The Best Gadgets of September 2026
THE SO WHAT
The September gadget wave is a reminder that AI-native features are now table stakes in consumer hardware, not a differentiator. If you ship devices, your defensibility comes from ecosystem lock-in and recurring services — not sprinkling on-device models across SKUs.
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