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Product News — Jan 06, 2026
2026 marks Lexar’s 30th anniversary. At Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Lexar will celebrate these past 30 years of innovation, excellence and performance with a spotlight on its latest products that are shaping the future of workflows. Designed to meet user needs to enhance their creativity and to power next-gen computing devices, Lexar’s 2026 lineup delivers the storage solutions designed to evolve with the needs of photographers, filmmakers, gamers, and more.
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Since we opened our doors in 1996, Lexar has built our reputation with three simple core values: Professionalism, innovation, and service. These core values have served us well, and there’s no end in sight.
Professionalism is at our core? Since setting the industry CF card read speed standard in 1996, we’ve continued to push performance boundaries in memory card technology. Even today, the Lexar® Professional DIAMOND CFexpress™ 4.0 Type B Card continues that proud tradition with sustained performance built for high-end cameras and next-gen 8K workflows.
As a habitual boundary-breaker, Lexar has a flood of innovations year after year. That passion and curiosity is what led Lexar to build the world’s first professional workflow solution. Let’s not forget the industry’s first all-metal SD card, or the world’s first 1TB microSD card.
At Lexar, storage is more than hardware. To earn the trust of our customers, storage also needs to be a complete, reliable solution. With end-to-end support, Lexar gives users the help they need, whenever they need it, so anyone can easily manage, protect, and preserve their data.
At CES 2026, Lexar is starting the year off right, with a fleet of flagship products catered to the needs of our customers and designed with a focus on the future. Backed by a foundation of 30 years of engineering excellence, Lexar’s 2026 product lineup offers the latest technologies to accelerate any workflow and provide the backup every system needs.
Equipped with exceptional speeds of 255MB/s read and 180MB/s write1, the Lexar® Professional SILVER PLUS microSDXC™ UHS-I Card is an absolute workhorse for on-site and outdoor productions. The Professional SLIVER PLUS microSDXC is rated V30 to support seamless recording of FULL-HD and 4K videos.
When it’s paired with a Lexar Professional USB-C™ Dual-Slot card reader, it significantly reduces wait times on data transfers so you can offload content that was captured in the field. With up to 2TB of capacity, it’s a durable, reliable, and widely compatible storage solution that’s a perfect fit for drones, action cameras, handheld game consoles, and more.
The Lexar® PLAY X PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD offers lightning-fast speeds up to 7400MB/s read and 6500MB/s write1 to provide uncompromising performance that comes in a miniature drive. The PLAY X also comes with an integrated package model to provide superior durability, and with its M.2 form factor, this SSD can plug directly into the M.2 2230 slots of a mini-PC, a laptop, or a handheld game console.
The PLAY X also includes a 2280 bracket to become instantly compatible with an M.2 2280 slot without the need of any additional tools.
Sometimes, additional storage can add extra bulk to what you carry on a daily basis. But with the Lexar® Air Portable SSD Lexar® Air Portable SSD (coming soon), you get compact, convenient storage that stays out of the way, but it’s right there, anytime you need it, day after day. The Lexar Air Portable SSD comes with a carabiner loop and multiple color options to help it blend in when you hang it on a bag or keychain.
This portable SSD also hits a sweet spot of speed up to 400MB/s1, and comes with a USB-C cable (and a USB-A adapter, of course), to help you quickly transfer what you need in mere seconds. The Lexar Air is also designed with 2-meter drop protection and a Unique Thermal Control Design to ensure performance and quality for every customer.
This early product lineup represents the first phase of the Lexar AI Storage Core, and we’ll continue to expand the platform into new frontiers including AI gaming, AI imaging, intelligent robotics, and next-generation automotive systems.
2026 is already shaping up to be a good year, and we can’t wait for you to see what’s next.
¹Speeds based on internal testing. Actual speed may vary depending on host device.