{"id":1037,"date":"2026-10-06T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/06\/the-6-next-big-things-in-consumer-tech-for-2026-fastco\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:00:00","slug":"the-6-next-big-things-in-consumer-tech-for-2026-fastco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/06\/the-6-next-big-things-in-consumer-tech-for-2026-fastco\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91609906\/consumer-next-big-things-in-tech-2026?partner=rss&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&amp;utm_content=rss\">The 6 next big things in consumer tech for 2026 (FastCo)<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shoes that put on themselves, glasses that help you hear, a hassle-free smart microwave, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consumer technology is at its best when it\u2019s solving problems that exist outside of the tech world. This year\u2019s honorees include better ways to clean your floors, put on your shoes, hear the conversation around you, and practice music effectively. There\u2019s also a less-intrusive smart lock, a refreshingly simple microwave oven, and\u2014if you\u2019ll allow one solution to a problem caused by technology itself\u2014a way to spare your smartphone screen from prying eyes.<\/p>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91609906\/consumer-next-big-things-in-tech-2026?partner=rss&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&amp;utm_content=rss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shoes that put on themselves, glasses that help you hear, a hassle-free smart microwave, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consumer technology is at its best when it\u2019s solving problems that exist outside of the tech world. This year\u2019s honorees include better ways to clean your floors, put on your shoes, hear the conversation around you, and practice music effectively. There\u2019s also a less-intrusive smart lock, a refreshingly simple microwave oven, and\u2014if you\u2019ll allow one solution to a problem caused by technology itself\u2014a way to spare your smartphone screen from prying eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","iawp_total_views":19,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-1037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feed","tag-published","h-entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jarednewman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}