Every January, CES takes place in Las Vegas. Given the fact that Apple themselves never partakes in CES, it’s not necessarily a super important event for me to go to. That said, it’s always fun to see what’s going on in the tech world, and also see what Apple-adjacent products are coming to market.
I’ll be rounding up some of my favorite products that I got to see. Some of them aren’t coming to market imminently, though most of them are on the horizon.
Clicks Power Keyboard
This one made a lot of headlines just prior to CES, but in case you haven’t heard of it, the Clicks Power Keyboard a nifty little MagSafe bluetooth keyboard for your iPhone, and it also has a built in battery bank for recharging your phone if needed.
Clicks started making waves last year with the Clicks phone case, and the Clicks Power Keyboard solves one of the main downsides to the product: reusability. With the Clicks case, you were out of luck once you decide to upgrade your phone. Now, with the Power Keyboard, you can use it interchangeably between different iPhone and Android models with support for Qi2/MagSafe.
This also has a lot more functionality than the original Clicks case, since it’s bluetooth. Personally, I see a lot of potential for this with Apple Vision Pro, since you’ll no longer need to worry about pecking that floating virtual keyboard.
Lastly, it does feel pretty nice in the hand. If you have an iPhone Pro Max of sorts, the weight distribution isn’t fantastic, but it honestly feels kind of perfect when you’re using it with the smaller iPhone models.
You can pre-order it now for $79.99 on the Clicks website, and it’ll begin shipping in the spring.
Keychron Q Ultra keyboards
Keychron is well known for making fantastic mechanical keyboards for Mac, and at CES, they unveiled the Q Ultra lineup.
The Q Ultra lineup features an 8K polling rate in wireless mode, and offers up to 660 hours of battery life while in 8K mode. It also has brand new Silk POM switches, and certainly feels nice to type on. As always, you get a nice aluminum body, hot swappable switches, and a great overall experience.
It comes in three configurations, Q1 Ultra (75%), Q3 Ultra (TKL), and Q6 Ultra (100%). They start at $229.
HyperDrive Next
HyperDrive Next serves as a high-speed solution for interfacing with your high-performance NVMe SSDs. It supports Thunderbolt 4 and USB4 up to 80Gbps, delivering up to 64Gbps of transfer speed for any large file transfers you may have. Granted, you’ll need a PCIe Gen 4×4 SSD to take advantage of that performance.
Unlike other PCIe enclosures, the new HyperDrive Next supports other M.2 modules, including AI accelerators and network cards. If a modular solution for fast storage over Thunderbolt is something that interests you, then HyperDrive Next is a product for you.
It’s available for $199.99 on Amazon and is shipping now.
New Anker Nano 45W
Anker unveiled a new 45W charge brick at CES 2026, but this one has a smart display. With an iPhone, you can see what device you’re connected to, how fast its charging, and you can manually adjust the charge speed. The prongs can also adjust up to 180 degrees – giving you two different angles for plugging into the wall.
It comes in four colors: white, black, blue, and orange – though the orange won’t be available quite yet. It’s launching for $39.99, and you can preorder it now from Anker with a $10 pre-order discount.
Belkin custom screen protectors
Belkin announced something rather interesting at CES: screen protectors that you can engrave your own artwork onto – in collaboration with ScreenSkinz.
They were handing them out at CES Unveiled, and frankly I do wish I ended up taking one so I could’ve had longer term impressions. Nonetheless, with these screen protectors, you can etch whatever artwork you want into the front, and said engraving will only be visible while the screen is turned off. When the screen is on, you can’t see the etching.
I can’t necessarily speak for how the etching feels in day to day use, but with my limited impressions, the product does seem to live up to its promises.
They’re not available quite yet, but you’ll be able to customize them on Belkin.com in a few weeks.
Wrap up
All in all, this is far from everything that I got to see at CES, but in a world where companies like AMD can run an over 2 hour keynote talking purely about AI with no on-stage announcements for consumers, it was actually somewhat refreshing just seeing neat new accessories for Apple products.
I’ll have more to come in the near future as these products begin to become widely available, including a number of hands-on impressions and reviews! Stay tuned.
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One last thing of note: Nvidia unveiled their own self driving software stack at CES 2026, and I’m actually really excited about the future of that technology. Tesla hasn’t had much competition when it comes to self driving software in consumer vehicles, and Nvidia seems to be fairly advanced in what they’ve developed so far. Read more about it on Electrek.
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