At CES 2026, Lego announced the upcoming launch of the Lego Smart Play system, an interactive technology that the company calls the greatest flexibility of Lego bricks since the introduction of the Minifigure nearly 50 years ago.
The new interactive platform will respond to players’ actions with appropriate sounds, lights, and behaviors, creating a responsive and screenless experience.
Available for pre-order starting Jan. 9 in select markets, the Lego Smart Play system includes three interactive features that respond as you build and play — Lego Smart Tags, Lego Smart Bricks, and Lego Smart Minifigures. At a key event ahead of CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Lego leaders showed off the smart bricks for the first time, promising that the new play system “brings Lego creations to life like never before.”
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“For more than 90 years, The Lego Group has sparked imagination and creativity in children around the world. As the world evolves, so do we – innovating to meet the play needs of each new generation. Lego Smart Play is the next exciting chapter in the Lego System in Play and something we are very excited to be able to bring to the world at this time,” said Lego Golding Officer of Lego Golding.
The new Lego Smart Play program will launch on March 1 with three Lego Star Wars sets, and Dave Filoni, Chief Creative Officer of Lucasfilm, joined Lego for the announcement to preview the upcoming building kits.
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What is the Lego Smart Play System?
Developed by the Lego Group’s Creative Play Lab, the Lego Smart Play system will make sounds and turn on lights based on players’ movements and builds. Lego says the new platform “includes more than twenty patented innovations,” including a new custom chip that’s smaller than Lego’s standard connector.
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Lego Smart Bricks and Minifigures have the same size and shape as standard Lego pieces, but contain various sensors, such as accelerometers, light sensors, and sound sensors. They also contain a small speaker with an onboard synthesizer and a wireless charging system.
The upcoming Lego Smart Play Star Wars Sets include:
Lego star Wars Smart Play: Luke’s Red Five X-Wing building set – This 584-piece set comes with Smart Minifigures (Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia), a Lego Smart Brick, and Lego Smart Tags.
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Lego star Wars Smart Play: Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter building set – This 473-piece set comes with “a brick-built Rebel Outpost and Imperial Fueling Station, as well as a SMART Minifigure featuring Darth Vader and a Rebel Fleet Trooper Minifigure.” Functional features include engine sounds.
Lego star Wars Smart Play: Throne Room Duel and A-Wing building set — This 962-piece set will allow players to “re-enact and re-imagine one of the most memorable moments from the original star Wars trilogy, the final lightsaber duel between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader at the end of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Comes with three Smart Minifigures (Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, and Jedi Luke Skywalker) and a Smart Tag-enabled cannon turret.
You can read more about the upcoming platform on the Lego Smart Play website.
