10 Innovative Products Unveiled at CES 2026

Taking place every year in the early days of January, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) features the most notable innovations in the world. They include products from prominent brands like Samsung and LG alongside smaller firms, startups and innovators. They all exhibited new offerings and explored unconventional ideas in their CES presentations.

This year, it was likely not unexpected that artificial intelligence (AI) featured across the board, ranging from humanoid robots to convertible headphones. Among the crowded list, a handful of AI products managed to capture our interest.

Here are 10 remarkable gadgets unveiled at CES 2026, either for their uniqueness, promise, or wonder.

1. “Paper battery” by Flint

Flint, a tech firm based in Singapore, has developed a rechargeable “paper battery” that is slim, adaptable, safe, and non-explosive. It uses a combination of zinc, manganese, and an aqueous solution as an alternative to current lithium batteries. The company also claims that its paper battery breaks down naturally at the end of its life cycle, avoiding pollution.

In contrast to many experimental battery models, the paper battery has officially begun production at Flint’s site in Singapore. This raises optimism that we might transition away from harmful lithium and cobalt mining.

2. CLOiD Humanoid Robot by LG

Common home chores may seem easy, but do become tiresome when repeated over time. LG’s groundbreaking humanoid robot, CLOiD displayed at CES 2026 handles every simple and complex daily chores.

The AI-enabled CLOiD robot is reported to interact naturally with its user and handle a limited range of household tasks, such as laundry, fetching items, and basic cooking.

This year, CES showcased two humanoid robots capable of folding clothes – DYNA Robotics’ laundry robot and LG’s CLOiD, an AI-driven robot aimed at the home market by the electronics company.

3. Smart Brick by Lego

Toy maker Lego has unveiled an enhanced version of its beloved brick featuring electronic parts that can produce engine sounds, flash lights, and make lightsabers buzz in reaction to gameplay activities.

The Smart Brick, integrated into a new Smart Play system, incorporates elements such as sensors, accelerometers, and small speakers. Together, they enhance Lego construction experience. The Smart Brick by Lego is set for release in March.

4. C-200 Knife from Seattle Ultrasonics

Touted as the “first ultrasonic knife in the world,” the C-200 from American maker Seattle Ultrasonics oscillates over 30,000 times every second.

These vibrations are undetectable to the human eye – and hand – yet are said to help the blade in acting sharper than it actually is, effectively reducing the force required for cutting by fifty per cent.

5. Clicks Communicator from Clicks Technology

Clicks Communicator from Clicks Technology is a new device that is boldly going back in time to where smartphones have once been. The new Android handset is meant to be a secondary phone optimized for messaging, with a BlackBerry-like physical keyboard, headphone jack and other features lost to time.

In its compact design, there is a physical keyboard, a notification alert light, a headphone jack, a physical SIM card tray, support for a microSD card, and numerous buttons. At a time when phones have become overly complicated, the Clicks Communicator aims to provide a simpler smartphone experience. It is optimizing for typing and voice-to-text recording, all while minimizing distractions. It’s designed to be a secondary device that complements your regular smartphone.

6. Music Studio 5 loudspeaker by Samsung and Erwan Bouroullec

Building on his previous project with the Serif TV, French designer Erwan Bouroullec has partnered once more with Samsung to create the Music Studio 5, a speaker featuring a simple dot aesthetic.

The Music Studio 5 Loudspeaker somewhat resembles an abstract sculpture that enriches an interior space.

7. MC03 Mobile Phone by Punkt

The MC03 offers a unique advantage of privacy. Developed by the Swiss tech firm Punkt, it is a comprehensive smartphone designed to eliminate intrusive practices such as tracking and profiling. It provides users with complete control over their data while safeguarding them against surveillance and cyberattacks.

The phone caters to individuals who feel disillusioned with mainstream tech firms and is delivered without any of the standard Google Apps generally included in Android devices. Punkt’s founder and CEO, Peter Neby, states that people are increasingly pursuing privacy, especially as we enter the era of AI.

8. The Roborock Saros Rover

The Saros Rover from Roborock is a vacuum cleaner that can climb stairs multiple times without any problems and clean them each time.

This amazing cordless vacuum cleaner impresses anyone who gazes at it, especially when it is stair-climbing. The Roborock Saros Rover features legs that help it seamlessly climb and clean stairs.

Spectators who watched the vacuum in action and said it can make sudden stops, turns and hops.

9. TDM Neo hybrid headphones

This year’s CES showcased another amazing consumer electroni by the audio brand TDM (Tomorrow Doesn’t Matter). The company unveiled the first and only headphones capable of transforming into a portable Bluetooth speaker.

This TDM’s patent-pending innovation uses a complex mechanism. It directly aligns the two earpieces and encircles them with the headband to create a compact speaker.

10. Sweekar from Takway

Also, a Chinese startup, Takway has introduced an adorable AI-driven virtual pet, designed to develop both physically and emotionally with its users through voice interactions.

In contrast to conventional virtual pets, Sweekar is equipped with Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)-driven behavioural modelling that identifies the unique personality of each pet.

CES 2026 featured several consumer electronics like robot vacuum cleaner with legs, a fantastic humanoid robot, some vintage smartphones, a smart knife, and several AI pets toys. These and many more innovations thrilled attendees and spectators at the world’s biggest tech event.