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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Consumer Electronics Show, the Lego Group gave us a potential answer. The company announced Lego Smart Play, which adds smart technology to your Lego builds, thanks to a new smart brick. It's not just a lone brick,

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Lego is launching a first-of-its-kind “smart brick”, which the Danish toy maker has described as its “biggest innovation” in decades. The new brick looks and clicks into place like a regular one but its advanced electronics sense other smart bricks and minifigures and respond with real-time audio or light effects.

Even your Legos are going through a technological revolution. The toy company unveiled its “most significant evolution” in 50 years — the Lego Smart Brick, a standard 2×4 Lego brick with a tiny computer packed inside.

The LEGO Group says it will introduce a new “SMART Play" system in 2026 designed to make brick-built creations respond to how children move, hold and imagine with their toys.