Name: Best of CES 2026
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We just spent a week at CES sifting through thousands of exhibitors that come to show off their latest tech.

We've seen it all from laptops, TVs, phones, robots, and everything in between.

Here's what the Verge team thought stood out the most.

I never thought I'd be barefoot on the CES floor, so my pick for best health tech of CES 2026 is the body scan, too.

it's a little bit different in that Withings is trying to reposition the idea of weighing yourself into a longevity station.

Longevity attack is a big trend here in the health tech sector, and

Withings has basically divided it into two pillars.

One is going to be cardiovascular health, and one is going to be metabolic health.

Now, usually with metabolic health, it's got to be invasive.

It's a blood test or it's a urine test, which is a little messy.

But what I really like about this is that it's a scale.

The fact of the matter is, is that using a scale is usually a quite loaded experience.

We all have a lot of emotions and feelings towards weight, but

weight is often a really misunderstood health metric in the context of all of your health.

So repositioning it as a longevity station, where you're measuring a whole bunch of different health metrics a couple times a week and seeing what your weight is in the context of your entire health, I think it's a really smart idea and something that we need to have more education about going forward.

There's been a lot of longevity tech at this show, so much of it has involved blood or pee and other bodily fluids.

And my next pick is for best wearable, and that is l' Oreal's LED face mask.

I gotta say, wearables was a little disappointing at this year's show, but

this, let me tell you, I really hate it when people ask me about LED face masks, whether they should buy it, mainly because as a category, it's full of snake oil.

What I liked about l' Oreal's product is it's actually taking the concept of a sheet mask, something that a lot of skincare nerds already know how to use, and

it's just condensing the steps of your skincare routine.

And what is the number one rule of wearable tech?

Verge readers will know I keep saying this.

It has to be comfortable to wear most LED light masks.

And a lot of these mask makers don't talk about FDA clearance.

They don't talk about precise wavelengths of light used.

They've worked with a partner that has done a lot of clinical studies and trials and they're innovating on the form factor, the fact that it sits a lot closer to your face.

It could help make your existing skincare routine a bit more effective while reducing the time needed.

And I don't know if you want to go as Vecna for Halloween.

I don't think you could have an LED face mask that isn't creepy.

They are planning on 2027 for a launch, but it is pending FDA 510k clearance.

My pick for best laptop CES 2026 is this right here.

It's a dual screen gaming laptop with two 16 inch OLED displays and a detachable keyboard deck and trackpad.

You can set it up like a clamshell or you can use it in this kind of manner as an up and down dual monitor setup or side by side.

We don't know the price just yet, but the bottom line is this.

This is a really cool and unique gaming laptop to come to the space.

I think it'll be a really interesting experience because I'm quite fond of dual screen laptops myself and any experience that I've had with them.

And I really like dual monitor, big monitor setups.

This gives you a taste of that in a portable form factor that should be powerful to play most games at some pretty high specs and also ideally hopefully have battery life that should last you for most or all of your day.

Those are key factors for any laptop and they're not always common in gaming laptops and nothing's common when it comes to dual screen.

My pick for best smart home product at CES 2026 is the Acara Smart Lock U400.

It may just look like A fairly standard smart lock, but

This is one of the first smart locks to work with Apple homekeys.

Hands free Unlocking the antenna in the lock connects to a UWB radio in your iPhone or Apple Watch and lets it unlock automatically as you approach.

Hands free unlocking means you just open the door.

No need to fingerprint, no need to type in a code, and

So it works with Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home, chrome assistant, Samsung SmartThings.

But it also works with a new standard called Olero.

And this is a standard for smart locks that's going to allow any smartphone, not just Apple, to unlock this door using uwb.

The main reason this is my pick is because this lock is a great example of how smart home standards are coming together to make the smart home easier to use.

My pick for best robot at CES 2026 is Roborock's Saros Rover.

This is a robot vacuum that can not only climb up stairs using its articulated legs, but

You don't need to buy multiple robots for multiple floors.

This bot will be able to climb up and down and vacuum all over your home.

It can also hop to get over transitions between rooms.

This could be a robot vacuum that hopefully will solve the problem of how to access every corner of your home and keep it clean.

No price or release date, although I am told by Roborock that it will be coming to market.

My pick for the best phone of 2026 at CES, Samsung Galaxy Z Tri Fold.

It's not officially launched in the US but we know it's coming.

Samsung sort of announced this phone before Cesar.

They released it in Korea so could have bought one there.

But it is coming to the US later this year.

You have a huge 10 inch screen on the inside and I'm hoping that that is the screen that's going to allow me to fire my laptop and I can control it with the keyboard.

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