biomarkers, including some new hospital-grade metrics like Impedance Cardiography, to measure heart pumping efficiency, and Bioimpedance Spectroscopy to monitor cellular age. It’s actually the first scale to give cuff-less hypertension risk alerts and Health Trajectory scores to predict your future healthspan. But, I wonder how reliable the numbers are?

This Smart Lock Uses your Veins to Unlock the Door

The Ultraloq Bolt Sense is a smart deadbolt that uses some cool ways to unlock the door. By using 3D facial recognition with palm vein authentication it makes entering a home a lot faster than finding a phone or typing on a keypad. Since palm vein tech reads sub-surface patterns using near-infrared light, it’s actually really reliable in total darkness and works even if your hands are wet, dirty, or full of groceries. We expect a launch in Q2 2026, and a lot more people holding their hands up to their doors, or maybe not? You never know.

This Bear Shaped Fan is Safe for Basically any Toddler

Yukai Engineering’s Baby FuFu is a bear-shaped fan that is designed to cool toddlers safely. Unlike its predecessor, the drink-cooling Nékojita FuFu, this version is double the size and has arms and legs that can wrap around things like strollers. The main thing that makes this fan toddler safe is how it uses a slit plate to protect fingers from the internal blades of the fan. This fan is expected to launch in the middle of 2026 with a price tag between $50 and $60.

This Smart Lock is an Object of the Future! Literally!

The Lockin V7 Max, a smart lock, has no battery maintenance; since it uses AuraCharge, which is an indoor transmitter that beams eye-safe infrared light to the lock from up to 13 feet away to keep it permanently powered, which is super cool to think of! This tech is being used mostly by doctors for high-security medical offices where the power going out is not an option, but the consumer version has some clear downsides: it requires a precise, unobstructed line-of-sight to charge the smart lock, and the backup battery only lasts for hours if the beam is blocked. The Lockin V7 Max has many ways to unlock it, including: facial recognition with an infrared camera, and another sensor that can read the unique subcutaneous vein patterns beneath the skin of your palm, which sounds like something out of the future! With a high price tag of $1,300, this smart lock will probably not be seen in many normal homes.

SwitchBot’s New Robot is Supposed to be able to do the laundry

SwitchBot’s Onero H1 is a wheeled humanoid robot that is designed not just to perform simple tasks like vacuuming, but also to handle more complex things like folding laundry, loading dishwashers, and even washing windows. Unlike last year’s bot-on-a-platform, the H1 has two arms with 22 degrees of freedom and an on-device OmniSense AI model that uses vision and tactile feedback to somehow "feel" objects. While SwitchBot says it’s the most accessible housebot, it will have a starting price somewhere under $10,000, with a release expected later this year.

Belkin’s ConnectAir Wireless HDMI Display Adapter is a tool for when Wi-Fi is unavailable or unstable. Launching with a price of $149.99, this two-part kit is different from standard casting protocols like Google Cast or AirPlay because it uses a direct 5GHz peer-to-peer connection. By plugging the USB-C transmitter into a device and the HDMI receiver into some type of display, you can send a 1080p/60Hz signal from up to 131 feet away, even through walls! Which I think is an amazing connection distance!

Lutron Unveils Some Wooden Smart Shades That Are The Same Cost No Matter the Size

Lutron is expanding its DIY Caséta line at CES 2026 with the debut of the Smart Wood Blinds, priced at $429 for all standard sizes. Made with North American basswood, it has color options of white or walnut. These smart blinds also have Natural Light Optimization, which uses your home's GPS and where your window is placed to automatically tilt the slats and block glare throughout the day. They integrate with Apple Home and Alexa, but they only tilt; the actual lifting and lowering of the blinds has to be done by hand.

This AI Wearable is Made for Doctors

This AI wearable made by Vera Health Wearable is a medical-grade device designed for Remote Patient Monitoring, built specifically for doctors to track chronic conditions with clinical precision, but would you want a doctor talking to you with this on?

SwitchBot’s New Smart Lock Uses Your Face for Authentication

SwitchBot’s Lock Vision is the brand's first deadbolt replacement smartlock. It features a 3D facial recognition for hands-free, near-instant unlocking and native Matter-over-Wi-Fi for easy Apple Home setup. The smartlock comes with a rechargeable six-month battery with a five-year emergency backup. This new lock is also a shift from SwitchBot's usual add-on smart locks to a permanent security solution.

Just Act Normal While This AI Clip-on Assistant is Recording all your Conversations

SwitchBot’s AI MindClip is an 18g wearable that is meant to be your second brain. This clip-on gadget records conversations in 100+ languages and uses cloud-based AI to generate to-do lists, summaries, and searchable databases. It sets itself apart from the competition with proactive AI that can automatically set calendar reminders based on your speech, but would you wear a gadget that is always recording you?

SwitchBot Made a Desktop Companion That Looks Like a Mini Las Vegas Sphere

The SwitchBot Obboto is a spherical desktop companion that looks like a mini Las Vegas Sphere. Wrapped in over 2,900 RGB LEDs, this AI-powered globe uses motion sensors to react to your presence with pixel-art emojis and mood animations. The sphere can also act as a screenless dashboard for weather, music visualizations, and sunrise alarms, all customizable in the lights app with user-uploaded GIFs. It is positioned as a privacy-friendly alternative to smart displays since it surprisingly doesn't have a camera or microphone.

Narwal’s New Smart Vacuum Allows you to Video Call your Pet

Narwal’s smart vacuum, Flow 2, launching this April, has a specialized AI Floor Tag mode that utilizes dual 1080p cameras to identify and map lost valuables, such as jewelry or keys, stopping 5cm away to avoid vacuuming them up. This flagship smart vacuum has a massive 30,000Pa of suction and 140°F hot water mopping with its self-cleaning roller. It also introduces a Baby and Pet mode, which quiets the motor near cribs, and also lets you video call your pet through the vacuum's cameras, which is a very interesting feature!

Govee’s New Ceiling Lights are Meant to Mimic the Sun

Govee is expanding into lighting the ceiling with the Sky Ceiling Light and Ceiling Light Ultra, which are both massive 21-inch fixtures designed for windowless rooms. The Sky model is meant to mimic a natural skylight with edge-lit gradients that shift from blue daylight to warm sunsets, and the other Ultra model acts as a ceiling canvas with a 616-pixel LED matrix for animated patterns. Both have over 5,000 lumes of brightness and integrate with Govee's new DaySync technology, launching April 2026, to automatically match your indoor lighting to the local sun cycle, ensuring your space feels natural even without real windows.

Why Screens Aren’t Always Needed in Every Product

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Samsung Display is bringing a touch of retro-tech and modern tech to CES 2026, with two new circular screen concepts: the AI OLED Cassette and the AI OLED Turntable. The Cassette features dual 1.5-inch round displays that are meant to look like classic spinning tape reels, while the Turntable has a much larger 13.4-inch circular OLED. While Samsung hasn't fully explained the practical utility of these music players, I feel like they don’t really have a great use.

This Frame Turns Voice Prompts Into AI-Generated Paintings

Fraimic is turning voice prompts into home decor with its new Smart Canvas. It is a color E-ink frame debuting at CES 2026, and unlike glowing TVs, its Spectra 6 display mimics the matte look of paint on paper and runs for up to five years on a single charge, which is a really long battery life! You can tap the frame and describe a scene to generate AI art instantly, or upload your own photos via a local, subscription-free connection, so glad it is not subscription! Pre-orders are open for a 13.3-inch model at $399 and a 31.5-inch version that is $999, with shipping expected in June of this year.

Swiss brand Punkt has unveiled the MC03 phone, which is a second attempt at a privacy-focused smartphone that fixes its predecessor’s hardware issues. Starting at $699, it has a 6.67-inch 120Hz OLED, MediaTek Dimensity 7300 chip, and a rarely ever seen, user-replaceable 5,200mAh battery. The phone runs AphyOS, a skin of Android 15, which divides your life into two sections: The Vault for vetted privacy apps like Proton and Wild Web for standard Android apps. While the first year is free, keeping the secure OS features active will cost consumers $10–$12 per month afterward, so that's a downside to this phone!

Birdfy’s New Feeder is Meant to Look Like a Flower

Birdfy is launching two high-end feeders in 2026. First, the Hum Bloom and second, the Feeder Vista. The Hum Bloom is a hummingbird feeding station that is meant to mimic actual flowers with an 8MP camera that captures 4K video or 120fps slow-mo to freeze wing movement of a hummingbird. The other feeder, the Feeder Vista, uses a unique bottom-up air pump to move seeds, keeping the view completely clear for its 360-degree, 6K panoramic dual-camera system. Both of the feeders use OrniSense AI, which uses biological reasoning to identify species, and include smart sensors to monitor seed weight or nectar freshness.

This Smart Wet Food Feeder Recognizes Your Pet, Serves Meals, and Tracks Intake

Petkit recently unveiled the Yumshare Daily Feast at CES 2026, which is a robotic dispenser that automates wet pet food feeding for up to seven days. It has a unique bag-opening system, UVC sanitization, and an AI camera that uses facial recognition to track which pet is eating. Also, to ensure safety, NFC tags monitor freshness and automatically discard any food left out for more than 48 hours.

How Lego’s New Bricks are Actually “Smart”

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LEGO is debuting Smart Play on March 1, 2026, featuring Smart Bricks that look like standard 2x4s but that have custom ASIC chips, motion sensors, and speakers for screen-free, interactive play. The system launches with three Star Wars All-in-One sets: Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter ($70), Luke’s Red Five X-Wing ($100), and the Throne Room Duel & A-Wing ($160). These sets will include wireless charging pads and Smart Minifigures that trigger unique character sounds and lights, like lightsaber hums based on movement and proximity. These new bricks could make LEGO even more popular, especially since many more people spend more time on screens than playing; these bricks could maybe even change that.

The WALL-E Looking Robot That You Can Actually Buy

Zeroth Robotics launched the W1 at CES 2026, which is a 44-pound autonomous assistant priced at $5,599, that looks very similar to WALL-E from the Disney movie WALL-E. Built with heavy-duty tank treads for navigation in grass and gravel, the WALL-E’s cousin can carry up to 110 pounds and features a navigation system of LiDAR, RGB cameras, and sensors for 360 degrees of awareness. It can also do more than simple transport; the W1 can be a mobile security system that monitors for smoke or open windows and can even serve as a portable power hub for other devices.

AI is Coming to Pills now

While SleepQ is getting a lot of attention at CES with its pills that have an AI assistant to tell you when to take them, CE certification, and medical-grade branding, this product represents a growing trend of AI in everything. The app for the pills functions as a digital therapeutic for chronic insomnia, but it requires a lot of data to work, needing everything from a detailed history of your life and sleep data to your local weather conditions and wearable metrics just to predict your next bad night.

The Samsung Family Hub of Smart Fridges can Finally Close Their Own Doors by Voice

Samsung recently updated its Family Hub smart fridge line, and that update now allows you to say “open the door” or “close the fridge door,” and the appliance will actually do what you say through the device's built-in Bixby voice control.

These Headphones can Transform Into a Speaker

TDM’s Neo headphones have a super cool and innovative roll-to-speaker design, which allows them to transform from a normal pair of headphones to an actual speaker! Unlike normal hybrid headphones, the Neo uses four 40mm drivers, two for inward-facing private listening and two outward-facing ones that activate only when the flexible headband is rolled up. This dual-purpose setup prevents sound leakage in headphone mode while also offering a loud, speaker experience for sharing, such a cool idea!

These Earphones Double as Both ANC Earphones and Open-Ear Earphones

Anker’s Soundcore AeroFit 2 Pro, which costs $179.99, were unveiled at CES 2026 as the first dual-form earbuds, featuring a 5-level rotating hook allowing them to switch between an open-ear fit and a noise-canceling semi-in-ear seal. When repositioned, dual sensors automatically recalibrate the EQ for Adaptive ANC 3.0, which makes 180 adjustments per minute to block ambient noise. These earbuds also have 11.8mm drivers, spatial audio, and up to 34 hours of total battery life, giving a great solution for those who want to switch from awareness to deep focus in the moment.

The GE Profile fridge aims to reinvent the kitchen fridge as an intelligent command center with the debut of its 27.9 Cu. Ft. Smart 4-Door French-Door Refrigerator with a new built-in Kitchen Assistant. The $4,899 appliance introduces a Scan-to-List barcode scanner, which is built directly into the exterior dispenser, allowing users to instantly add over four million recognized products to a shareable, Instacart-synced grocery list. To help with food waste, the fridge features FridgeFocus, an LED camera system that provides real-time pictures of crisper drawers via the SmartHQ app, paired with an 8-inch touchscreen that offers over 50 recipes and weather updates. The refrigerator also has cool features like Hands-free AutoFill for water bottles, a customizable temperature drawer, and a fingerprint-resistant stainless steel finish.

Samsung is upgrading portability and intelligence on its new Freestyle+ projector. This third-generation model nearly doubles its predecessor's brightness to 430 ISO Lumens and introduces an AI OptiScreen, with technology that uses 3D Auto Keystone and Wall Calibration to square and color-correct images on uneven surfaces like curtains or corners, which is super cool! It also has a built-in Samsung Gaming Hub, a 180-degree rotating design for ceiling projection, and new Q-Symphony support to sync with Samsung soundbars.

LG is pushing the boundaries of laptop portability with its 2026 gram lineup. The Laptops have Aerominum's proprietary magnesium-aluminum alloy for a frame that provides a premium metallic finish while still keeping rigorous military-grade durability standards. This new material allows the gram Pro 17 to become the world's lightest 17-inch RTX laptop, fitting an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 GPU. Like most new products, this laptop has AI in it with a Dual AI system that pairs Microsoft Copilot+ with LG’s gram chat, an on-device AI powered by the EXAONE 3.5 sLLM for secure, and surprisingly, offline tasks like document summarization and data recovery. The lineup also features the gram Pro 16 with a WQXGA+ OLED screen and other features, just not as great as the gram Pro 17, obviously.

Joining the expanding art TV market, LG has officially introduced the LG Gallery TV, a lifestyle-focused 4K Mini-LED display designed to compete with the long-standing domination of Samsung’s Frame TV. This TV is meant to look like a canvas with a special matte screen to eliminate reflections. It also uses ambient light sensors to automatically adjust brightness, making sure that the digital art it displays has a realistic, paper-like texture throughout the whole day. The main thing of the experience is the Gallery+ subscription service, which offers a library of over 4,500 monthly-refreshed artworks ranging from classic masterpieces to cinematic scenes and, not surprisingly, generative AI art. To complete the Canva aesthetic, the 55-inch and 65-inch models also have a slim, flush-mount design with interchangeable magnetic frames.

LG Upgrades Its UltraGear Display Lineup With Some Cool Technology

LG Electronics is introducing a new lineup of high-resolution gaming with the launch of their new displays, like the UltraGear evo, which is a monitor featuring the world’s first 5K AI Upscaling technology to deliver amazing clarity without requiring GPU upgrades. The flagship lineup includes the new 39-inch GX9, a 5K2K curved OLED monitor that uses Primary RGB Tandem technology and a Dual Mode that switches between 165Hz at 5K2K and 330Hz at WFHD. The 27-inch GM9 is the world’s first 5K New MiniLED display with 2,304 dimming zones designed to basically eliminate blooming, and the massive 52-inch G9, the world’s largest 5K2K monitor, boasts a 240Hz refresh rate and an immersive 1000R curvature.

This Speaker Takes Its Rugged Name Very Seriously

An evolution of the previous XG2 speaker model from LG, the xboom Rock is the most rugged portable speaker in the company's new speaker lineup, specifically tested against seven military standards for extreme environments. It has an upgraded 6W output for punchier sound and supports LE Audio Auracast, allowing users to easily share their music across multiple speakers for activities like group adventures. With 10 hours of battery life and a dedicated smart button for quick app control, it is a great speaker for hikers and campers both.

A tiny Cube Speaker With an Unbelievable Amount of Power

The xboom Mini speaker offers a compact cube designed perfectly for everyday life, from kitchens to bedrooms. Even though it is small, this speaker can play 10 hours of clear audio powered by Sound Field Enhance technology to keep clarity in open spaces. It is also IP67 water and dust resistant and features what LG calls a Magic Strap and tripod mount.

This Boobmbox Wants you to Take it Places That you Wouldn’t Take a Normal Speaker

The xboom Blast is a rugged, outdoor-focused boombox designed for long playback times, with a massive 35-hour runtime from its 99Wh cell. It matches the Stage 501's 220W output but enhances the low-end with three passive radiators to create an expansive soundscape for times like beach days or camping trips. Military-standard durability, protective edge bumpers, and a cleverly placed side rope handle for vertical carrying make it highly durable and portable.

This Karaoke Speaker can Take Away Vocals From any Song With AI

Designed as the ultimate party speaker, the xboom Stage 501 karaoke speaker has an innovative AI Karaoke Master that can take away vocals from basically any song and adjust the pitch in real time. This powerhouse of a speaker delivers up to 220W of room-filling sound through a Peerless tweeter and dual woofers, all powered by a 99Wh swappable battery that gives up to 25 hours of playback. Its unique five-sided cabinet also allows for various setups, including vertical, horizontal, or even tripod-mounted configurations!

These Bluetooth Headphones Have a Long-Lasting Battery Life and Replaceable Batteries

Fender Audio, a new audio branch of the company Fender, unveiled the impressive Mix headphones, which are modular wireless headphones that prioritize battery life and customization. Launching at $299.99 in Olympic White and Skyscraper Black, the Mix aims to disrupt flagship rivals like the Sony WH-1000XM6 while delivering an unbelievable 100 hours of battery life or 52 hours with ANC on. The headphones have a sustainable, user-serviceable design where both the headband and ear cups are interchangeable, and the battery is easily accessible, with it being behind a panel for simple replacement. As for tech, the Mix is powered by 40mm efficient Graphene drivers with a clever hidden compartment for its included USB-C wireless transmitter, which gives the headphone high-fidelity 96kHz/24bit LHDC streaming and low-latency modes. Also, with a quick-charge feature, the headphones can get eight hours of playback in just 15 minutes of charging.

This Bluetooth Speaker From Fender can Play Audio From 4 Different Sources at the Same Time

Fender is expanding into consumer electronics with the debut of Fender Audio at CES 2026, led by the Extremely Loud Infinitely Expressive or ELIE portable Bluetooth speaker series. Available in Olympic White and Skyscraper Black, the lineup features the compact ELIE 6 that costs $299.99 and the wider, more powerful ELIE 12, which is more expensive at $399.99; both can sync with up to 100 units or pair for stereo sound. These speakers stand out from the competition with a unique four-channel input system, allowing users to, at the same time, blend audio from a Bluetooth device, a wired instrument or mic, and two other accessories using Fender’s own wireless technology. The ELIE 6 has an impressive 18-hour battery life, while the more powerful ELIE 12 has a shorter playback time of around 15 hours.

Samsung and Erwan Bouroullec Partner to Make Speakers with a Gallery-Inspired Design

Samsung is expanding its 2026 audio ecosystem with a designer-forward lineup in collaboration with Erwan Bouroullec. The flagship HW-Q990H soundbar leads with an 11.1.4-channel system and new Sound Elevation AI technology that centers dialogue from on-screen, while the all-in-one HW-QS90H offers a design with built-in gyros and a Quad Bass Woofer for deep sound without a separate box. Adding a sculptural design to the lineup, the Music Studio 7 and Studio 5 speakers have a timeless dot aesthetic and AI Dynamic Bass Control, with the Studio 7 specifically hitting high-fidelity frequencies up to 35kHz. These devices integrate into an upgraded Q-Symphony system that can pair up to five speakers at the same time to create what Samsung calls a “wall of sound.”

Samsung's 2026 Monitors can Refresh at 1,040Hz and Display 3D Content

Samsung aims to break visual boundaries with a new lineup of previously impossible display experiences, led by the world’s first 6K 3D monitor and the record-breaking Odyssey G6. The super-fast G6 model is made for esports-level motion clarity, reaching an unbelievable 1,040Hz refresh rate in Dual Mode and up to 600Hz in native QHD, all while keeping the performance due to an AMD FreeSync Premium and NVIDIA G-Sync compatibility. Samsung also expanded the G8 series, introducing new 5K and 6K models alongside an Odyssey OLED G8 model, which pairs a 4K QD-OLED panel with a 240Hz refresh rate and VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500 certification for infinite contrast. The main attention of this announcement is the Odyssey 3D, which uses a built-in stereo camera and lenticular lens for real-time eye tracking to deliver a glasses-free 3D effect, complete with a Dual Mode feature for switching between 6K 2D and 3K 3D. This lineup is expected to come to the market in early 2025 with price points ranging from $1,299 to $1,999.

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