9 Cool New Gadgets to Keep on Your Radar

Like the Monarch Edition, the Zenith Edition is an extremely limited-edition version of the company’s flagship Beolab 90, created through the Atelier program. It’s the same active loudspeaker, but it’s six panels are each integrated with 289 anodized aluminum spheres that are arranged in seven bespoke pearl-inspired colors. According to the brand, it creates “a shimmering, reflective surface that interacts with light and the environment.”

The Shanling SM90 is a music streamer and network player designed to work with the company’s “90” line of compact hi-fi components, including the CT90 CD transport. It features a classic dual-AKM architecture, runs Android, and supports most major streaming apps natively. Aside from a steamer, it can function as a DAC for external digital sources thanks to USB, optical and coaxial inputs. It has also been integrated an HDMI ARC input (a first for Shanling), allowing it to be used between both your home hi-fi and home theater systems.

The JBL Go 5 is the latest iteration of the company’s ultra-portable Bluetooth speaker. It shares the same square-ish and rugged design as its predecessors, but JBL has upgraded the sound, promising to deliver deeper bass and get 10% louder, and a longer battery life. Maybe the most notable improvement is AirTouch; if you have two Go 5 speakers, you can simply tap their sides together, and they’ll automatically form a stereo pair. JBL offers the speaker in 10 different colors.

JBL Xtreme 5 is the fifth-generation model of its large portable Bluetooth speaker. It looks quite similar to past Xtreme speakers, but JBL gave it a new acoustic design with dual tweeters, a subwoofer , and enhanced power so that it delivers more of a “pro” sound. Additionally, it supports a new AI-powered SmartEQ mode, where automatically adjusts the EQ based on what you’re listening to.

Nomad launched the Tracking Card Air in early 2025. It’s a credit card-sized Bluetooth tracker that works with Apple’s Find My network; it’s effectively an AirTag that can fit in your wallet. As of March 2026, the company has introduced a version of the Tracking Card Air for Android users. It looks exactly the same, but it works with Google’s Find Hub network.

Samsung’s 2026 lineup of lifestyle TVs, consisting of The Frame and The Frame Pro, doesn’t mess too much with a proven formula. Each looks identical to its predecessor, placing a TV in a picture frame so that it can be disguised as a piece of digital art when the TV isn’t playing. What’s new, aside from the typical picture upgrades and improved glare-free technology, is that The Frame has built-in connections rather than housing them in a separate box (which connects to the TV via a thin cable). The Frame Pro still uses the company’s Wireless One Connect Box, which transmits the signal up to 30 feet away for all its connections and has an updated Neo QLED 4K display that promises a better picture with greater contrast. Both models will be available in sizes ranging from 55 to 85 inches.

Revel’s Performa4 series sits just below the company’s PerformaBe series of loudspeakers, which can cost upwards of $17,000 (depending on the model). The range consists of seven different loudspeakers, including two floorstanding models, two bookshelves, a dedicated center channel and a powered subwoofer. According to the brand, the range is “engineered to deliver music with the utmost purity, exactly as the artist intended.”

Ikea’s Kallsup is a compact, ultra-portable, cubed Bluetooth speaker. Roughly the size of a coffee mug, the Kallsup cube speaker boasts the ability to interconnect with up to 100 additional Kallsup units for a comprehensive multi-speaker arrangement. But the best part, in addition to being available in a variety of colors, is that the Kallsup speaker costs just $10. The idea? Buy a bunch of them.