Nvidia had one helluva massive 2025, starting with the RTX 50-series GPUs at CES and ending with an explosion in AI demand that has caused the company to be one of the most valuable names on the planet.
Now, CEO Jensen Huang is coming back to CES 2026 and hosting a keynote on January 5. Here’s how you can watch it and what I anticipate will be announced during the main event.
How to watch Nvidia’s keynote at CES 2026
Jensen Huang is set to take the stage for Nvidia’s CES keynote on Monday, January 5 at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm GMT, and it will be streaming on Nvidia’s website! We will be liveblogging this event, so keep it locked on Tom’s Guide for additional insight around whatever Team Green talks about.
What to expect from Nvidia at CES 2026
This is the big unknown when it comes to the major computing announcements. For Intel, it’s Core Ultra Series 3; Qualcomm’s launching Snapdragon X2 Elite officially; and while AMD is staying hush, it’s obviously going to be Gorgon Point as the leaks suggest.
But what about Team Green? According to Nvidia’s site, Huang will share “what’s next in AI in a special presentation.” To me, this says one key thing, and I’ll rip the band-aid off for it now — do not expect RTX 50 SUPER Series.
Whether this turboboosted mid-gen refresh of Nvidia’s GPUs is even going to launch is dubious at best, and we’re already looking towards RTX 60 Series. Plus, given the reported spec improvement was set to be a boost in VRAM — the very thing that is incredibly expensive to get right now — it’s kind of a bad time to be launching some new cards.
Rather, I anticipate Huang’s keynote to go down three key avenues:
- The next steps of AI: Nvidia’s tech and AI models have been at the center of a lot of the AI boom (or bubble) you see all around us. Given the vast, vast majority of Nvidia’s $5 trillion valuation comes from this side of the business, investors will be watching this with a microscope, so expect Huang to speak extensively about the latest GPUs to be powering AI data centers.
- Robotics and self-driving: One thing that’s becoming apparent from the GTC events we covered over the course of 2025, is Nvidia’s driving forward to be the go-to for robotics and self-driving computation. The AI models and chipsets being built for these are evidence enough, so I’ve no doubt we’ll hear more about the developments in these areas.
- A step forward for gaming: While I’m not expecting any significant moments or groundbreaking announcements, I am anticipating some small updates for Nvidia’s gaming side of the business. Maybe some improvements to DLSS 4 and neural rendering tech (potentially in how it works with Unreal Engine 5), better international availability of the RTX 5080-armed GeForce Now, and a more games sporting the AI NPCs of Nvidia ACE.
And with these, you’ll get clarity of Nvidia’s direction of travel — focusing heavily on being the picks and shovels company in the AI gold race, but not forgetting its gaming routes.
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