These are the smart home gadgets that impressed me at CES 2026

Published: 5 days ago (January 10, 2026 at 04:30 PM EST)

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Source: The Verge

Smart Home Highlights from CES 2026

A giant version of Lockin’s wirelessly charged V7 smart lock was a showstopper on the CES show floor.

I picked Aqara’s Smart Lock U400 and Roborock’s Saros Rover robot vacuum as the overall best smart home gadgets from CES 2026, but there were gazillions of other great gadgets on the show floor.

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