CES 2026 is coming sooner than you think, and one of the biggest gaming brands that loves to make a quirky entrance is Razer. It’s known for its premium gaming laptops and peripherals, for sure, but it also shows off some wild concepts like a heating and cooling gaming chair. Is it available? Nope, but it’s definitely fun.
Razer won’t have a broadcast showing off its latest tech like some other big names in the industry, but it will have a presence on the show floor of CES 2026, which’ll take place between January 6 through January 9.
With Razer usually going all out on laptops, peripherals, and the weird category at CES, what can we expect in 2026?
The weird triumphs over AI and updates
It’s more than likely we’ll see a refresh to at least one of the Razer Blade laptops. In 2025, we got only the Razer Blade 16, but it’s possible to get refreshes for the Blade 14 and Blade 18 in the same showcase. It’s unclear how much these gaming laptops will change outside of getting new CPU chips from Intel and AMD. It’d be great if Razer updated its overall design language. After all these years, at least give us some more colors.
Although, Razer may be due for some serious overhauls in areas not-so-obvious. In 2025, Razer gaming laptops came under fire for a long list of issues, including poor performance, faulty keyboard and touchpads, and buggy software. Even its customer support was met with criticism. With that kind of feedback, Razer will need to make quite a show to win back fans’ trust. I’ve also come across some serious issues using the Synapse software, but that is not a new issue. So as much as I want to see some quality premium gaming laptops from Razer, I am wary.
Moving away from laptops, we start to get into the weird or niche categories of potential announcements. In 2025, Razer announced the aforementioned weather chair as well as some RGB standing light bars, an RGB-lit monitor stand, and an RGB-lit handheld gaming dock. (Assume everything is RGB-lit at this point.) While some of these are luxury items that most gamers don’t really need, the handheld dock is a useful device that provides you with that good ol’ Nintendo Switch experience. Although, I’m not a big fan of throwing Synapse on a handheld device. (I have it open right now on my PC, and it’s taking up more memory than Steam.)
What I’m really excited about are the concept devices. The chair is just one example, but Razer showcased things like Project Sophia, the desk that was literally a gaming PC, and Project Brooklyn, a gaming chair with a 60-inch OLED curved monitor attached to it. These are some wild devices that’ll never see the light of day on the market. Whatever concept Razer unveils may not make it in your hands, but it’s certainly exciting to look at.
I’d like to see a handheld gaming PC that pushes the boundaries of what we’ve seen so far. That would be an appropriate direction, too, since Razer showcased something very similar at CES 2012 with Project Fiona — imagine a Windows tablet with two controllers attached on each side. Doesn’t sound that wild now, does it? Well, it’d be cool to see how Razer can improve upon the current handheld form.
Razer could also develop some accessibility tech. Its left-handed gaming mouse, the Razer Naga, was something that the company actually lost money on. Naturally, that’s one of the reasons the company isn’t currently selling it. But a lot of folks would be happy to see a return for the mouse, or for another accessible device to rear its head.
There are concepts I’m less excited about, though. At CES 2025, Razer showed off Project AVA, an AI assistant that coaches you with real-time advice in competitive or even tough single-player games. I’m always hesitant about AI because of creative, security, and employment concerns. This in particular would ruin the fun of video games for me. You’re meant to explore and discover ways how to improve yourself in a video game, and something like this would turn it into a robotic experience. Even if you really want to be competitive, this won’t encourage creativity. AI is trained to replicate and recreate, but it cannot form original ideas.
While I hope that Razer moves away from AI, it’s a trend that the whole industry is following, so I doubt it. Despite that, Razer did show off its Razer PC Remote Play app at CES, and it officially launched in April to some appraise, with a 4.5 stars on Google Play and App Store. Android Authority even liked it better than Steam Link. We could get a potential update to that, or the Razer Kishi mobile controller, which is an appropriate companion for the app.
Well, whatever Razer is cooking in the lab, we won’t need to wait that long to see it. Stay tuned for the news coming out of CES 2026.
