For more than 20 years, Gizmodo has headed to Las Vegas after ringing in the new year to cover the Consumer Electronics Show—aka CES—and 2026 is no different.

The consumer tech team will be on the ground at the year’s largest tech show to check out all of the innovation that companies big and small will be announcing.

There will be the usual new TVs with more pixels and colors than your eyes can appreciate and aesthetic Wi-Fi speakers that will only ever look good in a million-dollar loft. But the fun stuff will be devices like a gaming laptop with a screen that rolls horizontally, smart glasses that make it easier to post content to social media, and uh… the return of the QWERTY smartphone. We can’t wait to find the weirdest tech at CES 2026.

And while AI will no doubt be the top buzzword in every product pitch, we’re gonna do what we at Gizmodo have always done: not pull any punches. We’ll give kudos to products that deserve them and clown on the ridiculous and overpromised.

CES 2026 officially runs Jan. 6 through Jan. 9, but the news has already started to trickle out. So strap in and get ready for a joyride because we’ll be going hands-on with as many gadgets as soon as the crew lands in Sin City, and the best place to learn about it all as it unfolds is here on this live blog!

1:52 pmHey Kyle, Whats in Your Bag: CES 2026 Edition

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One day, I will learn to pack with true Spartan efficiency. The amount of gear that goes into my bag always makes me feel like a pack rat, as if my Patagonia 45L Black Hole duffle bag were a bottomless Bag of Holding. This year’s gear will be a similar assortment to what I took to IFA 2025 in Berlin, but since I’ll be baking in Las Vegas for a full five days, I need to at least pretend to think ahead.

This year I’m packing an M5 MacBook Pro 14 along with a Crucial 2TB external SSD (RIP to Micron’s consumer brand). I’m carrying extra power banks by Ugreen, Anker, and Genki. I’ll inevitably need them all when hopping from casino to casino. For camera gear, I’m packing the Insta360 Go Ultra and the magnetic necklace, which will be helpful for POV shots. Alongside that, I’m making a debut of my Ricoh GRIIIX fixed-lens camera. I’m absolutely in love with this point-and-shooter, though I’m carrying an extra flash with me for when trawling in the dark halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center. I also have a DJI Mic Mini along for the ride. As for personal entertainment, I have a Legion Go 2 running on SteamOS-like Bazzite instead of Windows 11 as well as the Boox Palma 2 Pro and a copy of Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood. I certainly won’t have time for playing or reading on the ground, but hopefully these will keep me company on the long layover return flight from Las Vegas to New York. —Kyle Barr

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1:03 pmThis MagSafe Charger Also Has a QWERTY Keyboard

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Your phone is already too big for some pockets. Considering that, who really wants a case that makes your device even larger for the sake of a QWERTY mobile keyboard? Finally, phone accessory maker Clicks went back to the drawing board for its new Power Keyboard that adds slide-out controls alongside a 2,150 mAh battery pack. Clicks is also crafting a whole new phone, the Communicator. This smartphone comes with a BlackBerry-style keyboard and a relatively squat display built specifically for messaging and email apps. This device is described as a secondary phone, not as your main daily driver. —_Kyle Barr
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12:48 pmTVs That Look Like Artwork Are Getting More Popular

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LG is finally joining Samsung, TCL, and Hisense with its big mini LED TV meant to showcase artwork. The Gallery TV uses a similar matte layer to reduce glare and make what appears on screen look more like actual canvas. LG will have more-reasonable 55- and 65-inch offerings to start with, though we still don’t know pricing or release date yet. We’re begging these companies to craft a few smaller displays for those who don’t own a wall big enough to sport yet another TV. —Kyle Barr

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12:44 pmNever Miss a Bird Ever Again

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Screw all the AI gadgets coming to CES; I just want more cameras to watch my neighborhood’s birds. Birdfy, one of Birdbuddy’s main competitors, plans to show off a new feeder with a full 360 camera setup instead of a single fixed lens. This will mean it can capture a global image of the avian’s antics as they sup on the feed of a shallow dish. The device also uses a mechanical, air pump-based feed dispenser remotely operated with an app. This lets you control the amount of food your feathered friends receive. Perhaps, you can finally keep the squirrels away just by restricting the amount of food available at any time. —Kyle Barr

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12:36 pmWoah, OLED

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When the doors open on CES 2026, it will once again be the big day for displays. Yes, we already told you about micro LED screens. Now, LG is promoting its new WOLED TVs will offer just as much contrast with a few added benefits. This screen type uses the same organic light-emitting diode technology you know and love but adds in a layer of white light to enhance screen brightness. LG also has more tandem OLED screens in store. These displays use two layers of diodes on top of each other, which also helps enhance overall brightness. —Kyle Barr

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12:31 pmTake Your Ultrawide Gaming on the Go

Lenovo loves its rollable displays. For those of us who would prefer a laptop with a wider screen rather than something taller, Lenovo may have a very interesting gaming laptop in store. Leaked images published suggest the company is crafting a Legion-branded gaming laptop with a display that can expand horizontally out to a full 24 inches. How Lenovo accomplished this feat of engineering is a mystery, but the images make us excited to learn more in a little less than a week. —_Kyle Barr
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Exclusive: Here's your closer look at Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable, the company's first rollable gaming laptop that runs Windows 11 with AI features.

Everything we know so far:

– RTX 5090 + maxed-out Intel Core Ultra for top-tier competitive performance
– 16-inch PureSight OLED… pic.twitter.com/ns4f5Bk6w0

— Windows Latest (@WindowsLatest) December 18, 2025

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9:44 am52 Inches of Gaming Monitor Perfection

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Samsung’s not the only one that’ll be showing off a droolworthy gaming monitor. There’s no stereoscopic 3D, but LG’s UltraGear evo 52G930B looks absolutely bonkers. First of all, the mammoth display measures 52 inches diagonally. Second, it has a 5K2K resolutuion and 240Hz refresh rate. And third, it has a 1000R curve to wrap you in total immersion. I can’t wait to play Solitaire on this thing.  —Raymond Wong

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9:37 amGlasses-Free 3D Monitors Just Won’t Die

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I thought glasses-free 3D had already died, but somehow it keeps resisting the graveyard. Following up on its 27-inch Odyssey 3D, Samsung is showing off an even larger and higher-resolution version of its glasses-free gaming monitor, called the G90XH. The 32-inch display has a ridiculous 6K resolution and a native 165Hz refresh rate that can be “boosted to 330Hz” using a special “Dual Mode” feature.

I’m praying it supports more than 14 games and can play 3D movies because the original version we reviewed couldn’t. —Raymond Wong

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9:23 amWhat Could Possibly Go Wrong Here?

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At CES a few years ago, Displace unveiled a cordless TV with a built-in battery that suctioned to a wall. One of my reporters at the time attended a demo and watched as the TV fell to the ground. Ouch.

Instead of selling an entire TV this time, the company is showing off a hub that attaches to the back of your own flatscreen, which then suctions to the wall. The idea is to turn any TV into a cordless one.

Our take? You have nobody to blame but yourself when you crack your own fancy Samsung or LG TV. —Raymond Wong

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9:14 amGet Ready for a Lot of Micro RGB TVs

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CES is called a “TV show” because it’s always the first place to see the latest and greatest in picture technology. This year, we’re expecting to see a whole lot of TVs with Micro RGB. What the heck is that and why should you care? Our consumer tech reporter Kyle Barr has a great, short explainer. —Raymond WOng

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