The CES Innovation Awards® 2026 program is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products. The program recognizes honorees in a multitude of consumer technology product categories and distinguishes the highest rated in each.

About the CES Innovation Awards Program

The CES Innovation Awards® program is open to any individual, organization or authorized agent who manufactures, designs, engineers or promotes consumer technology products.  Product must be new and available in the market for the first time between April 1, 2025 and March 31, 2026, or can be a significant advancement of a previous model in the market within the same time period. 

A panel of industry expert judges review applications in each product category based on specific criteria. 

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® does not test or endorse the Innovation award-winning products. 

Honoree Selection 

Program recognizes all CES Innovation Award recipients as ‘Honorees”. There are two (2) levels of honorees: 

• Honoree: The class of Products that score above the scoring threshold in each category.  
• Best of Innovation:  The highest-scoring Honoree(s) in each category. CTA reserves the right to not award a Best of Innovation winner or award multiple winners based on judge scoring.  

Evaluation Criteria 

All Product submissions are reviewed and scored based on the following criteria: 

• Engineering and functionality 
• Aesthetic and design 
• What makes the product unique and innovative