When a toy helicopter can “crash,” flash red, and add its own sound effects the moment a child tips it over, the question stops being what the model is and becomes who is driving the story. That ...

Or perhaps you saw Mashable's own CES coverage of the unveiling, when Lego made its first appearance at the world's biggest technology convention to officially announce Smart Play and Smart Bricks.

Lego sets are fun to build and play with, even without any built-in smart features. They're a great alternative to the tablets and gaming consoles that kids seem to gravitate toward these days.

I went into my LEGO Smart Play hands-on at CES 2026 confused about how the system actually works and what the Smart Brick means for longtime LEGO fans like myself. Based on the comments on our social ...

The Lego Group has unveiled new SMART Play bricks, tags, and minifigures that add interactive sound effects to creations. This new technology uses a custom-made chip smaller than a standard Lego stud ...

Andrea is an editor at GameRant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for nearly five years. She became a gamer for life at 8, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy.

Lego is a low-tech toy for kids (and adults!), but the brand is bringing the building block toys into the technology space with its new Smart Bricks. These bricks work alongside Smart Tags and Smart ...

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker face off in one of Lego's new Smart Play sets (Nathan Ingraham for Engadget) Lego’s Smart Play system announced at CES 2026 earlier this week is a new embrace of digital ...

One of the biggest announcements at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) wasn’t a new TV or a robot — it was LEGO Smart Play. The futuristic technology allows LEGO builds to emit lights and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LEGO has launched 'smart' bricks, which are tech-filled versions of their normal building blocks, but fans are divided as to ...

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Lego sets are fun to build and play with, even without any built-in smart features. They're a great alternative to the tablets and gaming consoles that kids seem to gravitate toward these days.