Tech Now: Inside CES 2026 — trends worth watching

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In brief: From Las Vegas, the latest trends and innovations at CES 2026.

What this is

BBC’s Tech Now is highlighting product demos and early signals from CES 2026 — one of the biggest consumer-tech trade shows, where brands test ideas and compete for attention.

What CES usually tells us (beyond the hype)

  • Direction of travel: prototypes often become mainstream products 12–36 months later.
  • Supply-chain reality: what ships (and at what price) depends on components, power efficiency, and manufacturing scale.
  • Platform shifts: you can often see where ecosystems are heading (AI-on-device, AR/VR, health sensors, smart-home standards).

What to watch this year

  • On-device AI: more features running locally for privacy and speed.
  • Battery + power efficiency: real-world gains matter more than headline specs.
  • Interoperability: whether devices work cleanly across ecosystems (and new standards adoption).

Takeaway

CES is noisy, but it’s a useful barometer: even the “gimmicks” can reveal which technologies are getting cheap enough to put everywhere.

Sources

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