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I played with Lego Smart Brick

When The Lego Group announced that its biggest innovation since 1978 would be a tiny proprietary computer brick, the reactions were divided.

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This is what the new Lego smart brick can do — its 'most significant evolution' in 50 years

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Lego just revealed its ‘most significant evolution’ in 50 years — and it’s going to bring its toys to life

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Lego’s new ‘digital bricks’ could limit children’s imaginations, experts fear

Lego has unveiled new digital “smart bricks” that light up, emit sounds and respond to movement in its “most revolutionary innovation” in nearly 50 years.

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Lego launches ‘biggest innovation in decades’ with new bricks

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

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Lego introduces ‘smart bricks’ with sound and light effects to new Star Wars sets

The smart bricks – in the shape of a normal two-by-four Lego brick – are being launched in three Star Wars-themed sets and are powered by a custom-made chip smaller than a single Lego stud.

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Lego launches ‘biggest innovation in decades’ with electronic smart bricks

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This is what the Lego Smart Brick actually does.

Lego Is Launching An Evolutionary 2x4 Smart Brick Featuring A Tiny Computer

Lego has officially announced a new 2x4 "smart brick" at CES 2026 this week. It's apparently the "most significant evolution" in the Lego system since the release of the Minifigure in 1978 and is part of the company's "smart play" initiatives.

Lego unveils new brick that is a tiny computer

The Lego Group has unveiled its Smart Play system, which uses “Smart Bricks” and “Smart Tags” to bring Lego sets to life. The Smart Bricks are powered by a custom ASIC chip that is smaller than one standard Lego stud and is highly specialised for the features of the Lego Smart Play system.

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Lego is putting tiny computers inside its bricks, starting with Star Wars sets

Fortunately, Lego didn’t just drop an idea, call it a day, and leave fans waiting. The company has already announced the first three “All-in-One” LEGO Star Wars sets range from 473 to 962 pieces, each including at least one Smart Brick, a number of Smart Tags, and Smart Minifigures to unlock interactive features.

LEGO Reinvents the Brick With Built-In Tech Starting With Star Wars

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.

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Hack the LEGO Mindstorms NXT Computer

Students, hobbyists and tech-savvy parents who use–or plan to use–the LEGO Mindstorms kits with the NXT computer module usually program the device through a graphical language such as a subset of LabVIEW from National Instruments. But ambitious ...