CES 2026: What We Expect To See

CES 2026 is astir here, kicking disconnected officially connected January 6th and moving done January 9th, 2026. Every year, this is the amusement wherever each the latest hardware and tech goodies for the coming twelvemonth are shown disconnected – whether they're caller gaming laptops oregon immoderate conception that'll ne'er really spot the airy of day. There volition beryllium a batch going on, but luckily I'll beryllium connected the crushed successful Las Vegas, sorting done everything.

Over the adjacent week I'll support this nonfiction updated with each the coolest gaming and amusement exertion astatine the show. This year, the amusement astir apt won't beryllium arsenic packed arsenic it was successful 2025 – which brought america caller graphics cards and each the PC gaming hardware that comes with them. Still, I bash expect plentifulness of gaming hardware to astatine slightest beryllium teased, particularly with the Steam Machine lurking astir the corner.

What to Expect At CES 2026

CES is inactive a fewer days away, but that doesn't mean we can't instrumentality immoderate educated guesses astir what'll beryllium astatine the elephantine tech show.

Mid Generation GPUs?

CES 2025 was truthful immense for gaming due to the fact that some AMD and Nvidia released a full caller procreation of graphics cards. That's astir apt not going to hap this year, but it is imaginable that 1 of these companies launches immoderate benignant of mid-generation refresh. Typically, for instance, Nvidia follows its graphics cards astir a twelvemonth into its procreation with its 'Super' bid of GPUs.

However, due to the fact that RAM is seeing specified precocious prices close now, there's a bully accidental that neither of these manufacturers is going to unreserved to motorboat caller products that'd apt request to beryllium importantly much expensive. We're adjacent starting to spot rumors that existing graphics cards are going to spot terms jumps successful the coming months, according to Korean tech outlet Newsis. We'll conscionable person to see!

AI Will Be Everywhere

Love it oregon hatred it, AI is inactive a immense taxable successful the tech world, and I don't expect that to alteration astatine CES 2026. We're astir apt going to spot hundreds of antithetic gadgets that instrumentality AI successful immoderate way, ranging from ridiculous gimmicks to really utile features. Even successful the look of companies similar Microsoft backing disconnected of AI concern a bit, according to The Information (Via ExtremeTech), it's inactive going to beryllium a immense taxable astatine CES this year.

Gaming Laptops Powered By Intel Panther Lake

While it's improbable we're going to get a caller GPU procreation astatine CES 2026, Intel has already announced its caller mobile CPU generation, code-named Panther Lake. While this architecture isn't going to powerfulness the astir almighty gaming laptops, it's going to beryllium down galore lightweight gaming laptops.

I did get a accidental to spot these caller CPUs successful enactment backmost successful November, and was impressed by the exertion connected offer. These caller laptop chips volition person integrated GPUs almighty capable to play games astatine 1080p, and offers Intel's ain instrumentality connected Frame Generation – each without a discrete GPU. Pair it with a discrete GPU and who knows what they'll beryllium susceptible of. Either way, I'm excited to get these caller laptops successful the laboratory – immoderate they are. Intel has been needing a triumph for a portion now, possibly this volition beryllium it? We'll find retired adjacent week!

Jackie Thomas is the Hardware and Buying Guides Editor astatine IGN and the PC components queen. You tin travel her @Jackiecobra