Lego unveils a technology-packed Smart Brick at CES 2026

Photo used with permission. ©2025 The LEGO Group. Article by Nathan Ingraham. Engadget – updated January 7, 2026. For more information visit the LEGO^® Newsroom.

Lego bricks come in a bunch of shapes and sizes, but they’re getting a big technical upgrade in 2026 thanks to news announced at CES this year. Meet the Lego Smart Brick, a standard-sized 2 x 4 brick that’s packed with modern technology to enable sets that can respond to how they’re played with or the sets you build. The company’s new initiative, Smart Play, encompasses the Smart Brick as well as Smart Minifigures and Smart Tags. It’s remains to be seen how diehard Lego fans will take to this new system, but it’s fair to say this is the biggest move Lego has ever made to infuse its products with connected technology. […]

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