The brand-new, jaw-dropping Lego smart brick tech can recognize other bricks, activate effects and play music. They're debuting in Star Wars Lego sets this spring and we got an early look at CES 2026.

The Danish company presents Smart Brick at CES, an incredible 2x4 piece of technology that recognizes the creations we build.

Lego's construction sets have been a fantastic choice for analog play for several decades now. These interlocking building blocks are set to get way more interesting with the inventive toy company's new Smart Play system that features electronics-packed bricks and minifigures for more

Lego has unveiled a new "smart brick" technology at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, describing it as its "biggest innovation in decades". The advanced bricks and minifigures feature built-in electronics that detect movement and respond with real-time light and sound effects.

LEGO can be used to do almost anything but there are still things these blocks that can can't actually do. They're not good at curves, for one, and corners also give it problems. It all boils down to the rigid and unyielding nature of these blocks.