#consumer-hardware tag

CES 2026 trends to watch: 5 biggest topics we're expecting at the tech show

CES will showcase numerous AI-enabled wearables, trifold smartphones, robots, and TVs as major product innovations from startups and established companies.

fromTheregister

3 weeks ago

Logitech chief says ill-conceived gadgets put the AI in FAIL

Logitech's CEO says that AI-powered devices are a solution looking for a problem, despite being a strong proponent of AI and her firm pushing out exactly the kind of thing she's talking about. In an interview with Bloomberg, Hanneke Faber, head of the Swiss mouse and webcam maker, dismissed efforts of other hardware companies to build AI into their gadgets. "What's out there is a solution looking for a problem that doesn't exist," she reportedly told Bloomberg.

Gadgets

Venture

fromVogue

3 weeks ago

How Nothing Plans to Become the Go-To Tech Brand for Gen Z Creatives

Nothing has rapidly grown into a culturally influential hardware brand, expanding revenues, market share, and planning US expansion and AI-driven products.

Wearables

fromFast Company

1 month ago

Forget AI companions. This $249 AI ring lets you talk to yourself

Stream Ring is a wearable ring that records pressed-to-talk voice memos, transcribes them to an app, and replies through earbuds to bridge thoughts into words.

Tech industry

fromFast Company

1 month ago

Logitech is everywhere. It's betting on design and AI to keep it that way

Logitech leverages design-led, AI-infused hardware across diverse peripherals while navigating global manufacturing and international tariff challenges under CEO Hanneke Faber.

Gadgets

fromBusiness Insider

2 months ago

Napster - yes, that Napster - is making a big AI play

Napster launched Napster View, a $199 clip-on device that enables video chats with AI assistants and subscription-based 3D digital twins via a companion app.

Gadgets

fromThe Verge

3 months ago

Meta's quest to own your face

Meta leads current consumer smart glasses efforts with multiple distinct models aiming to mainstream face computers despite challenges convincing both glasses wearers and non-wearers.

fromThe Verge

3 months ago

Nothing is launching first 'AI-native devices' next year

At the heart of Nothing's plans is AI. Pei said the company is "building the foundations for the future" on a focused "AI OS" to deliver a "hyper-personalized experience." However, it's unclear if Nothing's operating system ambitions are built on top of Android like Nothing OS. We've reached out for clarification. This "AI-native platform" will run hardware in widespread use today like smartphones, headphones, and smart watches, Pei said,

Gadgets

Startup companies

fromBusiness Matters

3 months ago

Nothing secures $200m Series C to build AI-native hardware platform

Nothing raised $200M at a $1.3B valuation to pivot from a smartphone brand toward building an AI-native platform and launch AI-native devices in 2026.

Wearables

fromWIRED

3 months ago

The Hypershell Pro X Exoskeleton Made My Hikes Feel Easier-Then I Checked My Stats

The Hypershell Pro X is a consumer-ready powered leg exoskeleton that eases hills and reduces muscle strain but does not eliminate physical effort.

fromgizmodo.com

3 months ago

These Wireless Earbuds Have a Screen, ChatGPT, and a Cute Robot Facebut They Sound Terrible

I like wireless earbuds because I love music. It's very straightforward; music exists, and I want to listen to it, and wireless earbuds are the thing that gets me to the thing I love. Problem solved. You can't see it, but I'm smugly dusting my hands right now like a mathematician at a chalkboard. There's a symbiosis between the buds and me. A simplicity. A supply and demand so fundamental that in the gadget world, it feels like a law of nature.

Gadgets

#openai

fromThe Verge

4 months ago