With the start of the New Year squarely behind us, it’s once again time for the annual CES trade show to shine a spotlight on the latest tech companies plan on offering in 2026.

AI once again dominated CES, where companies from around the world gathered to flaunt new technologies. It’s where tech giants like Nvidia, Samsung, and Amazon made their case for the role AI will play in how people live and work,

Here are the highlights from the world's largest technology trade show in Las Vegas, including a laundry folding robot and an AI pet that can grow.

Artificial intelligence was anchored in nearly everything as tech firms continue to look for AI products that will attract customers.

Start the year with a bang by traveling with CNET to Las Vegas, where our editors will be on the hunt for the defining tech products of 2026. CES is the flashiest tech show of the year and is set to inject some much-needed excitement into the January gloom.

German tech company Bosch received two “Worst in Show” awards, one for adding subscriptions and enhanced voice assistance from Amazon’s Alexa to coffee-making with a “Personal AI Barista” espresso machine and another for a purported anti-theft and battery lock feature on an e-bike app.

It feels odd to say CES is the biggest tech show of 2025 given that it starts so early in the year, but it's mostly true: As far as technology events go, CES is the largest, and the most interesting one you can attend (outside of Apple's iPhone launches).

The Consumer Electronics Show opens up with CES Unveiled, where a lot of weird stuff shows up early, including on Day 1 of the 2026 show.

CES isn’t a big smartphone show, but there have been more new handsets here than I expected. Samsung gave us our first hands-on look at the Galaxy Z TriFold, Motorola launched its first book-style Razr Fold, and phone keyboard company Clicks revealed its BlackBerry-esque Android phone the Communicator.