{"id":2094,"date":"2026-01-11T01:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/these-are-the-smart-home-gadgets-that-impressed-me-at-ces-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T01:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T21:30:17","slug":"these-are-the-smart-home-gadgets-that-impressed-me-at-ces-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/these-are-the-smart-home-gadgets-that-impressed-me-at-ces-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"These\u00a0are the smart home\u00a0gadgets that impressed me at CES 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"A giant version of Lockin\u2019s wirelessly charged V7 smart lock was a showstopper on the CES show floor.\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/IMG_3188.jpeg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tA giant version of Lockin\u2019s wirelessly charged V7 smart lock was a showstopper on the CES show floor.\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">I picked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/858494\/ces-2026-best-new-tech-tv-car-wearable#best-smart-home-device-1:~:text=Benedetto%2C%20laptop%20reviewer-,Best%20smart%20home%20device,-Aqara%20Smart%20Lock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aqara&rsquo;s Smart Lock U400<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/858494\/ces-2026-best-new-tech-tv-car-wearable#best-smart-home-device-1:~:text=and%20audio%20reviewer-,Best%20robot,-Roborock%E2%80%99s%20Saros%20Rover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roborock&rsquo;s Saros Rover robot vacuum<\/a> as the overall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/858494\/ces-2026-best-new-tech-tv-car-wearable#best-smart-home-device-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best smart home gadgets<\/a> from CES 2026, but there were gazillions of other great gadgets on the show floor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It was a banner year for smart home products, but the big trends I saw weren&rsquo;t about new product categories; they were about bringing better features and lower prices to smart home staples such as smart lighting, smart locks, cameras, and TVs. <\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This is what I expected the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23568091\/matter-compatible-devices-accessories-apple-amazon-google-samsung\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the interoperability protocol Matter<\/a> would bring. Once companies could stop spending time and money on working on integrating with half a dozen platforms, they could fo \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/860241\/best-smart-home-devices-ces-2026-matter-ikea-aqara-amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A giant version of Lockin\u2019s wirelessly charged V7 smart lock was a showstopper on the CES show floor. 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