CES 2026 Preview: AI Takes Center Stage, Chinese Companies May Dominate the Show Again

There are less than forty days left before the annual CES (Consumer Electronics Show), the world's largest consumer electronics exhibition, opens in Las Vegas, USA (from January 6th to January 9th, 2026). Since its inception in 1967, CES, which has been around for nearly 60 years, has become the "annual event" in the global consumer electronics industry. Professionals, exhibitors, media, analysts, etc. from different countries and regions gather here to showcase their strengths, exchange experiences, and observe industry changes.

Moreover, CES is regarded as the first indicator of the technology industry: During CES, global leading hardware and software technology companies will showcase their main technological directions for the coming year. Some innovative technology products that may become blockbusters in the next year will also make their debut.

Image source: Lei Technology, taken at CES 2025

So, what new technologies can we expect to see at the upcoming CES 2026? The following is an exclusive preview of CES 2026 compiled by Lei Technology.

AI Remains the Core Topic at CES 2026

First of all, AI will still be the overarching theme at CES 2026. Every year at CES, the CTA (the organizer of CES) invites representative enterprises from various industries to give keynote speeches on the main stage. From the confirmed keynote speeches by the CEOs of Siemens, Caterpillar (CAT), AMD, and Lenovo, AI will be the common topic of concern among industry leaders.

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For example, Siemens will demonstrate how artificial intelligence, digital twin, and automation technologies can drive the manufacturing, infrastructure, and transportation industries into a new era. AMD will also showcase in its keynote speech how its hardware, software, and solutions can "solve the world's most important challenges" for customers. As for Lenovo, which we are familiar with, it will bring the Lenovo Tech World to the CES site and rent out the landmark Sphere theater in Las Vegas to present the highest - level Lenovo Tech World ever.

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According to Yang Yuanqing, the CEO of Lenovo, Lenovo will "exclusively show the audience how our technology can revolutionize F1, unveil the plan for the first AI - driven FIFA World Cup next year, create a super - personalized Agent - native experience for individuals, and unleash Lenovo's hybrid AI advantages for enterprise customers."

Lei Technology found that among the announced winners of the CES 2026 Innovation Awards, the number of awards in the AI category is the largest. Among the 343 winning products, there are many well - known products, such as Anker's power bank, Dreame's robot vacuum cleaner, Lenovo's convertible screen laptop, AfterShokz/TempoKings' headphones, and of course, Qualcomm, Samsung, AMD's chips, and ASUS's AI PC.

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Therefore, it is certain that at CES 2026, we will see AI glasses, AI PCs, AI mobile phones, AI wearables, AI toys, AI home appliances, humanoid robots, and other imaginable and unimaginable AI hardware products, as well as related technologies such as multimodal large - scale models, physical AI, world models, embodied intelligence, and edge - side AI behind them.

Therefore, it is definite, certain, and for sure: AI will be the core protagonist at CES 2026, without a doubt.

New PC Products Emerge, and Jensen Huang's Absence Is a Pity

So far, no enterprise has released a pre - heating poster with specific product information for CES 2026. Most domestic brands haven't even released a teaser poster for CES 2026. However, based on the leaks, Lei Technology has compiled some products that are "highly likely" to be seen at CES 2026.

Let's first look at the PC category: Without accident, Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA will all release new products during CES 2026. Among them, Intel will release a new Panther Lake mobile processor. At the same time, downstream PC brands such as Lenovo will also announce corresponding new laptop products at CES - this is in line with the convention of the Intel camp to update mobile products at the beginning of the year and desktop products in October.

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Recently, the benchmark scores of a laptop with a Panther Lake mobile processor have been leaked online. Lei Technology believes that it is a foregone conclusion that Panther Lake will be unveiled at CES 2026.

AMD also plans to release new flagship and gaming processors during CES 2026. Among them, the R9 9950X3D2 uses a dual - CCD stacked 3D cache design, bringing the total cache directly to 192 MB, 64 MB more than the previous generation, and is mainly targeted at heavy - load gaming and productivity scenarios. Although the frequency is reduced by 100 MHz, for such large - cache processors, the frame rate improvement brought by the cache is often more obvious than the frequency.

As for the Ryzen 9000G series APU, the Strix Point desktop version is expected to be unveiled with a 12C24T configuration paired with an RDNA 3.5 GPU, and its graphics performance is comparable to that of the Radeon 890M. For light - gaming and HTPC users, this may be one of the most anticipated APU updates next year.

There is relatively little news about NVIDIA. Only VideoCardz mentioned that "the RTX 50 SUPER series graphics cards may be unveiled during the CES 2026 exhibition in early 2026."

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It is worth mentioning that at CES 2025 a year ago, Jensen Huang, the founder and CEO of NVIDIA, came to the scene to give a keynote speech, which became one of the biggest events of the conference. In his speech at that time, he proposed that "the next frontier of AI is physical AI, which contains opportunities worth trillions of dollars." His words are still fresh in our memory. Subsequently, Unitree Technology and others detonated the humanoid robot track, and new AI hardware such as AI glasses emerged like mushrooms after rain. At CES 2026, Jensen Huang is not on the list of keynote speakers, but NVIDIA's display and the productization of physical AI are still worth looking forward to.

TV Giants from China, Japan, and South Korea Compete in RGB Display

In the TV sector, domestic brands such as TCL and Hisense have not announced any information about CES 2026. Among overseas manufacturers, only LG mentioned that in addition to showing its "traditional show - off" flexible and transparent OLED technology, it will also exhibit Micro RGB LCD TVs.

At CES 2025 in January 2025, Hisense launched a bombshell with its RGB - Mini LED technology, and now TV giants such as TCL have followed suit. At the IFA held in Berlin, Germany, in September, giants such as Samsung and Sony also demonstrated their respective RGB display technologies, with different names. For example, LG calls it Micro RGB LCD, and Samsung calls it RGB Micro LED. In fact, they are on the same technological track as the RGB - Mini LED technology being promoted by Hisense and TCL. The different names are more for marketing considerations. Of course, there are also slight differences in the technology itself. For example, the LED chips of Samsung's RGB Micro LED are smaller (about 50 microns, while the common Mini LED light - emitting chips are 200 microns), which can further improve the resolution of light control and reduce the edge halo phenomenon of RGB backlighting.

Different from Hisense and TCL, which have achieved mass production of RGB - Mini LED TVs, the RGB technologies of the "big three" in Japan and South Korea were more in the concept - stage before. Lei Technology expects that at CES 2026, RGB display will definitely present a situation of "multiple players competing." Brands such as Hisense, TCL, LG, Sony, and Samsung will bring RGB display technology to large - screen TVs and even more small - and medium - sized devices.

In addition, in the display field, in addition to TV brands, display supply chain enterprises such as TCL CSOT, Tianma, and BOE will also showcase their latest screen technologies at CES 2026. It involves not only small - sized displays such as mobile phones and tablets. At CES 2025 last year, display supply chain enterprises all left their booths for products related to "automotive display." Lei Technology believes that with the global spread of the intelligent cockpit concept, the technologies related to automotive instrument panels and HUD screens will still be the focus of the display industry at CES 2026.

Domestic Smart Cleaning Products Will Dominate CES Again

Chinese smart cleaning manufacturers have dominated the global market. At overseas technology exhibitions such as IFA, we can see the grand sight of Chinese manufacturers "launching products one after another." Undoubtedly, smart cleaning will also be one of the highlights at CES 2026. Currently, the information detected by Lei Technology shows that Yunjing, Dreame, MOVA, and Weilan Continent will all release new smart cleaning products during CES 2026, covering handheld vacuum cleaners/mop - washers, robot vacuum cleaners/mop - washers, and new lawn mowing robots for the North American and other local markets.

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On the poster released by MOVA, in addition to the cleaning appliances familiar to domestic users, there are also a lawn mowing robot, a pool cleaning robot, and a product that looks like a medium - sized quadcopter drone. There is also a high - speed hair dryer in the "C - position" of the poster. It is not difficult to see that MOVA is ready to make a big splash at CES 2026.

The domestic smart cleaning industry has formed a quite mature product line overseas: From initially relying on cost - effectiveness to enter the North American and European markets, to standing firm in the mid - to high - end market in recent years with technological advantages such as structured light navigation, full - link self - cleaning, and AI recognition, more and more brands are no longer just promoting single models. Instead, they are using a combination of "full - scenario cleaning solutions" to enter the home, garden, and commercial scenarios, and are gradually becoming the technology leaders in the smart cleaning field.

Accessory Giants Aim Beyond Power Banks

Baseus and Ugreen both told Lei Technology that they will appear at CES 2026. In addition to digital accessories such as chargers, leading digital brands have been penetrating into higher - value categories such as audio in recent years.

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Baseus did not reveal specific product arrangements