This week was a surprisingly quiet week in the tech world. We just had this one little event called CES 2026, don’t know if you’ve heard of it?
All kidding aside, CES is the biggest tech show of the year, and as you’d expect, a lot of news came out of it. From Lego Smart Play to Samsung’s TriFold, it was something else.
7. We picked our best gadgets from CES 2026
This week has been a fever dream for AI robot bosoms and musical popsicles – and it’s all thanks to CES 2026. The Las Vegas thing is still the biggest tech show of the year, but what are the best new products we’ll actually be buying?
Luckily, our tech experts were on the ground at CES 2026 and have compiled their highlights across everything from TVs to fitness trackers and robot vacuums. If you want to see this year’s potential gadget stars – or just get a taste of what’s to come – read our roundup below.
6. Lego got an upgrade
Lego announced a major upgrade to its bricks this week with the Smart Brick. This special block can detect special sensors inside certain minifigures and tile pieces to activate sounds, flash lights, and generally enhance the play features of Lego sets in a way we haven’t seen before.
The Smart Brick is making its debut in Star Wars sets to rather mixed reactions, but TechRadar’s Jacob Krol got to see the piece firsthand and thinks it could be a great new option in Lego’s repertoire.
The first three Smart Brick sets are now available for pre-order ahead of their March 1 launch, with the cheapest option starting at $69.99 / £59.99 / AU$99.99.
5. ChatGPT got a medical update
There are now so many people using ChatGPT for health advice (40 million people per day at last count) that OpenAI has finally decided to do something about it.
ChatGPT Health is a dedicated Health section of the app, coming soon, where you can securely upload your medical records and receive in-depth answers tailored to your specific conditions. It can also retrieve personal health data from apps like Apple Health if you allow it.
OpenAI envisions ChatGPT Health as a tool to help with your diagnosis and treatment, rather than a diagnostic tool, but for the hypochondriacs among us, it sounds like the perfect way to get a second, third, or even fourth opinion.
4. IKEA hit CES
IKEA made its CES debut at this year’s event, and it was a roaring success, to say the least. The company had a big response to the new version of its Varmblixt donut lamp, which received a handful of new nifty upgrades — but its Kallsup speaker was another standout.
One of the latest additions to the IKEA family of audio devices is an entry-level Bluetooth speaker that costs just $10. It comes in three bright colors, including lime green, pink and white, and is set to arrive in April.
Although its size means its sound isn’t the most powerful, it’s still a mighty speaker in other aspects. It supports Bluetooth 5.3 and lets you connect up to 100 devices with a single tap, and it runs on rechargeable, replaceable batteries so you can extend its life.
3. Fujifilm debuted the weirdest Instax ever
After launching the wonderfully weird half-frame-inspired X half-digital camera last year, Fujifilm has quickly made good on its promise to introduce more concept cameras in 2026.
The latest surprise comes in the Super-8-style form of the Instax Mini Evo Cinema, which is an instant camera like no other – the first to also record video, and to feature a quirky ‘eras’ dial. With a setting for each decade dating back to the 1930s, Mini Evo Cinema replicates popular looks like 1960s Super 8 and 1980s color negative.
We only have the Fujifilm Japan press release to go on, but fingers crossed the nifty hybrid digital-instant-film camera gets a global release; we look forward to trying it!
2. We saw the latest robotic vacuum cleaner with legs
Robot vacuum cleaners are evolving fast – last year Roborock gave us one with a mechanical arm, and at CES 2026 this week it showed off its first model with legs. Can the Saros Rover’s limbs do anything but scare your dog? Well, yes, actually, as they are also designed to help clean almost any home staircase.
According to Roborock, it will not only include straight stairs, but also spiral stairs. The Saros Rover’s climbing capabilities should make it a strong contender for multi-level homes. Unfortunately, it’s just a prototype for now, but Roborock told us that it’s a real product coming to market. Maybe give your dog a heads-up, just in case.
1. We tried the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold
We got to try Samsung’s TriFold phone, and it may finally be the pocket-sized foldable tablets it’s promised to be since its inception.
Lance Ulanoff went hands-on with the phone at CES 2026 in Las Vegas and came away impressed with its thinness and the performance he experienced.
Now it’s still not perfect. The camera setup won’t impress everyone, there’s still no S Pen support, and the cost is expected to be very high, but this is definitely one of the phones to watch in 2026, and even at this early stage of the year, it could be in contention for phone of the year.
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