Lego Smart Play hands-on: Using Smart Brick technology to get kids to play together

Lego’s Smart Play system announced at CES 2026 earlier this week is a new embrace of digital technology that we haven’t seen ...

I played with the LEGO Smart Brick — my early verdict of LEGO's most controversial change in years

After spending time with LEGO Smart Play at CES, I can properly explain what the Smart Brick really does, why launching it ...

LEGO unveils new LEGO Smart Brick at CES — here’s everything you need to know

At first glance, LEGO’s Smart Brick looks like any standard LEGO brick — but inside is a tiny custom ASIC chip smaller than a ...

Lego’s new Smart Brick is reinventing how kids play

The development of the Smart Play System began in 2017, when Lego researchers studied how children want to play. They found that kids were looking for three things in a toy: the ability to play with ...

Lego's high-tech Smart Brick is dividing its adult fanbase

Love it or hate it, Lego's Smart Brick has elicited strong reactions from its adult fanbase as they process the analog ...