LEGO has revealed a new interactive system called LEGO SMART Play, which adds built-in electronics to physical LEGO sets to make them react with sounds, lights, and movement. The system was shown this week at CES 2026 and represents one of LEGO’s biggest changes to traditional play in decades.

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.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Legos are some of the most popular toys, with around 400 billion in existence. The average kid has about 500 of them. But some don’t know what to do with them after they outgrow them. Jamey Tucker found an app that ...