Lego announces smart brick
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The new sensor-packed Smart Play Brick will land this spring as part of a special Star Wars collection. The update adds interactive lights and sound to the Lego experience—including the minifigs.
Benson also confirmed that the new initiative contains no artificial intelligence at all, as well as no camera.
Announced at American tech show CES, LEGO has unveiled three new LEGO Star Wars sets to launch the Smart Play system. These sets will be able to emit lightsaber sounds, flashing lights and even Star Wars music in real time as you move and play with the LEGO bricks.
Lego has shown off its most tech-packed brick yet at CES 2026—a 2x4 smart brick crammed with sensors, speakers, and LED lights that brings sets to lif.
The humble Lego brick is having a dramatic technological makeover that could transform how kids – and a fair few adults – play with the iconic toy.