April Fools' Day didn't disappoint this year. We got served up a ton of jokes, pranks and fake products from companies across the internet. While some of them were genuinely good, others just made us shake our heads.

Proving that you can put AI in everything in 2026, we got pitched an AI-powered alarm clock that wakes you up with coffee (good!) and a pair of BBQ-focused AR smart glasses that'll let you see heat zones and cooking progress (also good!). But then there were definitely some questionable ideas. You can scroll down below to see all the fun stuff as it happened.

Anyway, we have to say a big thank you to all the brands that sent us in their April Fools' ideas. It's a challenging time in the world right now, so we definitely appreciate a moment to sit back and have some fun.

We've closed off this blog now, but feel free to join in and add any comments you have on your own April Fools' adventures below the article. We'll see you right back here next year to see what new gags 2027 brings us.

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Time for coffee. And AI!

There's no getting away from AI. And I'll be willing to bet that poking fun at artificial intelligence becomes a recurring theme for today. Eight O'Clock Coffee has kicked things off with the Brew O’Clock Alarm – an AI-powered alarm clock that wakes you up by automatically brewing a fresh cup of Eight O’Clock Coffee at 8:00 a.m.!

"Designed for anyone who needs their cup of joe the moment they roll out of bed, the Brew O’Clock Alarm promises perfectly timed caffeine… because we understand that waking up without coffee is no joke," the brand says.

Introducing the Dyson Pet range...

We're big fans of Dyson tech here at Tom's Guide, and it's well known that the brand makes some excellent haircare products. In fact, we recently just tested the Dreame Glory, which aims to beat Dyson at its own game.

But we've never thought to test them out on our pets.

Well, for April Fools' Day, Dyson has unveiled the Dyson Beauty Pet range. Which is — you guessed it — hair care products for our furry friends. Top marks for the slick promotional vid, too.

Grill with AI thanks to Traeger

One of the things I get excited about when April arrives is that it's not long until the summer. And that means we can break out some of the best grills and get cooking!

That experience would be even better if Traegar's AI joke was actually a real product. The company has got in touch to pitch us "MEAT-AI Grilling Glasses" with the following features:

• Heads-Up Display (HUD): Key cooking data like temperature and time projected directly into your field of vision, no more checking your phone
• Doneness Detection: Utilizing thermal imaging allows cooks to see heat zones and cooking progress 
• “Meat Vision”: Correct cuts technology guides every slice from the first to the last 
• Recipe Radar: Take a look through your fridge and cabinets, and let your glasses create a meal 
• Sear in the Dark: Day or night, see your meats perfectly with night vision technology
• Capture Your Cooks: Built-in capability to document and share your BBQ moments with friends

Running a marathon this year? Subway has you covered

April plays host to both the Boston and London marathons and as anyone who's currently training for a 26-mile run knows, fueling is crucial.

Subway obviously knows this, which is why the brand has unveiled a limited-edition range of nutrient-packed energy gels that taste just like Subway’s iconic sauces. Perfect for race day!

A Subway spokesperson said, “The rise of running culture within the fitness category has been rapid, and we’re always looking to meet our guests where they are. We wanted to introduce a fresh new way to fuel our customers as a part of a balanced active lifestyle.”

Here are the flavors on offer:

• Chipotle Southwest – a smoky, spicy kick for when the miles get mean 
• Sweet Onion – a tangy-sweet hit for when energy levels begin to dip 
• Honey Mustard – a balanced sweet and sharp flavour for a midrace moment of glory  

Which would you choose?

'Build muscle and margin at the same time'

I think we can file this one under the "cringe" category, although there are probably some tech bros out there thinking this is a good idea.

Trading platform IG Group has just let me know about its first-ever iPhone case. Which just so happens to come with a 20KG detachable dumbbell-style handle.

"Part training tool, part trading device, the case lets users swipe, tap and execute trades mid-rep," the company says. Adding that it's "designed for the ‘highly efficient’ trader who wants to build muscle and margin at the same time."

Launch colorways including Bull Run Red and Going Long Green...

Calling all dudes: your clothes probably stink

Look, I know how life is. You've got work, friends, hobbies and it's so much easier to go all Steve Jobs and just keep wearing the same thing each day. Speaking of Steve, today is also Apple's 50th anniversary, and we're covering all the celebrations around Jobs' iconic company right here.

But back to the clothes, if you're not regularly using one of the best washing machines then odors are going to become a problem. For April 1, British electronics retailer Currys has unveiled the solution: An AI-powered gadget called "SniffGuard" that scans a piece of clothing then "uses advanced scent-sensing technology to analyse the true stench status of garments."

The gadget will deliver a "blunt, colour-coded verdict in seconds, the device is set to replace the 'quick sniff and hope for the best' method objectivity and science."

"SniffGuard brings some much-needed honesty to the nation’s wardrobes and we’re proud to have created a device to finally bring science into the equation and solve the nation’s stench," Lara Brittan, Category Director at Currys, said.

"Even if the answer isn’t always what people want to hear...”

Learn to speak British

It's often said the United States and the United Kingdom are two countries separated by a common language. That being the case, I'm amazed that nobody else has come up with this idea before.

Timekettle (a company behind AI translation devices) has announced it's introducing British-to-American English translation across its devices.

The company says this new launch is times to coincide with the proposed upcoming U.S. visit of King Charles III and the run-up to America’s 250th anniversary, and not at all because today is April Fools' Day.

Timekettle says: "The update is designed to smooth over the everyday transatlantic misunderstandings that have plagued relations for generations, from 'It’s chucking down' and 'I’m knackered' to the ever-dangerous ambiguity of 'pissed'.”

According to the company, these are the six most-translated phrases from British English to American English:

• It’s chucking down — It’s raining heavily
• Bits and bobs — Miscellaneous items
• Let’s have a chinwag — Let’s have a chat
• I’m knackered — I’m very tired
• Bob’s your uncle — There you go
• Going to the Cashpoint - I need an ATM

Do any of these ring true for you? Let me know in the comments if you've ever been caught out by "Britishisms" from family or friends.

I don't know whether I love or hate this...

Slim Chickens is one of my go-to chicken shops in the U.K. And make no mistake about it — my go-to is tenders with Slims Sauce. So the moment I saw Slim Chickens team up with Victorian Plumbing to create the "world's first bath with a built-in dip tap," it triggered something in me.

I honestly have no idea whether I love this, or whether it makes me physically ill. It's a conflicting feeling, but definitely high up on the cringe scale either way.

“The bathroom has become Britain’s most unexpected dining room, and we wanted to tap (quite literally) into this growing trend. The dip tap transforms any bathroom from a simple room for hygiene into a personal spa for saucy self-care, so you can dip while you dip!” Alex Woods, spokesperson from Victorian Plumbing commented.

Saucy, but ew.

Who needs whey protein when you've got a coconut curry protein shake?

I love Indian food. I make a curry at least once a week, and I'm always trying to perfect my homemade curry powder recipe. But something I've never thought about in my wildest dreams is... curry protein shake?

Well, dream no more, because Deep Indian Kitchen, a ready meal company, has announced the launch of its Coconut Chicken Curry Protein shake.

A spokesperson for Deep Indian Kitchen said, "To celebrate April Fools’ Day, Deep Indian Kitchen is having a little fun with the high protein craze – by taking it to a place no one asked for: a Coconut Curry Protein Shake. Because at this point… protein really is everywhere, so why not have your favorite chicken curry skip your fork entirely?"

Of course, you won't actually find this in your local grocery store — but would you try this? I think it'd be quite tasty after a couple of minutes in the microwave... which just makes it a normal ready meal. What do you think?

Royal Albert Hall low-key slayed April Fools, no cap

Skibidi rizz, there's a new Gen Alpha slangmaxxer in town. I'm gagged by this. Forget Millennial-ahh slang like "on fleek" and being "shook". It's all about concertmaxxing in 2026 and 2027 (siix-seven!).

The Royal Albert Hall, an iconic live events venue in London, today announced its new youth initiative, "Let Them Cook".

Let Them Cook will bring Gen-Z-focused events to the Royal Albert Hall. The program will launch on 31st November, 2026, with "Doomscrolling in Concert". After, Gen Z concert-goers can expect to attend "Aura Farming" in Hyde Park.

Royal Albert Hall CEO, James O’Follipar, said, "We want to be a place where people can Snapchat a twerk; the home of six-seven. To us, ragebait, brainrot and yapping aren’t just words — they’re central to everything we do. With ‘Let Them Cook’, we are going to eventsmogg the entire creative sector."

Do you think Royal Albert Hall is delulu with this April Fools announcement? Did you get fools-mogged, no cap? Was this joke low-key a slay, or do you feel officially unc?

A wig snatchin' good time

The folks behind the beloved Exploding Kitten game have announced something new: Snatch Snatch Wig!

"Exploding Kittens brand-new game officially launching today (yes, today… 4/1). The hair-raising game has players race to leave each other BALD HEADED! Featuring wigs inspired by pop culture icons, it’s a little chaotic, a little questionable, and all out fun," said the company is a press release.

Of course, there's no hair snatching game coming from the Exploding Kittens people; it's an April Fools' Joke, but the idea of snatching wigs from your friends sounds fun. Maybe they should actually make this one.

Never lose your socks again...

You may know Satechi for its handy MagSafe chargers and other iPhone accessories, but the brand also makes a lot of tracking tech that leverages Apple's Find My network. So naturally, alongside the FindAll Luggage Tag and FindAll Wallet Card, the brand has now launched the FindAll Socks.

Satechi says you'll be able to track each sock individually, even when split up, as well as finding them in the laundry, hamper, or washing machine.

Would you buy a pair if they actually existed? I'm not going to lie — I could see a lot of benefit from these.

Sweet dreams are made of this?

I've never tried a water mattress, nor can I see one on our guide to the best mattresses you can buy — so this April Fools' gag probably isn't one for me.

British mattress retailer Dreams has unveiled a water mattress that lets you drink from it at night.

"Designed to keep hydration within arm’s reach (quite literally), this tongue-in-cheek concept reimagines the classic waterbed with a functional twist," the company said. "The refillable water mattress allows sleepers to take a sip without ever leaving their bed, turning a common nighttime disruption into the ultimate convenience."

New phone smell

Metro by T-Mobile is making a CALLoGNE (not really). The company actually sent me a bottle of its fake-new-phone-smelling cologne (it's not actually cologne or perfume in the bottle), and it's pretty cute. Now I have a phone-shaped spray bottle, which I'm sure is useful for... something.

I don't recall ever sniffing my cell phones, so I don't think I have any nostalgia for the new phone smell. But if you do, maybe this will spark some fun memories of getting your first cell phone. Or maybe it'll make you want to go out and get a new phone right now, which is surely Metro's goal.

Put your phone into high gear

Have you ever wished the back of your phone had a 6-speed manual shifter for those times when it needs a little extra power? No? Me neither.

Like it or not, Bitmo Lab has released just such a gear shifter as an April Fools' Joke.

In a press release, Zhong Tao, Product Manager at Bitmo Lab, said, “The concept was straightforward: we wanted to inject personality into a device that’s often overlooked. GearShift started with a simple question: could a phone grip offer the same tactile engagement as a manual transmission? So, we built a mechanical solution to find out.”

At first, I thought this was really dumb. But then I thought about how you could actually use it as a phone kickstand. And then I realized there are a million better ways to get a kickstand on your phone, and I thought it was dumb again.

Ultimately, I've come to the conclusion that it isn't a very believable April Fools' joke, but it's still moderately funny.

Big Head Mode

Fortnite showed off a fun new mode for April Fools' Day, where all the characters will have giant heads.

BOOM HEADSHOT just got a lot easier.

This isn't a joke

April Fools' Day is really starting to mess with me. I saw the news that NASA is launching Artemis II, and I immediately thought they were pulling a fast one.

Thankfully, this is real, and you can actually watch the spaceship take off! I'm excited to watch humans take a trip to the moon, and I'm sure you are too, April Fools' Day or not.

Smart golf pants

I've made no secret that I'm a big fan of Arccos for helping to track and improve my golf game. I'm such a fan that when I saw the company post about smart pants, I actually went, "Hmm, I think I'd buy those."

When I read that they're an "intelligent golf apparel system designed to optimize on-course performance through integrated data tracking, biometric monitoring, and adaptive climate control," I wanted them even more.

But of course, they're not real. But with Arccos being so data-driven, I could totally see a world where these existed; it's just not the world of 2026.

There's a lot going on with this imaginary pair of pants, and Arccos detailed it all in a blog post.

No more scrolling

Are you sick of endlessly scrolling? Yahoo has a tool designed to keep you from scrolling too much called Scrōll Stoppr. As the name implies, you put it on your finger and are unable to scroll your favorite social media feeds anymore.

Honestly, while this is a good April Fools' joke, it's also a little too real, since social media addiction is a very real thing.

Our very serious, very legit ranking of the 5 absolute best products Apple has ever made

With Apple's 50th birthday party in full swing, we thought it'd be fun to round up our collective top five Apple products of all time. Keep in mind, we're a bunch of gadget-obsessed tech nerds, so you know the picks will be spot-on!

What do you think, did we get the list right?

iFixit: Apple recalls MacBook Neo for being too repairable

Don't look now, but the new MacBook Neo has a critical design flaw, and Apple is planning a recall on each and every one sold. The issue? It's actually repairable, says iFixit. How utterly un-Apple-like!

Of course, the new Neo isn't actually recalled. However, it is in fact the most repairable Apple laptop in years.

Forget smart lightbulbs, give me Philips Hue PartyAware Floor Tiles

Get your groove on with the new 'Party Aware' motion and music-sensitive light-up floor tiles from Philips Hue. Modular and sold in multipacks, these disco-friendly devices change colors and glow when someone steps on them, promising rug-cutting good times, indoors or outdoors.

They're also completely made up, but I'd 100% be interested in the Hue PartyAware Floor Tiles if they did exist.

An AI sticker printing machine for Fido

One of our favorite AI toys for kids, Stickerbox, just announced an exciting new feature! But first, what is Stickerbox? This tabletop gadget lets users input a single AI prompt, with the output being a physical, custom sticker based on said prompt.

Aimed at adults and children alike, the Stickerbox now offers a 'pet mode' where your favorite furry friend can create stickers at a moment's notice by inputting their very own prompt, like "10,000 bones," or "Endless designer couches to claw." Of course, your cat or dog will need to learn to speak in one of the device's supported languages first.

Finally, the perfect smartphone accessory for automotive enthusiasts

Have you ever wanted to navigate your smartphone like you're changing gears on a fine European sports car? Me too! Which is why I can't wait to get my hands on the new MagSafe-compatible six-speed Gear Shift smartphone accessory from Bitmo Labs. It features a carbon fiber knob, chrome-polish rode, racing-inspired details, and (likely) zero chance of ever actually coming to market.

New Tom's Guide editorial focus: Toilet reviews

Spring has sprung, and the Tom's Guide approach to product reviews has also evolved. From here on out, instead of focusing on the best TVs, the best smartphones, the best smartwatches, and the best mattresses, we'll be pivoting to a focus exclusively on reviewing the best toilets. More specifically, we'll be testing just how many standard pub-style billiard balls popular porcelain models can flush in a single go, from American Standard to Duravit to Toto.

Our totally truthful toilet-based editorial coverage begins tomorrow!

Apple holds its annual Worldwide Developer Conference in June every year, and now we have official confirmation of the dates and times for the conference.

This year's version is scheduled for June 8 - 12, so we still have a couple of months to wait until the big show. Apple announced the dates much earlier than in previous years.

The keynote speech, where most of the big announcements happen, is scheduled to kick off on Monday, June 8. We don't have a starting time, but it usually starts around 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT.

The bulk of the conference will be developer-focused, but the keynote usually features new consumer-focused reveals.

What to expect from WWDC 2026

Apple's latest press release doesn't tell us too much about what the company will announce in Cupertino.

This year's logo is far more metallic and goth than WWDC 2025's pastel rainbow. Though it does fade in from dark to bright, suggesting illumination or coming into the light. No cute tag line like "over the horizon" from last year's conference.

The press release does specifically mention "AI advancements" and "exciting new software." No surprises there, AI has been a major focus of the last two conferences since Apple Intelligence was revealed in 2024.

Apple entered into an AI partnership with Google Gemini this year, so we expect to hear more about how that is changing Apple Intelligence and the long-delayed Siri 2.0.

We'll for sure hear about the next upgrades to iOS in the form of iOS 27, expected to debut with the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Fold later this year.

If Siri 2.0 is finally working, Apple could reveal its new HomePad, Apple's attempt at truly entering the smart home market. Apple has been rumored to be developing a new "Charismatic" smart home OS built specifically for smart devices like the HomePad.

As of this writing, there aren't any rumors about other new hardware, but that doesn't mean Apple won't announce something.

If you're interested in what WWDC 2026 will bring, keep it locked to Tom's Guide; we'll get you everything as it happens.

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Mobile World Congress is one of the most exciting events on the tech calendar. Every year, the latest and greatest innovations in computing, mobile and, yes, AI gather together in Barcelona, Spain to reveal what they've been working on.

Just like in previous years, Tom's Guide's editors and videographers will be there on the ground to bring you the latest news direct from the show floor. We also traditionally award our highest honors to the very best tech that catches our eye.

This year, we're doing things a little differently and joining with our sister brands, TechRadar, Android Central and T3 to bring you the 'Best in Show' awards at MWC 2026. With our fellow judges, we'll be celebrating the most groundbreaking products and technologies showcased at the event.

Entries will cost $250 per entry per publication, and all submissions will be reviewed by our seasoned editorial teams, ensuring a fair and thorough expert assessment. The deadline for entries is February 25, 2026.

We may well get in touch to arrange for an on-site demo of your product!

Click here to enter the Tom's Guide Best in Show MWC 2026 Awards!

Of course, we'll be showcasing the eventual winners here in a full article on Tom's Guide, and those that take the crown according to our judges will also get a complimentary trophy presented to them at the show floor this year.

So, if you've got a product at Mobile World Congress this year you're desparate to shout about, we want to hear from you.

You can find all the information you need about how to enter — as well as the usual T&Cs — at our dedicated Best in Show MWC 2026 Awards site here.

See you in Barcelona!

Every January, the Tom’s Guide team heads to Las Vegas for the biggest tech show of the year. While the cool new concepts at CES may get the most headlines, there’s just one problem: you can’t buy them. In fact, some of these gadgets will never actually turn into real products. Fortunately, every device on this list is a real product you can get your hands on.

From the Xreal 1S AR glasses that put a massive screen right in front of your face to the Aqara U400 smart lock that lets you open your door just by walking up to it with your iPhone or Apple Watch, there’s plenty of futuristic tech you can already add to your arsenal. While a few of the products below are currently in the preorder stage, most of them are available to buy and ship right now to give your life a much-needed upgrade.

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Whether it’s massive TVs with almost no bezels, rollable laptops with screens that expand on command, or robot vacuums like the Roborock Saros Rover that can actually climb stairs, CES always makes us feel like we’re living in the future. All of the excitement on the show floor here in Las Vegas is the perfect way to kick off the new year.

The Tom’s Guide team has spent a busy few days trying out all the new and upcoming products at CES 2026. While we’ve seen some that we can’t wait to get our hands on to test out even further back home, others have left us scratching our heads. From lollipops that play music through your jawbone to digital nail polish that changes color with an app, the "weird" factor is at an all-time high this year.

It’s not that these gadgets are bad — far from it. Instead, they represent the wacky, experimental spirit that makes CES special. Here are the weirdest gadgets we saw at CES 2026. Once you're done diving into the oddities, you can also see which products truly impressed us in our Best of CES 2026 awards. There is some crossover between the two lists though, as sometimes the weirdest ideas also happen to be the most innovative.

SwitchBot Kata Friends

What would CES be without a robot that’s also adorable? Although SwitchBot's robotic companions first made their debut back at IFA 2025, its Kata Friends Series was out on the show floor on full display at CES this year. Don’t let those big blue eyes fool you though, this AI pet is packed with tech.

This SwitchBot Kata Friend may have a soft exterior, but inside, it’s running an on-device large language model (LLM) and a cloud-powered video language model (VLM). By combining the two with an in-depth understanding of human emotions, these robotic companions can comfort you, recognize your current mood and respond in real time. Pretty impressive for a stuffed animal that looks like a cross between a bear and an Ewok.

Strutt ev1

Mobility scooters are nothing new, but this spin on the idea from Strutt takes things to a whole other level. The Strutt ev1 almost looks like a combination of Professor X’s wheelchair and a Tesla, but this four-wheeled “personal everyday vehicle” is exactly the kind of strange but surprisingly useful device we’d expect to find at CES.

You can drive the Strutt ev1 like your standard seated scooter but since it also has voice controls as well as LiDAR and navigation built-in, you don’t have to. Instead, you can just tell it where you want to go, and its 360-degree sensor array will make sure you get to your destination without bumping into anything or anyone. There’s also a small display on the right armrest so you can see exactly what the ev1’s cameras are capturing in real time.

Our own Mike Prospero drove it around a crowded conference hall and as soon as he got close to an obstacle, the ev1 would stop right in its tracks.

LG CLOiD

This robot may look cute but the LG CLOiD surprised us all when it stumbled with a task that’s simple enough for humans but quite difficult for its metallic hands to pull off. Designed as a helpful home robot, the CLOiD was quite impressive, that is until it started trying to fold towels.

By using AI and vision-based tech, CLOiD is able to perform a number of household tasks to make your life a little easier, but it also doubles as an AI-powered home hub. With a built-in display for its eyes along with a speaker, cameras and various other sensors, the CLOiD might have struggled to fold towels — don’t we all? — but it is able to “talk” to other LG appliances to pull off smart automations like starting your oven when you’re on the way home or changing the temperature in a particular room if it’s too hot or cold.

Razer Project Ava

Instead of an AI chatbot on your phone, what if you had an AI companion on your desk? Well, that’s the idea behind Razer’s Project AVA. In the demo Tony Polanco saw, it was powered by xAI’s Grok engine but you can use whatever chatbot you want to drive this animated 5.5-inch 3D hologram.

During the demo, a spunky girl named Kira broke down the ins and outs of a first-person shooter, but it will work in any game to give you useful tips and advice on how to improve your gameplay. Project Ava is more than just another CES concept though and you too could have an AI-powered companion on your desk later this year.

Hormometer

Health tech was just as big as AI at this year’s show and with just an $8 test, Eli Health’s Hormometer is designed to give you a reading of your current hormone levels. This at-home saliva-based hormone test will soon be able to tell you just how high (or low) your testosterone or progesterone levels are.

After installing the Eli Health app on your phone, you then put the Hormometer’s saliva collection cartridge in your mouth for 60 seconds. After pulling on a tab, the results start “developing”, though you will need to wait 20 minutes before you can snap a photo of the saliva stick and its AI starts analyzing your results. The Hormometer won’t replace your doctor, but it can give you some insights before your next appointment.

HyperX Neurable

Although the HyperX Neurable might look like just another gaming headset, this concept device is able to read your brainwaves to improve your gameplay. By using built-in EEG sensors, AI and a bit of mindful exercise, the headset can read the stresses in your mind, calm you down and overclock your brain’s focus.

Our own Jason England tested it out and once his mindful focus exercise was done, he felt like time was slowing down, which could really up your game when playing fast-paced first-person shooters. Think Neo using bullet time in the Matrix. If the HyperX Neurable moves beyond a concept to a real product, it could easily shake up the competitive gaming scene.

Skywheel

There isn’t always fresh powder on the mountaintop when you feel like skiing but with the Skywheel, you can ski through the streets instead. Equipped with electric motors that are paired with a remote to control their speed, the Skywheel is quite different from the electric scooters we saw on the show floor.

Our senior fitness writer Dan Bracaglia strapped a pair of them onto his own feet and took them for a spin on the first day of CES 2026. During his demo, a company rep explained that it takes “about 20 minutes” to get the hang of the Skywheel’s precise tilt controls. After that, you’ll effectively be able to carve turns like you would on a traditional pair of skis. Dan didn’t quite get that far, though.

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At the close of CES day four, we named the 27 best gadgets at this year's show. But that doesn't mean we're packing up and going home. There's a lot more interesting tech from our fourth day walking the show floor to tell you about.

The smart home space is always a big draw in Las Vegas and there's been no shortage of announcements this year. We found a mind-reading headset, the first Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme laptop, and the return of IKEA's viral 'donut lamp'.

If you missed our day three round-up, you can find it here, and don't forget to keep checking our CES 2026 live blog for the very latest updates. Without further ado, here are seven of the best new gadgets from day four.

IKEA 'donut lamp'

The mighty IKEA turned up at CES with a load of new tech, including some very cheap Bluetooth speakers. But we were excited to see the new version of the IKEA Varmblixt — more commonly known as the 'donut lamp'.

Created in collaboration with Dutch artist and designer Sabine Marcelis, the new and improved Varmblixt lamp will now be able to change color and dim. It can also be controlled remotely and will transition gently between a range of custom hues.

Available both as a wall light and a table lamp, the updated IKEA Varmblixt will cost $99 and be available from April 2026.

HyperX Neurable

The HyperX Neurable gaming headset is not like the rest of the best gaming headsets, it uses EEG sensors along with AI to effectively read your brain to help you focus. Contact strips built directly into the earcups will pick up the noise of your brain and narrow it down to the focus, stress and cognitive load signals it needs to look for when it comes to improving focus.

My colleague Jason England tried it for himself and said it put him through a mindful breathing and focus exercise with a visualizer of dots floating in a sphere. The headphones will track when your brain has been boosted to just the right level, while simultaneously relaxing your body. In Jason's case, he said it made him feel like time had slowed down. Like a real-life version of the Dead Eye mode in Red Dead Redemption 2. Cool.

Navee E-Wagon 4X

Who doesn't need a rideable, electric-powered cart in their life? The Navee E-Wagon 4X is designed to haul everything from camping gear to camera and video equipment, while you sit up front and steer.

It's available today and priced at $2,099, so although it's not cheap, it'll come in clutch for anyone who needs to regularly lug lots of gear. Power comes from a 3000W motor and a detachable 36V rechargeable battery, which charges up in four hours. You'll reach a top speed of 10mph and the max carrying capacity is 1,300 pounds, while the total storage volume is 183 liters.

Here's what our writer Dan thought of the Navee when he took it for a spin.

Withings BodyScan 2

The original Body Scan from Withings is our top pick when it comes to the best smart scales, so getting hands on with the follow-up has been a CES highlight. It's very simple to use and took just 90 seconds to give my colleague Dan Bracaglia a full health breakdown. The scale measures 60 biomarkers, that get combined into categories like heart age, vascular age, muscle-to-fat balance, visceral fat score and more.

Moreover, this is the first smart scale to include notifications if signs of potential hypertension are detected in a user. This feature is by no means a diagnostic tool, but it could prove to be a lifesaver nonetheless. This new flagship smart scale is estimated to ship in the summer of 2026 for $599.

Segway Myon e-bike

Segway is better known for scooters than bikes, but the Segway Myon is the company's latest attempt at a city-based e-bike for commuters. Starting price is $1,999, and you get a 500W rear hub motor and a range of up to 80 miles on a single charge.

Rideability seems on point and my colleague Mike Prospero got to test it out on Segway's track. There's an electronic shifter on the right handlebar above a small rocker switch that lets you adjust the level of pedal assistance. Below that is a thumb lever for the Myon's throttle.

Similar to the company's electric scooters, the Myon comes with Apple FindMy, as well as remote locking, and GPS and a Lost Mode (where you can remotely track the bike) if you sign up for a subscription.

Razer Project AVA

Razer has turned our heads with a few new innovations at CES this year but this one may just take the cake. The Project AVA AI desk companion is designed to live alongside you and while Razer's CES demo used xAI’s Grok engine, it's platform agnostic, so you could use ChatGPT or Claude if you preferred.

It’s brought to life as an animated 5.5-inch 3D hologram, and Razer says it uses human-like vision and audio sensing for full contextual awareness. My colleague Tony Polanco's demo featured a spunky girl named Kira, but other companions will also be available.

Although Razer is predominantly known for gaming, and Tony's demo included asking it for the right loadout for an FPS session, you can just as easily use it for everyday purposes like organizing your schedule. Neither a release date (beyond “calendar year 2026”) or a price has been revealed yet. But you can read Tony's thoughts on Project AVA here.

Asus Zenbook A16

We've had a glut of laptops to drool over at CES 2026, but the team in Las Vegas was particularly interested in the Asus Zenbook A16 because it's the first laptop to arrive sporting the all-powerful Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip.

The Asus Zenbook A16 impressed my computing colleague Darragh Murphy with its slick design and incredible build. Being 0.54 inches thin and weighing an ultra-lightweight 2.65 pounds, not only is that one of the thinnest 16-inch laptops around, but it's even lighter than many 13-inch laptops. Oh, and there's a 3K (2880 x 1800) OLED display with an impressive 120Hz refresh rate.

Our best laptops list is set to receive some major updates this year.

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This year’s CES was a litmus test for AI of sorts. Just because artificial intelligence can be put in practically everything that doesn’t mean you should. So for Tom’s Guide’s CES 2026 Awards we wanted to recognize real-world innovations that incorporate AI in truly helpful ways that have the potential to upgrade your life. This includes a fridge smart enough to read the labels on your food and automatically tell you what you need and a wearable that can help you record and summarize your day for you while also helping you gain more insights into your emotions. We also saw a new form of AI from Lenovo in Qira, which anticipates your needs and serves as a true companion.

But what about just really compelling hardware? CES 2026 had plenty of that, too, from a TV so thin it makes a pencil look thick to a gaming laptop with a rollable display that can grow from 16 to 24 inches on command. Robot vacuums are getting way smarter, too, with the ability to climb stairs and clean as they go. After meeting with dozens of companies — and hearing AI way too many times — these are the very best new products at CES 2026.

Best of Show: Intel Core Ultra Series 3

We’ve known that Intel was already preparing to unleash its Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, but Team Blue finally showed off what these chips can offer during its big keynote at CES 2026. And what a show it was. The much-anticipated Panther Lake not only shows just how much faster and more power-efficient these CPUs are compared to their Lunar Lake predecessors, but also what they can achieve to bring a new era of laptops into the fold.

Coming to the latest laptops this year, Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips are primed to set the standard of what a laptop (and gaming handhelds) can reach. Yes, being built on the new Intel 18A node should bring significantly better performance and over 20 hours of battery life, but seeing the latest PC games like Battlefield 6 reaching over 140 FPS at the highest settings without a dedicated GPU is more than enough to detail what can be achieved with a CPU right now. Intel is preparing to kick off a new era of laptops — one that’s ripe to make our list of the best laptops you can grab this year. — Darragh Murphy

Best Design: LG Wallpaper OLED TV (Evo W6)

A pencil. That’s about how thin the new LG Wallpaper TV is at just 9mm thick, and it’s a sight to behold. This TV nearly disappears when you look at it from the sides, and it offers a huge improvement over the original Wallpaper TV from 2017: it’s wireless. A Zero Connect box delivers all the inputs you need from up to 10 meters away at 165Hz for lossless 4K video and audio. It gets better.

The new Wallpaper TV also boasts Hyper Radiant Color Technology, which improves black levels, color vibrancy and brightness in a panel that offers the lowest reflectance among LG TVs. LG hasn’t released pricing info, but the Evo W6 won’t be that much more expensive than the G6 series. So at least this work of art will be attainable. — Mark Spoonauer

Best robot vacuum: Roborock Saros Rover

The ability to climb stairs is the final threshold — both literally and figuratively — for robot vacuums. At CES 2026, we saw a few companies try to tackle that problem, but the Roborock Saros Rover did it with the most elegance.

This robovac has two wheels at the end of extendable legs that can lift it up, one step at a time, to go from one floor of your house to the next. Even better, it can vacuum each tread of your stairs as it ascends. It’s also pretty agile. In our hands-on with the Saros Rover, we saw it lean back and forth on each leg, glide effortlessly down a ramp, and even jump up and down. When was the last time you saw a robot vacuum do that? — Mike Prospero

Best TV: Hisense RGB MiniLED 116UXS

You can’t walk more than 15 feet in the Las Vegas Conference Center without seeing a sign for some brand’s Mini RGB technology. It’s everywhere. But of all the brands, Hisense has come away with the best model in my eyes — a 116-inch behemoth in the Hisense RGB Mini-LED 116UXS that not only uses RGB-subpixels but even throws in a new fourth color in the mix (cyan) to display 110% of BT2020’s coverage area.

In layman’s terms, this is the most colorful TV you’ve ever seen in your life. The tradeoff is that it’s not the slimmest, nor does it have the best anti-glare filter, but the picture is absolutely sublime. If Hisense manages to shrink this display technology and bring it to its award-winning mid-range models, it’s game over for the competition. — Nick Pino

Best concept: Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable

If there’s one thing that’s inevitable, it’s Lenovo introducing a fun rollable display concept at CES. But what I didn’t expect was a rollable prototype that I actually pray that the company makes. And that’s exactly what we have in the Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable.

Simply put, it would be the perfect bridge between my home gaming setup of an ultrawide monitor and my gaming laptop — a display that can extend from the 16-inch 16:9 panel all the way up to 24:9 at a impressive 24 inches at a 240Hz refresh rate. Whatever genre of game you’re playing, you’ve got exactly the right screen aspect ratio to play it with. — Jason England

Best Innovation: Samsung's Crease-Free Display

Samsung Display may have just solved one of the biggest complaints people have about foldable phones: the crease. I saw the company’s Mont Flex prototype OLED display here at CES, and tried as I might I couldn’t see a line down the middle from any angle. The display is designed to unfold mechanically flat with narrow bezels while offering a thin and light design. But it’s the lack of any crease whatsoever that impresses most, especially since Samsung put the advanced crease-less panel right next to the reference design that comes from the Galaxy Z Fold 7.

With Apple rumored to be working on a crease-free iPhone Fold for 2026, this could be the technology that makes it happen. — Mark Spoonauer

Best use of AI: Gemini in Samsung Family Hub

Right now, the Samsung Family Hub refrigerator has a pretty neat trick. Using a camera inside the door, it can identify what foods you’re taking in and out, and offer you recipe suggestions. But its database is rather limited, so it’s not the most accurate. I should know — I’ve been using it for several months.

However, coming later this year, Samsung’s AI vision is about to be supercharged with Gemini, which will not only vastly increase its ability to recognize what you’re adding and removing, but give you better ideas on what to do with your food. How good will it be? According to Samsung’s VP for Digital Appliances, powerful enough to read the labels, so it will know when your milk is about to expire. And, it will know which foods you use more than others, so it can not only offer more recipe ideas, but help you proactively order ingredients before you run out. If it can save me a last-minute trip to buy more eggs, then I’m all in. — Mike Prospero

Best AI Wearable: Nirva

The big trend right now is to put AI in pretty much everything. But Nirva actually makes sense. This AI wearable looks like stylish jewelry but can auto-journal your life and help track your emotions. The device packs dual microphones for listening, an ALS (UV) sensor for lighting info and sunlight exposure and an IMU for motion content. But it all comes to life in the Nirva app, which can help track your mood, energy and stress.

For example, the app senses the tone of your voice and how that might change based on who you’re talking to, so you can get a sense of which person might be “draining your battery.” The app can provide insights and advice to help improve your mood and reduce stress, and you can get personalized guidance by calling or texting Nirva. — Mark Spoonauer

Best smart glasses: Xreal 1S

Well, I mean it had to be the Xreal 1S…right! There were a whole lot of smart glasses on the show floor — many providing AI smarts. But when I see glasses that offer maximum bang for your buck like these, there’s no real alternative!

The Xreal 1S packs all the features of its bigger siblings, the Xreal One, while also improving them and reducing the price by $50. It all starts with a 1200p display (16:10 aspect ratio) to extend the verticality for productivity. Next, the additional Neo Hub is easily the best way to connect to a Nintendo Switch 2 and play to your heart’s content.

And third, that X1 chip on board is not just used for picture clarity anymore. You can also use it to transform any 2D content to 3D super fast, and it really works well! Jason England

Best TV innovation: Dolby Vision 2

Dolby Vision 2 was finally demo-able at CES 2026, and boy was it worth the wait. Seeing the full suite of enhancements like “Precision Black” and “Authentic Motion” at work really convinced me that this is the true successor to Dolby Vision HDR that we’ve been waiting for.

While high-end TVs will see a noticeable difference in motion processing, lower-end models will actually see the biggest improvement when Dolby Vision 2 rolls out. We’ll see better color expression and contrast in TVs that cost a fraction of the flagship models … as long as creators, streaming services and TV chip manufacturers all pitch in and support the platform. — Nick Pino

Best TV Value: Samsung S95H OLED

It feels a bit strange nominating a flagship QD-OLED TV for the “Best TV Value” award at CES — but hear me out. For starters, the Samsung S95H OLED will come packed with a bespoke wall-mount. It’s a gorgeous all-metal design that looks both sleek and minimalist at the same time. It’s also cheap in comparison to the 130-inch Micro RGB TV that’s the torchbearer for the brand in 2026.

Will it be cheap when it releases later this year? Probably not. But at a show that’s absolutely bursting at the seams with massive Micro and Mini-RGB TVs, it’s the most affordable option in its class. — Nick Pino

Best Laptop: Dell XPS 14 (2026)

Everybody loves a comeback story, especially when it looks like this. The Dell XPS 14 undoes the mistake that was killing the XPS brand by putting it front and center on a sleek new laptop that packs a heck of amount of power into a design that’s more compact than the MacBook Air.

You get the latest Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, an amazingly vibrant tandem OLED display that can scale all the way down to 1Hz and a redesigned 70WHr battery that promises up to 27 hours of juice (with the 2K LCD display option). Plus, the physical functional keyboard has returned (huzzah!), and there’s proper etching around the touchpad so it’s easier to use. — Mark Spoonauer

Best 2-in-1 Laptop: Asus Zenbook Duo

The Asus Zenbook Duo finally did the thing I always wanted it to do. The redesign makes this 2-in-1 truly shine by eliminating the distracting lip between those two 14-inch OLED panels. On top of that, the battery is now shared between both sides for better weight distribution; the aluminum chassis is slimmer and sleeker; and this comes strapped with our best of show winner: Intel Core Ultra Series 3. That’s sure to bring the power efficiency this dual-screen beast needs.

For the past couple of years, the idea of a 2-in-1 has always been a convertible laptop. In 2026, dual-screen laptops have a real shot of breaking through thanks to the Zenbook Duo. — Jason England

Best Phone: Motorola Razr Fold

Motorola has officially joined the book-style foldable phone race with the new Razr Fold, and it could very well give Samsung and Google a run for their money when it launches this summer. The Motorola Razr Fold features a 6.6-inch cover display and a huge 8.1-inch internal screen that’s slightly bigger than the Galaxy Z Fold 7’s 8 inches.

The device is pretty thin when open, and I especially like the soft-touch finish on the Lily White color option. You also get a trio of 50MP rear cameras and access to Motorola’s helpful AI tools like Catch Me Up and Next Move. If the price is aggressive enough, the Razr Fold has the potential to make serious waves. — Mark Spoonauer

Best Monitor: Asus ROG Swift OLED PG34WCDN

Upon first glance of the Asus ROG Swift OLED PG34WCDN (it’s a mouthful, I know), I was immediately blown away by the visuals. I mean, there’s the clarity of the best gaming monitors, but then there’s this 34-inch QD-OLED display with next-gen RGB Stripe Pixel OLED technology boasting a 1800R WQHD (3440 x 1440) curved panel. The results? Crystal-clear visuals with draw-dropping colors and true blacks.

We’ve seen monitors reach well over a 360Hz refresh rate and a 0.03 response time, but Asus claims this is the world’s first RGB OLED gaming monitor on the market. It offers a 40% uplift in perceived blacks thanks to the ROG BlackShield film, along with richer colors, making the ROG Swift OLED PG34WCDN a monitor for gamers and creatives to keep an eye on for 2026. — Darragh Murphy

Best mini PC: Lenovo Yoga Mini i

The Lenovo Yoga Mini i — the company’s second Yoga-branded mini PC — trades the traditional rectangular chassis for a sleek, aluminum puck powered by Intel’s new Core Ultra 3 chips. While the integrated fingerprint reader in its power button and the generous selection of rear and side ports (including dual Thunderbolt 4 ones) are a welcome addition, the Mini i really stands out as a dedicated physical hub for Lenovo’s new Qira AI assistant.

The device uses Wi-Fi sensing to detect your presence, greeting you with a customizable RGB underglow as you approach. Rather than fumbling with apps, a simple tap on the top of the case summons Qira instantly, while the built-in speaker and far-field microphones allow you to chat with the assistant while you work. It’s a clever evolution of the form factor, transforming the mini PC from a computer you might mount behind your monitor into an interactive desktop companion. — Anthony Spadafora

Best gaming peripheral: HyperX Clutch Tachi

If you’re a serious fighting game fan, then you’re no doubt excited about the HyperX Clutch Tachi leverless controller. Utilizing TMR magnetic switches, the Clutch Tachi promises to be one of, if not the most, responsive and accurate controller of its kind. Beyond its promising performance, the Clutch Tachi features an ergonomic design that will make it easier for you to grind it out in training mode for hours.

The controller is also small and light enough to easily carry to your friend’s house to show him how to really play Street Fighter 6. Leverless controllers are the de facto weapon for fighting game players at tournaments, and I can see the HyperX Clutch Tachi becoming a coveted controller in those circles. But even for a non-professional yet passionate gamer like me, this is a fantastic gaming peripheral. — Tony Polanco

Best gaming innovation: Nvidia DLSS 4.5

Nvidia dropped a proverbial bomb at CES when it announced the updated Nvidia DLSS 4.5. The company is now targeting 4K path-traced gaming at 240 frames per second. Why is that important? Because anyone using low to mid-range RTX 40 or RTX 50-series GPUs can enjoy smoother and sharper gameplay without resorting to breaking the bank on the most high-end Nvidia GPU.

Though some hardcore gamers may scoff at using AI to enhance gameplay, the average person doesn’t care so long as their games look and run great. Nvidia DLSS is already the gold standard for AI-powered frame generation and image enhancement for graphics cards. DLSS 4.5 is the next natural evolution in that process and is definitely the best gaming innovation of CES 2026. — Tony Polanco

Best gaming laptop: MSI Stealth 16 AI+

Gaming laptops are never really stealthy. Hell, even the one with stealth in the name wasn’t too stealthy. But finally, MSI gave the Stealth 16 AI+ a significant redesign to actually be a much more premium notebook in nature that holds a whole lot of power.

You can spec it up to an RTX 5090 with Intel Core Ultra 9 386H and a whopping 128GB RAM, and all of it is kept impressively cool with a well-thought-out thermal optimization package containing a massive heatsink and a huge back vent. That ensures maximum wattage to your components, to make the most of that 240Hz OLED display. Put simply, this is MSI’s real comeback of sneaky gaming laptops. It’s a true stunner! — Jason England

Best smart lock: Aqara U400

What if you could just walk up to your door and have it magically unlock without you having to do anything? That’s what separates the Aqara U400 from other smart locks. Thanks to its use of Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology, it can sense when you (and your iPhone or Apple Watch) are approaching your door, and will unlock it automatically. No fuss. And, the technology is good enough that it can recognize if you’re merely walking past your door rather than to it, or if you’re inside, rather than outside your house.

We’ve had a chance to review the Aqara U400, and found its only real downside is that its key selling point is only available for Apple users. It shouldn’t be long before we see this for Android, too — which will be the real key to its success. — Mike Prospero

Best Fitness Wearable: Luna Band

The Luna Band is a new, wallet-friendly, screenless health and fitness tracker from the India-based wearables brand best known for its smart rings. This $149 alternative to the latest Whoop band is completely subscription-free and plays nicely with both Apple and Android devices.

As you might expect, the Luna Band tracks all essential holistic metrics, including heart health, body temperature, movement, respiratory rate, and sleep quality. Insights are viewable from within the companion Luna app.

Lightweight and minimalist in its physical design, what sets the Luna Band apart from the competition is support for audio commands. For example, users can log a stressful day, a meal, or a bad night of sleep by simply speaking to the Luna Band. Better yet, the device provides wellness guidance when prompted, with responses based on your personal holistic data and backed by Luna’s AI health engine. — Dan Bracaglia

Best Audio: Klipsch The 9s II

Klipsch is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year by refreshing some of its most popular speakers of the last decade: At CES 2026, the brand took the wraps off its new The Fives II, The Sevens II and The Nines II, but it’s the latter that has me the most intrigued.

Powered by Onkyo audio processing and built with Klipsch’s new Tractrix horn, these powered speakers deliver wider sound dispersion with pinpoint clarity. Built for both two-channel music listening and Dolby Atmos-powered films and shows, Klipsch’s The 9s II offers a multitude of connectivity options including everything from AirPlay 2 to USB-C and HDMI.

There’s auto-room calibration powered by Dirac Live and even support for XLR inputs. At $2,399 for the pair they’re not cheap, but they sounded absolutely divine at Klipsch’s booth. — Nick Pino

Best rideable: Strutt ev1

What if your electric scooter or ebike had a self-driving mode? That’s one of the coolest features of the Strutt ev1, a new kind of four-wheeled personal electric vehicle that can get you from Point A to Point B by you simply telling it where you want to go. That’s because the Strutt is outfitted with LiDar and other sensors that map obstacles and steer around them.

When I tried the Strutt ev1 in a crowded room, it didn’t come close to hitting anyone or anything. And thanks to built-in LLM, you can also speak your commands to the chair, another benefit for those who might not have full use of their limbs. Strutt is marketing the ev1 as a fun personal transportation device — and it definitely was a lot of fun to ride — but we can see it being very useful to those with mobility issues. — Mike Prospero

Best Health Tech: Garmin Nutrition Tracking

Garmin Connect+ caused a stir among users when the $7 per month (or $70 per year) subscription tier was introduced, but the service just got more useful with the addition of nutrition tracking.

Once you've confirmed your personal details and health targets, the paywalled service will set a personalized calorie target and break it down into different macros. And while logging all your food is always going to be a chore, Garmin's service is trying to make it as easy as possible. You can either scan the barcode on your food's packaging or search through the extensive database of food to find what you need. If that's too much work, simply snap a picture of your plate, and it'll estimate the calorie content for you.

Food tracking services are nothing new, but having it built into the Garmin ecosystem and mapped to some of the best sports watches you can buy could convince even more people to sign up for Garmin Connect. — Jeff Parsons

Best Sleep Tech: Ceragem Neuro Wellness Youth Bed

Does your teen complain about not getting enough sleep? While the best smart beds and mattresses should help just about anyone, the Neuro Wellness Youth Bed is designed specifically for adolescents, who more than anyone need to get enough rest for their developing bodies and brains. It does so through a combination of light, aroma, sound therapy and thermal control, as well as a spinal thermal massager to promote physical growth.

And, in case your kids procrastinate with their homework, a display can remind teens to review learning materials and books before they nod off. — Mike Prospero

Best Wellness Monitor: Withings BodyScan 2

Withings, the Paris-based wellness gadget company, is doubling down on at-home preventative health monitoring. The new Withings Body Scan 2 looks pretty similar to a standard, run-of-the-mill smart scale, but it’s that and so much more. In 90 seconds, this new smart scale can provide deep insights into your metabolic, cardiovascular, and cellular health using a whopping 60 biomarkers.

I tested the Body Scan 2 on the tradeshow floor and discovered that I have the heart health of a 36-year-old (I’m 37) and the vascular health of someone exactly my age. The scanner also provides metrics for muscle-to-fat ratios (mine were ‘typical’ or in the bottom 50% of users my age) and visceral fat levels (within optimal range). All of these metrics are accompanied by text explaining how each score was determined, along with how the results compare to your peers. Heart health age, for instance, is based on a user’s ECG (Electrocardiogram) and ICG (Impedance Cardiography) readings.

Priced at $599 and expected to ship around summer 2026, my favorite aspect of the Body Scan 2, beyond the useful insights, is just how easy it is to use. Simply step on the scale platform barefoot and firmly grip the hand sensors. A small but easy-to-read display guides you through the process, which involves little more than standing still for a minute and a half. — Dan Bracaglia

Best Gaming Headset: HyperX Neurable concept headset

Imagine a gaming headset that can read your brainwaves and actually make you better at gaming — one that does so by overclocking your brain. That’s what the HyperX Neurable concept headset does, and it feels like a cheat code that turned me into an FPS monster.

Using EEG pads built into the headphone cups and an AI inference model, the headset is able to read your brain signals and use a visualizer to form a focus exercise that both relaxes your body and increases your brain’s focus simultaneously.

And in my test, I saw my top score in Aim Labs FPS shooting range go up by 5,000 points, my accuracy go up by a couple of percentage points, and my time to respond to targets reduced by nearly 100ms. The applications of this are huge in the gaming space, and I so want to try one with my sim racing league. — Jason England

More from Tom's Guide

• CES 2026 Day 1 — Top 10 new gadgets you need to see
• CES 2026 Day 2 — The top 11 new gadgets you need to see
• CES 2026 Day 3 — The top 9 new gadgets you need to see

Day three of the Consumer Electronics Show 2026 has come to a close, and there have certainly been some incredible reveals. The first day was focused on TVs, and the second showed off some of the innovations coming to the laptop space, but day three has been more of a mix and match of new tech.

For instance, we’ve seen robots that can climb stairs, feature-packed vacuums and even a host of new smartwatches. Of course, it’s not just home-based products, as we also saw new smartwatches, laptops and more. We've seen everything from stair-climbing vacuums to rollable laptop displays and more.

Make sure that you keep an eye on our CES 2026 live blog for all the new releases as we see them. Also, make sure you check out the day 1 roundup of the 10 best new gadgets we saw, as well as the top 11 that we saw on CES day 2.

Samsung flexes the world's brightest OLED TV

If there’s one thing that we love to see, it’s innovations in display technology, and Samsung certainly isn’t disappointing. One of the biggest complaints around OLED TVs is that they just don’t get bright enough. However, Samsung showed off its latest project, a QD-OLED TV that can reach a peak brightness of 4,500 nits.

That’s an insane level of brightness, and Samsung told Tom's Guide it was only possible by combining the maximum brightness of each RGG component to overall effect.

A representative told Tom’s Guide’s Global Editor in Chief Mark Spoonauer the TV can get this bright because of the improved light efficiency of the panel, improved TFT circuitry and a more sophisticated T-Con (timing controller.)

An AI-powered pet companion

If you’re looking for companionship, then a pet can be a great investment; however, looking after a real-life dog or cat requires a lot of attention and sacrifice. Ecovacs may have a new solution for those seeking a fluffy friend, but lacking the time to devote to a flesh-and-blood version: LilMilo.

According to Ecovacs, the robotic dog combines multi-sensory perception with expressive, pet-like behavior, which comes together to introduce a new form of digital companionship.

The model that we saw was made to look like a small, fluffy dog and can use advanced AI and biometrics to learn from its user, recognising habits and voices, and develop its own personality over time.

Razr’s Project Motoko could be the future of AI wearables

My colleague Anthony Spadafora got the chance to try out Razr's new Project Motoko headset during CES 2026 to see what it could offer. This wearable utilizes dual eye-level cameras that allow users to capture images and ask the built-in AI Assistant about them. Of course, this isn’t the only thing that it can do, as you can also have the cameras continuously capture what you see for real-time interaction.

What’s noteworthy is that it actually looks comfortable to wear. Modern smart glasses might give you Clark Kent vibes, but wearing them isn’t the best experience if you don't naturally need glasses. In Razer's case, the extra room inside the headset’s earcups makes it much easier to put a reasonably sized battery inside, massively improving the battery life compared to even the best smart glasses.

A robot vacuum that can climb stairs

Roombas and other robotic vacuums have been around for a while, but they still have one major weakness: stairs. Fear not, the days of watching your robot vacuum bump furtively against the steps in your house could be nearing an end. Roborock has unveiled what it’s calling a world first: the Roborock Saros Rover, a two-wheel-legged robot.

This new design enables the robot vacuum to navigate over steps, high thresholds, and other awkward spaces. While we’ve seen other Robovac models feature things like extendable arms or adapt-lift chassis, this is the first that is designed to mimic human movement for a more sturdy and reliable clean.

The Rolls-Royce of electric scooters

Electric scooters are a familiar sight across most major cities, but the latest release from Navee adds a dash of class with a supercar-inspired design. The Navee UT5 Ultra X electric scooter uses a design based on the Rolls-Royce Phantom supercar and offers a top speed of 43 mph.

Tom's Guide's own Dan Bracaglia got a chance to test drive one and, aside from a few near crashes at the start, had a lot to praise about the scooter. The Navee UT5 Ultra X sports not one but two onboard motors with a maximum output of 240W each, allowing it to reach 0-12 mph in under two seconds. Not only that, the motor placement makes it possible to climb gradients of around 46 degrees, which is more than enough for most cities.

Motorola steps up its foldable game

We had heard rumors that Motorola was planning to showcase something interesting at CES 2026, and Tom's Guide got a chance to get a hands-on with the new Motorola Razr Fold. While the Motorola Razr series has been a staple in the foldable market for a couple of years now, this new release stands apart as being the first book-like foldable from the brand.

It features a 6.6-inch display on the outside and a large 8.1-inch 2K LTPO screen on the inside. We don’t know much about most of the hardware when it comes to the new phone, but we do know that it features a 50MP main Sony LYTIA sensor, a 50MP ultra-wide/macro, and a 50MP 3x periscope telephoto.

If you’re a selfie fan, then the phone also has a 32MP external selfie camera and a 20MP internal camera on the main display.

A head turning laptop that turns alongside you

Have you ever worried that your computer was watching you? Well, the new Lenovo Auto Twist actually is, but for a good reason.

The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist has a motorized dual-rotation hinge that automatically tracks your face when you move. However, a laptop is more than just rotation and, thankfully, the Lenovo Auto Twist offers some impressive hardware, especially the vivid 14-inch 2.8K OLED panel. The display comes with a 120Hz refresh rate and can be configured with up to 32GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD storage.

The release window for this laptop is set for June 2026, with a starting price of $1,649. And be warned that higher configurations will obviously increase that price.

The future of gaming laptops: a rollable screen

Lenovo also used CES to unveil a new concept for the future of gaming laptops, the Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable. This new design allows you to extend the screen from 16 inches to a massive 24 inches with an ultrawide 24:9 aspect ratio. The actual computer on display is no slouch thanks to the RTX 5090, Intel Core Ultra 9, all the LPDDR5X RAM, and a massive SSD, but really, the point here is that display.

As stated, the screen starts as a 16-inch OLED panel running at 240Hz, but the thick lid is hiding the three-step ultrawide panel that you can adjust to match the requirements of the game you're playing. If you’re worried about the mechanism breaking, Lenovo has you covered, as it’s supposedly been tested for 25,000 expansions and contractions.

IMAX-grade earbuds for theater level audio

Another world first has to be the Zohn-1 from company Breggz, the first earbuds to feature IMAX Enhanced and DTS certifications. That means they're tuned for high-quality audio in films and music, as well as sporting "custom 3D-printed shells" to reduce audio leak without relying on noise cancellation.

The Zohn-1 comes in two different sizes to accommodate a wide variety of ears and boasts balanced armature drivers, an integrated hearing test that lets you fine-tune the sound to your own ears and six pairs of swappable ear tips for optimal fit.

We don’t have a release date for the IMAX-certified earbuds just yet, but hopefully they'll be ready to buy when Avatar: Fire and Ash comes to streaming.

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This year at CES 2026, Lenovo is taking over the Las Vegas Sphere to show off all its latest products and innovation.

We've already gone hands-on with a lot of what's set to be announced — including the breakthrough Legion Pro Rollable gaming laptop.

Beyond the futuristic concepts, there will be plenty of news too. Motorola is also here too, so we’ll likely see some new foldable phones, smartwatches and other gadgets. Lenovo’s partners like AMD, Intel, Nvidia and Qualcomm will likely be making appearances too and this is the CES event you won’t want to miss.

I’ll be covering every announcement as they happen right here from inside the Sphere, so stay tuned and be sure to check out the rest of our CES 2026 coverage.

Lenovo and Motorola's announcements

• I went hands-on with the Motorola Razr Fold — and the Galaxy Z Fold 7 has real competition
• I just tested Lenovo’s Legion Pro Rollable concept, and now my gaming laptop feels boring
• I just tried Lenovo’s first rollable ThinkPad — and it’s wonderfully weird

And I’m in

After making my way through security, I’m in the lobby of the Sphere making my way up to our suite where Lenovo is hosting Tom’s Guide and other journalists from around the world. I don’t know what I’m more excited about, the announcements or finally being able to experience the Sphere.

In the Sphere

This is my first time at the Sphere and seeing it from the inside is even more impressive than seeing its massive external screen from the Las Vegas Strip.

While you’d normally want a front row seat to a presentation like Lenovo Tech World, in this case, it’s better to be up top. That way, you get a clear view of the stage and can take in the massive 16K x 16K LED screen without having to turn your head too much. Regardless of where you sit within the Sphere though, you’ll be able to hear everything crystal clear thanks to its 160,000 speakers and impressive spatial audio tech.

We’re minutes away now

The Sphere is starting to fill up and we’re just minutes away from the kickoff of Lenovo Tech World 2026. We’ve got plenty of great coverage coming up once the show officially starts, so I’d keep your browser parked here for all the latest updates.

Annnd we're live! Check out some of the hands-on pieces we've already done in the bullet point links just above this post.

...I think he really enjoyed that entrance

Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing is here and talking through the evolution of AI to get to this point.

BTW if you're experiencing stream issues, you're not alone. The comments are alive with the buffering issues and our remote writer is facing them too.

While the stream remains buggy...

Here's our thoughts on the Motorola Razr Fold that you'll hear get announced real soon!

HOW IS THIS STREAM SO LAGGY?

There are only 737 live viewers right now on YouTube...what gives?

I went hands-on with the Legion Pro Rollable concept!

You may have seen this leaked a few weeks ago, but I got to test it myself and, being real, I wish every laptop was like this now. Check out my testing of the Lenovo Legion Pro Rollable concept.

BTW Jensen is here

Just to catch you up on what's happening in the sphere, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has just shown up.

THE STREAM'S BACK!

Time to talk about democratization of AI...whatever that means

I know I'm being facetious. What they actually mean is next-gen AI agents that are accessible across all your devices.

...well this is weird

So an AI cohost is talking/looking down on the crowd like an omnipotent KITT. Pray for the audience.

Time for...yep you guessed it, more AI chat. Where are the devices!?

BREAKING: Introducing Lenovo Qira

A multi-device super AI that can be with you at all times. Whether its on the laptop, or the smart glasses the host is wearing, this follows you throughout.

BREAKING: ...oh god did Lenovo not learn from the Humane AI Pin?

Faster than you can say "Friend Pendant," the leaks of a Lenovo/Motorola AI wearable became true. This is set to record and capture things in your day-to-day to provide additional real world context to Lenovo Qira.

Lip is here!

Big Lip Energy from Intel — so big he crashed the stream for 30 seconds there lol

ok THIS one is a surprise

If you ever wanted to be cringe and get a laptop branded by the sporting brand that gets in the way of the beautiful game, there's a FIFA World Cup-branded Legion pro 7i now!

Update: See our top 9 gadgets of CES 2026 from day 3!

We've wrapped day two at the Consumer Electronics Show 2026. And, after day one dazzled us with some truly spectacular new TVs, it's now all about the laptops. We saw new machines from MSI and Acer alongside the very nice-looking XPS 14 from Dell.

But it wasn't just laptops stealing our attention in Las Vegas. For the first time ever, Lego held a CES keynote. The reason? The iconic toy brand wanted to show off its first "smart brick" — a standard Lego brick with a tiny computer packed inside that can work with NFC-enabled smart tags. Cool!

Of course, it wouldn't be CES without some head-turning weird tech that may — or may not — actually make it on sale in 2026. Like the Ascentiz H1 Pro exoskeleton that our senior fitness writer Dan used to assist him in walking around the vast exhibition halls.

Make sure you check out our ongoing CES 2026 live blog for the very latest from the show, and here's our day 1 round-up of the 10 best new gadgets we saw.

Dell XPS 14

After abandoning the XPS line, Dell has admitted its mistake and brought these premium laptops back in a big way. The XPS 14 and 16 were both on show in Las Vegas and our Global Editor in Chief Mark Spoonauer spent some quality time with the CNC-machined aluminum XPS 14 that's just 14.6mm thin — in between the MacBook Air M4 (11.3mm) and MacBook Pro M5 (15.5mm).

There's a mesmerizing 2.8K OLED display with a variable refresh rate going all the way down to 1Hz to conserve battery life. The XPS 14 is powered by the latest Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors and built-in Arc graphics, so you should expect smooth performance. There's a range of CPU options, including a Core Ultra 5, Core Ultra 7, X7 and X9. And the RAM options go from 16GB to 32GB and a max of 64GB.

The only catch is that, with the price of RAM skyrocketing due to AI-driven demand, the price is going to be tough to hear. According to Dell, prices start at $2,049.

Intel Panther Lake

Intel's keynote took place during our second day of CES and the brand stepped up to show off its new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 laptop chips. Codenamed Panther Lake, they were first revealed back in October, but CES has given us our first look at them in action.

The big change is that Panther Lake is built on the new Intel 18A node and employs a "System of Chips" design featuring up to 16 cores and fabricated out of smaller "tiles," which can be moved and swapped to fine-tune performance and efficiency.

In addition, the GPU built into these new Core Ultra 3 chips introduces a new, more efficient Xᵉ3 graphics architecture and scales up to 12 Xᵉ cores and 12 Ray Tracing Units, delivering better performance and featuring an increased 16 MB L2 Cache in the high-end configuration.

There's also better multi-thread performance and a number of other tricks that my colleague Alex Wawro has detailed right here.

Strutt ev1 personal mobility vehicle

Let's get fun for a second. My colleague Mike Prospero took this "personal mobility vehicle" for a spin around the show floor and called it a cross between Professor X's wheelchair and a Tesla. I'll share the bad news up front: You can pre-order it for $5,299, but its regular price will run you $7,499. Ouch.

But here's what you get for your money, the Strutt's four motors power it at speeds of up to 7 mph (11.3 km/h), and it can carry a maximum payload of 350 lbs (160 kg). It'll glide up hills as steep as 13-degrees, and ride over curbs up to 2 inches in height. Finally, the 18.5Ah/592Wh removable battery is good for about 20 miles of range.

The cherry on top is that it's voice-controlled with built-in navigation. So you can sit there and just tell it where you want to go. If you want to know more, read Mike's hands-on with the Strutt ev1 here.

Hisense UR8 RGB Mini-LED TV

Day one of CES 2026 was dominated by LG and Samsung's new TV smarts but Hisense has also arrived at the party. This Chinese brand has constantly impressed us with its value for money and this year we got a good look at how it's embracing Mini-LED technology.

Hisense has upgraded its RGB Mini-LED architecture to include a fourth primary color. The addition of cyan — or sky blue, as Hisense calls it — is said to improve the color fidelity, and there are several models to choose from this year.

The Hisense UR9 and the Hisense UR8 are the brand’s first attempt to scale the tech down to smaller screen sizes. It was previously limited to a 116-inch display in the Hisense 116UX but these new sets will be available in sizes ranging from 55 to 100 inches.

Lego Smart Brick

This was a bit of a left-field reveal at CES, but we are totally here for it. The European toy brand Lego revealed its first-ever "smart brick" at a dedicated keynote that included a demo of how it'll work.

The company has fitted a tiny computer into a standard 2x4 Lego brick that's capable of detecting NFC-enabled tags inside new Lego tiles and minifigures. When the block detects one of these (or another smart brick) it will react dynamically.

Lego says it will make sets come to life with features like sound effects, lighting or movement.

Ascentiz H1 Pro exoskeleton

Exoskeletons aren't as strange a sight these days as you might expect. We saw one at last year's CES and they're back again for 2026. This year, senior fitness writer Dan Bracaglia strapped on the Ascentiz H1 Pro and called it the most comfortable exoskeleton he's tested.

Like other exoskeletons, the Ascentiz relies on AI to analyze a user’s stride, ensuring natural movement assistance. While Dan says it wasn't as powerful as exoskeletons from Hypershell and Arc'teryx, the range of movement was more comfortable.

Weighing just 4.4 pounds (sans battery), the H1 Pro is surprisingly unburdensome to wear. It also folds down into a neat little package that can easily be stored in a gym bag. So whether you're hiking around a massive trade show or want some help at the squat rack, this looks like a winner.

Ascentiz has a few different models in development, and you can find more information over at its fully-backed active Kickstarter campaign.

MSI Pro Max QD-OLED monitor

MSI always shows up in full force at CES with new laptops, graphics cards and gaming PCs, but this year, my colleague Anthony Spadafora said he was interested in the company's new Pro Max 271UPXW12G monitor.

This all-white QD-OLED display isn’t just another gaming or business monitor. Instead, it’s designed to work perfectly with your Mac; it features M-Color Mode for seamless color synchronization and even allows you to adjust brightness and volume directly from your MacBook shortcut keys.

So, if you're looking for an alternative to the $1,599 Apple Studio Display, this could well be it. Especially as Anthony thinks this could arrive with a sub $1,000 price point. You can read all his thoughts on it right here.

Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo

Asus has stepped up to CES 2026 with the world’s first dual-screen 16-inch gaming laptop. It's an OLED waterfall that seems like overkill in all the right ways.

Computing Editor Jason England took a look at the two 16-inch 3K OLED displays and proclaimed them: "drop-dead gorgeous, running at a buttery smooth 120Hz and sporting HDR support."

Both displays are attached onto a hinge that can bend back a full 320-degrees too and since this is a Zephyrus machine, the specs list is crazy good. There's an Intel Core Ultra Series 3 CPU, up to RTX 5090 laptop GPU, 64GB LPDDR5X RAM and a 2TB SSD — pumping 135W through that GPU. You also get plenty of I/O including Thunderbolt 4, and Wi-Fi 7 connectivity to boot.

You can check out more of Jason's thoughts on this beast of a laptop right here.

Alienware 16 Area-51 (2026)

I told you that day two of CES was going to be all about the laptops. My colleague Tony Polanco is a life-long gamer, so it's only right that he got to check out the new machines from Dell's gaming sub-brand, Alienware.

Later this year, we can expect an Alienware ultra-slim gaming laptop, coming in at just 0.66 inches (17mm) thin, which is cool. But Tony got to grips with the sturdy Alienware 16 Area-51 on the show floor.

It continues everything about last year's laptop that made it a favorite and levels up in one crucial area: the display. There's now a 240Hz OLED panel with lower latency as well as improved cooling. Tony thinks it has a good chance of being one of the best gaming laptops you can buy this year.

Unfortunately, we don’t yet have a concrete release date, but expect it sometime in the first quarter of this year. Alienware says it will share pricing closer to launch.

Nvidia's AI car tech

Nvidia is one of the biggest names in tech at the moment and the company hosted its own keynote at CES on day two. Unfortunately, we didn't get any new GeForce RTX graphics cards as the company was instead focusing on AI and robotics.

Aside from CEO Jensen Huang messing about with some Star Wars droids on stage, the most interesting development was the announcement of Nvidia Alpamay. This is a new open-source AI model for self-driving cars. Instead of being trained on data and driving reactively, this model is able to use reasoning at lightning-quick times to be proactive.

Nvidia showed it in action with a driving demo across San Francisco and it could just be the future of self-driving cars. Huang confirmed the model will be included with the 2025 Mercedes Benz CLA — already rated the world's safest car by the automotive bodies.

This new self-driving motor vehicle is heading to manufacturing and launching in the U.S. in Q1! Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.

 Eli Health Hormometer

Alongside laptops and AI, wellness tech is a big draw at CES and this at-home hormone test shows why. For just $8, you'll be able to test your cortisol levels and, from February, your testosterone and progesterone levels too. Before we go any further, it doesn't replace your doctor but it should give you some extra insight into things like your sleep and energy levels.

Once you've installed the Eli Health app on your phone, you take the saliva collection cartridge out of the sealed package and put it in your mouth for 60 seconds.

From there, you pull on a tab so that the results can start “developing,” similar to a Covid test. You’ll need to wait 20 minutes for this part but once it's done you use the app and your phone’s camera to snap a photo of the saliva stick, at which point the AI will analyze your results and give you a cortisol score.

The tests are $8 a piece, but you can get 8 tests for $99 or a 3-month supply for $225. Find out what my colleague Mark Spoonauer thought when he tried it for himself on the show floor.

Segway Navimow (2026)

It might be the middle of winter right now, but in just a few short months you're going to be looking for ways to keep your lawn looking fresh. And Segway has turned up to CES 2026 with the answer. The company revealed eight new robot lawn mowers covering five different series in the Navimow lineup.

These range in price from $999 to $2,999 for models suitable for home use. The most notable is the Navimow H2 Series, which has an impressive obstacle avoidance system that can detect objects as small as 1 centimeter.

There's also the Navimow i2 AWD series that uses a three-wheel drive system to climb up steeper slopes, along with the Navimo i215 LiDAR that generates detailed maps with its next-generation solid-state LiDAR. If you need to know more, we've got a full breakdown of the new robot mowers and their specs right here.

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• I saw Samsung’s 2026 flagship OLED and Micro RGB TVs side by side — here's the one I like more
• Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar is fueling the next generation of gaming monitors with a breakthrough 1,000Hz+ of perceived motion clarity — here’s how it works

Gadget geeks, this is your week! CES 2026 is in full swing here in Las Vegas, and the Tom's Guide team is here all week scoping out the hottest new TVs, laptops, AI devices, wearables and more.

Over on the TV front, Micro RGB brings the next generation in amazing color and contrast. But OLED TVs are forging ahead as well, as we're now seeing even brighter panels, as well as an amazingly thin Wallpaper TV from LG.

A huge battle is also set to erupt on the Las Vegas strip in computing. 2026 is going to be the year of the laptop, and the CPU wars will erupt around it. Qualcomm is bringing Snapdragon X2 Elite, AMD is rumored to announce new Ryzen AI 400 Series chips, and Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips are Team Blue's latest chance to fight back.

AI is also a huge trend (again), and we're seeing a lot more news around robots of all types — from advanced robot vacuums that can climb stairs and pick up items to full-fledged home assistants that can do your chores. And there's a new wave of AI glasses that promise to give you the info you need on the go without having to whip out your phone every 5 seconds.

These are just some of the trends that the Tom's Guide team is covering, meeting with dozens and dozens of brands. And of course, you can expect your daily dose of hands-on impressions of everything from the latest weird AI hardware to new smart home innovations, smart glasses, and more.

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LG CLOiD is Coming to Fold Your Laundry

I know, I know. We've been promised truly helpful home robots for ages, but LG says its AI-powered home robot called LG CLOiD will help humanity get closer to a "Zero Labor Home" here at CES 2026.

The CLOiD robot uses AI and vision-based tech to perform mundane tasks like cooking and laundry. The robot features a head unit, torso with two articulated arms and a wheeled base that's capable of autonomous navigation. Each arm has seven degrees of freedom, and each hand have five actuated fingers for "fine manipulation."

We'll see LG CLOiD perform various demos, such as retrieving milk from the fridge, as well as folding and stacking garments. Stay tuned for our impressions.

Seriously Powerful AR Glasses

The leader in AR glasses is back at it here at CES 2026 with a new pair of powerful specs, and we already have our full Xreal 1S review live. According to computing editor Jason England, these are the best AR glasses you can buy right now. For $449, you get 1200p full HD resolution and the ability to convert 2D videos to 3D, thanks to a robust X1 chip. They're even $50 cheaper than the previous model. If you pair the Xreal X1S with the Switch 2 with the Neo hub, you can game on the go with the equivalent of a movie theater screen on your face.

SwitchBot AI MindClip is your 'second brain'

If you're constantly forgetting stuff and don't have time to jot notes down, the SwitchBot AI MindClip is here to help. Giving the Plaude NotePin some competition, the MindClip records your daily life and work meetings, then creates AI-powered summaries and task lists for you. The devices weighs just 18 grams and supports over 100 languages. Unfortunately, we don't know the price or release date yet so stay tuned.

Charge (and Protect) Your Switch 2 Anywhere

I already know what I'm getting my daughter for her birthday this year. Belkin has announced the Charging Case Pro for Nintendo Switch 2 at CES 2026, which packs a removable 10,000 mAh power bank for delivering up to 30W of fast charging and features its own LCD to display battery life. You can even recharge the power bank externally without opening the case, and the hinged design doubles as a tabletop stand. Not bad at all for $99 — and it's available now at belkin.com

How to watch Nvidia's big CES 2026 Keynote

The most anticipated CES 2026 keynote is always Nvidia, and that's because CEO Jensen Huang knows how to put on a show. We have a full guide to how to watch the Nvidia CES 2026 keynote, which kicks off on Monday, January 5 at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm GMT.

What to expect? Nvidia's site says it will be about “what’s next in AI in a special presentation.” We could also see what's next for robotics and self-driving, as well as gaming — but we don't expect the RTX 50 SUPER Series or RTX 60-series GPUs just yet.

Govee just reinvented the ceiling light

Govee is kicking off CES by launching two new ceiling lights. The one I'm keen on is the Sky Ceiling Light, which is designed to mimic daylight. Think clear-sky tones and soft skylight transitions, so this is a good bet for spaces that have little to no windows.

The second device is the Govee Ceiling Light Ultra, which packs a 616-pixel LED matrix for vivid patterns and animations. Thanks to Govee's AI Lighting Bot 2.0, you get dynamic lighting effects. You can display over 20 lighting effect presets or create your own. No pricing or availability yet.

This AI robot vacuum won't suck up your valuables

We've seen robot vacuums that can identify obstacles and avoid them, but the new Narwal Flow 2 goes a step further. It leverages AI to identify objects and it can tag them (such as jewelry, wallet, etc) while keeping a safe distance of at least 5cm. It can even send you a photo of the item to your phone via the Narwal app.

Launching in April, the Narwal Flow 2 offers a number of cleaning upgrades, including 30,000Pa of suction (upr from 22,000Pa on the original Flow) and 158°F hot water mopping.

Fraimic Smart Canvas lets you create art with your voice

Get ready for "art that listens." It's a cinch to create AI generated images using the likes of Gemini and ChatGPT, but how about on your wall?

Enter the Fraimic Smart Canvas, which will be on display at CES 2026 and will be available in two sizes starting at $399. This E-Ink screen lets you use voice to speak your ideas directly into the smart canvas. The voice-to-vision technology is powered by OpenAI, no app required.

The two sizes are 14 x 8 and 24 x 35, and Fraimic promises multi-year battery life. You can pre-order now at fraimic.com

This modular skeleton will help you through the toughest journeys

After its record-breaking Kickstarter, Ascentiz has decided to bring a finished version of its exoskeleton system to CES 2026. The systems range in price from $1,499 to $3399, and cover two distinct use-cases: "The Ascentiz-H employs a high-torque quasi-direct-drive system for the hip, while the Ascentiz-K utilizes an advanced cable-drive mechanism for the knee."

If you need help moving around, or have plans for tackling an extreme outdoor adventure and want a fallback plan in case it gets too intense, this relatively affordable exoskeleton has you covered.

Skiing without the snow!?

Because electric scooters are just too boring for the morning commute, now you can ski through the streets instead!

Skwheel is an interesting oddity we spotted (and tested) at CES Unveiled tonight — packing electric motors and a remote to control the speed. The rep told us it takes "about 20 minutes" to get the hang the precise tilt control for effectively carving turns like you would on a traditional pair of skis.

To someone who has two left feet, I'm calling "sus" on that!

Nobody tell Disney about the adorable Zeroth W1!

Faster than you can say "Wall-E," we just bumped into the Zeroth W1. While I do find it weird to call a robot "cute," that's the only way I can describe it to be honest!

This friendly companion is build to support you in three key ways around the home: home security with 360-degree surveillance, following you around in the great outdoors, and providing AI assisted filming and media companionship.

And it's impressively fully featured too with a massive battery, all the sensors including 3D LiDAR and Ultrasonic, alongside both remote and voice control.

This robot vacuum comes with its own mothership

The Dreame X60 Ultra is the highly anticipated robot vacuum sequel that packs a new slimmer profile for subtle cleaning around the house. But you're not limited to just one floor anymore by the $1,399 device.

That slightly terrifying quadraped you see in the back is the CyberX dock. Previously, the dock's just been a stationary location for your hoover to charge. Now it can navigate up stairs for you to get to different hard-to-reach rooms. No price yet, but this could be a breakthrough for never having to worry about vacuum cleaning again.

Give yourself a dope fade

Yes, I cringed just as hard as you did reading that subheadline, but stick with me here. Why pay for a barbers to give you a fade, when you could use Glyde Smart Hair Clippers to do it for you?

As you can see, this is quite the over-the-top construction including a wearable crown that ensures a hard cut-off line as to not go too extreme with your fade and match it up to your facial dimensions, and the additional element on the clippers can change the grading in real-time to let the hair be longer at key intervals.

LG Wallpaper OLED TV is back

Meet the LG OLED evo W6 — a.k.a. The LG Wallpaper TV.

Like the LG OLED evo M5 that was unveiled at last year’s CES, the W6 model will use the Zero Connect Box to beam information from up to 10 meters (30 feet) away. However, what sets the W6 apart from its predecessor is that it will include new backlight technology (dubbed Hyper Radiant Color Technology) for improved black levels, color vibrancy, and brightness, plus a newly designed anti-reflective screen.

According to LG, the W6 is just 9mm thick. On average, that’s thinner than the LG G5 OLED and LG C5 OLED from 2025, though the latter does have part of its screen that’s 6.35mm thick — a hair thinner than the W6.

In terms of brightness, LG claims the W6 is up to 3.9 times brighter than "conventional OLEDs." In HDR, last year's LG B5 OLED reached around 600 nits in Standard mode in our testing. A 3.9x increase would put the W6 Series at around 2,340 nits in a 10% window in Standard HDR, which does seem plausible considering the LG G5 reached almost 1,900 nits in the same test.

Of course, better brightness and thinner screens usually come at a cost, usually to the tune of several thousand dollars. The good news is that LG told our Global Editor-in-Chief Mark Spoonauer that the W6 won't be much more than its OLED stablemates.

Considering the 65-inch W7 launched back in 2017 for $7,999, and the 77-inch model came in at an eye-watering $19,999, this is very good news.

Samsung has two flagship OLEDs in 2026

It's going to be challenging picking a Samsung TV in 2026. That's because the company has two flagship models that utilize vastly different technologies, both of which are equally impressive.

The two Samsung flagships vying for a spot in your living room in 2026 are the new Samsung S95H OLED (the successor to last year’s award-winning S95F OLED) and the all-new R95H, Samsung’s first-ever Micro RGB TV.

The Samsung S95H is going to be a movie-lover’s dream. It sports those perfect black levels that you’ve come to expect from Samsung Display’s self-emissive QD-OLED panels and combines it with the brand’s Glare-Free technology. Even on the brightly lit show floor, I had no problem seeing every single detail in the demo content Samsung had playing on repeat.

Samsung's R95H is as bright as any Mini-LED TV we’ve seen, but it has a slightly larger color volume. Scenes from "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" we watched on the Samsung S95D OLED looked significantly brighter and richer on the R95H.

We'll need a closer look at both screens later this year, but as it stands right now, the S95H has a slight edge on the R95H. Read more in our article where we got to see these flagship OLED and Micro RGB TVs side by side.

More Samsung TV models slated for 2026

In addition to two new flagship OLEDs, Samsung has also detailed its full 2026 TV lineup during CES.

Last year, Samsung launched a room-dominating, 115-inch Micro RGB TV that, unsurprisingly, cost tens of thousands of dollars. This year, the brand is expanding its stable of Micro RGB TVs with at least one new series.

Samsung's latest Micro RGB TV will arrive in 55-, 65-, 75-, 85-, and 100-inch screen sizes. Don't expect them to come cheap, but at the very least, shoppers looking to splash out on this fancy, cutting-edge TV tech will have several size options to choose from.

Samsung's Neo QLED TVs blend Mini-LED backlighting, quantum dot color, and Samsung's robust picture processing capabilities. We don't know much about Samsung's 2026 Neo QLED TV lineup yet, but there's already good news for people who love big screens.

Both the Samsung QN80H and the Samsung QN70H — two of the brand's Neo QLED TVs for 2026 — will arrive in gargantuan, 100-inch versions. They're replacing the Samsung QN80F and the QN70F, respectively. They will also likely be able to buy them in different sizes.

Samsung hasn't forgotten about its AI ambitions, and in 2026, the TV-maker will continue to develop AI-based features for its newest slate of TVs. For instance, Samsung's AI Sound Controller is a new feature that makes on-the-fly adjustments to the soundscape of movies and shows. AI Motion Enhancer Pro purportedly allows for smoother, clearer motion during select content. Additionally, all of Samsung's newest Micro RGB TVs leverage something called Micro RGB AI Engine Pro, which is said to enhance color realism on a frame-by-frame basis.

Become the rock star

Our very own Mike Prospero is channeling his inner Eddie Van Halen thank to the LiberLive C2.

This peripheral should release in March and upgrades the original by featuring more frets. It can even sound like a piano if you want to get your keytar on! There will also be inputs for effects pedals and a microphone. Pricing should be around $500, which is still cheaper than a rockstar's hotel bill.

We went hands with the world's thinnest OLED TV!

At CES 2026, Kate goes hands-on with the LG OLED evo W6 Wallpaper TV, the world’s thinnest OLED TV, now paired with wireless connectivity. With a flush-to-the-wall, 9 millimeter design, no visible ports, and all inputs moved to LG’s Zero Connect Box, this TV is designed to disappear into your space.

This new Wallpaper OLED also debuts Hyper Radiant Color Technology, LG’s brightest OLED performance yet, with improved color, deeper blacks, and dramatically reduced screen reflections. It’s powered by LG’s latest Alpha 11 AI Processor Gen 3, supports 4K at 165Hz, and delivers the full flagship OLED experience in a design that looks more like art than a TV.

Biggest trend to watch: Smart glasses

In our CES 2026 preview, we spotlighted six trends to watch out for. Here, let's highlight one in particular, smart glasses.

This one likely won't come as a surprise if you've seen how popular these devices have become in just a few short years. Now, we're at a point where AR and AI glasses could merge into truly smart frames. We think 2026 will be the year we finally start to see this happening. And we expect it to kick off in Vegas.

That's because the tools you need are already being shown:

• Subtle display tech: Waveguide displays will be all over the place at CES.
• The chips to run it: Expect some developments from the likes of Qualcomm to run these glasses.
• Sensors: A whole lot of companies are reaching out to show me their breakthroughs in sensor tech to make smart glasses smarter.
• The software: Android XR is drawing near, and other companies are jumping on the bandwagon.

As we've seen over the years, smart companies like these are where the big players get the components to power devices like the Meta Ray-Bans. Additionally, AR glasses will also move forward when it comes to affordability and display quality. This could deliver the best way to play games or watch movies on a long haul flight.

Laptops could dominate CES

We think 2026 will be the year of the laptop, and we expect to see a whole ton of them debuting during CES. If you've been holding off on upgrading your laptop or buying one for the first time, this might be the best time to jump aboard.

That's because we're seeing major developments in chip technology coming in the form of Intel Core Ultra 300 Series (Panther Lake), AMD Ryzen AI 400 series (Gorgon Point) and AI Max series (Strix Halo), and Snapdragon X2 Elite. All are set to push the latest systems to another level. OLED will dominate displays, and you’ll hear a whole lot about power efficiency, because who doesn't want a long-lasting laptop?

But probably most surprising is the huge leaps in integrated graphics. For PC gaming on the go, a dedicated Nvidia GPU was always a requirement, but with what we saw testing Intel and Qualcomm’s latest chips, we’re getting to a point where you could get a thin and light notebook that just so happens to game really well, too!

This super-thin tablet makes the iPad Pro look bloated

Sorry, iPad Pro, but you're no longer as thin as you used to be. We just got to check out an ultra-thin Android tablet that's appropriately called the Paper.

Made by the Chinese company Haining Toall Technology, this Android device measures just 3.1mm thick. For those scoring at home, the iPad Pro M5 is 5.1mm thin.

The Paper tablet features a 13-inch AMOLED display, and it's so thin that the ports are stored in a raised area that's slightly thicker. You get two USB-C ports and a mini HDMI port. This bump also makes the slate a bit easier to hold.

The company told us it will be available in 256GB and 512GB versions, and the starting price is $1,500. When we asked about the CPU, a company rep told us that Paper will be powered by a Chinese processor.. so perhaps it's MediaTek?

This all sounds fantastic, but what about battery life? Unfortunately, this slate's endurance is as thin as its design, as we were told the Paper is rated for only 3 hours of run time. However, you'll be able to get battery life with the case... which will no doubt make the tablet thicker.

We don't have a release date for the Paper in the U.S., but you can bet we'll test it out if it ever lands here.

New smart home tech

We expect greater innovations with robot vacuums this year, as designs evolve even further. While it wasn’t as radical, Dreame last year introduced a vacuum that could climb two-inch thresholds. Could robot vacuums get to the next level, literally and figuratively, with models that can go even higher?

We also expect to see an influx of Matter-compatible home security cameras, as the Matter standard was just updated to allow for their use. That’s going to mean you’ll see a lot more cameras that will be able to work within the Apple Home ecosystem as well as Alexa and Google Home.

And, while we've already seen most security camera makers incorporate AI into their devices to better identify people and things that appear on the footage, we expect to see even further refinement for more granular details.

Expect new wearables

Expect new releases from more fitness-oriented smartwatch makers, including big boys like Garmin and the more budget-friendly brands like Amazfit.

We also expect to get our first look at many of the upcoming smart ring releases for 2026 that aren't named Oura. We can’t confirm any specific new models, but we are looking forward to meeting with brands like Circular, Luna Ring, Ringconn, and Ultrahuman.

We're also excited to see what smaller wearables brands have in store, including Pebble, which launched its first smartwatch back in 2013, but is back with some cool new products under the direction of the founder in 2025.

Finally, we’ll be on the lookout for all consumer health tech products that can help you monitor your well-being, improve your health, or assist you in reaching fitness goals in a minimally invasive and/or seamless manner. From smart rings and trackers to stick-on sensors and bodily fluid analyzers, there is no shortage of tech in this category to feed my curiosity.

What to expect from Qualcomm

Qualcomm is likely to be a big presence at CES this year, but the company won't be having a dedicated keynote since it staged its own Snapdragon Summit 2025 in September. The Hawaii-based event gave us a hands-on look at its upcoming Snapdragon X2 Elite and Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chips coming to laptops in 2026.

But despite that, CEO Cristiano Amon will put in a guest appearance at Lenovo Tech World on January 6 at 5 p.m. PST / 8 p.m. EST / 1 a.m. GMT. So it's safe to say we expect Lenovo's upcoming laptops to sport Qualcomm's latest and greatest — but there will be many others, from the likes of Asus and Dell, that'll also be showing off new Snapdragon smarts.

• Read the full story: Qualcomm at CES 2026: What to expect from Snapdragon X2 series chips

8BitDo reveals a cute iPhone gaming accessory

Anyone who likes gaming on their iPhone but can't stand touchscreen controls may be interested in 8BitDo's latest announcement. The controller company has unveiled a cute little gamepad called the 8BitDo FlipPad.

It's designed to turn your iPhone or Android device into a pseudo Game Boy with physical controls that flip up from the underside of the phone to turn it into a vertical handheld. The gamepad looks to be powered by the phone's USB-C port.

The company is currently showing off the device at CES with a release date scheduled for summer 2026. So far, we don't have any word on pricing.

Let there be (smart) light!

Govee has revealed three new products at CES this year: the Govee Floor Lamp 3, Govee Ceiling Light Ultra and Govee Sky Ceiling Light. As well a partnership with Samsung SmartThings, in a bid to firmly embed itself in your existing smart home setup.

You can read more about the individual products right here. But Govee has also told us its core tech has been improved for 2026. As well as an upgraded LuminBlend+ color system, the brand has now got a more intuitive AI Lighting Bot 2.0 and a new adaptive lighting system, called DaySync. Smart light is getting smarter.

• Read the full story: Govee announces 3 new smart lights at CES, including a ceiling light for windowless spaces

Making memories with AI

Smart home company SwitchBot has decided to make a move into the emerging AI wearable category. The AI MindClip is a product akin to the Plaud NotePin: an 18g/0.6oz wearable clip that supports more than 100 languages and listens in to your meetings and conversations throughout the day.

Pricing hasn't been revealed yet, but it's expected to be a subscription-based model. While details are still light on this particular product, it will have a focus on its user being able to search through ‘memories’ and track down important information that it has recorded in the past.

• Read the full story: SwitchBot's new AI audio recorder promises to organize your conversations — here's how it'll work

Withings announces Body Scan 2 smart scale

Withings has announced a successor to the Body Scan smart scale at CES 2026. The Body Scan 2 adds a number of new health features, including hypertension detection. It will also use Impedance Cardiography (ICG) to monitor your heart pumping efficiency and Bioimpedance Spectroscopy (BIS) to check on your cellular health and metabolic function.

According to Withings, the Body Scan 2 can track over 60 biomarker measurements alongside just telling you your weight and body fat percentage.

The smart scale will launch in the second quarter of 2026, pending FDA clearance. Pricing is set at $600 while the original Body Scan will remain available for $399.

The future of gaming laptops?

Gaming laptops are a competitive space, with expensive, high-end products releasing all the time. One brand that typically makes waves in the gaming laptop market is Asus, and the company's new Zephyrus G14 Panther Lake model is being called "the future of gaming laptops" by Tom's Guide Computing Managing Editor Jason England.

He's seen a lot of laptops over his long career, so for him to give something such high praise isn't to be taken lightly. It's certainly exciting for gamers who like playing on the go.

It only weighs 3.3 pounds, which is quite light for a powerful gaming laptop. The integrated Intel Arc B390 ran Painkiller at 220 FPS at 1080p high settings, and Dying Light 2 at 140 FPS.

Stunning TV from Samsung

Check out the video above of the beautiful 130" Micro RGB TV, the "world's first" Micro RGB TV of this size. Could it be the best TV at CES? We'll have to wait to see everything, but it's tracking to be a good one.

AI meets dogs

SATELLAI’s Petsense AI is the world’s first multimodal AI model for pets. It does a little bit of everything — it integrates with the company's cutting-edge tracking dog collars and filters real-time data on a dog’s posture, vocalization, breathing, sleep patterns, activity levels and escape tendencies.

Even with all that AI tracking, the new SATELLAI Collar Go will be priced at $79.99, which seems quite reasonable.

Headphones that turn into a speaker?!

This seems like such a simple idea that we haven't seen done yet. The Neo Hybrid headphones from a new brand called TDM, or “Tomorrow Doesn’t Matter,” roll up and turn into a Bluetooth speaker for times when you want to share the joy of music.

We've seen headphones that double as speakers before, but these are a little different, with a second set of outward-facing 40mm drivers that let you share your music.

They sound promising, though, with up to 200 hours in headphone mode and just over 10 hours in speaker mode, since they have to work much harder to pump out louder sound.

Govee smart lights bring the color

Govee, a company known for making some of the coolest smart lights, has announced three new models at CES 2026, and they look as beautiful as ever.

The company's latest lights have been heavily focused on color, and the Govee Floor Lamp 3, Govee Ceiling Light Ultra and Govee Sky Ceiling Light push the color focus even further.

AI wearables

SwitchBot has arrived at CES 2026 this year and joined the list of companies in the AI wearable space with its AI MindClip device. There's been a few AI wearables that have seen mixed success, so it'll be interesting to see how this one does.

Details are still sparse on this particular product, it will focus on the user being able to search through ‘memories’ and track down important information that it has recorded in the past.

Getting ready for LG

LG's event is just a few minutes away from starting and we're excited to see what the company has to offer. We'll bring you any new products and news as they happen, but for now, we're waiting outside for the company to let us in.

LG CES World Premiere

It's almost time for LG to start its big event and we are officially inside the venue!

'AI should understand people'

William Cho, CEO of LG Electronics, says innovation matters only when it improves your life. Cho went further, saying AI should understand people.

No chores?!

On stage at the LG CES World Premiere, the company showed off what it calls a “Zero Labor Home.” With it, we could see a future where devices and AI work together. The lead device is likely the new CLOiD robot, which helps with chores around the home.

Robots will be able to sense, decide and create the best environment on their own.

I have to say, the idea of doing no household chores sounds pretty appealing. You can't buy time, but you can put robots to work doing the tedious stuff, giving you more time to do the things you want to do.

Greatness at its thinnest

LG is getting into the hardware portion of its presentation, showing off a tiny TV. Not tiny in screen size, but tiny in depth, coming in at 9mm thin, which is about the same depth as a pencil.

To show off the new TV, LG brought three sets on stage, and they looked nothing short of impressive. These sets use 165Hz wireless technology via the Zero Connect box, so you don't need to worry about unsightly wires.

For picture quality, it has Hyper Radiant Color tech built in, which is now 3.9x brighter than previous models.

If you want a TV that's also a conversation piece, this might be worth keeping on your radar.

LG's bringing more AI to TV

LG's new webOS TVs have an AI button built right into the remote, analyzing whatever is on your screen so you can learn more. You can ask about chances to win a game, recipes and more.

While AI seems to be shoved into just about every piece of tech, this actually sounds like an awesome use case.

The smartest of smart fridges

LG's new fridge can help you figure out where to store certain foods and at what temperatures. For example, if you want to make sure your meat is fresh and safe, the fridge.

And the new Signature oven has built-in cameras and can tell you when your croissants are perfectly cooked.

CLOiD stealing the show?

LG circled back to its CLOiD robot, which will be able to help with chores like preparing food, doing laundry, and more. It can also help control LG appliances, bringing all smart devices together into a single functional system.

LG wants your car...

LG's new in-car AI system is ready for those who want to lean into the future of autonomous driving.

When self-driving is engaged, the left side of the windshield becomes a screen displaying a 3D map, and the right side can be used for on-the-fly shopping.

Tunnel? How about a magical forest instead?!

LG also showed how even going through a tunnel could be transformed. It can be like you're traveling through a magical forest using generative AI.

Driving might never be boring again.

Data centers

LG is getting into data centers now, which is important, but probably a little less exciting for regular tech users.

And that's a wrap for LG

LG CLOiD closed out the show and thanked everyone for coming.

He'll be at the booth so we can see it up close. Stay locked into the Tom's Guide CES live blog for our impressions of the robot when we get up close and personal.

L'Oréal has unveiled two light-based devices at CES 2026

The Light Straight + Multi-styler uses infrared light to straighten hair at 320°F, significantly lower than traditional straighteners that hit 400°F+. Near-infrared light reshapes hydrogen bonds in hair fibers without damaging keratin. L'Oréal claims it works 3x faster and leaves hair 2x smoother than premium competitors.

The LED Face Mask is a flexible silicone prototype that delivers red and near-infrared light to target fine lines, sagging, and uneven tone. It aims to firm and smooth skin through light therapy. Also launching in 2027.

Pricing details will be available on loreal.com closer to launch.

HP takes on the MacBook with the new OmniBook Ultra 14

HP has a new ultra-thin laptop that is 5% thinner than the MacBook Air while offering a 3K OLED touchscreen display. My colleague Mark Spoonauer got some hands on time with the HP Omnibook Ultra 14 2026 at CES and said it looks good so far but he is worried about the price, which is higher than the MacBook Air M4.

CES 2026 Day 1 round up

We're boots on the ground in Las Vegas for CES 2026 and we've already seen a variety of new, interesting and occassionaly strange new gadgets and devices.

With that in mind, we rounded up a list of the best new products we saw on the first day of CES including the Paper Android tablet that is just 3.1mm thick and the new Samsung S95H OLED TV. Check out our picks to see what's coming in tech this year.

LEGO is at CES?

What is LEGO doing at CES? The company is hosting it's first keynote at the world's biggest tech show to celebrate some special anniversaries... and celebrate the launch of a very special product that powers interactivity with LEGO sets.

Enter the Lego Smart Brick

During its keynote Lego showed a brief history of the toy and how its changed through the years before introducing the newest kind of Lego, the smart brick. But what does it do?

First look at the Lego Smart Brick

The first ever public demo of the Lego Smart Brick and Smart minifigures shows off type of brick.
These new Lego feature tags and spatial awareness so that it can tell where it is in relation to a minifigure or make noises depending on what kind of build its used in.

A brief look at LG's new home robot

LG showed off its new CLOiD robot at CES and it made quite the splash. It's an AI-powered home robot, which you can see in the video above.

LG revealed the bot as part of its "Zero Labor Home" vision, and we got a brief look at the friendly-looking automaton.

A real life Vibroblade

At first glance, this vibrating chef's knife seems very silly. However, it could be a solution for people who want to cook but don't have good hand strength or need help with cutting.
That said, the $399 starting price is not enticing when you can get a quality chef's knife for far less. Still, we're curious.

Breaking: Hisense 2026 TV lineup revealed

Hisense is coming into 2026 strong with a new lineup of UR9 and UR8 RGB Mini-LED TVs. Plus, a huge micro-LED upgrade in the 163MX.
We broke it all down here exploring everything Hisense announced plus what we expect to see once we get our eyes on the sets.

Nvidia press conference starting soon and the line is looooooong

Nvidia's massive CES 2026 press conference is going to kick off soon, and my colleague Jason England will be attending, if he can get in. The line apparently spans 2 floors!

The show starts at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT.

Don't worry, we'll get in and have coverage of everything Team Green announces.

The Nvidia stage

We're inside the theater for the Nvidia keynote. Here's what it looks like. It reminds me of one of the cauldrons from Horizon Forbidden West where the robot animals are made.

Here's a closer look:

Frameless outdoor TV debuts

Sylvox brought the world's first-ever frameless outdoor TV with an IP56 rating, meaning this set is quite durable.

It comes with a starting price of $1,599 for the 43-inch version.

Check out our breakdown of the Sylvox Frameless Outdoor series for more details about the new TV.

Nvidia CES 2026 keynote LIVE

We're tracking everything CES 2026 here, but if you want to know what's happening with Nvidia check out our new Nvidia keynote live blog here.

Samsung says "2026 could be tipping point" for smart kitchens

We sat down with Samsung's Vice President for Digital Appliances, Hyoung Min Park, to talk about the company's plans for the future of its home appliances.

Spoiler alert: It's mostly AI-based.

Check out our interview here.

Samsung Display shows off OLED

Samsung Display is CES showing off screens that could power your next OLED TV and possibly the iPhone Fold later this year.

My colleague Mark Spoonauer took a walk through the Samsung booth and three panels stuck out to him including a creaseless OLED panel for foldable phones and the brightest OLED screen to date.

Reminder: Nvidia Live

As a reminder we're tracking everything Nvidia and Jensen Huang announced in our Nvidia live blog.

Intel keynote kicking off soon

Intel's CES keynote kicks off at 3 pm Pacific. Our man on the ground, Darragh Murphy, will be on site following along with Intel's announcements.

We don't know what it could be, so, the keynote could be huge or it could be a whole lotta nothing. We'll find out together as we track all of Team Blue's announcements.

Gearing up for Intel Core Ultra Series 3!

Darragh here, and I've got a front row seat at Intel's big keynote on all things Core Ultra Series 3 (a.k.a. Panther Laker). Sure, we can expect a collection of new and improved chips (we've even tested Intel Panther Lake), but what else does Intel have in store? They've kept their lips tight, so here's hoping for a big reveal.

Check out the livestream above, and I'll be here with the latest updates as they happen!

And the countdown begins

It's getting packed over at Intel's keynote, and we're now 10 minutes away from all the big announcements from Team Blue. So far, I'm staring at a (fittingly) blue screen.

While we wait, don't forget to check out what Nvidia is announcing!

Kicking off in under 2 minutes...

Get the popcorn out (I wish I had some, and no one else seems to have any to share either), as the event is kicking off in under two minutes! No telling how long it will last, so prepare for a long one.

And we're kicking off with Intel's CEO on stage

CEO Lip-Bu Tan is kicking off the show and giving us a recap of Intel's past year, and what to expect (including the Ultra Series 3) along with Intel's push for an AI-driven future.

Intel Core Ultra Series 3 is here

SVP Jim Johnson is now here to talk about what's coming this year, and yes, Intel Core Ultra Series 3 is here with a panther in the background of the show.

Johnson talks about the investment Intel has made in the U.S. for new tools and Intel 18A being the center of that effort, stating it's a "big milestone." Essentially, up to 15% better performance per watt and up to 30% better chip density. It's impressive stuff.

'Fundamentals still matter'

The next step of the journey for Intel is here, with Intel Core Ultra Series 3 being built with Intel 18A, and it's now officially announced! Apparently, it's the most "advanced process in the world," with new e-core, p-cores, Xe cores and more. What I'm really looking forward to is the graphics these chips can achieve.

The GPU tile is now on its own chiplet, which equals fantastic performance when it comes to graphics.

Otherwise, think better performance, battery efficiency and much longer battery life.

Prepare for a big Arc graphics upgrade

Panther Lake has 70% more gaming performance than Lunar Lake, and it's been tested across a range of games, including Cyberpunk 2077 to Returnal toRed Dead Redemption 2. Games like Painkiller and Delta Force will runs at over 120 FPS according to Intel. That's all based on the GPU on chip, by the way!

With XeSS 3, you can expect ray tracing and AI-generated frames. That's right, there's AI-based multi-frame generation. With Overkill settings with super resolution, the Arc B390 (the name of the iGPU) can offer 145 FPS. Impressive stuff.

Battlefield 6 runs 'remarkable' on Panther Lake

EA has been working with Intel to make sure Battlefield 6 is optimized for Core Ultra 3, and it's working on a native integration of XeSS to make sure those frame rates run smooth.

BREAKING: Intel Core Ultra Series 3 will have a big focus on handheld gaming

It's not just for laptops and PCS! Intel just confirmed it will be launching a suite of handheld gaming consoles boasting Intel Core Ultra Series 3. We'll have to wait and see what this looks like, but it's sure to be a hit with the specs Team Blue just announced.

Intel on local AI

As you might expect, Intel is doubling down on all things local AI, working with Microsoft to make the most of Copilot+ PC features and more. Expect 180 TOPS, up to 120 GPU TOPS and up to 96GB DDR5x. So prepare for a new Intel AI era that's able to handle local and cloud artificial intelligence right on your PC.

Perplexity AI makes an appearance

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas has come on stage to talk about local compute how much faster it is with minimal latency, better security and control. Essentially, Srinivas talks about how localized compute is becoming more prevalent.

Srinivas also talks about the cost, and how local compute becomes more cost-effective to take pressure off these costly data centers. We're moving more towards localized AI.

Intel built for Edge

Compared to Nvidia's Jetson Orin, the Intel Core Ultra X9 will have 1.7x better performance in image classification, 1.9x LLM Latency, and 2.3x video analytics. Shots fired at Team Green, it seems!

And that's a wrap!

Intel Core Ultra Series 3 products will be available...starting tomorrow! As in, January 6, so it really won't be long until we find out just how well these CPUs perform. Stay tuned for a hands-on look at the chip and what it can offer.

Oh, and plenty more major announcements at CES 2026. Keep it right here!

Hands on with the return of the Dell XPS

Dell is bringing back the XPS line after abandoning it for the strange Premium branding.

My colleague, Mark Spoonauer, spent some time with the new XPS laptops at CES.

Like other PC MacBook Pro competitors, it is more expensive but he found that it has a lot to justify the premium pricing.

Checking out the bonkers Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo

Asus got weird at CES 2026 with the dual-screen ROG Zephyrus Duo. Tom's Guide's Jason England got to check out the 16-inch gaming laptop.

"While I’m sure the price will be truly ludicrous, I can’t help but hold a soft spot for this as one of the coolest laptops I’ve seen so far this decade," he said.

That's a wrap on CES 2026 Day 1

And that's it for day one of CES 2026. We've covered a lot today from the latest from Intel and Nvidia to fun gadgets and excellent new laptops from Dell and Asus. Plus, a long look at LG's CLOiD robot which stole the show today.

We'll be back tomorrow with more coverage of all the tech and gadgets being shown off at CES this year. So keep an eye on Tom's Guide as we explore the showroom floor.

Nvidia DLSS 4.5 is a boon for gamers

Nvidia's DLSS technology just got a big boost at CES 2026. With the new DLSS 4.5, you can now experience 4K path-traced gaming at a whopping 240 fps. The AI-fueled feature combines super resolution and frame generation for better performance when gaming.

Our own Jason England got a demo, and the result is better picture stability, reduced ghosting and other enhancements. Get the full scoop on DLSS 4.5 now

Portable projection with even more power

It's 1:30am in Las Vegas right now, so it's a good time to catch up on what happened yesterday while CES attendees sleep (or continue to party - it's the Vegas Strip after all).

Let's start with Samsung's new Freestyle+ projector, the latest in Samsung's portable projector line that puts its obligatory AI features to use for image quality purposes, adapting the image to the distance from the wall, the material and more to keep things looking crispy. A new 360-degree speaker and higher 430-lumen brightness round out the improvements.

A tablet so thin you could almost shave with it

We've seen thin tablets before, but Haining Toall has taken it to another level with its super-thin Paper tablet. Despite being a 13-inch slate just like the iPad Pro, the Paper is about 40% thinner at 3.1mm thick.

Despite the thinness, there are two USB-C ports and a mini HDMI port (albeit in a slightly thicker section), and up to 512GB storage. But with an estimated price of $1,500, and an estimated battery life of just three hours, this may not be ready for the big time just yet.

Nvidia's new gaming-focused offerings

Leather jacket enthusiast and CEO Jensen Huang hosted the Nvidia Live presentation yesterday, telling us all sorts of things about the company's future plans.

You can check out the whole presentation above, but the highlights as far as we're concerned, were the announcement of G-Sync Pulsar monitor tech to keep images smooth and sharp as you game, GeForce Now's RTX 5080 update that also introduces Linux support, and DLSS 4.5 - the latest step for AI-improved graphics processing.

A "zero labor" home with a robot? Sign us up!

LG outlined its "Zero Labor Home" concept in its LG press conference, which includes the rather adorable CLOiD house robot.

Designed to fit in with LG ThinQ products, and using vision and artificial intelligence to help users out, CLOiD can perform tasks like loading a washing machine, and act as a hub for other connected devices. It's only a concept, but it's a dream that countless people have had for decades. Sooner or later it's got to become a reality, right?

Samsung's two new flagship TVs - but which is better?

Samsung has a new top model for its OLED TV series - the S95H. But it's also launched a new Micro RGB set named the R95H. So now it's harder than ever to pick the right model for your needs.

Fortunately, we went hands-on with both of Samsung's new TV models, and while the Micro RGB boasts superior brightness and color, the overall image from the OLED screen was the better of the two. That may change when we get to review these TVs properly, but it's at least a convincing early victory for OLED.

Too many screens? Or not enough?

The Asus Zephyrus Duo series has been offering dual-screen gaming on a laptop for some time, but the latest version now features two full-size 16-inch panels, rather than a main screen and a secondary one squeezed above the keyboard deck.

Coupled with up to 64GB RAM, an RTX 5090 GPU and an Intel Core Ultra Series 3 CPU, you get immense power as well as an absurd yet awesome design with this laptop. We don't have full pricing or availability details yet, but don't expect all this to come cheap.

Walking exoskeletons continue to take strides forward

Even if you've not got miles of show floor to cover, an exoskeleton like the Ascentiz H1 Pro can be a much-needed tool for helping users move faster, further or with heavier loads.

The particular advantage of this model is its light weight, minimizing the burden that the tech places on the user while maximizing the benefits of motor-assisted walking. If you need something more heavy-duty, you can alternatively go for the Ultra model, which sports increased power, or one of Ascentiz's knee/knee and hip-attached models that offer greater performance over the basic hip-based H1 Pro.

The best of CES day 2 round-up

Before we get stuck into the third day of action from across CES 2026, let's take a look back at everything day 2 had to offer. We've got a full breakdown of the top 9 new gadgets we saw right here.

Bottom line is that day 2 was all about the laptops. We saw new machines from MSI, Acer and HP, as well as Dell and its gaming sub-brand, Alienware. Many of these machines arrived sporting new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (Codenamed Panther Lake) chips. We can't wait to get these laptops into our labs to test them out against their Snapdragon and AMD rivals.

But it wasn't just laptops that caught our eye yesterday. For the first time, toy brand Lego held a CES keynote to reveal its first "smart brick" — a standard Lego brick with a tiny computer packed inside that uses NFC to bring Lego sets to life with lights and sounds.

Finally, we got a look at some new mobility solutions, including a voice-controlled four-wheel personal transport vehicle with a 20-mile range and a brand new exoskeleton that our senior fitness writer called one of the most comfortable he's ever worn.

It was an action-packed day at CES and we're looking forward to bringing you everything that Day 3 has to offer over the course of the next 24 hours.

• Read the full story: CES 2026 day 2 — 9 biggest tech and gadget announcements direct from the show floor

Segway launches several new robot lawn mowers

Segway, best known for its rideable devices, has made a major push into the robot lawn mower market. At CES, the company showed off eight different models, ranging from the cheapest Navimow i2 AWD to the Navimow X4 Series, which starts at $2,499.

The company even showed off the Terranox Series that can cover areas as large as six acres, which is absurd for a robot lawn mower. It could be used for professional applications, such as golf courses and other large, grassy areas.

Bosch vacuums are packed with features

During CES 2026, popular appliance maker Bosch announced that it will bring its cordless cleaning tech to the U.S. for the first time. The company offers a 10-year motor warranty, which is something you won't find on most other vacuum cleaners.

Even cooler, the vacuum comes with a dedicated sensor that changes color once your floor is fully cleaned, so you never need to guess whether the dust and other debris are lifted from the floor. For people who want to make sure their floors are really clean, this could be a game-changing feature.

We tried Razer’s Project Motoko

Razer’s Project Motoko is coming, and our own Anthony Spadafora tried it out.

It's a bold concept that blends an AI-native computer into a high-end gaming headset. Powered by Snapdragon platforms and equipped with dual eye-level cameras, it offers a level of contextual awareness and processing power that smaller wearables simply can't match.

Instead of needing to add some kind of additional AI wearable to your kit, Razer's uses the gaming headset you already have.

CES is for sleep

From smart mattresses to support teen development to sleep tracking lamps, the best sleep tech to come out of CES 2026 so far.

Klipsch is back!

Klipsch has made an appearance at CES 2026 this year, and amongst its announcements of some very snazzy-looking amps and speakers, there's something very exciting indeed.

Returning to the best headphone space, Klipsch has brought three pairs of cans to Las Vegas to give us an idea of what the future holds.

This is big for PC gaming!

PC gaming is about to enter a new revolution with NVIDIA targeting 4K path-traced gaming at a whopping 240 FPS with DLSS 4.5.

What is this technology? Essentially, Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) is Nvidia’s AI-driven learning of how a game works and runs, and it makes it much better on your gaming desktop or laptop.

As with any new technology, there’s much for us to test — we need to see what Super Resolution looks like and check out any potential latency issues in Dynamic Frame Generation, but it all sounds promising.

A robot vacuum that can climb stairs!?

As Roomba falls apart, other robot vacuums are stepping in to fill the automated cleaning void.

One of the more interesting ones we've seen is the Rororock Saros Rover that can climb stairs thanks to its two-wheel legs! This thing can also jump, what?

We saw the Rover at CES and came away pretty impressed with the little AT-AT.

Cheap smartwatches can look good

My colleague, Dan Bracaglia, is our smartwatch guru and he just went hands-on with the Amazfit Active Max, a budget-friendly watch that still looks snazzy.

It has a big screen and is brighter than the Apple Watch 11 with some serious battery life, while only costing $169!

Prevent stove fires when your fire alarm goes off

A lot of fires in the home start in the kitchen from stoves left on too long — so what if you could have a device that automatically shuts off the gas or power to your range? The FireAvert was created by a former firefighter to do just that. This device connects to your gas or electric line, and in the event a fire alarm goes off, it will stop the flow going to your stove. While the FireAvert has been around for a few years, this new model incorporates Z-Wave technology, making it "smart" for the first time, and letting you connect it to other smart home devices, and send you alerts on your phone. The FireAvert costs $249.

Pebble Watch is back!

We've known the Pebble Watch is coming back for a while now, but it's finally a reality as the Pebble Watch 2 popped up at CES this year.

It comes with a bigger E-ink display than its predecessor, a week of battery life, and a deliberately open-source ecosystem. The Pebble Watch 2 will set you back $225 if you're interested.

For more details, we have specs and prices here and an interview with founder Eric Migicovsky on why he revived the Pebble.

OLED Alienware, baby!

Invading Earth with an OLED screen, finally! While the Alienware 16 Area-51 for 2026 might not be an astronomical upgrade, it has something many have asked for... an OLED display! The original Alienware 16 Area-51 was our favorite gaming laptop of 2025. But with the inclusion of a 240Hz OLED panel, lower latency, and improved cooling, it has a strong shot at being one of the best gaming laptops, full stop

For more details, check out our hands-on preview of the Alienware Area-51 2026 edition.

Nvidia Q&A starting soon

Nvidia is holding a Q&A session with CEO Jensen Huang soon and the big man just came on stage. We'll see what we can get him tell us about Nvidia's future plans regarding GPUs, AI and more.

Falling back in love with the Asus TUF Gaming A14 laptop

Asus swapped out an Nvidia GPU for an AMD Strix Halo one, which could bring us back to the Asus TUF Gaming A14 after last year's price increase and poorer power efficiency.

The 2026 edition also appears to feature a new AMD Ryzen AI Max+ chips. Its capable of 60 teraflops of RDNA 3.5 GPU performance, which is all integrated meaning better power efficiency.

We'll be sure to test it out later this year, but for now we're quite curious.

The 7 best TVs we've seen at CES so far

CES is well underway and we've had time to check out a ton of TVs from all of the major manufacturers this week.

It means we've seen tons of televisions, but a few have stuck out.

We picked 7 of the best TVs we've seen at CES 2026 that you need to know about. We've got options from Samsung, LG, Hisense and more with features like new OLED panels, lifestyle framing and reimagined mini-LEDs.

Amazon brings Alexa+ to Samsung TVs, BMW vehicles and Oura wearables

Today at CES, Amazon announced a major expansion of Alexa+, extending the AI assistant well beyond Echo devices and deeper into TVs, cars, appliances and wearables.

Samsung will be the first third-party brand to build Alexa+ directly into its smart TVs, letting users search for content, control smart home devices and manage routines without an Echo.

In cars, BMW is debuting a next-gen in-vehicle Alexa+ experience in the iX3, enabling more natural, conversational voice control for navigation, media and vehicle functions.

Amazon also highlighted new partnerships with Bosch and Oura. Bosch coffee machines will respond to voice commands for personalized brewing, while Oura integration will let users check sleep, recovery and wellness insights through Alexa+.

Together, the updates signal Amazon’s push to make Alexa+ an always-available, ambient assistant across everyday devices — at home, in the car and beyond.

Smart rings take over CES as AI moves beyond pins and glasses

If early buzz at CES is any indication, 2026 is shaping up to be the Year of the Smart Ring. After a rocky run for AI pins and glasses, the industry appears to be converging on rings as the most natural, low-friction way to interact with ambient intelligence.

Much of that momentum started late last year with Sandbar’s Stream Ring, which positioned the ring not just as a health tracker but as an AI extension. Now, a wave of newcomers — including Vocci, Index 01 and Aivela — are following, aiming to push rings beyond biometrics and into productivity and AI interaction.

Brands like Oura and RingConn helped normalize wearing tech on your finger, but this next generation is trying to make the ring an active input device, and going beyond just a passive sensor.

At CES, the broader shift is clear: smart rings are evolving from wellness accessories into conversational interfaces — and may finally offer a form factor people actually want to use every day.

We tried the new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chip and it kicks

Yesterday, Intel revealed its new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs. Today, my colleague Darragh Murphy got a chance to see the Series 3 in action.

He tried a variety of recent titles like Battlefield 6 on upcoming gaming laptops. "One thing's for sure: your next gaming laptop may not need a dedicated GPU after all," he said.

Keep an eye out for a new gaming laptop with an Intel Core Ultra X9 or X7 processor to try it yourself this year.

Keep your home secure with smart locks

CES can seem like a show off flash with giant TVs, dancing robots, and very, very silly tech. But there are plenty of practical devices to check out as well.

For example, this year, smart lock companies are introducing new models with longer-lasting rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Plus, more integration of the Matter standard for newer and smarter facial recognition.

Here are the best smart locks we've seen at CES 2026.

Riding the 'Rolls-Royce' of electric scooters

Forget Bird and Lime, the Navee UT5 Ultra X is inspired by supercars, specifically the Rolls-Royce Phantom.

Does it ride as smooth and lux as a Phantom? Read the hands-on experience from my colleague Dan Bracaglia to find out.

Lenovo's keynote kicks off soon

Lenovo's massive keynote taking place in The Sphere at CES 2026 is kicking off soon.

We'll be tracking all of the announcements in a separate article, which we'll share once it's live.

Lenovo Tech World LIVE and taking a break

As a reminder, we're tracking all of Lenovo's big announcements during Lenovo Tech World right here. Head on over to see what Lenovo and AMD have to say.

Meanwhile, we're taking a break on this blog until tomorrow. Check back in with us for more tech and gadgets as we explore Las Vegas and the various exhibition halls.

A new foldable enters the fray

Time for another CES catch-up session while the TG team in Las Vegas gets some well-earned rest. And we'll kick off with one of the only phone-related announcements at the show — the Motorola Razr Fold.

Moto's foldables have all been the smaller clamshell type so far, so seeing a full-size folding phone is exciting. The specs are on par with the best in the business too, so we look forward to giving it a proper review soon.

A laptop that turns heads — and its own screen

The Lenovo Auto Twist is a confusing device. That makes it perfect for a debut at one of the tech industry's biggest shows, even if we can't figure out if it will be any good to live with day-to-day.

The rotating hinge allows this funky 2-in-1 laptop to track you as you move, but it still covers the basics like a wealth of ports to connect your accessories with and a great-looking display. But it's another case of waiting and seeing if it still feels fun and useful after in-depth testing.

Movie theater-grade earbuds?

The Breggz Zohn-1 earbuds come with a big claim — that they're the first earbuds to be IMAX Enhanced certified.

They're certainly luxuriously made, with two different sizes on offer along with six sets of eartips to help you find the perfect fit. But they're currently not available for purchase, and when they do come back, they could cost anything between one to two grand. One to watch, but to stay skeptical of until we hear more.

A new way to measure health with your phone

Hormones can be a key health indicator, which is why Eli Health's Hormometer, and its ability to measure cortisol (with testosterone and progesterone testing coming soon) piqued our interest.

With an app and a testing cartridge, you can get results in 20 minutes, after which the app will give you the lowdown and suggestions of what to do if your results are outside expected margins. Luckily our results were all good, but this could be a useful starting point for anyone wanting to see their doctor with a related concern about their health.

A robot vacuum that can climb

Roborock brought its Saros Rover concept to CES this year, a robot vacuum with two legs with wheels that allow it to climb stairs (useful) or jump (maybe less useful).

Other models shown off on Roborock's stand can deal with smaller inclines, and will actually be available for purchase. But the Rover shows a potential future where you don't need to buy two robot vacuums or take control of one floor's vacuuming manually.

Top 9 new gadgets from CES day 3

This has been an exciting year for tech at CES. Lots of exciting new gadgets have been revealed, with tons of robots and AI dominating the show. Huge TVs are also popular, including models with unparalleled brightness.

If you want to see which items from CES day 3 stole the show for Tom's Guide team of tech writers, check out our CES 2026 Day 3 roundup of the top 9 new gadgets you need to see.

Did you miss the Dell XPS?

One of the standout devices from the early portion of CES 2026 was the return of the Dell XPS laptop. The seriously sleek and powerful laptop has made a triumphant albeit pricey return, and we went hands-on with the new Dell XPS 14 during the show.

In our hands-on, Tom's Guide Global Editor in Chief Mark Spoonauer said, "The Dell XPS 14 is clearly a MacBook Pro competitor, but its starting price right now is $500 more than Apple's powerful 14-incher, so it's really going to have to justify the premium in our testing."

We'll have to wait and see if it justifies the price, but the early impressions are positive.

So excited for the Lego Smart Brick!

"I didn’t walk away from LEGO Smart Play thinking it’s for everyone, but I did walk away understanding it. This isn’t LEGO trying to turn bricks into screens or shove an app into every build," said Tom's Guide Managing Editor, Kate Kozuch.

It's a controversial change for Lego to offer a smart brick, as it'll make the sets even more expensive. But for a cool product like Lego that hasn't made any significant changes in a long time, I think it's very exciting.

IKEA bringing it at CES

The IKEA donut lamp is back, and it's smarter than ever. The IKEA Varmblixt is the latest smart home release from the iconic furniture brand, and it features color-changing and light dimming capabilities.

Available both as a wall light and a table lamp, the IKEA Varmblixt will cost $99 and be available from April 2026.

Motorola Razr Fold hands-on

The new Motorola Razr Fold is coming along, and we went hands-on with it at CES 2026. We were mostly impressed by the striking design and powerful cameras, but there's definitely a lot more to love about this upcoming foldable.

The phone is scheduled for later this year, so we'll learn all the details soon, including how much it'll cost. We do know it boasts a 6.6-inch display on the outside and a large 8.1-inch screen when opened, which are solid specs for a foldable smartphone.

Can Mini-LED steal the show?

Hisense showed off a new Mini-LED TV with a backlighting system that makes it more colorful and energy efficient. The technology could fix the brand’s longstanding issues with red color fringing and upscaling.

We watched the Hisense RGB Mini-LED 116UXS in person and were impressed with its picture quality. "From color and contrast to motion control, everything looked stunning on Hisense’s RGB Mini-LED. Although the demo content was limited, the 116UXS delivered an uncompromising picture," said Tom's Guide Managing Editor Nick Pino.

It's only in a single 116-inch screen size, so don't expect to get one of these in a more home-friendly size anytime soon.

When will we see more integrated GPUs in gaming laptops?

According to Sascha Krohn, Asus' Director of Technical Marketing, "It's just a matter of time." Krohn continued, "Are we there right now? I'm not sure."

"I would say we're definitely getting into the territory where that becomes a possibility. I think that's something that, in the past, you couldn't really do, but I think now we're getting to the point where, and just the fact that you're asking the question — you're not the only one — it shows that if you follow this trend, it is probably going to happen. And it's just a matter of time," Krohn elaborated when he sat down and talked with our own Darragh Murphy.

That would be a huge change in the gaming laptop space, which is known for having thicker, heavier laptops, thanks in part to dedicated GPUs. We'll see if Krohn is right, but it does seem to be the direction things are moving, and it's exciting to see what comes next.

Not all CES demos go as planned...

The LG CLOiD definitely made some waves at CES 2026. But they weren't all positive, as it had some issues with folding laundry during a demo we saw.

"I didn’t know whether to laugh or feel sorry for LG CLOiD as it attempted to fold a series of towels. And I had high hopes for this smart home robot," said Tom's Guide Global Editor in Chief Mark Spoonauer.

Once it finished folding the laundry, the fail started slowly and deliberately. "The problem is that CLOiD then puts the towel on the table in a crumpled heap, which would make any homemaker (or actually anyone) cringe."

After some adjustment, things got worse. "CLOiD has more trouble folding the towel, and it doesn’t come out straight at all. This takes a minute. For one single towel."

"Last but not least, the LG robot gets to work on folding another towel, and it gets through the halfway fold before getting confused or maybe just low on power. It puts its hands down at its sides as if to signal to the world that it’s giving up."

Hey, at least it tried, which is more than I can say sometimes when it comes to doing laundry.

Tom's Guide CES Awards

We've chosen the best products from CES 2026, and we're excited to share them with you!

• Best of CES 2026 Awards: The top 25 new gadgets

IKEA has a very cheap Bluetooth speaker

IKEA isn't a company you normally associate with CES but the furniture firm showed up to CES 2026 with a new tiny cube-shaped Bluetooth speaker, and it costs less than $10.

We gave it a listen, and it sounds surprisingly good for the price.

LG's new oven has a built-in camera

As we get deeper into CES week and away from the huge computing announcements, the smart appliances start to make their appearance.

LG just announced a new LG Signature smart oven that features a built-in camera that lets you monitor your food while the oven is on. Yes, it does have AI but there is something about watching food cook that seems pretty cool.

Hands on with the Asus ROG Xreal R1 glasses

Asus and Xreal partnered up to make a new set of AR smart display glasses. My colleague, Jason England, tried them out and called the R1s the best AR glasses for gaming.

The Asus ROG Xreal R1 features impressive displays, a 240Hz refresh rate, and a much wider field of view.

Trying the wonderfully weird Lenovo rollable ThinkPad

Lenovo had its big announcement keynote last night where the company revealed a variety of products and AI stuff coming down the pipeline. We also got a chance to test a few products like the new Lenovo ThinkPad Rollable XD Concept laptop.

My colleague, Mark Spoonauer, got to see the expanding display in action and it features some wild ideas including the ability to see the internal components of the laptop when you expand the screen.

Surprised by Samsung S90H OLED TV

Samsung showcased its flagship 2026 TV models earlier this week, but the company's mid-budget TVs are also getting some significant updates as well.

That includes the S90H a follow up to last year's excellent Samsung S90F. The Samsung S90H gets a variety of new features, including two that took us by surprise: glare-free displays and HDR10+. Check out our breakdown here for more details.

LEGO Smart Bricks can be silly

I realize people are concerned that the Lego Smart Bricks reduces creative play by adding noises and lights to the opened toys. I fundamentally disagree and think it could be a way to expand play. Plus, you don't have to use them.

But to avoid the debate, apparently, the bricks can be very silly. Anyone who's played a Lego video game like Lego Horizon Adventures, knows that company can be charmingly funny.

The ducks in the video above prove that and it's something I'd like to see more of.

What's up with the Nvidia G-Sync Pulsar gaming monitor

Nvidia revealed the G-Sync Pulsar gaming monitor earlier this week and we just got a chance to check it out.

It measures 27-inches with a 1440p resolution and 360Hz refresh rate, plus "1,000Hz of perceived motion clarity."

Tom's Guide computing editor Jason England said it unlocked "depth perception I never knew I had."

This thing is crispy.

Dell: 'I think AI probably confuses more than it helps'

Dell has been quite surprising at this year's CES. Starting with admitting that it was a mistake to abandon the XPS line in favor of the rebranded "Premium" line. But the company wasn't done with interesting admissions.

As part of this run, Dell's head of product, Kevin Terwilliger, admitted that AI isn't selling PCs.

Tom's Guide's Alex Wawro has reviewed too many "AI PCs" in the last year and breaks down why Dell's admission is important and what it says about PCs going into 2026.

Razer's Project Ava adds a waifu chatbot to your desktop

Razer's new Project Ava is supposed to be an AI assistant that resides on your desktop to help you manage your schedule or game better.

Tom's Guide's Tony Polanco checked out Project Ava at CES and came away pretty impressed.

I have misgivings that the chatbot shown at CES was running on the xAI Grok engine, especially with its current terrible CSAM track record. Reportedly, it can use other AI models to power it, though.

I want to ride my bicycle

Segway has a new e-bike and we got a chance to give it a spin. The Myon could make people think of Segway e-bikes before they remember the scooters.

This bike is built for commuters and city riders with a starting price of $1,999, 500 watt motor, and a range of up to 80 miles.

My colleague Mike Prospero siad it was a comfy ride but we'll have to do more testing to see how it holds up.

Don't forget to check out the Tom's Guide YouTube channel

If you weren't aware, Tom's Guide has a YouTube channel where we upload reviews, unboxings, and how tos.

For CES 2026, we're showing off all the new tech and gadgets we've seen on the show floor, from giant TVs like the Hisense RGBY MicroLED to a tour of the Asus booth.

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Sitting down with the first Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme laptop

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme back in September 2025, but we're only just now seeing the first laptops featuring the chip. At CES, we got a chance to test out the Asus Zenbook A16 featuring the Qualcomm chip, an OLED display and a 2.65 weight.

It's a powerful processor and in this shell, the whole package is a stunner. We need to put the laptop through our full battery of tests but first impressions are pretty, pretty, pretty good.

Answering questions about the Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold

This probably isn't the first video you're watching about the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, but it is the one that's answering the questions that matter. Tom's Guide Global Editor Mark Spoonauer goes hands-on with Samsung’s trifold phone to figure out how usable it really is, what the fold and creases are like, how it feels in daily use, and who this phone is actually for. When the hype wears off, is this actually a smartphone you'll want to buy?

Wrapping up day 3 of CES 2026

We've seen a lot today, from a new Segway e-bike to 1000Hz gaming monitors and a holographic AI chatbot.

We're just over halfway through the biggest tech conference in the world, with two more days to go.

Check back in with us tomorrow to see what else we uncover on the showfloor. Trust me, there's more to come.

Speeding along on a wagon, an electric wagon

The future of electric vehicles is here, or at least it is when it comes to wagons. During CES 2026, Tom's Guide's own Dan Bracaglia got the chance to try out the newly released Navee E-Wagon 4x electric cart. Despite slightly running over someone's foot, he had plenty of good things to say about the new device.

The Navee E-Wagon offers a top speed of 10 mph, which feels plenty fast as you sit only a few feet from the ground. The cart certainly doesn't want for power thanks to the 3,000W motor, powered by a detachable 36V rechargeable battery with a total charge time of four hours. In terms of distance, a full charge should get a max range of roughly 45 miles. Add to that the max carrying capacity of 1,300 pounds, and it's honestly a dream device.

The Navee E-Wagon Cart 4X is available today, on its launch date, albeit in limited quantities. Priced at $2,099, it’s certainly not cheap, but for folks used to lugging lots of gear (drummers, gardeners, outdoor adventurers, filmmakers, content creators, etc.), that price could be easily justifiable.

This headset reads your mind, in a sense

It's inevitable that, as you get older, your skill in games becomes less and less impressive. However, a new concept that Jason England of Tom's Guide tried at CMS could hold the solution. The Hyper X Neurable Gaming Headset utilizes EEG sensors, AI, and mindful exercises to read your stress and enhance your brain's focus.

You might be wondering how this all works, and it's fascinating to see how the technology has been brought together. Those gray strips on the headphones are the actual connectors, which pair with an AI interfacing model that reads the wider noise of your brain and narrows it down to the focus, stress, and cognitive load signals it needs. The device then uses a mindful breathing and focus exercise to track when your brain has been boosted to just the right level.

Jason found that his ability in an FPS was noticeably improved while using the Hyper X Neurable, with his high score on the shooting range going up by over 5,000 points. Meanwhile, his accuracy increased by two percentage points, and his response time to a target decreased by nearly 100 milliseconds.

What's it like gaming on the Galaxy Z TriFold?

One of the big questions for me is what gaming on the new Galaxy Z TriFold might be like, especially with that 10-inch display. We had the chance to test out a racing game on the phone to see how the device utilizes its form factor to offer a stellar experience.

The biggest impact is how folding the display interacts with the game you're playing. If you half-fold the phone, the right-most section will display the pause screen, letting you see the menu. However, if you fully close the phone, then the front display will show the home screen that is accessible when you fully open the phone.

In terms of the actual gameplay, the smaller crease size is instantly noticeable, and the game certainly makes the most out of the larger display. If you're looking for a stellar gaming experience, then the Galaxy Z TriFold is looking to be a strong contender.

This new drone solves the age-old aquatic issue

Any long-time drone owner will know the horror of their flying camera falling into any deep body of water. The Hover Air Aqua not only floats, but it also offers an IPX67 water rating, meaning that no matter what pond, lake, or ocean your drone falls into, it should also be fine after. Plus, the bright orange color helps to make it much easier to spot.

However, just floating isn't enough to sell a drone, so what else does it offer to drone fans? Weighing under 250g, it's light and easy to fly, while also being able to capture 4K video at 100fps with a 1/2.8-inch sensor. Plus, the drone comes with the same follow-me features found in the brand’s lineup of land-based compact drones, like the HoverAir X1 Pro. The Aqua also boasts 128GB of onboard storage and a nifty 1.6-inch AMOLED screen built into the top of the device.

The HoverAir Aqua drone is live on IndieGoGo right now, with an early-bird price of $999 for the standard combo. Said combo includes the drone, battery, a waterproof bag, and a repair kit.

A fully rollable display from Lenovo

Yesterday, we saw Lenovo unveil its Legion Pro Rollable concept, and it makes other gaming laptops feel small in comparison. Now, before you start wondering why a laptop that can roll down a hill would be good, what it actually means is that you can extend the display to match what it is that you're looking at. Tom's Guide's own Jason England broke down all the features available for the new concept in the above video.

This new smart scale offers longevity information in seconds

The Withings Body Scan 2 has a lot to offer, including building around the concept of empowering users with vital health data to help them reverse and/or slow the aging process. While not out yet, the scale is expected to cost $599 and is tentatively expected to ship by this summer. Several of the features have been submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval, and the smart scale will likely hit the market shortly after.

While it offers many of the same benefits seen in many of the best Smart Scales, the Withings Body Scan 2 has one exciting new feature. Withings has dubbed the Body Scan 2 smart scale ‘the world’s first science-backed longevity station.’ This allows the smart scale to measure 60 biomarkers, which are combined into categories like heart age, vascular age, muscle-to-fat balance, visceral fat score, and more in just 90 seconds.

Day 4 of CES 2026 has revealed some impressive tech on day 4

We've rounded up some of the biggest reveals on day 4 of CES 2026, including new lights, electric bikes and more. For instance, we saw a new AI companion in the form of Project AVA, as well as the Asus Zenbook A16 (the first with the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Elite chip.) However, CES isn't over yet, and there is certainly more to come.

IKEA brings an update to a beloved design

If you're a fan of lights that offer something a little different, then the latest reveal from IKEA could be your dream release. While the viral donut lamps have been around for a while, the new smart lamp version offers something a little different: it can change colors.

The new and improved Varmblixt lamp now features color-changing and light dimming capabilities, can be controlled remotely, and will transition gently between a range of custom hues. Available both as a wall light and a table lamp, the IKEA Varmblixt will cost $99 and be available from April 2026.

Going ears on with the LG Sound Suite

LG has been keeping our TV editor Nick busy with a demonstration of how its new LG Sound Suite speakers. Comprising a soundbar, woofer and four surround sound speakers, they can be reordered around a room wirelessly and still sound awesome thanks to Dolby Atmos FlexConnect.

This new audio tech adapts the sound depending on how many speakers you currently have set up. it works with LG's own Sound Follow tech, that uses ultra-wideband to get the speaker levels just right for wherever you’re sitting.

Nick's take is this will make surround sound placement a cinch compared to the wired systems of old. The downside? It's not cheap. The soundbar starts at $999 and when you throw in the rest, the entire system comes in at over $3,000.

• Read the full story: The LG Sound Suite Soundbar changed the way I think about surround sound

The robot lawnmowers brought it

CES is home to some of the best home robotics, and the robot lawn mowers took center stage at this year's show. With the power of LiDAR technology, the best robot lawnmowers at CES 2026 really impressed.

Brands like Segway, Roborock and Yarbo offered models that promise easy setup and tons of great features. If you have never tried a robot lawn mower, 2026 might be the year to do it. Just don't let the sticker shock scare you off, because a good one will save you time, which is the one thing money can't buy.

ICYMI: Our CES awards

Did you see our CES Awards yet? There are some good ones this year, and this list will give you a good feel for which products you need to keep on your radar as we move through 2026 and beyond.

Best of CES 2026 Awards: The top 27 new gadgets

Did you see Razer's new AI devices?

Razer, the company best known for its gaming peripherals, is going hard into AI. The company showed off a companion, Project AVA, and its AI headset, Project Motoko.

The headset reminded us that it's not about adding more hardware to your daily life; the best AI wearable is the one you're already wearing. And project AVA, on the other hand, is an AI avatar that helps you in video games or just keeps you organized in daily life.

All things CES

If you want another source to keep up with CES 2026 (aside from this constantly updated live blog), be sure to check out our CES coverage page.

It features all the CES articles we publish live from the show floor. Between that page and this live blog, you'll feel like you're at CES in person. You just don't have to deal with the massive crowds and overall craziness the show floor offers.

The weird side of CES

CES has some of the coolest gadgets on display. It also has some of the weirdest ones. In fact, we've rounded up 7 of the weirdest things we saw during CES 2026, and there are some absolute gems that made the cut.

Maybe the SwitchBot Kata Friends is your cup of tea. How about Razer Project Ava? Do you want to ride around the Skywheel? Whatever your dream weird gadget is, CES probably has a device that suits it.

This laptop stands out

If you're looking for a gaming laptop that will handle the latest and greatest video games while standing out from the crowd, this MSI Raider 16 Max HX is for you.

It's covered in bright lights, making it impossible to miss. With up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU under the hood, this laptop packs a serious punch in addition to its interesting visuals.

This drool-worthy gaming monitor, though

In the video above, you can see the beautiful Asus RGB Stripe technology come to life on the Asus ROG Swift OLED PG34WCDN. If you're looking for a way to take your PC gaming to the next level, this tech might be perfect for you.

Did you see these LG appliances?

LG announced a new smart oven that looks to be packed with cool features, including the company's AI Core-Tech, aptly named Gourmet AI.

Each oven has a specially designed camera inside to monitor your food at all times while it's switched on and warm. Once your bake is perfectly browned, the app on your phone will alert you, ready for you to check and remove from the oven. Talk about taking the guesswork out of baking.

MSI’s Prestige redesign is changing the game

Our Computing Managing Editor, Jason England, tests a lot of laptops. As such, he has several models that he often recommends based on your needs. His normal recommendations are shifting based on the new MSI Prestige:

"This reinvention has me considering these as a go-to recommendation next to the MacBook Air as an all-rounder that has the premium experience, great aesthetics and performance to last you a good long while."

It takes a lot to impress Jason, so for him to make that claim means this laptop is bringing some pretty special new features to the table.

We’re little more than a week away from the start of CES 2026, the annual consumer electronics trade show that takes place every January in Las Vegas, and is a bellwether for the tech that will make its way into your home at some point in the near future.

The Tom’s Guide team has been going to and covering CES for decades — we’ll be there in force this year, too — so we have some insight into what we expect to see this time around. From AI to TVs to smart home, here are some of the biggest trends we think will make their appearance.

AI

If you thought artificial intelligence was big last year, just wait to see how much it will show up at this year’s show. While AI chatbots are proliferating in their own right, we expect that AI will be integrated at an even greater level into consumer electronics of all types this year.

Samsung’s keynote, which takes place on January 4, will highlight the company’s “vision for the DX (Device eXperience) Division in 2026, along with new AI-driven customer experiences,” according to a press release.

The next day, January 5, sees LG’s own keynote, where it “will unveil a portfolio of AI-powered solutions that combine world-class devices and solutions with advanced AI core technologies.” LG is somewhat cutely rebranding its AI as “affectionate intelligence,” so as to better connect it with consumers who will actually use it in the company’s products.

On January 6, Lenovo will deliver its keynote in the Sphere, where Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang will introduce “Lenovo’s latest product launches, innovations, proofs of concept, and the company’s AI-driven innovation strategy for the coming years.”

The highlight, though, could very well be the Nvidia keynote, which will be delivered by CEO Jensen Huang on January 5. Thanks to its GPUs, Nvidia has been at the center of the AI revolution, so the company’s vision for the hardware that powers artificial intelligence will have profound implications for its growth. The keynote will take place from 1 - 2:30 p.m. PT, and can be livestreamed.

Of course, I expect just about every product shown at CES to say it uses AI in some capacity — a few years ago, the buzzword was "machine learning" — so I'm curious to see which is legit, and which is trying to hop on the latest bandwagon. — Mike Prospero

Smart glasses

Year after year, I keep waiting for the moment where AR and AI glasses merge into truly smart frames. And after watching the development of this closely through every CES (and seeing what the future holds at Augmented World Expo), I think 2026 will be the year we finally start to see this happening — all kicking off in Vegas.

Think about it, the tools you need to do this are already being shown:

Subtle display tech: Waveguide displays will be all over the place at CES.

The chips to run it: Expect some developments from the likes of Qualcomm to run these glasses.

Sensors: A whole lot of companies are reaching out to show me their breakthroughs in sensor tech to make smart glasses smarter.

The software: Android XR is drawing near, and other companies are jumping on the bandwagon.

And as I’ve found out over the years, it’s through these smaller companies that the big players get their components to power the likes of Meta Ray-Bans. On top of that, AR glasses specifically will move forward too in terms of affordability and display quality — ready to be the best way to play games/watch movies on a long haul flight. — Jason England

TVs

Samsung, LG, Hisense and TCL are set to debut some incredible new screens at CES 2026. What about everyone else? Well, sadly, Sony has stopped bringing TVs to the show and Vizio has been oddly MIA since its acquisition by Walmart earlier this year. Still, the big four have us covered.

The display technology making all the waves this CES is MIcro RGB, an innovation on Mini-LED that trades out the standard blue or white backlight for sub-100μm red, green, and blue LEDs. This change is anything but simple and requires some seriously heavy lifting from the TV’s processor, however the result is significantly improved color.

In addition to the brands’ new Micro RGB TVs, I’m hoping to see new OLED models from LG and Samsung — neither have announced new models yet, but I think it’s almost guaranteed to happen given that the latter has brought new OLEDs for the last three years straight.

My only concern going into CES? I’m worried that, given all the hype around the cutting-edge Micro RGB tech, some brands might not bring any new budget TVs for us to look at. It’s not the end of the world if that happens, but as someone who loves helping you guys get the best price possible when shopping for a new screen, I’ll be slightly disappointed if I don’t see any. — Nick Pino

Wearables

While the major full-featured smartwatch brands like Apple and Google tend to skip CES, you can definitely expect new releases from more fitness-oriented smartwatch makers, including big boys like Garmin and the more budget-friendly brands like Amazfit.

I also expect to get my first look at many of the upcoming smart ring releases for 2026 (not named Oura). I can’t confirm any specific new models, but I am looking forward to meeting with brands like Circular, Luna Ring, Ringconn, and Ultrahuman.

I’m additionally excited to see what smaller wearables brands have in store, including Pebble, which launched its first smartwatch all the way back in 2013 but is back with some cool new products under the direction of the original founder in 2025.

Finally, I’ll be on the lookout for any and all consumer health tech products that can help you monitor your well-being, improve your health, or assist you in reaching fitness goals in a minimally invasive and/or seamless manner. From smart rings and trackers to stick-on sensors and bodily fluid analyzers, there is no shortage of tech in this category to feed my curiosity. Stay tuned for the best of the best. — Dan Bracaglia

Laptops

One thing is becoming clear as I talk to more and more people in the know: for better or worse, 2026 is going to be the year of the laptop. The upgrades will be significant, redesigns aplenty look set to arrive, and what’s inside will be a huge talking point at this year’s CES.

Every year since everybody seemed to snap up a notebook in 2020, companies have been throwing any and all reasons at you to buy a new system. So far, many of you have held off (the average timeframe someone keeps a laptop is up to five years after all), but now is set to be the best time to upgrade.

Huge developments in chip technology coming in the form of Intel Core Ultra 300 Series (Panther Lake), AMD Ryzen AI 400 series (Gorgon Point) and AI Max series (Strix Halo), and Snapdragon X2 Elite are set to push the latest systems to another level. OLED will dominate displays, and you’ll hear a whole lot about power efficiency to boot.

But probably most surprising is the huge leaps in integrated graphics. For PC gaming on the go, a dedicated Nvidia GPU was always a requirement, but with what I saw testing Intel and Qualcomm’s latest chips, we’re getting to a point where you could get a thin and light notebook that just so happens to game really well, too! — Jason England

Computing

Laptops are going to have a moment at CES 2026, but that moment will be part of what is set to be a rather complex story that will kick into overdrive in Vegas.

Of course, there will be a lot of new announcements. The CPU Wars will be an absolute bloodbath, micro RGB could come to monitors, Wi-Fi 7 will take another step forward in mesh systems, and you’ll see a bunch of new peripherals, components, desktops and much much more.

But there will be one key question bubbling under the surface of everything announced. How will the RAM price crisis impact what you have to pay? Even more than that, will computing companies feel forced to compromise specs in order to keep some semblance of affordability? — Jason England

Smart Home

Last year, we saw a few new innovations in the world of robot vacuums. Most interesting was the Roborock Saros Z70, which has an arm that extends out of the vacuum itself to pick up things like socks off the floor. While it didn’t work so well in the real world, it was something novel. I expect we’ll see even greater innovations with robot vacuums this year, as designs evolve even further. While it wasn’t as radical, Dreame last year introduced a vacuum that could climb two-inch thresholds. Could robot vacuums get to the next level, literally and figuratively, with models that can go even higher?

I also expect that we’ll see an influx of Matter-compatible home security cameras, as the Matter standard was just updated to allow for their use. That’s going to mean that you’ll see a lot more cameras that will be able to work within the Apple Home ecosystem as well as Alexa and Google Home.

And, while we've already seen most security camera makers incorporate AI into their devices to better identify people and things that appear on the footage, I expect that we'll see even further refinement for more granular details. — Mike Prospero

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The editors of Tom’s Guide are inviting submissions for their CES 2026 Awards.

The winners represent cutting-edge gadgets redefining design, performance, and user experience across various categories. We’re thrilled to spotlight the innovative products unveiled at CES 2026, happening in Las Vegas, with announcements kicking off the week of January 4.

Tom's Guide CES 2026 Awards categories

These picks will be our favorites in the following categories. Please note that the categories are subject to change based on what we see at the show. Entries for all categories will be reviewed and judged by our experts.

• Best of Show
• Best Design
• Best Startup
• Best Smartphone
• Best Sustainability Effort
• Best TV
• Best Laptop
• Best AI
• Best Tablet
• Best Mini PC
• Best Gaming Peripheral
• Best Gaming Desktop
• Best Gaming Laptop
• Best Appliance
• Best Smart Home Device
• Best VR/AR
• Best Smartwatch/Wearable
• Best Fitness Tech
• Best Health Tech
• Best Audio
• Best Headphones
• Best Monitor
• Best Router
• Best Car Tech
• Best Rideable

How to submit a product for a Tom's Guide CES Award

Submissions must be received by noon EST / 9 a.m. PST on Dec. 31, 2025 and the award winners will be announced during the show. To submit a product for consideration, please fill out the Tom's Guide CES Awards submission form.

Only products that are announced just before CES 2026 or that debut at the show will be considered.

We are happy to sign and keep embargoes on unannounced products. If you have any questions, please email cesawards@tomsguide.com.

In addition to online submissions, Tom's Guide is scouring the virtual show floor for new and interesting products, which will also be added to our list of nominees.

All of Tom's Guide's CES 2026 coverage will appear on the topic hub, including a list of winners.

Amazon's Fall Hardware Event has come and gone, and there are a lot of new products on the way. So many, in fact, that it can be hard to keep track of what was announced. We attended the event and got a chance to go hands on with all of the new devices, most of which support new AI features via Alexa+.

There's a sleek new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft that makes it feel like you're writing on paper, Fire TVs that let you go straight to your favorite movie scene using just your voice and new Ring doorbells and security cameras that can help you find a lost pet. Here's the top 5 products announced at the Amazon event.

Kindle Scribe: Thinner than an iPhone Air

One of the big new announcements for fans of e-readers was the reveal of the third generation of Kindle Scribes. Amazon announced three new variations of the 11-inch devices: the base Kindle Scribe, the Kindle Scribe with Frontlight and the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft. The latter device is also the first Kindle with writing capabilities that features a color screen.

What's really impressive about these new tablets is that each is only 5.4mm thick, making it thinner than the new iPhone Air. The third generation of Kindle Scribes are also 40% faster, and when writing on the Scribe, they offer reduced latency of under 12 milliseconds.

There’s also a host of new features, including Quick Notes and Kindle Workspace, which also allows users to import and export files with both OneDrive and Google Drive. On top of that, the Kindle Scribe features two new reading-based features: Story So Far and Ask This Book. The former offers a recap of the plot so far when you select a book, while the latter allows you to ask questions about characters, plot lines and story arcs without revealing any spoilers.

The Kindle Scribe with Frontlight and the Colorsoft versions will release later this year for $550 and $630. Meanwhile, the base model will be available early next year for $430.

New Amazon Fire TVs and Fire Sticks

Amazon also revealed its new series of Amazon TVs. There's the Amazon Fire TV Omni series, which starts at $480. Then there’s the Fire TV 4 Series, which starts at $330. Each TV comes in a variety of different sizes, and is stated to be 30% faster than older models, while also coming with new features like Dialogue Boost and Omnisense. The latter feature is certainly handy, as it allows the TV to turn on when you enter a room, and then turn off when you leave.

If you already have one of the best TVs and aren’t looking to change, then Amazon also revealed the new Fire TV Stick 4K Select, which will retail for $40 at launch. This new stick is the first to launch with the new Vega operating system instead of Android. Amazon claims the new stick is faster, while also supporting 4K and HDR10+.

With Alexa+ integrated into the new Fire TVs and Fire TV Stick, you can pull up your favorite scene from a movie using your voice and it will go right to it — even if you can't even remember the name of the movie. For example, you can say "Show me when Olaf sang 'In Summer'" and your Fire TV will fire up "Frozen" and play that exact scene.

New Echo Dot Max and Echo Studio (now with home theater mode)

For those looking to upgrade their smart speakers, Amazon announced several upgrades for its Echo Dot series. This includes the new Echo Dot Max, which retails for $99 and supports Alexa+. The new Echo Dot Max offers improved audio output with three times the bass compared to the previous Echo Dot. On top of that, the new speaker also features a higher quality fabric, a better microphone array and an updated design that moves the speaker controls and LED to the front of the device.

If you're looking for something with a bit more power, Amazon also announced the new $219 Echo Studio, which features the same updated design. However, the Studio is smaller than the previous model while also offering support for spatial audio and Dolby Atmos. Amazon has also confirmed that users can link up to five Echo Studio or Echo Dot Max devices alongside Amazon Fire Sticks to create surround sound thanks to the new Alexa Home Theater feature.

Echo 8 and Echo 11 get a sleeker design and Alexa+ smarts

Amazon also used the event to showcase the newest Echo Show smart displays, namely the 8-inch Echo Show 8 and the 11-inch Echo Show 11. The new models boast slimmer displays set on top of an oblong speaker that’s wrapped in a knit fabric. Both smart displays come with a 13MP front camera that features a wide-angle view that allows the display to better detect people entering the room.

The Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 11 also feature some upgrades for the Show UI that make it easier to control multiple devices at once. You can also do a lot with Alexa+. For example, during a demo we saw how easy it is to pull up photos related to a certain theme (such as camping trips). You can also put your family to-do list in one place and Alexa+ can help with things like booking tickets, finding that handyman or making that restaurant reservation for you.

The Echo Show 11 costs $219 and features a 1080p display. Meanwhile, the smaller Echo Show 8 costs $179 and has a 720p display.

New Ring and Blink cameras offer improved home security (and peace of find for your dog)

Ring revealed a new line of 4k video devices that pair with the company's Retinal Vision technology for improved video quality. It also announced new features, including AI facial recognition capabilities, Alexa Plus-powered doorbell greetings and a Search Party feature that helps to locate lost dogs in your neighborhood. You just upload a photo of your dog and Ring takes it from there.

The new devices include the new $249 Ring Wired Doorbell Pro 4K, the $199 Outdoor Cam Pro 4K, the $249 Spotlight Cam Pro 4K and the $279 Floodlight Cam Pro 4K. For those not looking for 4K resolution, Ring also announced the $179 Ring Wired Doorbell and the $59 Indoor Cam Plus with 2K video. Just keep in mind that these are all wired devices.

Meanwhile, Blink used the event to reveal its new device: the $99 Blink Arc Camera. This new device features two cameras, with the feeds from both being stitched together to create a full 180-degree view. On top of that, Blink also showcased the new Blink Outdoor 2K Plus and the Blink Mini 2K Plus. Both of these new cameras feature 2K video resolution, upgraded audio with color night vision and a two-way talking system.

Outlook

Overall, Amazon’s event showcased a lot of new hardware coming this year, as well as some devices that are coming next year. We can’t wait to test out some of these new devices ourselves to see if they deliver on all the AI promises. Let us know what you’re most excited about in the comments.

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The city of Berlin welcomes the great and the good from the tech industry every year for Europe's biggest consumer tech event. And Tom's Guide has been on the ground at IFA 2025 all week to sniff out — and get hands-on with — the very latest new products.

IFA 2025 has set the stage for the future of consumer tech — giving companies the chance to showcase their ideas in phones, computing, home tech, fitness and more.

It’s our chance to give you an early look at what you should be buying over the next 12 months to enrich your lives, and the likes of Tecno, Lenovo and Samsung have truly hit it out of the park.

But now, after thousands of steps and getting lost in Berlin testing gadgets, it’s time for the shortlist — our award winners. Read on to see our editors’ favorites.

Best of show: Tecno Slim

Back at MWC 2025, Tecno teased the thinnest phone in the world. The final product didn’t quite snag the crown from Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge, but the Spark Slim still lands as the slimmest curved smartphone you can actually buy right now. At just 5.92mm for the 4G model (5.95mm for the 5G Pova Slim), it’s nearly as razor-thin as Samsung’s flagship while costing a fraction.

Both models pack a punchy 144Hz curved AMOLED display with 4,500 nits of brightness, a 50MP camera, and a 5,160mAh battery with 45W fast charging and 10W reverse charging. Performance won’t blow you away, but the Helio G200 (4G) and Dimensity 6400 (5G) chipsets will still be plenty for more casual users.

But my favorite trick is on the back: a set of mood-light LED circles around the cameras and a bar that looks like a little glowing face. It’s playful, but also functional for delivering notification animations and can even be a fill light for darker scenes.

For an expected starting price of $200 when it launches later in September, the Spark Slim proves you don’t need to spend big to get a phone that turns heads for both design and personality — Paul Antill

Best laptop: Acer Swift Air 16

Thin and light seems to be the name of the game at IFA, and Acer just debuted a laptop that practically defies physics. The Swift Air 16 is a 16-inch laptop that’s actually lighter than a 13-inch MacBook Air — that’s bonkers!

And not only that, but the company proved you don’t have to compromise specs to get it. Up top, you’ve got a gorgeous 2800 x 1800-pixel OLED display running at a smooth 120Hz. Open it up and you’ll find the AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 CPU, alongside 32GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD, there’s a decent amount of ports and good connectivity with Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4.

But of course, that real show piece is those dimensions and weight. It almost feels like the shell of a computer without the actual computer in it at just 2.4 pounds, and at 0.65-inches thin, this becomes a big screen experience that is so easy to take with you on-the-go. — Jason England

Best gaming hardware: Lenovo Legion Go 2

The Lenovo Legion Go 2 could potentially be the Windows 11 handheld to beat. This sequel to the Legion Go features an OLED panel, a more ergonomic design, and the AMD Ryzen Z2 chip. Those features, along with its enormous 8.8-inch display and detachable controllers, give it an edge over the competition.

I got to check out the Legion Go 2 at an IFA event held in NYC and back at CES and liked what I saw. It appears very similar to its predecessor, but I noticed the difference right away when I held it. The softer and more rounded controller edges make it much easier to hold. I’m also a fan of the smooth Hall effect joysticks and the larger D-pad. And as before, you can use the kickstand on the back to prop up the Legion Go 2 on a desk if your arms get tired.

Like the Asus ROG Xbox Ally and MSI Claw A8, Lenovo’s handheld can be configured with an AMD Ryzen Z2 or AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme chip. If leaked Geekbench 6 benchmarks are accurate, this new machine will offer nearly 30% better performance than its Z1 Extreme-powered predecessor. Combine that with AI features like upscaling and frame-generation, and we could see some seriously awesome performance. — Tony Polanco

Best tablet: Samsung Galaxy Tab 11

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 is a significant step forward for Android tablets — earning it the bragging rights of being the best tablet I got my hands-on at the show! And the secret sauce here is not about any individual thing, but rather sum of all its parts paired with software.

First, you have a choice between 11- and 14.6-inch models, and that bigger sibling is jaw dropping. The Dynamic AMOLED 2X is absolutely gorgeous. Pair that with a new 3nm process chipset — the Dimensity 9400 Plus with up to 16GB RAM, and you'll struggle to slow this 1.52-pound machine down.

Bringing it altogether is the huge changes to the Android UI to really bring out its productivity potential alongside DeX mode giving you a laptop-esque system wherever you are. — Jason England

Best mini PC: Geekom A9 Mega

Geekom has created a monster that could topple the likes of the Mac mini as the best mini PC you can buy. Why? Well, it comes down to three things: raw power, design and versatility.

Starting with the first, it's quite simply the most powerful mini PC on Earth — sporting the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor and 128GB of RAM. If you've read our review of the Framework Desktop or the Asus ROG Flow Z13, you'll know this chip blindsided us with just what it is capable of. AMD would really like to tell you its impressively beefy GPU is capable of some huge AI tasks, which it absolutely is.

To a gamer like me, though, I'm more mind-blown by the fact it can achieve 4K gaming at impressive frame rates. Graphics-wise, you're looking at something akin to an RTX 50-series GPU in an integrated form. All that performance in a smaller package and lower power consumption.

And all of this comes in an impressively premium aluminum shell that is going to look great on any desk, and packed with all the ports you could ever need including USB4. This is a beast of a system, and you can pre-order one on Kickstarter for $1,899. No word yet on what the full MSRP will be when it launches, but color me excited from my time testing the A9 Mega! — Jason England

Best fitness tech: Acemate tennis robot

Fitness tech has been a huge talking point here in Berlin, but out of the ocean of wearables and smart exercise machines, the Acemate tennis robot truly stands out. The price is steep at $2,499 ($1,599 pre-order discount if you get one now), but for what you get, it’s essentially a robot that uses AI to either be an awesome tennis coach or a highly-skilled opponent.

In the base, there are two 4K binocular cameras connected to an AI chip (NPU) that track where the ball is going on the court, and using the omnidirectional wheels, the Acemate can zoom around and catch any ball coming its way in that net on the top. It’s seriously impressive how lightning quick it can respond to a hit, whether it’s an accurate one or if you biff it like me.

After your session, you can then head over to the app on your phone and get your performance measured. You can see where all your hits landed, a % rating on how many were in, and even get tailored advice on how to improve. For those looking to up their game, this is legitimately helpful. — Jason England

Best home innovation: Dreame Bionic QuadTrack Stair Climbing System

The Dreame Bionic QuadTrack Stair Climbing System may have a name of the future, but this stair-climbing robot vacuum is the here and the now. Thanks to its four tank-like track “legs”, the Bionic QuadTrack Stair Climbing System can climb stairs up to 9.8 inches high at a speed of 0.2m/s.

The Bionic QuadTrack Stair Climbing System isn’t a robot vacuum itself, it’s a shell. Simply attach the chassis to any Dreame robot vacuum to transform it into a device that sees a staircase and starts laughing. Whereas before robot vacuums simply drove themselves into stairs and asked for help, now robot vacuums will be able to tackle these vertical obstacles themselves.

Unfortunately, the Dreame Bionic QuadTrack Stair Climbing System has no release date as of yet, and it’s not backwards compatible with Dreame’s existing robot vacuums, so you’ll need to wait to get your hands on the product. But I’m waiting with bated breath. — Erin Bashford

Best smartphone: Samsung Galaxy S25 FE

We all know the name of the game for the FE lineage of Samsung phones — give us enough of the flagship experience in a mid-range slab. It's a combo breaker of value and performance that has served the company well, and the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE is no different!

For $649, you're getting an impressively well-specced phone with Samsung's own Exynos chip (yes, Snapdragon is quicker, but this is more than enough) alongside a gorgeous AMOLED display, a larger battery, and all of Samsung's AI and software smarts in One UI 8.

Put simply, it's a strong mid-range revamp that brings the key things we love about the original S25 to a lower price. — Jason England

Best smart home tech: Evovacs Deebot X11 Omnicyclone

The Ecovacs Deebot X11 robot vacuum delivers features that actually get the job done. With its self-cleaning, self-emptying base and clever new tricks, it delivers one of the most hands-off floor cleaning experiences.

Its standout feature is the TruePass Adaptive 4WD system, which allows it to climb thresholds up to 4 centimeters, obstacles that stop most other bots. Combine that with the upgraded roller mop that actually scrubs grease and dried stains, lifts 10 millimeters over carpets, and extends 15 millimeters into walls and corners, and it happily tackles the trickiest messes.

With 19,500Pa of suction, it is one of the most powerful robot vacuums available, capable of pulling dirt from deep within carpets. AI obstacle avoidance, room and furniture recognition, and voice control let you target specific cleaning areas with ease.

PowerBoost Technology lets the DEEBOT recharge quickly while it cleans up its mop roller, restoring 6 percent of battery power in three minutes. For larger homes, this means it’ll get the job done with less downtime.

At $1,499, it is a premium option, but it has the feature set to dramatically reduce how often you need to clean your floors yourself. — Paul Antill

Best headphones: JLab JBuds Open Headphones

The JLab JBuds Open Headphones are a design marvel. They are open-backed, which means there’s no traditional casing you might expect from over-ear headphones.

While this means, naturally, they don’t have ANC capabilities, these aren’t everyday, jaunting-around-town headphones. The JBuds Open Headphones are for serious listening sessions, when you really want to focus on the music.

It’s a good thing, then, that the music actually sounds great. We tested these headphones out very briefly and were blown away by how deep the bass was. Even over Spotify and weak Wi-Fi, which doesn’t really give Bluetooth devices the best chance, the JBuds Open Headphones were groovy, powerful, and, most of all, we could still hear everything happening around us.

Open Headphones have a specific use case, so we wouldn’t recommend them for airplanes or noisy environments. However, design innovation, lack of audio leaking, and excellent music quality mark the JBuds Open Headphones as our best headphones of IFA 2025. — Erin Bashford

Best speaker: We Are Rewind GB-001

This is it: a speaker that can do everything. Well, it can’t fly, or do my dishes, or clean my house — but if we’re talking solely about audio performance? Yeah, it can do everything.

The We Are Rewind GB-001 is a multi-talented superstar: a Bluetooth speaker, a wired speaker, a cassette player, a cassette recorder, an amp, a karaoke machine… There’s a reason why the GB-001 is our best speaker of IFA 2025.

Not only is it a multi-talented superstar, it also performs said talents exceptionally well. The GB-001 has ground-shaking bass and clear, defined treble without being tinny or pinching. There are individual dials on the speaker itself for even more customization. This is an incredibly unique product that we’re so excited to get our hands on to review. — Erin Bashford

Best concept device: Lenovo Thinkbook VertiFlex

I got to check out the ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept at a pre-IFA event in NYC, and it’s one of the most interesting concepts I’ve ever seen. The name doesn't quite tell the whole story, but this laptop has a dual-track hinge that lets its display flip from horizontal to vertical.

That vertical mode is a game-changer, giving you 45% more screen space for scrolling through web pages or long message threads. When it's vertical, the sides of the display show some empty space, but it's covered with a soft Felt material. That Felt does double duty: it keeps the aluminum sides from scratching and makes sure the display rotates smoothly.

Even though it's a bit thicker than a MacBook Air, the ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept feels surprisingly thin and light, weighing just 3.06 pounds. I was impressed by how portable it is—I could see myself forgetting it's even in my backpack when I’m traveling.

Another awesome thing about this concept is how it can tether a smartphone in vertical mode. You can pop your phone into that empty space and connect it to the laptop with Lenovo Smart Connect, which means easy file transfers and phone mirroring. This is one of those devices you just have to see to believe. — Tony Polanco

Best drone: Antigravity A1

When flying a drone, content creators have to multitask between making sure they're getting the right shot, that the drone is heading in the right direction, and that the shiny piece of kit is not going to be flown into any obstacles. The Antigravity A1 fixes a lot of this in one simple way — by being the first 8K 360-degree drone. Simply focus on flying it, then frame the shot later.

On top of that, controlling it is a cinch with two key elements. The remote control is really nicely laid out ergonomically with controls for height and movement placed perfectly under each finder, and with motion controls built in to rotate as you turn.

And the main showpiece that brings it altogether are the goggles. Yes, they do look a bit weird, but the immersive flying experience of being able to look all around you is simply mesmerizing. Plus, for onlookers, there's a display facing outwards so they can see what you're seeing.

The A1 has really thought of everything here in terms of making high quality drone footage a real easy experience for anyone to capture. — Jason England

Best smart glasses: Rokid Glasses

Rokid Glasses are launching soon, and after getting plenty of hands-on (and eyes-on) time here at IFA, these are that future of smart glasses I see that bring the worlds of AR and AI together to make a legitimately helpful package.

On paper, you’re getting some strong specs here: Snapdragon AR1 chipset, 12MP camera, dual directional speakers with 4-mic array, and dual monochrome Micro LED waveguide displays. But when this all comes together, there are some seriously tasty use cases.

Be it live language translation, multimodal AI support via ChatGPT-5, visual directions overlaid onto the glasses, or even showing a camera viewfinder so you know what you’re taking a picture of. It’s all here, and it’s super easy to use and control via either voice or touch interactions.

And at an MSRP of $599 for the glasses, Rokid Glasses could pose a serious challenge to the rumored Meta Hypernova that could cost double. — Jason England

Best home entertainment device: XGIMI Horizon 20 Max

XGIMI’s flagship Horizon series projector gets big upgrades in picture quality and gaming features with their new Horizon 20 Max.

This is XGIMI's first home projector to offer Lens Shift which allows you to move the projected image up, down, left, or right (V±120% / H±45%) without any scaling or distortion which results in sharper visuals.

The projector jumps to 5700 ISO lumens of brightness which is made possible by their new X-Master Red Ring Lens and RGB triple-laser array that supports Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and IMAX enhanced optics, along with a new Pro Tuning mode that provides excellent picture quality even in daylight or high-ambient light environments.

They haven’t forgotten about gamers either, as their partnership with Assassin’s Creed: Shadows shows off the projector’s capabilities for premium gaming as well, with 1ms input lag, a 240Hz refresh rate, and VRR. It’s available now for $2,999, which isn’t cheap, but they are offering an early bird deal that includes a free floor stand and game code for Assassin’s Creed for $2,399. For those who want a cinema level and a big game screen experience at home, the Horizon 20 Max delivers. — Paul Antill

Best AI innovation: Viam OpenNote

The saying “Jack of all trades, master of none” exists for a reason. It can be really tricky, nay impossible, to create a product that can do it all. More often than not, when a set of earbuds are “AI-focused”, they simply do not have the technical makeup to be really good for everything else.

Fortunately, the Viaim OpenNote earbuds do not suffer from those maladies. We tested them out for music and podcasts briefly, and the sound quality was astounding. The earbuds are capable of live translation in 16 languages. Not only can they live translate, but the OpenNote are powered by ChatGPT for transcription and meeting summaries.

Thanks to the open-ear fit, these earbuds are perfect for fitness, office use, and everyday listening. We can’t wait to get our hands on these for a comprehensive review. — Erin Bashford

Best charging accessory: Aukey MagFusion Ark

When it comes to wireless chargers, you’re normally limited to some preset options — slots for your phones and earbuds. But the Aukey MagFusion Ark does this differently. Instead, you’ve got a 6-in-1 modular design that makes this not just a great home charger, but also a fantastic option for those on-the-go too.

There are six Qi 2.2 modules here that support up to 25W fast charging, and those three orb on top also have 6,700mAh batteries in them. So technically, you could charge all your devices, and have a portable charging option ready to pick up and head out at a moment’s notice.

To maintain those zippy charging speeds, there are intelligent cooling fans in the orbs, and the configurability of charging multiple devices at the same time makes this a stellar option for a busy home of devices. It gives me the same vibes as Apple’s failed experiment AirPower, but now Aukey has made it real and impressively modular. Now, if they could expand the ecosystem with mode modules to charge smart watches too, that would be significant. — Jason England

Best mobility tech - Hypershell X Ultra

Hypershell has been working on exoskeletons for a few years now, but its latest bears the name Ultra, marking it as the new top model in the company’s line-up. And it more than deserves that honor.

With more power, lighter materials and a longer range, the Hypershell X Ultra is ready to help its wearer go further, no matter how rough the ground. It would work great for dedicated adventurers, but can also help less confident users feel comfortable pushing past their limits. And all while weighing a barely-noticeable four pounds.

Having worn the exoskeleton to climb a large Berlin hill, I can confirm it makes an otherwise intimidating hike feel much more manageable. It’s genuinely helpful in a way you’ll only really understand if you wear it. I hope if you’re curious, you can find a demo near you! — Richard Priday

So that's IFA for another year, and this year's show served us up plenty to get excited about. Of course, this is only a first look at some of these devices so we'll be following up in the weeks and months to come to put the release versions through their paces and deliver the ultimate verdict on whether or not they're right for you.

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We're rapidly approaching Autumn, which means its time for Europe's most important tech show of the year — IFA 2025 is here and running through until September 9.

So far, we're starting to see a lot of the rumors and leaks come true, from a sneak peek at what Intel is cooking for its next generation laptops, to new gaming handhelds, huge innovation in smartphones and the smart home, and much more.

So follow along with us, as we will have our team on the ground covering the latest news and going hands-on with everything that is announced. We will also be sharing all of our favorite finds on TikTok too, so make sure you're following us!

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If there's one thing you'll see in all of our predictions for IFA 2025, it's AI. This moment has been coming for a while now, but we believe that now is the time we start seeing legitimately helpful use cases of AI across the whole landscape of technology.

Whether it's home tech, headphones, TVs, laptops, whatever you can think! We wouldn't be surprised if every company didn't mention this phrase at least five times, and we will be on-the-ground reporting on everything.

We've been talking about AI in everything for a while now and so far, it's always felt like a bit of a non-starter — being smart but not smart enough. However, as we read the proverbial tea leaves from CES 2025, MWC 2025, Computex 2025 and Gamescom 2025, it's looking like its finally happening.

And that means we could very well be looking at the most significant IFA in years. Let's dip into our predictions.

Computing takes another step forward

We saw sneak glimpses of the next generation of some key computing trends at Computex, and I believe that IFA 2025 is where a lot of it will come into focus. Three key areas will most probably dominate: laptops, handheld gaming and smart glasses.

Week by week, we're getting closer to new Intel chips. Following the Core Ultra 200 series CPUs, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw more of the next-gen "Panther Lake" silicon that will fuel the next wave of systems.

On top of that, given Intel's continual growth in handheld gaming with the MSI Claw 8 AI+ updates, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw talk of these chips being used in future handhelds — stretching the capabilities of those integrated GPUs.

And speaking of portable gaming, Lenovo's joining the party... Could we see the Legion Go 2? Rumors and leaks are starting to ramp up!

Finally, AR and AI glasses are no longer a rising trend — they're very much here to stay. We saw a lot of innovation at AWE 2025, and no doubt we'll see more advances in display tech and AI smarts at IFA.

Does premium have to equal expensive in audio products?

I’ve got my hands on a few ‘AI audio’ products in the past, like live AI dictaphones and AI headsets. I’m intrigued to see if mainstream earbuds will adopt these features, and we’ll start seeing live AI translation or note taking. The new AirPods Pro 3 are rumored to have built-in heart rate monitors, so I’m wondering if Apple might take it one step further and include some AI features. Apple won’t be at IFA, but I wonder if any other brands like Samsung or LG might have similar innovations.

I’m also excited to see unique tech in budget gear. Will we start seeing formerly premium features in more affordable tech due to continuously improving tech? I’d like to see things like dual drivers in earbuds and headphones and larger, higher-quality woofers in speakers. Will there be an influx of audio gear with the new Bluetooth 6.0?

As a soundbar tester, I’m hoping I’ll see some new home cinema setups. Particularly buildable setups — where you can slowly add things like subwoofers and surrounds — that have smart home integration. Sometimes buying a whole home cinema setup in one is impossible, so I’d like to see companies mitigate this issue.

Will AI in my home tech finally pay off?

I’m particularly excited about Samsung’s “AI Home: Future Living, Now” showcase. I’ve loved Samsung home tech for a while now — and awarded the new Bespoke Jet AI Ultra a coveted and rare 5-star rating — so I’m intrigued about where Samsung’s innovations will be.

My Samsung vacuum self-empties and can even answer calls on Samsung cellphones, so I’m left wondering, “How much further will Samsung’s tech go?” Will my next vacuum cleaner be able to switch between hot and cold water or blow-dry my carpet like an overly large hairdryer? Well, there’s about to be more Bespoke AI products and I’m trembling with anticipation.

Also, I’m a self-professed coffee nerd, so I’d love to see if any new coffee innovations have some AI features. Will there be a coffee machine that uses AI to scan coffee beans and grinds the beans and extracts the espresso based on the molecular makeup of the bean?

A small part of me is over AI in home tech, but I’m willing to keep an open mind. Previously I criticized superfluous AI as a bit of technological peacocking, but if the innovation truly makes my life better, I’m all here for it.

Phones, tablets and mixed reality

IFA isn’t known as a big phones and mobile devices show, but we should still see some interesting stuff there.

Samsung is tipped to be revealing new Galaxy Tab S11 tablets at the show, which will delight those of us looking for iPad Pro alternatives. There have been rumors of a Galaxy S25 FE circulating too, so we might see that if we’re lucky. And if we’re especially lucky, Samsung may surprise us all by revealing its first triple foldable phone, or give us an update on its Project Moohan XR headset.

Honor often launches products at IFA, but it’s going early this time, holding the worldwide launch of the Magic V5 foldable on August 28th. Perhaps there will be more to see on the ground in Berlin, but it likely won’t be brand new stuff especially for IFA.

New accessories are going to be a big deal too. Anker, Belkin and others are always launching new products to fit with new phones, and given the Google Pixel 10 series just introduced Qi2 magnetic wireless charging, we’ll maybe a surge in compatible charging stands and pads. Those will fit in nicely with the expected MagSafe capabilities of the upcoming iPhone 17 series, which we hope to see at the Awe Dropping event on September 9, just after IFA concludes.

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After a stacked year of major tech expos, from CES 2025 kicking it all off to Computex 2025 bringing major product reveals to the recent Gamescom 2025, we can now expect one of the biggest of them all just around the corner: IFA 2025.

The world's largest consumer and tech event, otherwise known as Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin, is taking place on September 5 to September 9 for a long weekend of keynotes, product reveals, and more from the biggest names in the industry, including Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta — the list goes on.

Considering IFA 2024 saw amazing innovations like Acer Project DualPlay and the Lenovo Auto Twist concept, along with other stand-out smart home tech, the sky's the limit for what this year's event will deliver, and we'll be on the ground to give you a hands-on look at what's on show.

But what's in store? Lenovo may surprise with a Lenovo Legion Go 2 reveal, but it's anyone's guess what will be revealed on the showfloor.

To find out, I sat down with IFA Berlin CEO Leif Lindner to give us a sneak peek at what's in store at the largest consumer and tech event.

What to expect at IFA 2025?

First and foremost, the question on all our minds: what can we expect at IFA 2025? Lindner gave me the overall gist of what to expect as soon as the doors open.

"With the rebranding last year that IFA is 'Innovation For All,' this year we will have more" Lindner states. "More tech introductions, more innovations, which means press conferences and new product launches. We will have more relevant speakers who will talk about the future of AI, AI commerce and so on."

Lindner continues: "Not only AI in general, because we had to go more precisely into detail. We will have people from Nvidia, Microsoft and Meta. So, what I wanted to say is we will deliver from all directions: entertainment, information and fun to the tech community."

Words we all want to hear. But I should pre-empt this by stating that not even Leif knows exactly what products are set to be announced. In fact, in his own words, "I know it maybe two days before. So, on the first day of the show, I can tell you what's coming, but product-wise, it's not easy."

Of course, AI has been the buzzword for the past few years, but now we're seeing ChatGPT 5 come out the woodwork, Google Gemini take over and more. It's not about slapping "AI" on a product anymore; it's about what this technology can do, which Lindner makes a direct point about.

"There's a challenge that more or less every relevant exhibitor will talk, or is talking about, how AI is making their products better. Some that focus on the meaning: how life is easier or more convenient for a person.

"Others are focusing on the tech specs, but that can confuse consumers. Our goal is, as a show, to bring innovation for all, to bring that excitement and the understanding to everybody — how we are doing it. Because AI will be everywhere. What can we do?

"We are doing, for example, panel talks with the right [people] who can talk about it. Also, we create several topics. To give you an example. I understood that Microsoft will bring a new AI version to the market that focuses on AI commerce.

"There will be a different software, so you don't have to switch between, for example, ChatGPT or Copilot on your preferred ecommerce partner."

A new player in the global market?

So, an emphasis on explaining how AI is helping us on a consumer and business level. That's a crucial aspect that was missing from the boom of AI when it was first popping up in products. Anything else on the table?

"There are interesting keynotes and the most, maybe most important one, is because JD, the biggest Chinese retail partner, will announce their logic and strategy starting in Europe on the 5th of September, the first day of the IFA keynote.

"Also, the CEO of JD, and it's not normal that he's coming, but he will be there. Maybe you can imagine, but that would be if JD would start in the U.S. and take on Best Buy or Walmart. But in the same moment, they also decided to take the majority of the shares of Media Markt-Saturn, the biggest European retailer. You can imagine how big this is from a retail perspective."

Another player in the retail market in Europe from China? That may open up new access to more products, but only time will tell what kind of products we'll see from JD.com in a new landscape.

What will be on the rise?

One aspect that the biggest tech events always have a finger on the pulse of, especially IFA, is the products that we'll likely see in our everyday lives in the near future. Or, at least, a version of them. But every year brings a whole host of new products.

With that in mind, what products will we see rise in the ranks this year? Here's what Lindner had to say:

"I think the trend that I see is products, let's call them invisible smart home products, that make your life easier and more convenient, where people see a clear benefit that makes their life easier," Lindner says.

"People are willing to invest over there. So that means the design factor is meaningless because they are more or less invisible, but they are clearly changing their perception."

Lindner chats about how the integration of AI is what's making their products far more desirable, and how that's what he believes consumers will be looking for. It's making the harder tasks of life, ones that usually take a lot of knowledge and practice to perfect, far easier to master.

"It allows a stupid cook like me to create a good dinner for his girlfriend," he states, and he isn't the only one. "It not only recommends to me what to do, but it also decides to change the temperature and change the way steam or not steam, and so on. I'm able to be a master chef, maybe for a moment."

That's exactly like what the Instant Pot Pro for lazy chefs (like myself) offers, and if Lindner believes that's the type of product that will be on trend, you can bet there will be plenty of those on show. Whether it's from the top dogs like Samsung or LG, or start-up disrupters at IFA.

What does IFA 2030 look like?

Being one of the largest tech events around, IFA has a long time ahead of it to deliver even more futuristic products and innovations. I wondered what that would look like, and Lindner has an exciting vision that may have to do with plenty of "flying."

"First of all, we will have a mobility track," Lindner says, referring to the track used for testing upcoming e-scooters and the like at the show. "I think, in five years, we will have the same for flying taxis to test them."

Now, I've been hearing about flying taxis ever since kicking off my career pre-pandemic, so seeing is believing. But in five years, it may not be so unimaginable.

"IFA is getting more popular because we have that spider net and visibility all over the city. For a show like IFA, it is important not to have the spotlight on only doing, let's say, the 10 days before. We need to have reasonable visibility during the whole year. It's not easy to do it, I know, but that is my vision. In five years, IFA will be visible all over the year."

Giving IFA an even bigger stage that extends beyond just Berlin is a natural progression, but Lindner doesn't want to lose a vital aspect of the show.

"Many other shows sometimes talk about visions too much. That's, on the one hand, good because I also like, as a consumer and as a tech enthusiast myself, visions. But if you're doing it too much, then you're only showing the trailer."

Lindner continues: "But you want to see the movie, and our strength is that IFA is the movie! And the movie is more interesting than the trailer.

"I don't want to overestimate ourselves for the moment, but I want to make it bigger and clearer that IFA is the place to be because we are talking about very big tech opportunities that we have and it's a chance at risk, but in my opinion, we have more chances than risks."

Are you excited for IFA 2025?

So, no flying taxis this year, but what we can expect is a deeper look into AI in products, a new retailer on the rise and a trend in smart home tech that makes us masters of a particular craft on the down-low.

IFA continues to bring big innovations from the biggest brands like Meta, Samsung, Lenovo, LG and more, along with start-ups with burgeoning ideas worth looking out for. And this year looks to be no different.

We'll be scouring the floors of IFA 2025 soon, so stay tuned for all the latest products to look out for. Oh, and Lindner had one final statement to say to me:

"You can expect that IFA will be quite loud, sometimes maybe too loud! But that is what I think a good show is: excitement."

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We knew WWDC 2025 was coming, as Apple has held its Worldwide Developer Conference every year for as long as we can remember.

The event is scheduled for June 9-13, so we won't need to wait long to see the latest Apple hardware and software.

The Apple keynote, where most announcements happen, is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. BST on June 9. The other stuff will be developer-focused (hence the event's name), but the keynote usually features new consumer-focused goodies.

What to expect from WWDC 2025

Apple's release doesn't tell us much about the event — it's a pastel-colored rainbow that fades to gray at the top with WWDC25 written below it. The tagline "On the horizon" finishes off the invite.

However, we can speculate what the company might show off. Like last year's WWDC event, we expect AI to be a significant focus for the company. The AI rollout has been underwhelming so far, but hopefully Apple can right the ship.

There's a good chance Apple shows off the upcoming redesign for iOS 19 and iPadOS 19 in more detail, as WWDC is usually where we get a taste of the latest mobile operating system. Some features already rumored include AI-powered battery management, which sounds exciting.

An exciting rumored feature for iOS 19 is a desktop mode, which we think is brilliant.

Mac will also be a focus, with macOS 16 likely shown off. We expect a new look for icons, menus, apps, and other key OS visual elements, but we don't know exactly what to expect.

watchOS 12 could also be displayed with visionOS-like design changes and other new features.

As of this writing, there aren't any rumors about new hardware, but that doesn't mean Apple won't announce something.

If you're interested in what WWDC 2025 will bring, keep it locked to Tom's Guide; we'll get you everything as it happens.

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Microsoft hosted a special live event at its headquarters today (April 4) to mark its 50th anniversary and promote the new features coming to its Copilot AI assistant. But less than 30 minutes in, something unexpected happened.

Tom's Guide was there in person to witness Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad interrupt Microsoft Copilot CEO Mustafa Suleyman in the middle of his presentation. Aboussad began decrying Microsoft's business of selling AI tools and technologies to Israel specifically for use in combat.

"Shame on you all!" She shouted. "You have blood on your hands!"

The woman went on for several minutes, and Suleyman politely stood there repeatedly saying "I hear your protest."

"50,000 people have died, and Microsoft powers this genocide in our region," she continued. "You are a war profiteer!"

The Associated Press published the results of an investigation into Microsoft and OpenAI's business dealings with Israel earlier this year.

The AP reported that the Israeli military significantly increased its use of AI systems (including Microsoft software and use of Microsoft's Azure servers) to hunt down militants in the wake of the Hamas terrorist attack in October 2023, and that civilian deaths in the region have gone up significantly since then.

“This is the first confirmation we have gotten that commercial AI models are directly being used in warfare,” AI Now Institute chief AI scientist (and former OpenAI senior safety engineer) Heidy Khlaaf told the AP early this year. “The implications are enormous for the role of tech in enabling this type of unethical and unlawful warfare going forward.”

In the wake of that revelation five Microsoft employees were ejected from a company meeting in which they were protesting the revelations revealed by the AP's investigation. Today, Ibtihal Aboussad was allowed to speak for several minutes before being escorted from the venue.

After the event concluded, our editor noticed more protestors outside holding up signs and chanting slogans decrying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Microsoft's involvement.

During a post-event panel featuring past and current Microsoft CEOs Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, and Satya Nadella another protestor interrupted to again decry the company's involvement with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but she was quickly removed.

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2025's Mobile World Congress (MWC) had an amazing first day, and day 2 revealed plenty of exciting new gadgets.

For instance, we saw a handheld projector that folds, a 3D laptops and possibly the thinnest phone ever made.

With a few days of the event left, there's still plenty on the horizon. Make sure you check out our MWC Live Blog for all the latest news as we hear it.

Here are the top 5 pieces of hardware and software that we saw on the second day of MWC.

The Techno Spark Slim could revolutionize thin phones

One of the big focuses for many phone manufacturers is just how thin can a smartphone realistically be. For instance, we've heard a lot of rumors about the iPhone 17 Air being the thinnest iPhone ever. We've also seen the Galaxy S25 Edge during this event that is touted as the skinniest Samsung phone.

However, Chinese phone maker Tecno might have shown them all up with its Spark Slim concept phone which, with a thickness of 0.23 inches, is the slimmest smartphone we've ever seen.

The Spark Slim has more going for it than just being thin. The phone has a 6.78-inch AMOLED screen with 144Hz refresh rate and two 50MP cameras on the back. All of this is powered by a 5,200 mAh battery, larger than the Galaxy S25 Ultra, which can be charged at up to 45W.

Sadly, this is just a proof of concept for the time being, but Tecno hopes there's enough demand for the Spark Slim to make it worth releasing a production version.

80-inch projector in the palm of your hand

A lot of the stuff at MWC is quite repetitive. Grand promises about AI, products that have been repeated and cloned to death, and stuff that’s so niche it’s not actually interesting.

But the Aurzen Zip is so interesting and different that you can’t help but pay attention.

The Zip is a portable projector with a tri-fold design. This means that it can unfold and act as its own stand, and combined with its compact size means it’s the perfect projector for traveling.

The picture auto-adjusts to the surface and can be as large as 80 inches. It’s also completely wireless, and can connect to your devices with ease -- by either wireless casting or via a wireless HDMI dongle.

Sadly, the resolution is limited to 720p, and the battery only lasts 90 minutes. So you better not pause that movie too much. Prices start at $299, and the projector should be shipping next month.

Lenovo's 3D laptop and AI ring have our minds spinning

Lenovo is looking is looking to change how we see and interact with displays completely. At MWC 2025 Lenovo revealed its ThinkBook 3D laptop concept with a 3.2K display that can swap between 3D and 2D without needing glasses.

This isn't an entirely new concept. After all, Acer announced a glasses-free 3D laptop last year. However, the real game changer is how the laptop interacts with the Lenovo AI ring concept. According to our own Darragh Murphy, the combination allows for gesture-based controls, meaning you could work on 3D models without ever touching the computer.

Currently, this is only a concept, but we hope Lenovo makes it a reality.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3x has changed how we think of budget laptops

There's something to be said for affordable laptops, but there's no doubt that they can disappoint in certain areas. However, the second day of MWC 2025 saw Lenovo show off the IdeaPad Slim 3x and it has changed our minds on what we expect from a budget laptop.

In his hands-on review, Jason England praised the IdeaPad's design, the performance of the Snapdragon X CPU and the price, which will only be $649. Not only that, the laptop also comes with a full SD card reader and the latest WI-FI 7.. However, as with any cheaper device, there are some downsides. In this case, the display can be a bit dim.

We can't wait until the laptop releases later this month so we can put it through its paces. However, considering the initial experience, the IdeaPad Slim 3x could be one of the best laptops of 2025.

Opera is taking agentic AI to the next level with its browser operator

MWC 2025 has seen the reveal of the world's first argentic AI in a web browser, the Opera Browser Operator. It's reportedly both faster and safer than programs like OpenAI Operator and Rabbit R1’s LAM Playground.

Jason England took the time to lay out how the browser works, and it's simple and easy to understand. Opera's Browser Operator can handle complex tasks quickly and efficiently. For instance, when requesting to buy football tickets, the Operator keeps the price in mind, the location of the seating and the availability of tickets.

Opera's AI is also dazzlingly fast, offering interactions every 4-6 seconds compared to 8-10 seconds for its rivals.

Currently, Browser Operator is available as a preview. However, we would expect it to appear as part of an AI feature drop in the near future.

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Although the holidays might seem some ways away, Toy Fair 2025 gave us an early taste of the hottest toys and games we expect to see on every child’s wishlist. The biggest brands of the toy world brought hundreds of new products to the annual trade show, and I toured the floor to find the best picks of the year.

From a show-stopping T-Rex that hatches from an egg and the latest launch in LEGO’s Ideas collection, to a family-friendly party game about pigeons and a competitive take on Crayola markers, the Tom’s Guide Toy Fair 2025 award winners are clear stand-outs. Fresh launches from franchises like Hot Wheels and Barbie also impressed, striking the perfect balance of nostalgic play and modern interests.

See all the products we loved from Toy Fair 2025 below, and be sure to check out Tom’s Guide on TikTok for more hands-on coverage of the most exciting toys from the show.

Best of Toy Fair: Primal Hatch

Of all the toys at Toy Fair 2025, Primal Hatch is the one that stole the show. Inspired by Spin Master’s existing success with Hatchimals, Primal Hatch sees a glowy-eyed T-Rex break free from a football-sized dinosaur egg.

It uses its beak to chip at the eggshell (complete with a slimy membrane layer) from within, creating a spectacle that any dino-fanatic is sure to love. Once freed, kids will use touch and an included training clicker to develop their dino’s personality, with the eyes changing color based on its mood.

Primal Hatch costs $59.99 and will go on sale this fall, right on the tail of Jurassic World Rebirth’s theatrical release.

See Primal Hatch in action here.

Best Construction Toy: LEGO Ideas River Steamboat

At Toy Fair 2025, I got one of the first up-close looks at the fully-built LEGO Ideas River Steamboat (21356), the latest launch in LEGO’s fan-submitted product line.

Aimed at older LEGO enthusiasts, this 4,090-piece classic river steamboat is packed with authentic details, from a series of explorable decks to a rudder that actually turns.

This 27 x 15.5 x 5.5-inch set simply has too many hidden elements to list, making it a brilliant display piece for the nautically-inclined. It’s available starting April 11, 2025 for $329.99, and if you order from LEGO.com as a LEGO Insider, you'll get a theme-appropriate ticket booth included with your Steamboat purchase.

See the LEGO Ideas River Steamboat up close here.

Best Robotic Toy: FurReal Coco Panda

Robotic pets might not be anything new, but there’s something about the way the latest FurReal Friend articulates that feels totally original. Coco Panda is a straight-up adorable tumbling ball of amusement, using her bamboo stalk to propel her forward as she rolls around and giggles.

Like other FurReal Friends, kids can use included accessories to feed and care for Coco, while simultaneously learning more about one of the planet’s most vulnerable species. Coco Panda costs $49.99 and will come out later this year.

See FurReal Coco Panda rolling and tumbling here.

Best Creative Toy: Crayola Colourwhirls

It turns out that Crayola markers aren’t just for coloring! With Crayola Colourwhirls, markers become the centerpiece of a spinning top attachment (think: BeyBlades) that sends ink spinning in brilliant fashion.

Colourwhirls can be used to create unique works of art through spiral patterns, but you can also “battle” with friends to see whose marker can keep spinning the longest. Crayola is selling Colourwhirls Arena ($24.99) to that effect, though you can also pick up a 3-pack ($15.99) or single Colourwhirl top ($4.99).

Colourwhirl tops come with a marker but are compatible with your existing markers, too.

See how Crayola Colorwhirls work here.

Best Craft Kit: PLAY-DOH Barbie

As part of a licensing collaboration with Mattel, Hasbro came to Toy Fair 2025 with a new PLAY-DOH Barbie collection that lets kids learn more about fashion through clothing molds, texturizing extruders, and patterned “fabric.”

The kits come with compounds sheets of PLAY-DOH that feature distinct shapes like bows and flowers in different colors — these are ideal for cutting into tops, while the excess material can be mixed together and extruded into ruffles for skirts and dresses.

The result? Hours of fashion play combined two tried-and-true toy franchises starting summer 2025.

See how to play with PLAY-DOH Barbie here.

Best Board/Party Game: Oh My Pigeons!

Although Ravensburger’s Oh My Pigeons! has been available for a few months now, I only just had the chance to play with it at Toy Fair 2025. And let me tell you, this is officially my favorite party game of the year.

The objective is to fill your bench with cute ‘lil pigeons before your opponents — err, friends — by taking turns dealing direction cards. If you’re strategic, you can steal pigeons, swap benches, and even flick benches clear to win.

Oh My Pigeons! is fast-faced and just whimsical enough to make it fun, and for just $19.99 it’s a great addition to any board game collection.

See a round of Oh My Pigeons! in action here.

Best Licensed Toy: Hot Wheels Formula 1

You might think any automotive to ever exist would already have a Hot Wheels version, but brand-new to one of Mattel’s most noteworthy product families is a complete collection of F1 race cars.

Kicking off a multi-year partnership with the culturally-pervasive sports license, Mattel showed off a collection of 1:64 scale team cars as well as a specially-designed track sets at Toy Fair 2025. Almost the entire series of die cast race cars is already sold out as of this writing, but you can check the link here for restocks.

Best Plush Toy: Atamos

Toy Fair 2025 featured no shortage of plush toys, but when it came to scouting out the best *new* collections, Atamas (pronounced ah-ta-ma) by Russ delivered the ultimate crossover of recognizable licenses and huggable comfort.

Each Atamsas is meant to look like a face with emotive expressions that reflect the represented character, from Harry Potter and Batman to the Stranger Things gang and Beetlejuice. What Jazwares brought to the show is just a preview of what’s to come from Atamas, with price and availability information expected later this year.

Best RC Toy: Monster Jam Smash & Bash Grave Digger

Part of the fun of Monster Jam is watching cars get smashed and crushed, but no kid wants to break their toys beyond repair (at least, not knowingly.) With the Monster Jam Smash & Bash Grave Digger RC by Spin Master, fans will actively want to crash their car into walls, crunching the hood in with a few blows.

Then, with the press of a button, the car extends back out to its original form, ready to smash and bash again through all sorts of stunts. This 1:15 RC is launching in fall 2025 for $24.99.

See how the Monster Jam Smash & Bash Grave Digger RC works here.

Best Ridable Toy: Droyd Ravage

Droyd, the brand pioneering e-bikes and e-trikes for kids as young as 3, just debuted a new off-road electric trail bike meant to inspire adventure.

Rated for ages 13+, the Droyd Ravage features a brushless DC motor, thick dirt-ready tires, and a sturdy steel frame complete with storage space. It has a max speed of 15mph and 12-mile range powered by a 48volt, 1000-watt battery, so your little explorers can’t go too fast or too far. Droyd Ravage is set to cost under $800 and release in Spring 2025.

Best Active Toy: Skip It

When I was a child, I took obtaining my family’s Skip It high score seriously. But for 2025, Just Play licensed the classic 90s toy from Hasbro and improved it with lights, sounds, and a digital counter.

I also appreciate how there’s a bit of added cushion on the ankle strap now, making it way more comfortable to skip — a.k.a stay active — for long periods of time. We love toys that combine movement in a fun, competitive way, which is why this updated version of Skip It is a great pick for kids ages 5+ when it hits shelves later this year.

MWC 2026 is not just one of the most important shows for smartphones anymore, it's a glimpse of the future of portable tech. And we will be in Barcelona covering it live between March 2 - 5.

With a lot of rumors and leaks leading up to the big event, we're expecting to not just see a lot of next gen smartphones, but also wearables, smartwatches, laptops, headphones and much, much more. And of course, AI is going to be at the center of all of it.

We will have our team on the ground covering the latest news and going hands-on with everything announced. So follow along with us right here, and make sure you drop us a follow on TikTok for unique video insight into all things MWC.

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There’s no better way to start the new year off right by checking out the latest devices and gadgets at CES in Las Vegas. From new gaming handhelds like the Lenovo Legion Go S to the latest graphics cards from Nvidia’s RTX 50-Series and all sorts of smart home devices and of course, bigger, brighter TVs, CES 2025 has been a busy week for Tom’s Guide.

While we checked out some awesome new products you can buy right now or will release later this year, we also came across some that are one of our favorites parts of CES. While we’ve already given out our best of CES 2025 awards, it’s this weird and futuristic tech that has our imaginations running wild every year. Some of it might never make its way into an actual product while some of the weirdest gadgets do end up turning into actual products eventually

Here’s our list of the weirdest gadgets we saw at CES 2025.

Mudra Link Band

Wearables and keeping track of your health go hand in hand but what about for productivity? Well, the Mudra Link is a smart wristband that you can use to control your Android, macOS and Windows devices using your mind. Yes, you read that right. The first neural wristband lets you use Minority Report-style gestures to control your devices by reading your brain signals. And the best part, unlike the super expensive Apple Vision Pro, you’ll be able to pick up the Mudra Link for just $199.

The fun doesn’t stop there though as Wearable Devices, the company behind the Mudra Link, is partnering with TCL so that you can use its wristband as a remote for smart glasses. During our time testing out the device, we played a virtual violin, pulled a face like a rubber band in multiple directions by waving our hand in the air and doing a pinch gesture and even sliced through multiple fruits in Fruit Ninja. Hand and gesture controls have the potential to change how we interact with all our devices but it will certainly be strange seeing someone use the Mudra Link out in public for the first time.

Kirin Electric Salt Spoon

Do you love your food being extra salty? Or maybe your doctor wants you to cut back on sodium but it’s the one thing you just can’t give up. Well, the Japanese beer company Kirin has you covered with the electric spoon it brought to CES this year. Officially known as the Kirin Electric Salt Spoon, this one-of-a-kind gadget uses a weak electric shock to make your food taste saltier. The idea being that you can use less salt but still get that same taste you’re used to, at least if you’re using Kirin’s spoon.

Once turned on, the Electric Salt Spoon has four levels of “saltiness” or in this case, electric current strengths. When our own Kate Kozuch tried it with a bowl of miso soup, she said that at the end of her spoonful, she "noticed a faint tinging” that did in fact make the soup taste saltier. Unlike some of the other gadgets we see at CES each year, this one is available to purchase right now. However, you’ll need to travel to or buy it from Japan and this high-tech spoon will set you back $100.

Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6

Rollable displays are nothing new but this year at CES, Lenovo showed off one in a laptop you’ll actually be able to buy. The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 is the world’s first rollable laptop and with the push of a button or even a hand gesture, its 120Hz OLED display can grow from 15 inches to 16.7 inches. When fully extended, you can scroll through long pages or documents with ease but you can also have two apps right on top of each other.

The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 was one of the most impressive gadgets we saw at CES this year but it’s also one of the weirdest. Imagine you were at a coffee shop and the person next to you’s laptop suddenly started growing. This rollable laptop will certainly turn heads but since it starts at $3,499, I wouldn’t expect to see too many of these out in public. Then again, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 could certainly come in handy for people who need that extra screen space but want to travel light and have the budget for it.

Xpeng Land Aircraft Carrier

Unlike the eVTOL Flying Car we saw last year at CES, the Land Aircraft Carrier from Xpeng isn’t your typical flying car. Instead, it’s a gigantic electric SUV (think Cybertruck) that just so happens to have an eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) Air Module to go with it. Housed in the back of the vehicle, it folds out and from there, and you can take and fly for up to two hours on a charge.

The Air Module has a max speed of 90km/hour (~55 mph) and when its battery runs out, you just put it back inside the Land Aircraft Carrier, which has enough power on board to recharge the flying module six times. What’s probably the most exciting thing about this Transformer-like vehicle is that 3,000 intent orders have already come in and deliveries are expected to begin next year. In case you’re wondering, what will effectively be the first flying car you can actually buy sells for just under $300,000.

Halliday Smart Glasses

If you’re one of the few people that actually liked the idea of Google Glass but never got to try it, the Halliday Smart Glasses just might be for you. Instead of AR though, these smart glasses use a near-eye display module to show you all sorts of useful information on the fly. From translation to notifications with instant replies and even real-time navigation, the Halliday Smart Glasses offer a more practical approach to smart glasses that you’ll actually be able to buy.

Every gadget seems to have an AI aspect to it these days but the proactive AI on these smart glasses almost feels like cheating at life. You can even have their built-in AI analyze the conversation you’re currently having so that you can factcheck the person speaking to you. If one wearable wasn’t enough, Halliday is also making a smart ring that lets you interact with its glasses and their menus without having to touch the controls on the side of their frame. The Halliday Smart Glasses will cost $489 when they launch this year.

Tombot Jennie

There were plenty of robots everywhere we turned at CES this year and then there was Tombot’s Jennie. This robot dog stole our hearts immediately which makes sense as her behavior is based on that of a 12-week old labrador puppy and the company that created her had help from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop to do so.

Despite its cuteness, this robot dog isn’t meant to replace our real furry pals anytime soon. Instead, Jennie was designed to be the perfect emotional support companion for the elderly as they can’t take care of a live dog, not to mention the safety hazards of them doing so. Tombot’s robot dog responds to voice commands, knows where and how she’s being touched or petted and even wags her tail like a real dog. There’s also a companion app to tweak her settings as well as to give this robot dog its own unique name.

Base Case

Imagine if your suitcase could suddenly transform into a multi-monitor workstation in seconds. That’s the idea behind the Base Case which we got to check out in person at CES this year. Available in black or white, when opened up, this suitcase contains dual 24-inch displays and extendable 10-inch legs so that you can use your laptop underneath them. The monitors themselves have a 75Hz refresh rate, offer up to 350 nits of brightness and the whole setup weighs just 20 pounds.

Base Case works with Windows and Mac with plenty of ports to connect your laptop including HDMI, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt 4, USB-C, Ethernet and even USB-A for your peripherals. In addition to the black and white versions we saw at CES, other color options are in the works too including yellow, pink and more. While pricing hasn’t been announced for Base Case yet, this mobile workstation on wheels likely won’t come cheap.

LiberLive C1

Have you ever wanted to pick up playing guitar or become your own one-man band? If so, the LiberLive C1 could certainly scratch that itch. This smart stringless guitar is also foldable and at just 3.9 pounds, you can bring it with you to practice anywhere you go. At CES, our own Jason England rocked out by playing Radiohead’s Creep to a small audience.

For people starting out with their first instrument, the C1 is a great educational tool to get you playing guitar with each fret button playing a chord and the LED indicators on the neck indicating tempo and key. But where it gets weird — in the best way possible — is when you take things up a notch and stop thinking about this as just a guitar, but a digital music instrument. The MicroDAW sampling synthesis technology and ability to layer multiple custom instruments gives you huge creative versatility. Plus the on-board speaker system has plenty of bass and audio clarity to turn you into a one-man band party!

Roborock Saros

Do you ever wish your robot vacuum could stop and pick up small obstacles in its way? Then the Roborock Saros Z70 might be just what you’re looking for. Many robot vacuums now use AI to detect objects on the floor to avoid them, but this robot vacuum has a trick up its sleeve: an extendable arm with a claw at the end. This way, those socks lying on your floor won’t get in the way of having a clean house.

The Saros Z70 is the first of what will likely be a new breed of robot vacuums that are even more capable. However, there are some limitations to what its arm can pick up. With a maximum weight limit of 10.5 ounces (300 grams), it won’t be able to pick up most shoes but it will probably be able to move a pair of flip flops out of the way. Expected to launch later this year in late spring or early summer, pricing hasn’t been announced for the Saros Z70 yet but we wouldn’t be surprised if it costs north of $1,000.

Naqi Neural Earbuds

If a neural wristband isn’t your style, we also got to try a pair of brain-reading earbuds at CES. Unlike traditional earbuds though, the Naqi Neural Earbuds aren’t for playing music. Instead they translate brain waves and micro-gestures like clenching your jaw or quickly moving your eyes from side to side into actions. In the demo we tried, we were able to turn a smart light across the room on or off by clenching our teeth and even change its color with a quick sideways glance.

While we tried a wired pair of wired Naqi Neural Earbuds during our demo, the final version will be wireless. Likewise, Naqi Logix, the company behind them, also brought a new single earbud design we got to check out. While earbuds that let you control things using your mind might be a bit weird for most people, they do have a lot of potential in the accessibility space. Pricing for the Naqi Neural Earbuds or the single earbud version hasn’t been announced yet but if they work as promised, they could be worth it, even with a high price tag.

Razer Project Arielle

A gaming chair wrapped in RGB lights isn’t that strange I’ll admit but one with built-heating and cooling certainly is. That’s exactly what Razer showed off at CES this year with its latest concept chair, Project Arielle. Building on the design of the Razer Fujin Pro, this chair has an integrated bladeless fan on the back that warms up the air around you by 35.6°F (2°C) or cools it down by up to 86°F (30°C).

Since the chair Project Arielle is based on has an all-mesh design, the fan pushes out hot or cold air to keep you more comfortable while gaming. Both the temperature mode and fan speed are controlled by a touch-enabled controller on the side of the chair. Since this is a concept chair after all, it might never come to market. However, Razer’s haptic feedback pad for your gaming chair was shown off at last year’s CES and later became a real product, so there’s hope if you want a gaming chair that can heat you up or cool you off.

Samsung Stretchable MicroLED

Have you ever watched a horror movie so good that it felt like the monster was coming right out of the screen at you? With Samsung’s new Stretchable MicroLED display, it actually could. Even the small 6-inch screen version of this we saw at CES seriously impressed us but we’re not quite sure if there are that many practical uses for this new display tech.

In the demo we saw, a shark slowly swam towards us but when he got right up to the screen, it stretched out as if the deadly animal was coming through. To top this off, Samsung added a glass breaking animation with water spilling out at the very end to simulate a shark breaking through its enclosure at an aquarium. While you won’t find this tech in your new TV anytime soon, we could see it being popular at museums, amusement parks and other places where an interactive display could utilize it.

LG Vision AI Mobility Concept

AI was in most of the products we saw at CES this year including this new concept car from LG. By using a combination of sensors, cameras and AI, the LG Vision AI Mobility Concept is able to keep tabs on your health and stress as well as provide you with a driving report that comes with a score. All of this cool or creepy tech is housed in a very high-tech looking yet not functional ride.

The demo we saw at LG’s booth had the car’s cockpit with a screen in front of it simulating a drive through the mountains with the ocean in the background. As we started driving, the steering wheel began tracking our heart rate to see if we were stressed while the cameras mapped our posture to tell if we were distracted. At the end of our ride, we got a driving report along with an AI report and a health report. Insurance companies would love for something like this to become a reality instead of just a concept.

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CES 2025 is the show where AI morphed from an incessant buzzword to something more practical and personal. Smart glasses are starting to predict when you need help and can answer questions or fact check things for you on the fly. GPUs are now filling in so many frames and using a neural net to render incredible detail for truly next generation graphics. And robot vacuums are now smart enough to see obstacles in front of them and pick them up while they clean.

These are just some of the innovations on display here in Las Vegas, where a team of Tom’s Guide’s writers and editors met with dozens of established companies and startups to find the best of CES 2025. And there’s plenty of exciting hardware breakthroughs, too, including a rollable laptop whose display grows on command, a mini-LED TV that gives OLED a run for its money and a modular flying car.

After going hands-on with lots and lots of new tech, here’s the top 25 gadgets of CES. And be sure to check out our list of the weirdest CES 2025 gadgets, too.

Best of Show: Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs

Nvidia stole the show at this year’s CES. Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs bring mindblowing graphics performance upgrades alongside breakthrough AI capabilities. It all starts with the hardware itself, and oh boy did the team cook up some true monsters here. With 92 billion transistors and the ability to run up to 3,352 trillion AI operations per second (TOPS), this Blackwell architecture is simply bonkers. Pair that with an up to 8x performance increase with Nvidia’s DLSS 4 frame generation, neural nets driving accurate shaders and faces, and even assist in bringing game characters to life with autonomous personalities (thanks to the next-gen Nvidia ACE), gaming will never be the same again For more, see what it's like to play games on the RTX 5090. — Jason England

Best Design: Samsung Frame Pro

The Samsung Frame was already a great-looking TV, but for something to win our best design category at a show like CES, form can’t compromise function. For the Samsung Frame Pro, the company beefed up its most popular lifestyle TV with two key upgrades: a NeoQLED display and new Wireless One Connect Box. While the improved display should make content look brighter and better (a longtime shortcoming of The Frame otherwhite), the cable-free doubles down on what makes art TVs so attractive: aesthetics. With more competitors hitting the scene, Samsung used the Frame Pro to remind us who’s boss when it comes to the best design in TVs. — Kate Kozuch

See the Samsung Frame Pro in action on YouTube.

Best TV: LG G5

In engineering the G5 OLED, it was bold of LG to set aside the display technology that had made the G4 and G3 such impressive OLED TVs. But I suppose it's easy to be bold when the technology replacing it is this good. The G5 appears to be even brighter and more colorful than its predecessor, and it achieves this feat without relying on the MLA-enhanced OLED. The new design is a four-stack OLED panel with an impressive 165Hz refresh rate, and while I could go on about its elegant design and thorough list of A/V- and gaming-related enhancements, the best thing I can say about the G5 is that it pained me to walk away from it. — Michael Desjardin

See the LG G5 OLED in action on YouTube.

Best TV Innovation: Hisense 116UX TriChroma Mini-LED TV

This larger-than-life, 116-inch TriChroma Mini-LED TV from Hisense is a marvel of engineering for several reasons, but the debut of Hisense's RGB Local Dimming Technology was one of the more surprising highlights of my week. Its new take on Mini-LED backlighting harnesses lenses that react to incredibly small red-, green- and blue-colored LEDs. This allows for higher brightness, better color control, and according to Hisense, the best color of any LED TV on the market. It’s only available in this extra-large size, but we might be looking at this version of Mini-LEDs for years to come. — Michael Desjardin

Best TV Value: TCL QM6K

In recent years, TCL has been quite successful at balancing performance and affordability. In that way, the QM6K QD Mini-LED is a quintessential TCL TV. Thanks to its impressive quantum dot-enhanced Mini-LED backlighting, a respectable slate of gaming features and a wide array of size options, the QM6K is poised to be one of the most popular TVs of the year. The two largest sizes come with a swanky matte finish designed to reduce glare. — Michael Desjardin

See the TCL QM6K on YouTube.

Best AI: Gemini in Google TV

You’re about to be able to do a lot more with your Google TV. Over the next year, Google will be incorporating Gemini AI into its smart TV platform, so you’ll be able to use natural language queries not just to ask for things to watch, but to get help with your kids’ homework, plan vacations, get the latest news and weather, control your smart home devices, and pretty much anything else you can do with its AI. At the end of 2025, TCL and Hisense are going to release new Google TVs with a microphone and camera built in, so that your TV will automatically turn on when you approach, and deliver customized information based on your preferences. When we tested Gemini AI on Google TV, we were definitely intrigued by the possibilities. It should really help to spread its use beyond your phone and computer. — Mike Prospero

See Gemini on Google TV in action on YouTube.

Best Automotive: BMW Panoramic iDrive

The new BMW Panoramic iDrive system combines an ultrawide display and AI with a level of personalization I haven’t seen before. You decide which widgets you want to populate the head-up display with, whether it’s the weather, Spotify or air quality index. But the 3D head-up display is the real game-changer here, as you’ll be able to see upcoming turn info put right on top of your real-world view. Plus, the steering wheel is smart enough to light up the buttons that makes the most sense at just the right time, such as answering an incoming call. Panoramic iDrive has a built-in AI assistant, too, which you can use for navigation or changing modes on the fly. And the system is coming to all new BMWs by the end of 2025. — Mark Spoonauer

See BMW Panoramic iDrive in action on TikTok.

Best Laptop: Asus Zenbook A14

Windows on Arm has been on a charge, but so far it’s just been Snapdragon chips put into more traditional laptop frames. That’s what makes the insanely lightweight Asus Zenbook A14 extra special — the next step in the Copilot+ PC journey. At less than 2.2 pounds, while remaining unmistakably premium to the touch thanks to the ceraluminum finish, this is sleek and luxurious. But none of the technological prowess is ignored to make this work, as the keyboard and touchpad are both large and tactile; there’s Wi-Fi 7 under the hood; and that OLED display is gorgeous. Make no mistake. This is the MacBook Air’s worst nightmare and is in the hunt for best laptop overall. — Jason England

Best Laptop Innovation: Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6

Did you ever wish you could grow your laptop’s screen on command? Portable displays sort of do this, but the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 takes a very novel approach. With the push of a button, the world’s first rollable laptop’s OLED display extends from 14 inches to 16.7 inches. This comes in super handy when you’re reading longer documents and especially when you want to run two apps on top of each other. You also get a ton of AI features built in, the latest Intel Core Ultra processor and Wi-Fi 7 networking. This is the ultimate multitasking laptop with the ultimate price to match at $3,499. — Mark Spoonauer

See the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 in action on YouTube.

Best 2-in-1 Laptop: Dell 16 Plus 2-in-1

Dell has rebranded its entire laptop and desktop lineup for 2025. However, you’ll still get the same quality PCs. Such is the case with the Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1, which is one of the finest convertible laptops we’ve seen at CES 2025. Its design is roughly the same as the Inspiron 16 2-in-1 (the Inspiron line is now Plus), but it now has down-firing speakers, a number pad and a left-centered touchpad. The 16-inch 1200p ISP display is quite nice, though you can upgrade to a mini LED option. Spec-wise, you can get up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 288V CPU, 32GB of RAM and 2TB of storage. If you’re looking for a great 2-in-1 laptop that’s less than $1,000, the Dell 16 Plus 2-in-1 is a solid choice. — Tony Polanco

Best gaming handheld: Lenovo Legion Go S

The Lenovo Legion Go S is the gaming handheld I’ve been waiting for. Why? Because it’s the first third-party handheld that runs on SteamOS — the same operating system that has made the Steam Deck one of the best handheld gaming consoles. But if you’re a fan of Windows 11, you can opt for a model with Microsoft’s OS. Beyond that, the Legion Go S features a unibody design that ditches the detachable controllers of the Legion Go. That, along with the overall smaller size, makes this an easier machine to travel with. The new D-Pad and trigger locks are also fantastic for fighting games and first-person shooters (respectively). Starting at $599 for the Windows 11 version and $499 for the SteamOS version, the Lenovo Legion Go S could be the gaming handheld to beat in 2025. — Tony Polanco

See the Legion Go S in action on YouTube.

Best Gaming Laptop: Razer Blade 16

Gaming laptops and especially larger 16-inch ones are known for being big and bulky, which is why this year’s Razer Blade 16 was such a surprise. Not only did Razer make it almost a third smaller than its predecessor but it’s also the company’s thinnest gaming laptop yet. The Razer Blade 16 (2025) can be outfitted with up to an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor as well as a Nvidia RTX 5090 laptop GPU for both excellent gaming and AI performance. It also features a new keyboard with even more key travel (1.5mm vs 1mm) for a more comfortable typing experience. The new Razer Blade 16 may be an iteration on an existing model but Razer made enough changes to its design and under the hood that this almost feels like a brand new laptop. —- Anthony Spadafora

Best appliance: SwitchBot K20+ Pro

At its core, the SwitchBot K20+ Pro is perhaps the smallest robot vacuum we’ve ever seen. But what makes it really interesting is everything it can do besides cleaning your floors. That’s because the K20+ Pro can be connected with a number of different accessories to make it much more than just a robot vacuum. There’s an attachment that turns it into a mobile air purifier, another that makes it a roving security camera, one with a stand to hold a tablet or phone at eye level and yet another with a portable fan. The K20+ Pro can even support objects weighing up to 17.6 pounds, so it can be used to deliver packages and other things around the house to someone who can’t otherwise move around on their own. Plus, SwitchBot is opening its platform to allow third-party developers to create their own accessories. It’s a robot vacuum first, but it’s so much more than that. — Mike Prospero

Best Smart Home device: Lockly Styla

This is one of the most attractive — and functional — smart locks we’ve ever seen. Rather than the traditional brick-shaped design of most smart locks, the Lockly Styla is housed in a long bar that simply looks stunning. And, packed inside of it are half a dozen ways to unlock your door: There’s a 2K security camera at the top; a doorbell button; a keypad with numbers that change position to deter thieves; an RFID reader; and a fingerprint reader placed surreptitiously on the inside of the handle, so that your index finger naturally touches it when you grab the handle. Oh yes, and there’s a traditional key lock, too. The Styla won’t come cheap. At $699, it’s one of the priciest smart locks around, but it will really make a statement on your front door. — Mike Prospero

Best Robot Vacuum: Roborock Saros Z70

Most robot vacuums can detect things like socks and shoes in their path and navigate around them, but what if your robot vacuum could actually pick them up? That’s just what the Roborock Saros Z70 can do. It has a claw mounted on the end of a robotic arm, and when it sees your dirty laundry or something else in its way, it can reach out and grab it, and move it to where it belongs. In addition, this robot vacuum can also mop your floors, and has a dirty water bin in its dock to keep its mop heads clean. But let’s face it: A robotic arm built into the vacuum is pretty cool. Does this give you license to leave your clothes strewn all over your bedroom floor? No, but it’ll help keep things tidy when you forget. — Mike Prospero

See the Roborock Saros Z70 in action on TikTok.

Best VR/AR Xreal One Pro

AR glasses have been caught in a bit of a loop — trying to figure out how to best hide those giant prism lenses and figure out what the steps are to get to a spatial computing future in a pair of specs.

The first Xreal One glasses went down the same prismed route, but Xreal One Pro just hit CES 2025 and they tackle this in two key ways that makes them easily the best AR glasses I’ve tried. First, there is a flatter, smaller prism behind the lenses that means these are the most inconspicuous I’ve worn, while still offering the widest field of view. And second, you can attach a separate camera module to the nose bridge for 12MP pictures and videos, with gesture control coming later this year. Xreal is setting its sights on the future here. — Jason England

Best smartwatch: Amazfit Active 2

When it comes to bang for the buck, the latest Amazfit smartwatch makes a strong case for being on your wrist in 2025. The Amazfit Active 2 starts at $99 but offers specs and features ordinarily reserved for smartwatches three times its cost. These include support for offline maps with turn-by-turn directions, impressive health-tracking tech with digestible and actionable insights, a responsive and immersive AMOLED touchscreen with 2,000 nit max brightness — the same as the Apple Watch 10 — and a slender, attractive case design that wears comfortably and looks cool. For $30 more, the Amazfit Active 2 premium boasts an upgraded brushed strainless steel case and a scratch-resistant sapphire glass screen. Preorders are open now. — Dan Bracaglia

Best smart ring: Circular Ring 2

Few things irk me more than complicated barriers to entry. Oura and Samsung make two of the best smart rings, but both strongly recommend prospective users take their proprietary sizing kits, $9.99 a pop, for a spin before committing to a ring size. The new Circular Ring 2 is the first major smart ring model with a fully digital sizing process that takes minutes and can be accomplished anywhere, even under harsh underground tradeshow floor lighting. The Circular Ring 2 is also one of the first finger-based wearables with an onboard ECG sensor and FDA-approved AFib detection. Subscription-free, unlike Oura, and more affordable than the Galaxy Ring, Circular has love for both Apple and Android users. This all adds up to the smart ring I’m most excited to test out in 2025. — Dan Bracaglia

See the Circular Ring 2 in action on YouTube.

Best Health & Beauty tech: L'Oréal Cell BioPrint

Skin health is no joke — but it’s also no breeze to manage long-term with the onslaught of questionable skincare product recommendations we all see on social media. Luckily, L'Oréal’s Cell BioPrint system might have the solution people like me have been waiting for. Using microfluidic technology that analyzes specific skin proteins for biometric markers, the BioPrint system can diagnose your skin’s current state as well as predict issues you might have in the future. It then creates a plan of ingredients and products that your skin is likely to respond well to, promoting actionable changes backed by science. There are all sorts of gadgets and scanners out there that claim to help with skincare, but L’Oreal seems to have the authority and approach to make the Cell BioPrint a legitimate innovation in the beauty tech market. — Kate Kozuch

See the L’Oreal Cell BioPrint System in action on YouTube.

Best Audio: Soundcore Rave 3S

I don’t know if it was the release of the Wicked movie or everyone suddenly discovering how cathartic it is to scream Taylor Swift lyrics with your friends, but at-home karaoke is having a big moment. So far, high-caliber party speakers with karaoke modes have been pricey, while cheaper options make compromises on sound quality. The Soundcore Rave 3S strikes the perfect balance of features and value, coming in at $349 which is very enticing for a booming 200W speaker. With that, you also get a pair of karaoke mics and a dedicated singalong setting that uses AI to filter out voices from any track so that you’re always the star. Integrated lighting, a carrying handle, and 12 hours of battery keep the party going. (Don’t worry guys, I promise you’re all invited to my next karaoke night.) — Kate Kozuch

Best Music Gadget: LiberLive C1

The LiberLive C1 may look like a fancier Guitar Hero controller on first glance, and in some ways you’d be right. It’s a smart stringless guitar that you can use to play to your heart’s content. But it’s so much more than that too — turning into a full-on digital instrument of the future with an impressive built-in speaker system, a Micro DAW chip to support any instrument sounds you can throw at it, bass and percussion additions with the tap of a button, and even support for more complex guitar playing techniques like harmonic tapping. For beginners and pros alike, this is a fascinating axe. — Jason England

Best Phone Accessory: MCON game controller

If there’s one phone accessory to look out for this year, it’s Ohsnap’s MCON. This device turns your iPhone or Android into a nifty gaming controller in a snap — reminiscent of the PSP Go or other slide-out devices of yesteryear. Sure, we’ve seen the Backbone One and Scuf Nomad become welcome mobile accessories for on-the-go gamers, but the MCON takes portability and design to the next level. Using a simple MagSafe puck (don’t fret, there’s a MagSafe adapter for phones or cases without compatibility), you can attach any smartphone with ease and enjoy a comfortable grip and precise, punchy controls. And I mean any phone; using a foldable such as the Samsung Galaxy Fold with the MCON is a visual treat, as it shows off just how far mobile gaming has come. Its slide-out function is very satisfying, and its pocketable design even comes with fold-out grips for easier handling when playing games like Call of Duty: Mobile. It’s currently on Kickstarter, with the aim to be released around August 2025.. — Darragh Murphy

Best gaming monitor: HP Omen 32x

The HP Omen 32x isn’t just a gaming monitor as it packs Google TV. When you’re not playing games, you can fire up Google TV and unwind with your favorite TV shows. No matter what’s on the screen, everything looks gorgeous thanks to the sharp 4K resolution and smooth 144Hz refresh rate. It can even stream directly from four platforms, such as YouTube if you want to show off your gameplay to others. You can do Android casting right from your phone, and even bring up apps like DeX Mode in case you want to get some work done. At $749, it’s a relatively affordable gaming monitor that can serve multiple purposes. Because of that, it’s the best gaming monitor of CES 2025. — Tony Polanco

Watch the HP Omen 32x on YouTube.

Best networking device TP-Link Deco BE65-Outdoor

The TP-Link Deco BE65-Outdoor not only provides super-fast Wi-Fi 7 speeds but it lets you bring your mesh network outside. This IP-65-rated tri-band mesh node can be added to any of TP-Link’s mesh Wi-Fi systems to extend your home network by 3,000 square feet. It also supports up to 200 devices and is both weatherproof and dustproof to withstand the elements. If your home is wired for Ethernet, you can power and add the Deco BE65-Outdoor to your network using a single cable. With a combined top speed of 11 gigabits per second and access to the much faster 6 GHz band, you can download or stream just about anything out in your backyard. If you want to take your Wi-Fi outside without any dead zones, this could be the perfect upgrade to your existing mesh network. —- Anthony Spadafora

Best charger Plugable PS-10CC

I never seem to have enough USB-C ports to plug in the countless smartwatches, smart rings, fitness trackers and tech accessories I’m constantly testing and enjoying. Fortunately, Plugable is all about elegant — elongated — solutions to everyday problems. Enter the Plugable PS-10CC. This ten-port USB-C charger is under $100 and packed with smarts. The left-most port gets priority, with additional power trickling down as available. Once fully charged up, the next-in-line port is placed in the spotlight, making charging up your MacBook, Fujifilm camera, Bose headphones, Garmin smartwatch, Anker powerpack and Amazfit smart ring all at once a one-and-done ordeal. For successfully making life supremely easier for technology geeks like myself — without forcing me to bust my piggybank to bits — Plugable’s latest release is fully deserving of recognition this CES. — Dan Bracaglia

CES 2025 is still going strong, and there are so many incredible announcements that we’re struggling to keep up with them all! The news from day 1 and day 2 was a lot to keep up with, but I personally think that day 3 has some of the best news of the entire show. It’s been quite difficult to figure out exactly what I like the most.

We’re talking brand new car tech from BMW, better ways to play PC games on the go, brain-controlled motion gestures and a laptop that may give Apple’s Macbook Air a real run for its money. Here are the 11 best new gadgets that were revealed on CES day 3.

Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6

Rollable screens are back at CES 2025, with Lenovo debuting the new ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 laptop. But this isn’t a concept device, like the ones we’ve seen before, this one is actually going on sale. It’s going to cost at least $3,499, which is absurdly expensive, but at least we know this isn’t vaporware anymore.

So what exactly would you get for your money? The standout feature is the extendable screen, which is rated for 20,000 opens and extends from a standard 14-inch screen to a comically-tall 16.7-inch display. But it’s like having two 16:9 screens stacked on top of each other, meaning you have plenty of screen space to work with. Other hardware includes an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, up to 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, two Thunderbolt 4 ports and Wi-Fi 7.

An exact release date hasn’t been set, but Lenovo says that this should arrive before the end of Q2 2025.

Anker 165W Power Bank

Power banks for your phone are available just about everywhere, but options for laptops are significantly more limited — and expensive. Thankfully things do seem to be changing, and Anker just unveiled a brand new power bank at CES.

Not only does it have a 27-inch retractable cable, and up to 165W combined charging speeds, it’s also got enough juice to fully charge a Macbook Air M2. The 25,000 mAh capacity also means it’s allowed on planes, and USB-PD 3.0 means it can charge up to 4 devices at once. Not just with the retractable USB-C cable, but also a trio of USB-C ports and a solo USB-A port.

Admittedly laptop batteries are far less prone to running out than smartphones, but as someone with an ancient laptop and a battery that basically runs on fumes all the time, this could be very useful. At the very least because I can also fast charge my other gadgets without having to carry multiple batteries with me. The Anker 165W costs $99 and is already on sale.

Lenovo Legion Go S

Another gaming handheld, this time from Lenovo and gunning to try and knock the Steam Deck off the top spot. This 8-inch handheld will actually be available running SteamOS (the first non Steam Deck handheld to do so) meaning Lenovo could be taking on Valve at its own game. Windows 11 is available if you prefer, but that is more expensive — with a starting price of $599 to the SteamOS model’s $499.

Other hardware of note includes up to 32GB of RAM, up to 1TB of storage, microSD card expansion, 2 USB4 ports, a headphone jack and a choice of either the AMD Ryzen Z2 Go chipset or the Ryzen Z1 extreme. All wrapped up in a sleek package that weighs just 1.63 lbs.

The first model with Windows 11 will be available later this month, starting at $799. Meanwhile the $599 Windows 11 Lenovo Legion Go S arrives in May, followed by the SteamOS variant the following month.

Mudra Link

Gesture control can be incredibly useful, but if you want something substantial you usually need some pricey kit — like the Apple Vision Pro headset. But Wearable Devices’ Mudra Link can offer a similar experience for just $199, thanks to a “neural wristband” compatible with Android, Windows and macOS.

The band doesn’t read your mind, though it might seem like it. It actually uses proprietary Surface Nerve Conductance sensors that are able to “electromyography signals from subtle finger movements”. Combined with an on-board accelerometer and gyroscope, it can translate this information into commands. Turning your hands into a mouse, but in a way that so far seems fairly system-agnostic.

The first place it’s going to really appear is on smart glasses, thanks to a partnership with TCL — potentially meaning you won’t have to carry any hand-tracking tech around on your face.

BMW’s Panoramic iDrive

Cars are more hi-tech than ever, and carmakers are not slowing down on that trend anytime soon. Long-time CES showcase BMW is no exception, and has just unveiled its new Panoramic iDrive system at the show. Simply put, it’s a 3D heads-up display that projects relevant information across the entire length of your car’s windshield — pillar-to-pillar.

On the left, right above the steering wheel, is critical information that the driver needs at a glance. This includes speed, directions and speed limits. On the right, by the passenger side, are personalized widgets that you get to choose — with apps and information that you might need while driving. It sounds silly, but having used a heads-up display in a car, I can tell you that it’s extremely convenient. Especially since everything lies within your direct field of vision.

Panoramic iDrive will be available in new BMW models by the end of this year. Though presumably, like Mercedes’ Hyperscreen, it’ll be rather a pricey addition to your car

Razer PC Remote Play

I’m a big fan of remotely playing games from my consoles, but PC gaming isn’t always quite so easy. Services exist, but Razer’s new PC Remote Play should help make the process a lot simpler — with a few bonuses. Assuming you have one of Razer’s phone controllers, like the Kishi V2, you’ll be able to launch a remote play session from the Razer Nexus app.

Better still this process combines all your game libraries into a single place. So if you have games on Steam, Epic or Microsoft Game Pass, they’re all available from a single hub, rather than forcing you to swap between different apps and services. Also included is adjustable aspect ratio, but the best part is that Razer PC Remote Play is totally free — with no subscription fees to worry about.

Segway Xyber

If you’re looking for an ebike with a little bit of pep, then Segway has you covered. The company has long since transitioned into the ebike and escooter industry, and there are a few announcements at CES that may be of interest. Particularly the Segway Xyber, an ebike that can go from 0-20mph in just 2.7 seconds. It also offers up to 112 miles of range, and flat-resistant tires that can handle rugged terrain with ease.

Meanwhile the Segway GT3 Pro escooter can reach 30mph in under 4 seconds, with a top speed of 49.7 miles per hour and 89 miles of range. Which is pretty absurd for a machine you have to stand and balance on, so this definitely isn’t for the faint of heart — or the unhelmeted. The standard GT3 is a little slower, with a 31mph top speed and 45 miles of range. But the 9 second 0-30 time is still pretty incredible.

The Segway GT3 is on sale now for $1,699, while the GT3 Pro will arrive in Spring/Summer for an unspecified price. The Xyber is available to pre-order now for an eye-watering $3,000.

Asus Zenbook A14

If you’re looking for a thin and light laptop that isn’t a Macbook, then Asus might have you covered. It may not be called the Zenbook Air, but the new Asus Zenbook A14 is the closest thing you’ll get to a Macbook Air from the company right now. Measuring just 0.5 inches thick, and weighing 2.16 lbs (or just under 1kg), it can certainly give Apple a run for its money.

More so when you consider that there’s Wi-Fi 7 support, a 70Wh battery that lasts up to 32 hours, and the power of the Snapdragon X chipset behind it. Better still, Asus has ensured the Zenbook A14 doesn’t produce too much heat — meaning there’s no thermal throttling and the machine can sustain its high performance over a much longer period. Not to mention the fact it looks great, and is made from a mix of aluminum and ceramics.

Be sure to check out our hands-on post for a rundown of all the specs and everything else this stylish machine will have to offer — with prices starting at $899.

VIV Ring

2025 is looking to be a big year for Smart Rings, and the newly-unveiled VIV Ring is about to join that market. But, aside from all the usual health-tracking features like heart-rate tracking and blood oxygen monitoring, VIV Ring may stand out thanks to its sleep enhancements features — including “Generative Sleep Aid Sound”.

This feature is built to evaluate sleep patterns and cycles, alongside other biometric data. After that’s been analyzed with AI, the algorithm puts together personalized sleep audio built up of different natural sounds. Oceans, rainfall, birdsong, plus other different sound effects all to help enhance the quality of your sleep. No more random white noise generators for you, from the sounds of things.

The VIV Ring is set to go on sale next month, though pricing information is still unconfirmed.

Sony XYN Headset

Sony’s foray into virtual reality may have been limited to the PSVR in the past, but that’s changed at CES 2025. Here the company debuted its “XYN” headset, a concept device specifically geared towards creating content for spatial computing. So this isn’t something you’d probably want to buy yourself, but if it gets a wider release this could make it easier for creatives to produce their own spatial content for other headsets.

The idea here is that the 4K OLED microdisplays in the headset can visualize virtual experiences for the user, and enable 3D modelling work. That includes taking real-world objects that have been captured by 3D software, and turning them into props for new virtual worlds. The included controller offers the chance to view and resize those objects to make it work.

Unfortunately because this is a concept we don’t have any ideas on a wider availability, or how much this device would cost if it ever went on sale.

ERA Smart Layer

CES isn’t just your traditional tech, it’s also a place to see some incredible new innovations in other categories — including sleep. Enter the ERA Smart Layer, a smart mattress topper with built-in sensors and AI to help you get the best and most comfortable night’s sleep.

The sensors can monitor breathing and heart rate, with the ability to connect with other health wearables via the cloud. With this data the on-board AI will offer suggestions on how you can improve your sleep each morning. There’s also a spinal alignment system to adapt to your body shape, even after you move, and help you stay comfortable.

Oh and you get active massage features built into the topper, and active thermal regulation to help to stay at the optimal sleep temperature all night. Honestly, they hooked me with the massage. Sadly there’s no word on price or availability just yet.

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The Consumer Electronics Show is the biggest tech event of the year, and CES 2025 did not disappoint.

Our Tom's Guide CES team went to Las Vegas in force to go hands-on with the latest products and test the newest innovations in everything from AI to EVs to find the best gadgets of CES 2025 .

This year we saw a slew of big display-related announcements at CES, like Samsung unveiling OLED displays with a massive 500Hz refresh rate. Meanwhile, its South Korean rival LG revealed the LG G5 and M5 OLED TVs with a big brightness boost and new AI features. Let's not forget Lenovo, which stunned us with the world's first "rollable" laptop.

But the biggest clash of the show has come from the chip titans. Qualcomm announced its new Snapdragon X CPU, Intel launched a slew of new processors, and so has AMD. But the biggest news has to be Nvidia droppings its all-new RTX 50-series graphics cards, which are bringing unfounded levels of GPU power to desktops and laptops.

All of these next-generation chips bring a new level of capabilities for gaming, productivity and — of course — AI. We've also already seen several new pairs of smart glasses, including one with an invisible display. And of course there were all sorts of wacky gadgets, like this robot vacuum with an arm that can pick up socks for you. Indeed, the future has arrived!

It was an incredible week, and you can follow along with the latest news from the show below or look at our CES 2025 hub page for more details. Plus, remember to follow us on TikTok for an even better look at what we're most excited about this year!

CES 2025: Major announcements so far

• Best of CES 2025: The top 25 new gadgets
• I just found spatial computing’s missing link — the Afference ring is the future of digital touch
• I just tried an AI concept car at CES 2025 that measures everything about you — including your mood — and it freaked me out
• I went sim racing with the Intel Arc B580 GPU
• I just tested the Xreal One Pro AR glasses — here’s why these are a true generational leap forward
• I just had my giddy moment at CES 2025 inside a modular flying car
• I found my favorite CES 2025 gadget — Lenovo’s first rollable laptop just stole the show with a screen that grows 50% on command
• Razer just gave the Blade 16 a major AMD-powered overhaul — and now it's the company’s thinnest gaming laptop yet
• Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs are here — everything we know
• I went hands-on with the LG G5 OLED at CES 2025 — does it live up to the hype?
• Intel Core Ultra 200H and HX Series chips are here — everything you need to know
• AMD’s Ryzen AI Max: The silent killer of dedicated laptop GPUs? Let me explain
• HDMI 2.2 is here — 4K at 480Hz and up to 12K resolution with 120Hz refresh rates coming in 2025
• I just went hands-on with these breakthrough smart glasses with an invisible display — and I’m shocked
• LG G5 and M5 OLED TVs unveiled at CES 2025: brighter, faster and lots of AI upgrades
• AMD reveals Ryzen Z2 chipsets that could power Steam Deck 2
• Samsung Ballie AI robot is a real product and is officially launching first half of this year
• I went eyes-on with the world’s first 4K OLED gaming monitor, and I’ll never go back — here’s why
• LiberLive C1 is the smart guitar I’ve always wanted

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Welcome to Day One of CES (officially)!

You'd be a little shocked hearing that, given how much news has already happened. But today is officially the first day of CES, and we have a lot more news to cover. There's normally a couple of press days like what you've seen us cover, but today is when CES is officially open to everyone!

To kick things off, let's review what is easily going to be the biggest news of the entire show — Nvidia launching the new RTX 50-series graphics cards. You've got RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti and 5070 in both desktop and laptop flavors and the performance increases are insane!

As Jensen himself said, you're getting "the power of an RTX 4090 in the 5070," and at a starting price of $549, this card just got impressively affordable. We also heard a lot about how AI is core to everything Nvidia does — touching on all kinds from AI enhanced graphical imagery with DLSS 4 and neural rendering capabilities to how GPUs can impact Agentic and even robotic AI.

Once these start to launch a little later this year, you best believe we'll be fully testing them to see if these live up to Huang's hype.

Smart glasses may finally have their year

Hey, it's Kate Kozuch here! The hype around smart glasses at CES 2025 is off to a strong start. Although the Chamelo Aura color-changing tinted frames I showed off in the TikTok above have been out for a few months, they recieved a CES 2025 honoree recognition, and I understand the hype. With the press of a button, the tint changes between four total colors and they last for weeks on one charge. There's going to be no shortage of smart glasses/wearable announcements this week, so be sure to stay tuned.

(Also, shamless plug, be sure you're following Tom's Guide on TikTok so you don't miss any of our highlights from the show!) — Kate Kozuch

Want to go really big? Go Laser TV

We love OLED and QLED TVs, but if you want the biggest possible picture you've got to check out the Hisense L9Q. This laser projector will be available alongside five differently sized Ambient Light Rejection (ALR) screens: 100, 110, 120, 136 and 150 inches.

You also get a very impressive 5,000 lumens of brightness, and the L9Q has a built in 6.2.2 surround sound system that supports Dolby Atmos for a truly immersive home theater experience. — Mark Spoonauer

WowMouse is the missing piece in spatial computing

You know me, and you've already read about how I think spatial computing needs a lot more time in the oven. One of the main obstacles is around the hardware — making it small enough on your face to be a pair of glasses while giving you that spatial gesture-based interaction.

Meta Orion does this with a wrist strap that can detect gestures, and WowMouse just replicated it using your smartwatch. Previously, it was just for Android, but at CES, the company announced it's not available on iOS, Windows and Mac too. Just connect it and you can move your hand around as the on-screen cursor and pinch to click on things.

It's cool in practice! But of course it feels a little gimmicky in use on a phone or laptop. The real future of this will be when spatial computing becomes more of a thing. Maybe they can talk to Xreal to get the ball rolling? — Jason England

Do you miss Guitar Hero? LiberLive's got you covered!

I've played guitar since I was 12 years old, and loved Guitar Hero ever since too. However, I can freely admit that Guitar Hero ended up being a bit of a flash in the pan.

However, LiberLive C1 doesn't just keep that trend going, it is a foldable and portable live music party all in one dynamic instrument.

The first-ever stringless smart guitar has all the chords up its neck, a huge speaker system including a 3-inch woofer, and a 6-hour battery life to play to your heart's content. Plus, it can interact with your phone to create playable rhythm games to your favorite songs. — Jason England

EXCLUSIVE: I was the first to see Hisense's 136-inch 'consumer-ready' MicroLED TV

It's been a busy day of TV news, but we're excited to be the first to tell you about the Hisense 136MX MicroLED TV. I traveled to Hisense's HQ in Qingdao, China last year to check it out ahead of CES, and the dazzling display definitely caught my attention. MicroLED is still very niche, but Hisense planting it's flag in the space might help drive prices down and make the technology more mainstream in the years to come. Make sure you check it out in the YouTube video above, and stay tuned for more announcements on the Hisense front from CES 2025. — Kate Kozuch

Intel's brand new Core Ultra chips just landed

Intel has just announced three brand new additions to its Core Ultra family at CES 2025. Now we have the 200U for budget PCs, the 200HX for high-end gaming systems and the 200H — which is supposed to sit somewhere between the two.

You can check out the full specs for every card that's on the way here. But the simple matter is we're looking at better performance and power efficiency, alongside improvements to neural processing (for AI) alongside better controls (and less antagonism with Windows 11) for gamers.

The weird side of CES 2025

Our Managing Editor, Kate Kozuch, joined the popular YouTube channel Cheddar to discuss some of the interesting health gadgets they've seen at CES 2025. And there are some weird ones, to say the least.

Perhaps this smart electric spoon is taking the cake for the health category's weirdest (while still being useful) product. It makes food taste saltier, so you can eat healthier food that tastes how you like it. Check out Kate's rundown of using it in our Kirin Electric Salt Spoon hands-on.

Meet the chip powering the next generation of gaming handhelds

AMD has unveiled its Ryzen Z2 line, the latest-and-greatest silicon to power the nex generation of PC gaming handhelds. For 2025, Ryzen Z2 has three different versions, each geared toward a different audience and improves graphical fidelity while drastically enhancing battery life.

Even more exciting, AMD confirmed during its presentation that it's working with Valve on hardware, which means we could see these chips make their way into the Steam Deck 2.

The Ballie AI robot is real

The Ballie robot has been a Samsung concept for years now, but CES 2025 confirms it'll finally be coming as a real product later this year.

The little ball has undergone a redesign and now benefits from an infusion of AI that'll help it respond more accurately to voice commands.

We don't know how much Ballie will actually cost when it does arrive but I'm hopeful we'll have one rolling around TG Towers before too long.

Perhaps the coolest gadget at CES 2025

It feels strange to be talking about cooling things down in January, but that's exactly what Anker has been doing at CES this year. The company may be known for its charging solutions, but it's also unveiled an electric cooler designed to keep your drinks fresh during a day at the beach.

Anker’s SOLIX EverFrost Electric Cooler will come in three sizes: 23L, 40L, and a whopping 58L. As you'd expect from a battery company, there's some impressive tech powering it. The cooler uses detachable 288Wh LFP batteries that can be swapped out to keep it running continuously. With one battery you'll get 52 hours with one charge and you can expect double that if you use both. Drinks are on us!

A rollable laptop has arrived

Lenovo revealed the world's first rollable laptop at CES 2025, and it features a 16.7-inch display that rolls out by simply using hand gestures. We knew rollable displays were on almost every tech company's radar, but it looks like Lenovo will be the first to make it happen.

The screen starts at 14 inches and rolls to 16.7 inches, depending on your needs. And it's not skimpy on the specs. Lenovo included an Intel Core Ultra 7, up to 32GB DDR5 RAM, up to a 1TB M.2 SSD, Wi-Fi 7 and more.

And this isn't some theoretical device that could launch sometime in the distant future. Lenovo states it's set to launch in the first quarter of 2025, with expected pricing starting at $2,999. That means sometime in the next two or three months, people can buy this incredibly innovative laptop.

For more, check out our own Mark Spoonauer's hands-on impressions of the Lenovo rollable laptop.

Razer's new chair will keep you cool or warm you up

Razer introduced a new concept chair dubbed Project Arielle, a mesh gaming chair that features wraparound RGB lightstrips.

The chair itself has an all-mesh design that adds integrated heating and cooling. The heating modes has multiple modes and the cooling fan with three speeds.

Razer claims the cooling mode can reduce the perceived temperature of the person in the chair by 35.6 degrees and heat up to 86 degrees.

We got to try it out at CES 2025. Check out our impressions of this interesting new gaming chair.

An entire security suite built into your door

Home security innovations may not be the sexiest thing on display at CES 2025, but this smart lock from Lockly is still one of the coolest gadgets we went hands-on with. The Lockly Styla comes with all sorts of clever tech to make it easier to get in and out of your house and comes in a variety of svelte finishes that'll make your door the envy of the neighborhood.

It packs a motion sensor, video camera, speaker, a number pad, an RFID reader, and traditional key lock as well as a biometric fingerprint reader tucked away on the underside of the handle. The lock also comes with a Wi-Fi-connected hub, which acts as both a door chime and storage for video captured by the lock's camera. We'll have to wait until the Lockly Styla launches in the third quarter of 2025 to see how it stacks up to the best smart locks.

Eureka unveils a new robovac that's better at spotting spills

Revealed at CES 2025, Eureka's J15 Max Ultra has all the makings of the most versatile robot vacuums in years. It uses an advanced system that integrates both infrared vision and an FHD sensor along with AI to better spot spills on the floor. It's also equipped with a new extendable spinning mop and side brush that can jut out from the robot's body to better clean baseboards.

Even the smartest robot vacuums have a habit of getting tangled up when sweeping the floor, which is why Eureka equipped with the J15 Max Ultra with a new DragonClaw side brush that has uniquely V-shaped bristles to use centrifugal forces during rotation to actively untangle hair. And it all comes with the same base station as its predecessor that empties its dustbin and cleans its mops automatically.

Anker's new 165W power bank has this one nifty trick

It's no secret that Anker makes some of the best power banks on the market, and the company did not disappoint at this year's CES. Meet the new Anker 165W Power Bank, an impressive charger with a 25,000mAh battery capacity and 165W of power, enough to charge an iPhone 14 four times over or a 16-inch MacBook Pro to 50% in just 30 minutes.

But the neatest feature is one you normally wouldn't even look twice at: the strap. You see, more than just a way to carry it around, the strap is a built-in retractable USB-C cable that spans up to 27.2 inches. While the Anker 165W Power Bank may not be the most powerful charger around, its useful design makes it super handy for keeping your devices topped up on the go.

Sony's 'XYN Headset' is tailor-made for spatial content creation

Sony surprised at CES with a new XR headset that is built specifically for spatial content creation.

We got to check out the 4K OLED microdisplays and saw how the headset could be used for designing virtual environments.

Even for non-designers like us it was fairly intuitive. Check out our hands-on experience to learn more.

L'Oreal has a new skin analysis system to determine your skincare routine

L'Oreal teamed up with the Korean company NanoEnTek to make a a machine called the Cell BioPrint.

This device reads information on chips that you put bio tape with samples from your skin in. It then reads that chip and spits out a determination of your skin and suggestions to help improve your skin routine.

It's not exactly a home-kit but something we might see in commercial or clinical settings down the road.

It sounds Theranos so we checked out L'Oreal Cell BioPrint machine at CES 2025 to see how this partnership works and what it actually does.

Panasonic's new OLED and Mini-LED TVs

If you thought Panasonic was out of the TV game, think again. The company came roaring back in 2024, and it's now in a good position for 2025 with the new TVs announced at CES 2025.

Panasonic's 2025 lineup of displays looks promising. The high-end Z95B OLED TV leads the charge, followed by the W95B Mini-LED TV and the more affordable W70B LED TV rounding out the lineup.

If you want to know more about Panasonic's lineup of TVs (and you do if you plan to buy a new TV shortly), read our CES coverage, breaking down the specs of the three models.

MyDelta app is getting generative AI concierge

AI is taking flight, as Delta Airlines has announced a new generative AI assistant to help with your travel experience from start to finish: Delta Concierge.

As seen in the demo shown off at CES, it can let you know how busy traffic heading to the airport, offer recommendations during your trip and more — all catering to your personal needs.

In need of new entertainment while in the air? Well, Delta Airlines is also offering a new in-flight entertainment system, offering more personalization and travel information. Get a first look at the new Delta entertainment system in action — rolling out in 2025.

First look at Lenovo Legion Go S — with SteamOS!

Our very own Tony Polanco went hands-on with the Lenovo Legion Go S, the new handheld gaming PC that's powered by SteamOS. It boasts a new ergonomic design and strong components, but more importantly, it's first third-party device to have SteamOS as an option, rather than just the Steam Deck.

There's still much to learn about the Legion Go S, and we'll have to wait until May 2025 to check out. In the meantime, the Legion Go S looks like one of 2025’s standout gaming handhelds, and that says a lot as there's some competition, including the huge Acer Nitro Blaze 11.

Turn your iPhone into a PSP Go!

Fun fact: I loved the PSP Go back in the day even when nobody else did. True, the device was expensive and limited by digital-only before it was accessible, but c'mon — slide-out devices are cool. Which is why I'm super interested in this PSP-style accessory called the MCON mobile gaming controller.

In a nutshell, it's a slide-out Bluetooth game controller that uses a MagSafe-like puck to magnetically attach to either an iPhone or Android device. When you're done, simply pull it off and stow it away. Considering gaming on your phone is genuinely good (if you know where to look) this could be a huge deal if the build quality is up to scratch.

The MCON gaming controller is currently on KickStarter, but is slated to see a full release sometime around August 2025.

Nintendo Switch 2 dummy units at CES

This is pretty wild. Genki, a company that makes cases and accessories for video game systems has made the quite extraordinary decision to bring a dummy unit of the rumored Nintendo Switch 2 to the show. It's also reportedly showing off a range of accessories for a console that, at present, has not been officially confirmed.

Whether or not Genki gets a swift phone call from an army of Nintendo lawyers remains to be seen, but the company has also updated its website with a message that reads “Can you keep a secret? We can't…”

Given the tidal wave of leaks around the Nintendo Switch 2, this was perhaps inevitable — but it's still a ballsy move to pull a stunt like this and try to spoil Nintendo's (Mario) party before it starts. (h/t VGT Gaming News)

5 AI tech products we actually care about

We said from the start that AI would be everywhere at CES and we weren't wrong. There's been an explosion of AI-enabled products across the show floor and we've been checking out as many of them as we can. Now we're a couple of days into the show, I asked our AI Editor, Ryan Morrison, to give his breakdown of which AI products are the most interesting.

"Big attention grabbers like Nvidia and Samsung will define the direction of AI innovation, unveiling new models and even new approaches to the technology," Ryan said. "But, the real fun is in the start-ups and weird innovations."

So far, some of the items that make his top 5 list are the Roborock robot vacuum with its own hand, an AI-enabled set of earbuds and a robot pet that looks "a little bit like a Furby crossed with a Tamagotchi."

• Read the full story here: I cover AI for a living and these are the 5 things I actually care about from CES

Day 3 — the full round-up

We've wrapped our heads around the very best new tech from day 3 at CES and it's fair to say: this year's show is getting better with each passing day.

Some of the gadgets that got us most excited included BMW’s new Panoramic iDrive system, the Segway ebike that can go from 0-20mph in just 2.7 seconds and the bonkers new rollable ThinkPad laptop from Lenovo.

• Read the full story: CES 2025 Day 3 — 11 incredible new gadgets you need to see

AI earbuds — worth it or not?

AI is coming to everything. In the tech world, you can't watch a company's press conference or read an article about a product without AI being shoved in there somewhere.

This is true in the audio space, where a new pair of headphones from Natura Umana brings all the AI to your ears. There are the HumanPods, the earbuds themselves, and the software they use for their AI implementation, called NatureOS. Both work together so that you can speak to “AI people” who can “do things in your place."

As interesting as that sounds, our Audio Editor, Tammy Rogers, isn't totally sold on the idea. I have to admit, I don't like the idea of talking to AI people in my ears, but I'd have to try the earbuds for myself before I can make any final judgments.

2025 — The year of the handheld gaming PC?

Handheld gaming PCs are attracting a lot of attention at CES. The Lenovo Legion Go S immediately caught our attention with its budget-friendly price tag and SteamOS support.

The Acer Nitro Blaze line looks promising, especially the comically large Acer Nitro Blaze 11.

Finally, the MSI Claw 8 AI+ impressed with its significant improvements over the previous generation model.

• Read the full story: The best gaming handhelds of CES 2025

Control devices with your brain

The Mudra Link from Wearable Devices reads your brain signals and turns your hand into a remote control. Yes, you read that right. It works with Android, macOS and Windows devices and lets you control them using Surface Nerve Conductance sensors to pick up electromyography signals from subtle finger movements.

If it sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, it kind of is. It feels straight out of Minority Report with the gesture controls.

Read the whole story: I tried this brain sensing wristband at CES 2025 — the mouse could be dead

The best of CES 2025

We've meticulously gone through the gadgets shown off at CES 2025 to pick our favorites. Now, if you know anything about CES, you know this is no easy task. There are literally thousands of devices shown off at the event, so narrowing it down to 25 is tough.

To pick, we've narrowed the devices down by category. Here's the complete category list so you can see what kind of stuff we're giving awards to:

• Best of Show
• Best Design
• Best TV
• Best TV Innovation
• Best TV Value
• Best AI
• Best Automotive
• Best Laptop
• Best Laptop Innovation:
• Best 2-in-1 Laptop
• Best gaming handheld
• Best Gaming Laptop
• Best appliance
• Best Smart Home device
• Best Robot Vacuum
• Best VR/AR
• Best smartwatch
• Best smart ring
• Best Health & Beauty tech
• Best Audio
• Best Music Gadget
• Best Phone Accessory
• Best gaming monitor
• Best networking device
• Best charger

If you want to see which device won in each category, look at our Best of CES 2025 rundown. Between the rollable laptop, Hisense's 116UX TriChroma Mini-LED TV and the LiberLive C1 smart stringless guitar, there's some stiff competition.

There are many products you should keep on your radar for the future. Some could change the tech landscape as we know it. Some are just cool, and that's fine, too.

Awesome TVs, anyone?

TVs are one of the hottest products at every CES for as long as I can remember. The extensive show floor is conducive to showing off big, fancy displays. Companies like Samsung, LG, Hisense and Panasonic steal the show with their beautiful TVs, slated to come out in the future.

As the TV person on the CES floor, our own Ryan Epps sifted through the beautiful TVs to pick eight of the best. I'm sure it was no easy task, but he did it as a labor of love.

Read the full story: The 8 best TVs of CES 2025 (so far)

We're combing CES 2025 right now hunting for the best laptops

Our CES team is running around Las Vegas today taking meetings and checking out all the cool tech on display, including a bumper crop of new laptops powered by high-end chips from AMD, Intel and Qualcomm.

We're keeping a running list of all the best laptops of CES 2025 we've seen so far, so check it out throughout the week if you wanna get a first-hand look at what the laptop landscape is going to look like in the year ahead!

• Read the full story: The 7 best laptops of CES 2025 (so far)

The future of Nvidia GPUs looks huge

We were expecting to see the next generation of graphics at CES this year, and sure enough, Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs are officially a reality.

The first desktop cards (including the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, 5080 and 5070 Ti) from manufacturers like MSI are at CES 2025, and they'll be available for purchase by the end of the month.

Laptop versions are coming shortly thereafter, and we can't wait to get some into our testing lab for review so we can put them through our paces!

• Read the full story: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 graphics cards are here — everything you need to know

Panasonic unveils cool new OLED and mini-LED TVs at CES 2025

Panasonic has brought a selection of new OLED, mini-LED and LED TVs to CES 2025, and the future looks awfully bright on these 4K displays.

The star of the show is the Panasonic Z95B, a new 4K 120Hz OLED set packing redesigned speakers and a new 30W internal woofer. And unlike several of its competitors, the Z95B will be equipped with an ATSC 3.0 tuner so you can watch over-the-air TV on its eye-catching 4K OLED display.

• Read the full story: Panasonic TV lineup 2025: new OLED, Mini-LED, and LED TVs announced at CES

Brain-reading earbuds?!

Naqi surprised us on the CES 2025 show floor with the Naqi Neural Earbuds, a pair of 'buds which use high-tech sensors to let you control your smartphone or other device using small head and face movements.

They could be a game-changer for accessibility, and they're reportedly coming to market later this year.

The future of skin analysis is here

The new L’Oreal Cell BioPrint aims to deliver a complete skin health analysis with just a few dabs of your face, analyzing dead skin cells to classify your skin type, estimate your age, predict future skin issues and more.

Check out our live demo from the show!

We tried the Nvidia RTX 5090

Okay, so there's a lot of hype around stuff from CES. Some of the coolest TVs have debuted this year, and we're definitely excited. But nothing has us more excited than Nvidia's new high-end graphics cards.

And we just played games with Nvidia's $1,999 GPU. Our Computing Managing Editor, Jason England, sat down to experience games on the next-generation of PC graphics, and he said, "Nvidia RTX 5090 is truly a game changer (pardon the pun) — a beasty card with even beastier performance gains that are going to set the stage for the next generation of graphical fidelity."

Jason has been around PC gaming for years, so for him to be this excited about something in the space is a big deal. It's easy to see why the RTX 5090 holds a prominent position on our Best of CES awards.

• Read the full story: I just played games on Nvidia RTX 5090, and the hype is real — here’s why

Qualcomm vs. Intel — we saw the power

We're in the era of Qualcomm for PCs. The company's high-end chips have made waves in the high-end computer space for AI features. The newly announced Snapdragon X chip brings similar features and power to more affordable models.

Qualcomm tested these new chips against Intel Lunar Lake processors to determine their power. We witnessed the battle firsthand, and it was incredibly one-sided.

"According to Geekbench scores from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon model scored 2408 on single-core and 14,129 on multi-core, while the Intel model only had 1,250 single-core and 6,760 multi-core. Clearly, there's a better model here," reads our rundown of the battle.

Calling it a battle is a bit of an exaggeration. It's more like a one-sided beatdown reminiscent of Mike Tyson in his prime.

• Read the full story: I saw how Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series outperforms Intel CPUs — and I’m blown away by the difference

Our daily rundowns

Have you read our daily breakdown of the gadgets you need to see at CES 2025? We pick some of our favorite tech you need to keep on your radar each day.

And, of course, we rounded out the show with our CES awards. Give the daily rundowns and overall awards a read and be up to date on everything necessary that happened at CES.

All the running around checking out awesome gadgets is done to keep you in the loop, and the posts that follow are the perfect summary to encapsulate everything we've done this week.

• CES 2025 day 1 — 9 new gadgets you need to see
• CES 2025 Day 2 — 11 new gadgets you need to see
• CES 2025 Day 3 — 11 new gadgets you need to see
• Best of CES 2025: The top 25 new gadgets

Flying cars!?

Xpeng claims to be the world leader in flying car tech, and the Chinese firm is on the show floor at CES 2025 in Las Vegas to show off their latest flying car.

It's called the Land Aircraft Carrier, and it's basically a big electric SUV with an electric VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) module on the back. The company claims to have already received 3,000 orders of intent to purchase, and the plan is to start delivery in 2026!

• Read the full story: I just had my giddy moment at CES 2025 inside a modular flying car

The ultimate bag for traveling is at CES 2025

Not all of us are running around on the CES 2025 show floor!

Pictured here is Tom's Guide U.S. editor-in-chief Mike Prospero sitting astride a piece of rideable luggage here at CES. I've long been less than a fan of suitcases with wheels, but this is one bit of baggage I wouldn't mind taking for a spin!

The next generation of AR glasses is here at CES

There are some neat bits of augmented reality tech at CES this year, and our own Jason England has done a try-on of the new Xreal One Pro AR glasses that you can read now!

These upgraded Xreal AR glasses will cost $599 when they ship in March, and the standout new feature is a pair of gorgeous micro-OLED displays that aim to give you the feeling of viewing a 171-inch virtual screen with 1080p resolution.

• Read the full story: I just tested the Xreal One Pro AR glasses — here’s why these are a true generational leap forward

We're wrapping up another busy day at CES 2025

The sun is setting on CES 2025, but we're still running around Las Vegas checking out the latest gadgets and picking up review units of this year's hottest tech.

We'll keep updating this live blog throughout the week as we see and learn more. Make sure not to miss our regular roundups of all the coolest stuff we're seeing here at the show!

• CES 2025 Day 1 — 9 new gadgets you need to see
• CES 2025 Day 2 — 11 new gadgets you need to see
• CES 2025 Day 3 — 11 new gadgets you need to see

BMW Panoramic iDrive: Your Windshield Is the Display!

This Skin-Analysis Machine Predicted Wrinkles In My Future! L'Oreal @ CES 2025

Make sure to check out the Tom's Guide YouTube channel for more videos from CES, reviews, hands-on previews and other explorations of the tech that affects our lives.

This Brain-Reading Wristband ACTUALLY Works!

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How many calories do you burn covering CES?

Our wearables guru Dan Bracaglia has been hiking his way around CES this year checking out the latest smartwatches, smart rings and even a 10-port USB-C charging hub. That all adds up to a lot of walking, but luckily he's strapped on the Instinct 3 smartwatch that Garmin revealed earlier this week at the show.

An entire day traversing the massive trade show ended up with him clearing five miles and over 17,000 steps.

"The Instinct 3 isn't just good for bragging rights at the end of the day, though," Dan explained in his write-up. "Throughout the AM and PM, I monitored my heart rate, elevation gain (Vegas has a lot of steps), and distance tally with just a glance, alongside current weather conditions and more; Garmin offers ample customization of the parameters displayed."

All told, a day covering CES ended up burning a healthy 1,500 calories!

• Read the full story: I tracked my day at CES with the new Garmin Instinct 3 — and walked over 17,000 steps

What's up, dock?

Thanks to the newest docking station from Plugable, you can turn a humble MacBook into a fully-formed command center with up to 5 external displays. Whether you're prepping for the next quarterly review meeting or overseeing global domination, this will significantly level up your productivity.

And, just as an aside, if you suddenly decide you need to invest in a few monitors in preparation for getting one of these docks, we've got a list of the best monitors you can buy here.

Brush and floss at the same time

Here's a bit of time-saving tech for your morning and evening routine: a 2-in-1 brushing and flossing electric toothbrush from Soocas. This started life as a Kickstarter campaign and could potentially land on our list of best electric toothbrushes.

Two buttons on the handle work to turn the brush on and off but also spray a jet of water from the built-in reservoir to mimic flossing. The company claims it generates 124.3 PSI of peak water pressure and has a 30-day battery life.

No excuse for not flossing anymore!

Best of CES day 4

We're into the home stretch of CES for another year but even four days into the conference we found a bewildering amount of cool gadgetry to talk about. So here's our definitive list of the best things we saw on day four of the show.

There was an AI-infused anti-snoring pillow, a snap-on PSP-style mobile game controller and, of course, a flying car. We've already crowned our Best of CES Awards for this year and many of these products made it onto the list.

And be sure to check out our round-ups of the best gadgets at CES day 1, day 2 and day 3 too.

• Read the full story: CES 2025 Day 4 — 7 incredible new gadgets you can't miss

These earbuds are Shokzingly good

The Shokz OpenFit 2 look like a significant upgrade on the OpenFit and OpenFit Air, and those were some well-rounded earbuds already. The company says these headphones offer better sound quality, a more comfortable fit, longer battery life, and easier-to-use controls. That all sounds like a recipe for success.

Unlike many of the products shown off at CES, the Shokz OpenFit 2 are now available for $179 at Amazon.

AI, now in your fridge

Refrigerators are designed to keep your food fresh and cold, and they've done a great job of it over the last century.

But just because a fridge has such a simple purpose doesn't mean there isn't room for advancement in the space. Samsung is always first in line to advance fridge tech, and the company's latest follows the industry trend of adding AI to everything.

Samsung claims that food items such as pork and salmon can last up to 1.4 times and 1.2 times longer using AI. The AI algorithm detects the current status of the refrigerator and predicts temperature changes inside the fridge to adjust the cooling mode.

There's a lot more going on in this technologically advanced fridge, so read the full story here: Samsung's latest fridge uses AI to keep your food fresh for longer — here's how

These earbuds control things with my mind

We've covered a lot of stuff at CES 2025. We even sat in a flying car! But it wouldn't be CES without some futuristic device that lets you control things with your mind, and that's just what we saw with the Naqi Neural Earbuds.

These crazy earbuds are coming to market in the next year or so (the price is unknown), but we tried them out and were blown away by the accessibility potential they offer.

• Read the whole story: I just tried earbuds that let me control things with my mind — and it could be a game changer for accessibility

Putting that Garmin to good use

Our own Dan Bracaglia decided it made sense to use the new Garmin Instinct 3 to track how much he's moving around at CES (spoilers, there's a lot of walking).

When writing his rundown, he traveled just over five miles and 17,000 steps, a lot of movement in a short period. It shows how much walking we must do to bring you the latest tech gadgets at CES 2025 (it's totally worth it).

The Instinct 3 isn't just good for bragging rights at the end of the day, though. Throughout the AM and PM, Dan monitored his heart rate, elevation gain (Vegas has a lot of steps), and distance tally with just a glance, alongside current weather conditions and more; Garmin offers ample customization of the parameters displayed.

With CES day 3 in the books, check out the full story breaking down the biggest takeaways from Dan's 17,000+ steps with the Garmin Instinct 3.

Replicate the Eras tour experience inside the new 2025 Cadillac OPTIQ

Cadillac's new 2025 OPTIQ packs a AKG audio system with 19 speakers installed around the luxury car's cabin, along with a long dashboard speaker beneath the windshield for 360-degree sound.

We got a chance to sit inside one and experience the sound quality firsthand here at CES 2025, where Cadillac and Dolby are showing off the 2025 Cadillac OPTIQ's luxurious in-car audio and infotainment system!

• Read the full story: I listened to Taylor Swift in Dolby Atmos inside the 2025 Cadillac OPTIQ, and she never sounded so good

These new AI glasses use ChatGPT

CES 2025 is winding down, but we're still running around checking out some of the coolest stuff we haven't seen (yet) on the show floor.

Case in point: Loomos is here with a pair of video-recording smart glasses that cost under $200 and rely on ChatGPT instead of Meta AI, giving you a new alternative to Meta's expensive smart shades.

Look out, Mac mini!

The new MSI Cubi NUC AI+ 2M mini PC is here on the show floor at CES 2025, and it looks like a could be a serious contender for one of the best mini PCs of the year.

As you can see in our TikTok video, this pint-sized powerhouse is a Copilot+ PC configurable with the latest Intel Core Ultra CPUs and support for up to 3 external displays, making it a great little machine for getting work done.

The coolest TVs at CES 2025 are right here

We've seen a slew of new sets from LG, Samsung, Panasonic and more on the show floor here at CES 2025, but a few have really stood out from the pack.

Check out our TIkTok page to see firsthand what our favorite TVs of CES 2025 look and sound like! My favorite is the one you can hold up like a portrait, but there are lots of options for all sorts of tastes on display here in Las Vegas!

The most interesting handheld gaming consoles at CES 2025

We got to go hands-on with a number of new handheld gaming consoles from the humongous Acer Nitro the true Steam Deck challenger in the Lenovo Legion Go S.

Take a look at our TikTok to see what which ones we thought were the most interesting. I want to see if that giant Acer console actually feels comfortable play in real life and not just on the show floor.

Suitcase computer — Bond gadget or work savior?

As people traveling to work at CES 2025, we have to bring our office with us. So, we were intrigued by the Base Case, a suitcase that hides two (!) 24-inch monitors and a number of ports.

We took a look at this James Bondian gadget to see if it actually makes remote work easier. Check out our detailed hands-on here to see how it rolls out.

Sim racing with the all-new Intel Arc B580 GPU

Nvidia's new GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card may be the biggest and beefiest GPU at CES 2025, but it's not the only one.

Intel also brought some speedy new graphics cards to show off, including the new B580 GPU. We had a chance to take it for a test drive with a bit of sim racing on the show floor, and now you can read all about it in the full story!

• Read the full story: I went sim racing with the Intel Arc B580 GPU — it proves you can get great PC gaming without breaking the bank

Is this the bathroom scale of the future?

Withings is showing off its Omnia smart mirror concept here on the show floor at CES 2025, and it's pretty wild.

As you can see from the video above, the idea is that you step on the scale in the morning and it uses all the latest sensors to help you understand everything from your sleep and heart health to your energy levels, body composition and more!

LG concept car uses AI to keep an eye on you while you drive

The LG Vision AI Mobility Concept car on the show floor here at CES 2025 aims to showcase how AI might help us drive better by using sensors to keep tabs on your health and assign you a driving score.

The car does things like warn you when you're not paying attention and give you a warning when you're distracted. It's not coming to any real vehicles in the immediate future, but check out the video below to see what the future of cars could look like!

• Read the full story: I just tried an AI concept car at CES 2025 that measures everything about you — including your mood — and it freaked me out

New Tombot robot dogs could help dementia patients cope

Tombot is also at CES 2025 with a new robot dog that's intended to help relieve anxiety and provide comfort to dementia patients. We got to meet a robotic golden retriever named Jenny, but Tombot is working on multiple "breeds" (as well as a cat!) of robotic therapy animal.

Hands-on with MSI Claw 8 AI+

As someone who's not yet dipped a toe in the handheld PC gaming pool, I've been blown away by the new gaming handheld systems on show at CES 2025. But stepping away from the Lenovo Legion Go S for just a moment, my colleague Anthony has been hands-on with the new MSI Claw.

It's got a terrible name, but the device has all the makings of a real contender. MSI has equipped this Asus Rog Ally X rival with a new larger 8-inch, 120 Hz display and the inclusion of a Lunar Lake chip. The RAM has doubled from 16GB to 32GB and now it's got Wi-Fi 7 on board. Gamers have really been spoiled by this year's show.

• Read the full story: I finally tried the MSI Claw 8 AI+ and it makes other handheld gaming PCs look boring

Meet Jennie

We've spent the last week checking out chipsets, VR headsets, wearables and laptops. But how's this for a heart warmer? Jennie is a robot therapy dog that mimics real canine behavior for seniors (and infants) to interact with. And we spent some time with her on the show floor.

Jennie features touch sensors that allow her to respond to interaction. For example, when you scratch her cheek, Jennie nuzzles in, interpreting your touch as a cue for affection. She benefits from a rechargeable battery that lasts all day and will produce sounds based on those of actual 12-week-old Labrador puppies.

If there's a more adorable gadget at CES this year, then we haven't seen it.

• Read the full story: Jennie, the robot puppy, is the one piece of tech I wish I had stolen from CES 2025

'Not exactly road legal'

Taking a break from the buzz of the show floor, our US Editor in Chief Mike Prospero ventured outside to test ride Segway’s new Xyber e-bike which will hit a top speed of 35mph through the throttle, but also offers assisted pedaling.

Although this model isn't street legal, Segway says it plans to come out with a second version of the Xyber to conform to Class-2 ebike requirements in late spring/early summer 2025.

• Read the full story: Segway Xyber is a terrifyingly powerful new ebike — 0 to 20 mph in under 3 seconds

Make your own ice cream

If you love ice cream, you'll love this new ColdSnap machine. It lets you make soft-serve ice cream so quickly that it will make your head spin (and maybe give you a brain freeze).

In less than two minutes, you can go from ingredients to soft-serve ice cream, which the ever-popular Ninja Swirl can't do. It's like having a Keurig coffee machine but for soft-serve ice cream.

The ice cream machine doesn't need frozen pods — its freeze-on-demand technology turns it into ice cream in minutes. This makes it easy to store the ice cream without filling your freezer.

Read the whole story: Watch out Ninja! This smart ice cream maker is a CES hit, and it makes soft serve in under 2 minutes

A treat for the eyes

Outside of injecting AI into every product, whether it needs it or not, the most significant trend at CES 2025 may have been smart glasses. We saw (directly on our faces) many smart glasses with various features.

After looking through the lens of many different pairs, we narrowed it down to our seven favorite smart glasses from CES 2025.

Why were there so many pairs of smart glasses at CES this year? That’s because there’s been significant innovation in the Micro OLED technology to project imagery onto AR glasses. The reason notwithstanding, it's an exciting time for smart glasses!

• Read the whole story: 7 best smart glasses of CES 2025

Handheld gaming was out in force at CES 2025

We're winding things down today, and as we look back at what we saw at CES 2025 it's obvious handheld gaming PCs were out in force this year.

From the MSI Claw 8 AI+ to the SteamOS-powered Lenovo Legion Go S to the comically large Acer Nitro Blaze 11, it's clear the Steam Deck has opened up a whole new segment of the gaming hardware market. Get ready for PC gaming on the go to hit a whole new level this year!

• Read the full story: The best gaming handhelds of CES 2025

Get ready to "feel" digital objects

Ever wanted to feel the icons on your desktop?

Soon you may be able to with something like the Afference Ring, a small metal ring on display at CES 2025 that uses electrical signals to simulate touch sensations.

It's just a reference design, but as you can see from our Tiktok above this wearable neural interface gives you a new way to "feel" and interact with digital objects, which could be a major theme of future tech.

Putting hands on the new Garmin Instinct 3 smartwatch

We're running around the CES 2025 show floor checking out as much as we can, and our own Dan Bracaglia just got his hands on the newest Garmin smartwatch.

The new Garmin Instinct 3 has been upgraded with an AMOLED display (except for the solar models), as well as dualband GPS for better location tracking. The solar edition starts at $399, while the AMOLED version starts at $449.

Get ready for this smart indoor basketball hoop

We just checked out the Huupe Mini, a new $799 indoor basketball hoop, which puts a 19.5-inch screen on the backboard so you can track your performance, play games against yourself and more!

If I had a spare $800 handy this is exactly the kind of silly dorm room gadget I would have bought on the way to college back in the day.

Is this the future of controlling spatial computing?

Here at CES 2025 the Afference ring is having moment.

This little device uses electrical currents to stimulate your finger, creating artificial sensations of touch. It can be connected to a wide variety of devices, including smartwatches and AR glasses, and it opens up a whole new realm of control by allowing you to "feel" things like icons or programs.

Could this be the missing link that finally makes spatial computing make sense?

• Read the whole story: I just found spatial computing’s missing link — the Afference ring is the future of digital touch

Here's to a great 2025!

CES 2025 is wrapping up, and while we'll be thinking about what we've seen for days to come (and filing more stories to boot) our CES team is heading home for a well-earned respite.

We'll be slowing down our cadence of updates on this blog, which is jam-packed with everything we learned at CES this year. So scroll down to see what you missed and enjoy this final farewell photo from the team!

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CES 2025 has now kicked off in earnest, bringing with it a smorgasbord of big announcements — more than any one person can really keep up with. We already saw a bunch of amazing announcements on day one, including a modular robot vacuum, a 136-inch micro-LED TV, a portable TV and more.

But day 1 was only a taste of what CES has to offer, with day 2 offering even more incredible reveals. Whether you’re looking for new gaming handhelds, bizarre new TV concepts, robot companions, or even solar power for the beach, CES apparently has something to offer. And we’re still pretty early on in the show.

Here are the 11 best new gadgets revealed on CES day 2 — and why you should know about them.

TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G

Back at Mobile World Congress 2024, TCL revealed its new range of Nxtpaper devices — including tablets that have the ability to switch off the colors. Essentially letting you turn the device into an e-reader at the push of a button. Now, at CES 2025, the company has revealed this tech has come to phones with the TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G.

Nxtpaper displays have been available on TCL phones for a couple of years, with TCL promising that they’re better for your eyes while also reducing annoying things like fingerprint smudges, blue light and glare. All while maintaining ordinary touchscreen controls, and now giving users the option to switch to a black & white mode at the push of a button. There’s even a new Mac Ink Mode, which offers a more paper-like reading experience in certain optimized apps.

Oh, and the battery is expected to last multiple days in color mode, or up to 27 days of standby mode battery life with Max Ink switched on. Most phones that offer this are bulky brick-like devices that look like phones welded to external battery packs, so not doing that is an impressive achievement. Expect this phone to arrive in the U.S. later this year, with prices starting at $199.

Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs

We figured it was coming, but now it’s all been made official. Nvidia has revealed the new RTX 50-series graphics cards, led by the flagship GeForce RTX 5090. It’ll be joined by the RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti and the RTX 5070 — all of which are available in laptop and desktop configurations.

It’s still early days at the moment, and we don’t have many confirmed details about what these cards will be able to accomplish. However it’s expected that the laptop models will rely on DLSS 4 upscaling to boost graphical prowess and framerates without killing your battery in the process.

The RTX 5090 and 5080 will be released first, before the end of this month, while the other desktop cards will arrive at some point in February. Laptop models will then arrive a month later, at some point during March.

Samsung Stretchable MicroLED Display

You’ve heard about foldable and rollable screens, but what about a screen that stretches? It sounds like something out of a horror movie, but this is real technology Samsung has been showing off at CES 2025. Dubbed Stretchable MicroLED, we saw a demo session where a shark seems to try and push out through the TV. But instead of using 3D imagery gimmicks, the screen actually bulged out with the shark.

Are there any practical purposes to this? Honestly I have no idea. The tech is also pretty limited, with Samsung’s demo being limited to a single 6-inch panel bulging out at eye level. That’s smaller than most flagship phones. But it’s still interesting to see that tech companies are still trying to figure out where screens can go in the future. Even if it never actually makes it to a consumer device.

Anker heads to the beach

While tech and the sea generally don’t mix, there’s always room to add some fancy gadgets to the sand — so long as you don’t leave it there when the tide comes in. Anker’s got some ideas on what you can take including an electric cooler and a solar-charging beach umbrella to keep it powered on.

The SOLIX EverFrost Electric Cooler comes in 23L, 40L and 58L options, with the largest model being able to freeze and cool at the same time. The batteries powering the trio all last for 52 hours, and are able to be swapped out for continuous running. Naturally there are wheels and a handle, because I doubt you’ll want to be carrying any of this around for long. They go on sale February 21, priced at $699, $749 and $999 for the three size variants.respectively.

As for the SOLIX Solar Umbrella, it can deliver up to 100W power through XT-60 and USB-C connections. All powered by Peroskite solar cells, which promise to be 30% better than typical crystalline silicon solar cells. That’s perfect for powering the EverFrost coolers, your phone, and whatever other tech you decided was safe to take to the beach. The umbrella is IP67 rated too, meaning it can handle the elements. Pricing hasn’t been announced, but it goes on sale this summer.

Amazfit Active 2

If you want a budget-friendly fitness watch with features normally reserved for pricier models, then the newly-announced Amazfit Active 2 might be for you.

There are two models to choose from; a $100 standard model and the $130 premium model which comes with more durable materials — including a sapphire glass display, stainless case casing and a black leather strap.

The Amazfit Active 2 is quite different from its predecessor, opting for a circular watchface instead of the clunky rectangular one. The screen is a little smaller at 1.32-inches, but it does offer an Apple Watch 10-matching 2,000 nits of brightness.

The new model also packs in updated heart rate and sleep-tracking algorithms, a barometer to monitor elevation changes, plus an accelerometer and gyroscope for improved movement tracking. Not to mention over 160 sports modes, including ski and snowboard tracking.

There’s a whole lot more on offer here that we don’t have room to mention, so check out our rundown on the Amazfit Active 2 for a more in-depth look at what the watch has to offer. Needless to say, you’re getting a heck of a lot for your money with this one. Shipping is expected to commence in February.

Samsung Ballie

Officially debuting way back at CES 2020, Samsung Ballie is now confirmed to be a thing you can actually buy — not just a concept. Samsung wasn’t very big on new details of what Ballie will be able to do, so we’ll just have to assume that whatever was shown off at CES 2024 will be making its way to your own personal yellow robo-ball companion.

Features included interacting with pets through Ballie, which I know would not go down well with my dogs, as well as acting like a second pair of eyes throughout your home. Either when you’re not there, or unable to actually get up and see why your young kids have suddenly gone very quiet. The 2024 Ballie even had a projector, which was able to project stars, stars and even meetings onto nearby surfaces.

We didn’t get a price, or details on where Ballie will actually be released. South Korea is all but guaranteed, but there’s no confirmation on whether a U.S. release is on the cards. All we know right now is that Ballie will be released at some point during the first half of this year.

Acer Nitro Blaze 8 and 11

Gaming handhelds aren’t going anywhere, and Acer just announced two brand new models for 2025: The Acer Nitro Blaze 8 and larger Nitro Blaze 11. The Blaze 11 is the one we’re most excited about, not just because of the huge 11-inch display, but also thanks to its Nintendo Switch-style design. That includes detachable controllers and a built-in kickstand.

That screen also offers 2560 x 1600 resolution at 120Hz, while the Blaze 8 offers up to 144Hz. Inside both models is the AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS CPU, Radeon 780M GPU, 16GB of DDR5X RAM, up to 2TB of solid state storage, Wi-Fi 6E and 4 ports — USB4, USB-C, USB-A and microSD.

Here’s the bad news. Not only are the Nitro Blaze 8 and Blaze 11 expensive, costing $899 and $1,099 respectively, they’re also heavy. The Nitro Blaze 11 is 2.31lbs, or roughly 1 kilogram. Meanwhile the Blaze 8 is 1.59lbs/0.72kg. So it definitely needs that kickstand, and it’s safe to say you won’t be holding it for longer periods of time. Both models are set to arrive in the U.S. in Q2 2025.

Samsung MicroLED Smart Mirror Concept

We’ve seen a few smart mirrors at tech shows over the years, each offering something slightly different to what’s come before. Samsung’s new smart mirror concept takes things in a new, but not unexpected direction — scanning your face and figuring out what skincare routine you should adopt.

After scanning your face the mirror rates your complexion based on wrinkles, pigmentation, pores and erythema. It then offers some personalized insights into your skin, followed by recommendations of products that might help improve your overall look — including options from known brands. The mirror itself is made from an “aluminium and niobium micro-patterned mirror structure”, which allows for a sharp display without affecting the actual reflection.

Unfortunately, for those of you interested in this idea, the Samsung Smart Mirror is only a concept for now. In other words, it isn’t likely to be going on sale anytime soon — if ever.

HDMI 2.2 is here

You thought HDMI 2.1 was impressive? Well HDMI 2.2 is probably going to blow your mind with what it can do. Set to become more widely available later this year, HDMI 2.2 offers double the bandwidth of HDMI 2.1, up to 96GBps, provided you have the correct “Ultra96” HDMI cable. The HDMI forum also promises “optimal audio and video” thanks to new HDMI Fixed Rate Link tech, as well as major improvements to resolution and frame rate.

How impressive? Well imagine playing 4K video at 480fps, or 12K content at 120fps. That’s way beyond anything that’s actually available right now, and it leaves HDMI 2.1’s 4K/120fps capabilities behind in a cloud of silky smooth, highly-detailed dust. The HDMI Forum also promised that the new standard would be of benefit to mixed reality displays. So next time you’re thinking about upgrading your TV or monitor, remember to keep an eye out for how many HDMI 2.2 ports it has.

Asus Swift OLED PG27UCDM Monitor

CES is a big show for displays, and this tends to be the place where all the most extravagant new products are announced and shown off to the world. Case in point: the Asus Swift OLED PG27UCDM monitor, a 27-inch OLED monitor that offers up to 4K resolution while maintaining a 240Hz refresh rate.

That’s right, no more choosing between high resolution and high refresh rate anymore. Assuming your system can offer both at the same time, that is. According to Tom’s Guide’s Managing Editor Jason England, this could well be the most impressive display he’s ever actually looked at. Also included is HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.1a, USB-C with 90W power delivery, Dolby Vision HDR10 and Nvidia G-Sync. All the things you need, especially if you’re PC gaming.

No word on price or availability just yet, though.

LG G5

The LG G4 OLED is one of the best TVs you can buy right now. Needless to say the news that LG will be releasing the G5 OLED TV is quite exciting. We haven't been able to test the TV just yet, but we did get to see it up close at CES — and it certainly left an impression.

Not only does it look as bright and flashy as the G4, it also comes with a bunch of great upgrades. Native refresh rate is now up to 165Hz, while Variable Refresh Rate, FreeSync premium and S-Sync support are coming along for the ride to boost that viewing experience no matter what you're doing.

LG's also added the 2nd generation Alpha 11 AI processor to help clean up low resolution images and add AI-powered search and chatbot functions to the TV. Meanwhile the AI Picture/Sound Wizard will give you the chance to personalize your audio and video experiences. No word on pricing or availability yet, but we can't wait to see what else this screen can do.

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Please give a round of applause for all of the winners in the Tom's Guide Awards 2024. Now in its fifth year, the Tom's Guide Awards celebrates our favorite products across several major categories including two new ones this time around. Our experts and editors have reviewed hundreds of devices, services and products over the past year to find the best upgrades for you and things to help improve your daily life.

From TVs with brilliant displays, innovative laptops that go the extra mile and next-gen smartphones to the most exciting kitchen tech, top fitness gadgets, our favorite streaming services and even the latest AI tools and sleep gear, the Tom's Guide Awards 2024 honors them all.

Here are all of the winners from this year and if you go to the individual stories at the bottom of each category's list, you can read why we selected each of these products over the competition.

Hero Awards

• Best Best New Product of 2024: M4 iPad Pro
• Innovation Award: Snapdragon X Elite
• Best Company Award: OpenAI
• Diversity in Tech Award: Meta
• Sustainability in Tech Award: Framework
• Best Product Design of 2023: Sonos Ace

Read all about the winners for the Tom's Guide Hero Awards 2024

Phones

• Best phone: iPhone 15 Pro Max
• Best iPhone: iPhone 15
• Best Android phone: Galaxy S24 Ultra
• Best camera phone: iPhone 15 Pro Max
• Best gaming phone: Asus ROG phone 8 Pro
• Best foldable phone: OnePlus Open
• Best phone design: Nothing Phone 2a
• Best phone battery life: OnePlus 12R
• Best budget phone: Pixel 8a
• Best phone accessory: Anker MagGo Wireless Charging Station
   
  

Read all about the winners for the Tom's Guide Awards 2024 for Phones

TVs

• Best TV: Sony Bravia 9
• Best OLED TV: LG G4 OLED
• Best QLED TV: Hisense U8N Mini-LED TV
• Best TV design:  Samsung The Frame (2024)
• Best TV innovation: Samsung S95D OLED
• Best 8K TV: Samsung QN900D Neo QLED 8K
• Best gaming TV:  LG C4 OLED
• Best big-screen TV: TCL QM89 Mini-LED TV

Read all about the winners for the Tom's Guide Awards 2024 for TVs

Streaming

• Best streaming device: Roku Streaming Stick 4K+
• Best streaming service: Max
• Best live TV streaming service: Sling TV
• Best sports streaming service: YouTube TV
• Best free streaming service: Freevee
• Best streaming reality show: The Traitors
• Best streaming show (scripted): The Bear
• Best streaming movie: Hit Man

Read all about the winners for the Tom's Guide Awards 2024 for Streaming

Audio

• Best headphones: Sony WH-1000XM5
• Best noise-cancelling headphones: Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones
• Best noise-cancelling earbuds: Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds
• Best wireless earbuds: Sony WF-1000XM5
• Best audiophile headphones: Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2e
• Best soundbar: Klipsch Flexus Core 200
• Best Bluetooth speaker: Sonos Move 2
  

Read all about the winners for the Tom's Guide Awards 2024 for Audio

Computing and networking

• Best laptop: MacBook Air 13-inch M3
• Best AI laptop: HP OmniBook X
• Best gaming laptop: Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024)
• Best 2-in-1: Asus ZenBook Duo
• Best monitor: LG UltraGear 45GR75DC
• Best tablet: iPad Pro M4
• Best webcam: Logitech MX Brio 4K
• Best docking station: Plugable TBT4-UD5
• Best router: Asus RT-BE96U
• Best mesh router: Netgear Orbi RBE973
• Best antivirus: Bitdefender
• Best VPN: NordVPN
  

Read all about the winners for the Tom's Guide Awards 2024 for Computing and Networking

AI

• Best AI chatbot: Claude
• Best AI image generator: Leonardo
• Best AI video generator: Runway
• Best AI music generator: Udio
• Best AI device: Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
• Best AI phone feature: Circle to Search

Read all about the winners of the Tom's Guide Awards 2024 for AI

Gaming

• Best console: PS5
• Best handheld gaming PC: Steam Deck OLED
• Best VR headset: Meta Quest 3
• Best gaming monitor: Alienware AW3423DWF
• Best gaming monitor: LG UltraGear 45GR75DC
• Best gaming keyboard: ASUS ROG Strix Scope II 96
• Best gaming mouse: Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2
• Best gaming headset: SteelSeries Arctis Nova 5
• Best gaming chair: Razer Iskur V2
• Best game subscription service: Xbox Game Pass
  

Read all about the winners for the Tom's Guide Awards 2024 for Gaming

Homes

• Best air fryer: Dreo ChefMaker
• Best toaster oven: Our Place Wonder Oven
• Best grill: Brisk It Origin 580 AI
• Best blender: Smeg Professional High Performance Blender
• Best food processor: Breville ParaDice 16
• Best juicer: Nama J3
• Best air purifier: Shark NeverChange
• Best espresso machine: De'Longhi La Specialista Maestro
• Best coffee maker: Nespresos Latissima Vertuo
• Best vacuum cleaner: Tineco Floor One S5
• Best robot vacuum cleaner: Dyson 360 Vis Nav
• Best standing desk: Secretlab Magnus Pro
• Best office chair: Haworth Fern
• Best smart home device: Echo Hub
• Best home security camera: Eufy S350

Read all about the winners for the Tom's Guide Awards 2024 for Home

Sleep

• Best mattress: Saatva Classic
• Best hybrid mattress: Saatva Classic
• Best memory foam mattress: Nectar Memory Foam Mattress
• Best mattress in a box: The DreamCloud Hybrid
• Best organic mattress: Avocado Green Mattress
• Best mattress for side sleepers: Helix Midnight Luxe
• Best mattress for stomach sleepers: Helix Dusk Luxe
• Best mattress for back pain: Saatva RX
• Best mattress topper: Tempur-Pedic Tempur-Adapt Topper
• Best mattress protector: Coop Home Goods Ultra Tech Waterproof Mattress Protector
• Best pillow: Casper Hybrid Pillow with Snow Technology

Read all about the Tom's Guide Awards 2024 for Sleep

Active life

• Best smartwatch: Apple Watch Ultra 2
• Best fitness tracker: Fitbit Charge 6
• Best running watch: Garmin Forerunner 165
• Best electric scooter: NIU Kqi Air
• Best electric bike: Ride1Up LMT’d
• Best running shoes: Saucony Ride 17
• Best hiking boots: Scarpa Rush 2 Mid GTX
• Best outerwear: REI Rainier Jacket
• Best yoga mat: Lululemon The Mat
• Best workout app: Centr
• Best adjustable dumbbells: NordicTrack Select-a-Weight dumbbells
• Best workout headphones: Jabra Elite 8 Active
• Best massage gun: Bob & Brad C2 Pro

Read all about the winners for the Tom's Guide Awards 2024 for Active Life

Our sister site T3, which has inspired smarter living since 1996, this week revealed the ultimate products for 2024 as part of the T3 Awards in association with Norton. Continuing the 18-year tradition, these are the very best lifestyle and tech products you can buy, as chosen by T3’s panel of judges.

A total of 85 awards were given, covering everything from action cameras to vacuum cleaners. The awards were divided into T3’s main sections of Home, Active, and Tech, as well as the new Design Awards in association with fellow Future publication, Wallpaper* and the Best Streaming Platform in association with ShortList.

This year’s Headline Awards include the Product of the Year, Brand of the Year, and a Readers’ Choice award which has been voted for by T3 readers. 

Sponsoring this year’s awards is Norton, the biggest name in anti-virus and anti-malware software. Its impressive 360 software includes cloud backup, VPN and password manager to keep you and your family’s tech safe.

T3’s Editor-in-Chief, Mat Gallagher, said: “As these awards show, it's been a truly impressive year in the technology lifestyle space. The team has been hard at work testing all the products nominated, using its expertise to ensure they provide the ultimate upgrade. These are products that our readers aspire to own. Not just because they look great but because they are the best in their class. ”

To view the full list of winners, check out the T3 Awards.

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Comcast Converge 2024 set the stage for what the company has cooking in terms of forthcoming innovations this year — showcasing a convergence across the worlds of AI, networking, connected devices and entertainment (as the name suggests). 

Through these tech verticals and its own knowhow, Comcast aims to make stream-able content, whether that be via Peacock or on NBC, much easier to consume alongside empowering the way we use our everyday devices at home and abroad. 

With the help of host Kenan Thompson, whose hilarious gags definitely brightened up the event, Comcast Converge painted an interesting picture of 2024, wherein new technologies like Entertainment OS, the new XB10 gateway, and High Fidelity Feed may well drastically alter the way we consume content on a daily basis. 

Here's all the biggest news out of Comcast Converge.

Networking advancements and XB10 gateway

At the forefront of Comcast’s Converge event was its advancements in networking capabilities, pushing its Xfinity broadband network into new avenues of potential. Comcast voiced the nearly $20B its invested in this venture since 2018, one such investment being in Octave, which amounted to 60% improvements through AI, enhancing the experience on Comcast’s network through consistent back checks of over 4,000 telemetry data points. 

Given the fact that 90% of home WiFi usage comes from the cell phones and nearly 70% of the home network data is entertainment (via its own internal data), Comcast sees potential in ensuring the experience on its network is at its utmost potential with the lowest rebuffering, highest average bitrate and lowest number of people against competing ventures as seen with Fiber and Fixed wireless networks. 

But, bringing even more networking advancements to consumers’ homes is the upcoming debut of the XB10 Gateway, a new Wi-Fi 7 mesh router designed with loads of interesting new technologies, namely AI enhancements for streamlined bandwidth and better XR capabilities. It will also come equipped with three internal radios that each allow for up to 100 connected devices, equating to a potential total of 300 at the same time on one gateway. 

The XB10 Gateway will also be capable of motion sensing on specific devices using the Comcast app, as well as device prioritization. This latter feature will allow Comcast customers the ability to literally control and lower lag on devices, ensuring better connections on the devices that need better bandwidth, like gaming consoles versus the smart refrigerator, for example. This new feature alongside device motion sensing will be made available come this Fall on Comcast’s networking app.

This new gateway will also leverage WiFi 7, thus ensuring it's future proofed for what tomorrow brings, as currently there isn’t much out there using the standard, aside from examples like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Acer Swift Edge laptop. Thus, the XB10 will be capable of delivering multi-gigabit speeds symmetrically over WiFi — best of all utilized in technologies like AR and VR headsets, gaming and more.

Interestingly, while discussing its network, Comcast still called it Xfinity 10G, which was recently termed as misleading due to the fact that it doesn’t really provide that much speed its name implies. The title should be changed over the course of the next year, but as of yet it seems Comcast hasn’t yet given the network a new name and is clearly sticking by it with the so-called XB10 in some capacity.

Sky Glass and Entertainment OS

One of the biggest announcements at Comcast Converge was the reintroduction of the firm’s Sky Glass TV, a 4K HDR display that will come in 3 main sizes. Little else is known spec-wise about the new iteration and when asked during the demo portion of the event, I was told the information on its detailed specs would be sent to me later on, so I will update this page once we get the info. 

Given the fact that it’s adopting the Sky nomenclature, which is most well-known as a UK-based broadband and media company, many might be unsure if the Sky Glass TV will make it to store shelves across the pond. I asked multiple Comcast employees at the Converge event and was told that “the plan” is to bring it to the U.S. eventually, potentially as an OEM of some kind. 

In the demo portion of the event, I got to see the TV in action and while it does look good in person, Comcast is trying to sell it as an all-in-one package: a TV and sound system rolled into one. It features a subwoofer and an up-firing speaker system with 6 total speakers, all of which plainly shows in its relatively large bottom half. 

An additional camera can be purchased for the TV, which serves as a sort of webcam, one that can be used across a wide variety of different use cases, like interactive gaming, video calls and fitness — all corralled within a system called Sky Live. 

I got to play one of the basketball games while there, and it’s quite a blast. There are multiple other "motion" games included, like Fruit Ninja and Peppa Pig, but I find that its potential for video calls and even at-home workouts, which consists of over 259 exercises, might be its shining feat, allowing users a bit more potential with their living room display. Pricing for the webcam add-on, as well as the TV, remains TBD.

A prior demo reel also highlighted that the Sky Glass will come in a variety of different colors, including green, white, black, blue and red. Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos will both come standard on the display as well. But the major highlight on the Sky Glass is its intuitive Entertainment OS.

Powering its Sky Glass TV and being included as part of another product venture in the standalone set-top-box-type Xumo device, Entertainment OS will act as the content hub for all the things we love watching — beyond just those presented by Comcast affiliates. The defining feature of Entertainment OS is its content playlists function and ability to drop users directly into the content of their choice without having to cycle into a particular app.

Say you want to watch the brand new episode of Max’s “True Detective: Night Country.” When clicking on that specific content bubble, users are dropped directly into the app and automatically navigated straight to that particular episode. It’s similar to Google TV’s own pick up where you left off rail, as well as other TV OS concepts, with Comcast seeing it as a streamlining for accessing content far faster.

The opening page of Entertainment OS shows a rail of content dedicated specifically to the user’s own interests, but you can always customize this to your liking and save specific content into playlists across varied users. Users can navigate right or left on the rail, with right being unwatched content and left being continue to watch content.

Comcast Xfinity subscribers can purchase a new Xumo box, which is an entertainment set-top-box that sports the Entertainment OS. It’s a $15 buy-in and an additional monthly charge for the Xumo box for Xfinity internet customers, or just an upfront $60 fee. The box itself looks akin to a portable SSD, only a bit larger and can theoretically be placed anywhere near the TV.

My biggest concern for this product is the fact that most people already have a working OS on their smart TVs. In reality, the Xumo box seems tailored to users who may want more parity across their home devices and internet, perhaps, or are buying into the Entertainment OS ecosystem on the whole — which also doesn’t seem all too likely given the dominance of Roku, Google TV, and even LG’s webOS platforms. 

Still, we consider Xumo one of the best free streaming services, so there is a reason to buy into its ecosystem. 

Enhanced sports experiences

Entertainment OS was quite an interesting new addition under the Comcast guise, but even more stellar is its newfound approach to sports broadcasting, pushing into a new era of innovation on how we experience these live events. 

There are two ways Comcast describes its approach and thinking on sports content: “[We’re] the best seat in the house,” and “It’s only live once.” These principles directly correlate to Comcast’s innovations on this side of the entertainment spectrum, with one such concept being called High Fidelity Feed and the other being an advanced window into varied new sports viewing angles.

High Fidelity Feed, which Comcast explained was first utilized during this past Sunday’s Super Bowl 2024 event, essentially turns sports broadcasts into incredibly crisp 4K HDR experiences. A demo of the technology had a 720p/1080p broadcast of a Premier League game side by side with Comcast’s High Fidelity Feed, showing how the advanced encoding processes brings ample color, contrast, and motion processing to the event without any on-device trickery or changes made on the user’s part.

Meanwhile, Comcast is trying to give users the “best seat in the house” via Dolby Atmos audio and positional audio channels. Sound immersion during games when leveraging Comcast’s High Fidelity Feed will be radically improved, no matter if you’re using the TV’s built-in speakers or a 14-channel soundbar.

Perhaps most interesting of all is the High Fidelity Feed’s potential in reaching viewers far faster than a normal feed. The preview shown during the Converge event was playing at a 20-second faster rate over the other 720p broadcast, thus delivering particular sports broadcasts with a much lower lag than traditional high definition television. That’s 66% more bits per second without introducing any lag.

On top of Comcast’s new High Fidelity Feed, which should roll out sometime later this year, the company is also soon to debut more interactive sports elements in advanced betting via a collaboration with DraftKings and enhanced viewing angles. This is a real-time recreation of the event made using AI, body tracking and more.

Though it didn’t have a specific name, these enhanced viewing potentials are almost like a pseudo-digital twin, though not to the fidelity one may hope. As it currently stands, this alternate viewing potential looks rough around the edges, but still gives viewers a ton of leeway in how they can experience the sports they love — so much so that it can even help in understanding the sport better or spotting certain calls before they’re even announced.

As an example, Comcast showed how the upcoming Players Championship, which kicks off March 12th, will have far better immersion thanks to an interactive golf tour. This allows viewers to expertly zoom out of the course and pick the particular hole of their choosing, and then zoom in and display the game as if in the shoes of Rickie Fowler himself, almost to the point where you can even see his lie better than you would in person.

Another example is F1’s upcoming Grand Prix, which starts on March 2nd. Comcast gave Converge attendees a sneak peek of how viewers will be able to position themselves directly within the cockpit of the race cars, angling viewership in a multitude of ways, whether that be forward-facing or rear-viewing within the driver seat, and well beyond.

The collaboration with DraftKings will also see a new Odds Zone on specific Comcast broadcasts, namely both the Grand Prix and Players Championship. This will allow users not only to see the odds and varied betting on the particular game but participate, as well — though there most assuredly will be limitations when watching in states with laws against sports betting.

Last, but certainly not least, Comcast also highlighted the upcoming Paris Olympics, which starts on July 26th, as being a major focus for the brand this year. The event will be broadcast across NBC and streamed on Peacock, potentially made all the more enjoyable thanks to all these enhancements. If there's ever a time to subscribe to Peacock, it's certainly in the lead up to this global sporting event. 

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It’s been quite the busy week in Las Vegas at CES 2024 and while here, Tom’s Guide has seen everything from cutting-edge tech to see-through OLED TVs along with plenty of robot vacuums. However, one theme we’ve seen across product categories that’s really been a big part of this year’s show is AI. 

Whether it was a grill, a pet accessory or even in some of the games we got to try out, AI was everywhere. In fact, AI was mentioned more than 300 times at all of the meetings and keynotes we attended during CES.

While we released our best of CES 2024 awards earlier this week, we’re back with a list of the weirdest gadgets we saw at this year’s show. There is some crossover though, as a lot of the gadgets and devices we went hands-on with were quite strange when compared to what we saw during our previous years covering CES. Without further ado, here’s our list of the weirdest gadgets we saw at CES 2024.

Rabbit R1 

There was a lot of hype surrounding the Rabbit R1 before it was unveiled and we actually got a chance to go hands-on with it at CES. Instead of trying to replace your smartphone like the Humane AI Pin, the Rabbit R1 does quite a lot in a tiny package for just $199. 

Designed by Teenage Engineering, this little gadget makes AI actionable and you can ask it to do stuff like book a flight or add rows to a spreadsheet. The catch is that you have to show its Large Action Model how to do what you want first. The Rabbit R1 isn’t just a concept device though and the first batch will be in people’s hands by March 31.

Seergrills Perfecta 

What’s better than food fresh off the grill? A steak cooked to perfection by AI obviously. The Seergrills Perfecta is the world’s first AI-powered grill and after seeing it in action, our global editor in chief Mark Spoonauer walked away quite impressed. 

But where does AI come into play? According to Seergrills, the Perfecta uses a quad-core processor along with a suite of smart sensors to measure the food you’re cooking and the environment. It also has vertical burners and 360° cooking, so you don’t need to flip anything. There's a downside though — the Seergrills Perfecta costs $3,500. But if you want some super simple grilling, it might be worth it.

Gnu Electric Kids Suitcase

There’s lots of rideable luggage, but we haven’t seen anything as cute as the Gnu. This motorized three-wheeler is steered by moving its horns forward and back, the front wheel lights up, while a Bluetooth speaker in the front can play music. The Gnu’s seat pops open to reveal a small storage area. The Gnu’s speed maxes out at 5 miles per hour, so your little one can’t moooove away from you too fast. 

On Gyroor’s site, it says the suitcase will be available in May for $199. Hopefully, it won’t be old gnus by then.

Artly Robot Barista

Now this really puts the Java into java. The Artly Robot Barista is a mechanical arm that can whip up lattes, cappuccinos, espressos and other frothy drinks — even better, it can make latte art pretty well, too. 

Put in your request via the Artly app, and watch the machine go to work: The arm sits in the center of a coffee station, and moves around, from the grinder to the espresso maker to the milk frother, putting everything together, while a projected image lets you know how long it will take until your brew is ready. 

From start to finish, it takes about 3 minutes to make a latte, so baristas don’t have to worry about losing their jobs just yet. Currently, Artly has about 10 locations nationwide, including two in Seattle, six in San Francisco, and one in New York. 

 Swarovski Optik AX Visio 

When you think of Swarovski, diamonds likely come to mind. At CES though, we saw the Austrian luxury brand unveil a set of smart binoculars with built-in AI that can identify over 9,000 species of birds, mammals, butterflies and dragonflies. Likewise though, these AI-powered binoculars also let you record photos and videos of the animals you see and share them from your smartphone. 

They aren’t "cheep" though and when the AX Visio launches in February, these smart binoculars will set you back $4,799 — which makes the Bird Buddy look like an absolute steal of a deal in comparison.

Flappie AI-powered Cat Flap

Smart pet tech was all the rage at CES 2024, and one gadget that caught our attention was the Flappie. This smart cat door uses motion sensors and AI vision technology to spot when your favorite feline friend tries to bring small animals into your house. And as any cat owner will tell you, they often do. 

The Flappie can identify when your pet has prey in its mouth in at least 90% of cases. When this happens, the door locks and your cat won’t be allowed inside until they drop their prey. The Flappie is also able to detect pet microchips and it uses this information to ensure the door only opens for a specific pet. 

Razer x Dolce Gabbana chair 

Razer may have announced its unexpected partnership with the luxury brand Dolce&Gabbana back in September, but at CES we had a chance to see the fruits of this collaboration first hand. The Dolce&Gabbana-branded Razer headset is what you’d expect but the souped-up version of the Razer Enki Pro is something else. 

If you want one of the best gaming chairs but prefer Dolce&Gabana’s black on gold as opposed to Razer’s neon green, this could be the one for you. It doesn’t come cheap at $2,999 and it’s already sold out though.

Miroka and Miroki

Robots were the other big trend besides AI at CES 2024. Besides these more conventional robots, we also went hands-on with and spent some time with two hospital robots named Miroka and Miroki. 

Funny enough, we saw Miroka on our first day at CES, but it didn’t quite capture our attention. It was until we spotted Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at Eureka Park interacting with Miroki that we gave them a second chance, and we were all glad we did. 

These robots have a ball at their base, which they use to move around, along with a very expressive, animated face. For instance, when our managing editor of computing Jason England pushed Miroki, the robot let out a small yelp and had a shocked face. You likely won’t ever be able to buy either of these robots but you may see them when visiting a hospital or a nursing home.

eVTOL Flying Car 

Forget self-driving cars, what we really want are flying cars and we got to see the closest thing to one at CES with eVTOL Flying Car. In fact, this concept car doesn’t just fly, it also transforms like one of the Autobots from Transformers. 

Xpeng Aeroht, the company behind this flying car, demonstrated how its arms open up and propellers raised from the back of the vehicle and then spread out. They even managed to spin slightly to help give the illusion that this supercar concept was about to take off. The eVTOL Flying Car is also quite small and only seats two but it did get our imaginations going while making us hopeful for the future the Jetsons promised us all those years ago.

Master & Dynamics MW75-Neuro

This one's definitely all about the weird at CES 2024. Rather than strapping an odd contraption over your head, the MW75-Neuro from Neurable is a pair of wireless headphones designed in collaboration with Master & Dynamics that can read your brain waves.

The purpose of this is to determine your level of focus, which is handy when you need to take a break. While wearing the MW75-Neuro and using the companion app, neural sensors built into the headphones will measure your brainwaves — which could recognize signs of stress. Ultimately, it could help with people's mental health and well bring, while also working like any premium pair of wireless headphones for music listening.

Spacetop

Mixed reality glasses are all the rage at tech's biggest show of the year, but one of the oddities in the bunch we saw is the Spacetop. It's essentially a new form of spatial computing that's part AR glasses, part AR laptop.

The latter's the weirder of the two because it's essentially a screen-less Chromebook. By wearing the glasses, you're transported into a customized version of Android that overlays where the screen normally sits on the laptop keyboard. Sure, it's wonderful that you have the tactility of the keyboard through this mixed reality experience, but the Spacetop's $2,150 asking price doesn't make it any more appealing than other existing spatial computing solutions out on the market right now.

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We all knew going into CES 2024 that AI was going to be a huge theme, but artificial intelligence was so prevalent at this year’s show it became dizzying. It seemed that every single product had AI inside, from AI bird feeders and snore tracking pillows to TVs and even NPCs within games.

So which gadgets actually lived up to the hype? Tom’s Guide’s editors met with dozens of companies and went hands on with lots of new products to bring you our Best of CES 2024 list. LG’s transparent OLED was all the buzz for its stunning design, and our editors loved the new Weber Summit Smart Grill. But smaller companies impressed, too, such as Rabbit R1 AI handheld that can automate all sorts of tasks. 

Here are the best gadgets we saw at CES 2024. 

Best in Show: Rabbit R1

I mean, this was kind of inevitable right? In a sea of companies stuffing LLMs into any and all products without rhyme or reason, the Rabbit R1 is a revolution in actionable AI — packed into a neat design from the geniuses at Teenage Engineering.

Available for just $199, this charming little piece of hardware is not supposed to replace your phone. Instead, it’s set to do certain tasks a whole lot smarter and actually be a useful assistant, and it all comes down to the Large Action Model. This patented tech learns how to interact with websites and apps to fulfill various tasks, and it pairs with the built-in LLM to not only give you advice, but do what you want, too. Put simply, this is a breakthrough. – Jason England 

Best Design: LG Signature OLED T

There are OLED TVs, and then there are OLED TVs you can stick your hand behind and see through. The LG Signature OLED T is nothing short of a design feat, so it’s no wonder the set and its split contrast screen stole headlines at CES 2024. As a prototype-turned-real-product (remember, we first saw a transparent OLED concept last show), the LG Signature OLED T demonstration LG brought to this year felt near ready for living rooms.

In fact, the Signature OLED T feels like the culmination of a lot of things LG has been working on in recent years. It even has the Zero Connect Box like on the wireless M-series OLED. It’s important to have a super clean-looking setup if you’re getting a TV like this, as you wouldn't want anything to compromise the effect. LG even thought to build a cabinet that houses the system like home decor. That attention to detail is precisely what we look for in our Best Design category. — Kate Kozuch

Best VR/AR: Xreal 2 Ultra

After making a splash in the AR glasses market with the Xreal Air 2 and providing us with a glimpse of what spatial computing could be like on a pair of specs, the company has fully committed to taking on the likes of Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3 with the Xreal Air 2 Ultra.

The line between AR specs and VR headsets has truly been blurred — thanks to those dual 3D cameras up front. These allow for mapping your surroundings and even hand tracking, and it’s all possible in a rather luxurious-looking pair of sunglasses. Make no mistake about it, this is what real progress looks like in this field. Top it all off with a wider viewing angle through the 1080p OLED displays and you’ve got something great for not just long-distance travel but using at home, too. – Jason England 

Best TV: Samsung S95D OLED TV

We saw dozens of TVs at CES, from modest updates to popular sets, to mind-bending concepts that’ll never see the light of day. Our favorite overall TV of CES 2024, the Samsung S95D OLED TV lands somewhere in the middle, following up one of the best TVs we reviewed last year in a way that feels more innovative than iterative. That’s thanks to what Samsung calls OLED Glare Free Technology. 

The set has more of a matte finish that stands up to harsh ambient lighting conditions. We got to see it side by side with a so-called conventional OLED, and the anti-glare treatment made a clear difference. It seems like Samsung took it’s learnings from the Frame (which has also been updated this year) and gambled on it for OLED, and for us, it paid off. For more, see all the best TVs of CES 2024. — Kate Kozuch 

Best TV Innovation: Hisense UX 110

The Hisense UX 110-inch Mini-LED TV is a true feat of engineering. Not only is the screen size significantly larger than anything we’re used to seeing, but its reported specs are significantly higher than any other TV on the market right now. According to Hisense, the largest version of the UX can reach a peak brightness of 10,000 nits and uses 40,000 local dimming zones. It can cover 100% of the DCI-P3 color spectrum and comes with a built-in 4.2.2-channel Dolby Atmos sound system. 

To hit these numbers, Hisense had to overcome two relatively huge challenges. The first issue is that UX needed a method of controlling all those local dimming zones, and the second is that UX needed a way to deal with all the heat that’s put out by the Mini-LED panel. The first problem Hisense solved by using its Hi-View Engine X that implements a 16-bit AI neural chipset to enable object-based upscaling. To overcome the heating problem, it installed a ventilation system in the back of the screen and a massive heat sink to keep things nice and cool. In a show that’s all about going above and beyond what’s already possible, the Hisense UX is truly a next-generation Mini-LED TV. — Nick Pino 

Best TV Value: TCL QM7 Mini-LED TV

In a perfect world, we’d all be able to buy a cutting-edge TV for pennies on the dollar. Unfortunately, the more advanced the TV, the higher the price tag is. Thankfully, TCL’s new QM7 model really bucks that trend by implementing a Mini-LED lighting system that can reach upwards of 2,000 nits and offers up to 1,300 zones on its largest model (a massive 98-inch TV). Mind you, in the past, the Q7 series has sold for just a few hundred dollars — and it’s very likely that the QM7 will follow suit. 

At a show all about the latest and greatest technology, we love seeing some good value TVs pop up, so for us to see this level of performance in a TV that could cost less than a PS5 is truly wow-worthy. — Nick Pino 

Best Laptop: HP Omen Transcend 14

The HP Omen Transcend 14 is a gaming laptop that doesn’t look the part. Though it sports RGB lighting on its keyboard, you could easily mistake the Transcend 14 for an ultraportable. In fact, HP is marketing it as “the world’s lightest 14-inch gaming laptop.” It’s a fetching machine that won’t look out of place at the office.

Other than its design, the HP Omen Transcend 14 separates itself from the best gaming laptops by packing a Meteor Lake chip. This processor’s NPU can handle the processing necessary to run a streaming application like OBS while the laptop’s CPU and GPU can focus solely on whatever game you’re playing. This could be a selling point for those who stream to platforms like Twitch.

The HP Omen Transcend 14 makes a strong case for AI laptops. But even outside of that, it’s a sleek and elegant device that’s ideal for anyone looking for a solid Windows 11 laptop. — Tony Polanco 

Best 2-in-1 Laptop: Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid

The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid is a 2-in-1 laptop in the most literal sense — and one of the 9 best laptops of CES 2024. Its display is a fully functional Android tablet while its keyboard base (hybrid station) is a Windows 11 laptop featuring an Intel Meteor Lake CPU. Most 2-in-1 laptops basically give you a Windows 11 machine in two form factors. Because the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid is an Android and Windows in one, it’s one of the most unique devices of CES 2024.

You can snap off the display to use it as an Android tablet while the hybrid station is connected to an external monitor. You can also switch between Android and Windows modes with the press of a button. That means you can use the keyboard and touchpad to play the best Android games or use any Android application. Though somewhat pricey at $1,999, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 seems like a great value for what it offers. — Tony Polanco 

Best Fitness Wearable: Amazfit Helio Ring

The Oura Ring has proved very popular among those who want to gain better insights into their health and sleep, but Amazfit’s new Helio Ring is taking that idea one step further. When you wear the Helio in conjunction with one of Amazfit’s fitness trackers, it can better analyze your daily activity to provide smarter insights on how much you should rest, and the right kind of recovery, before you pick up those weights or go for a run again. 

To help you get a better night’s sleep, Amazfit is also using an AI that will play ambient sounds through your smartphone, and then adjust the audio based on the data it collects from the Helio Ring as you doze. Given that we expect other heavyweights like Samsung to also jump into the smart ring market, it’s pretty smart for Amazfit to show up first with a potentially less expensive option. — Mike Prospero 

Best Health Tech: Withings Beamo

We’re still a long way from carrying a Star Trek-style tricorder with us, but the Withings Beamo might just be the first step. This small handheld device — about the size of a stubby highlighter — is capable of measuring your body temperature and blood oxygen saturation, provides medical-grade ECG readings, and serves a digital stethoscope for monitoring heart and lung functions. 

According to Withings, the BeamO can pick up signs of atrial fibrillation (AFib), blood oxygen desaturation, heart murmurs, asthma, COPD and more, and then share those results with a healthcare professional via your smartphone. Users can even stream their stethoscope audio directly to a doctor during telehealth appointments. While Withings is still waiting for FDA approval, it hopes to ship the device by the summer. — Mike Prospero 

Best Robot: Samsung Ballie

Yes, Samsung has shown off a previous Ballie robot before, but the new Ballie at CES 2024 is different. Now it has built-in AI that helps it greet you at the door and control various smart home devices. But the coolest addition is a built-in projector that can beam content on the floor, walls and even your ceiling. 

This includes welcome messages, workout videos (complete with your heart rate from your Samsung watch) and video calls. Hopefully Ballie is more than just a concept this time around, because it’s a robot I’d like to try out in my own home. For more, see all the best AI gadgets at CES 2024. — Mark Spoonauer 

Best Gaming Peripheral: Serafim S3 mobile game controller

The Backbone One has been one of the best mobile game controllers for years — thanks to its ideal combo of comfortable-to-use hardware and slick software experience. But it wasn’t perfect, and that’s where the Serafim S3 hits hard for critical damage by fixing the Backbone’s key problems.

Namely, these come down to three things. First, the hand grips can be customized with various sizes to accommodate bigger hands. Second, joystick drift has been eliminated as hall effect sensors are in use here. And finally, you get virtually the same full software suite of in-game capture and a slick UI without needing to pay a subscription fee. — Jason England

Best Gaming Laptop: Asus ROG Zephyrus G14

This year’s Zephyrus G14 is all about refinements to the formula that put this 14-inch beast atop our best gaming laptops list. Instead of the Anime Matrix display looking kinda cringe, a single slash of lighting brings a premium look and feel to the far more refined aluminum shell. And while this model is upgradeable to an RTX 4070 rather than last year’s 4090, it more than makes up for it with a stunning OLED display and solid improvements to the keyboard and touchpad experience.

In fact, with these small tweaks, I would argue that the ROG Zephyrus G14 has bigger competition in mind than simply gaming laptops. With a vibrant new screen and prosumer-esque looks, the 14-inch MacBook Pro should be getting nervous right now. — Jason England

Best Appliance: LG Smart WashCombo

LG has come out with a dual washer and dryer that might actually do the trick — and save you money in the process. The LG Smart WashCombo promises to do a full load of laundry in less than two hours, thanks to LG’s Inverter HeatPump technology as well as built-in intelligence that can analyze not just what kinds of clothes you put in the washer, but how dirty they are. 

Even better: The SmartWash Combo is a ventless dryer, and it runs on 120V, so you can plug it in anywhere and don’t have to worry about running a duct outside. And did we mention it uses 60% less energy than its vented counterparts? — Mike Prospero 

Best Grill: Weber Summit Smart Grill

If any one product will make you ready for barbecue season, it's Weber's new flagship gas grill. While we saw tons of smart grills and smokers at CES 2024, the Weber Summit smart gas grill has enough cool features and cooking functions to turn you into the ultimate backyard host, if you weren't one already. There are two elements that elevate the latest Weber Summit unit from your stereotypical grill. First, it offers a top-down infrared broiler unlike anything you'll find in the current grill market; and second, it's powered by a digital control system that makes grilling more modern.

Once the grill is ignited, all the settings can be managed on the Weber Connect smartphone app. That way, you can track the cook temperatures from the built-in probes without standing over the grill. For us, that means we can enjoy more quality time with our guests while still grilling up a great meal. — Kate Kozuch 

Best Smart Home Device: Abode Edge Outdoor security camera

Until now, most of the best home security cameras have had a major limitation: They couldn’t be used beyond the range of your Wi-Fi router, so you’d be lucky if you could place one 400 feet away. But what if you could use a camera up to 1.5 miles away, without needing to pay for cellular service? That’s the bold claim made by the Abode Edge Outdoor Security Cam, the first to use what’s known as WiFi HaLow, a flavor of Wi-Fi that has less throughput, but much greater range and much less power consumption. 

Even if you don’t have a property as big as Versailles, the Abode Edge Camera could also be useful in areas of your house or property where your Wi-Fi signal is weak. Of course, you’ll need Abode’s home security system to use this $199 camera, which could give the DIY home security company a competitive advantage over its rivals. For more, see our best smart home gadgets of CES 2024 roundup. — Mike Prospero 

Best Audio/Headphones: JBL Live TWS 3

What good is a pair of fancy new true wireless earbuds if they don’t have a great case to go with them? The JBL Live TWS 3 takes the 1.45-inch LED touchscreen charging case from the JBL Tour Pro 2 and matches it up with the new Live TWS 3 earbuds. With the touchscreen, there’s no need to take out your phone when listening to music — you can control the music or access the settings straight from the charging case. 

Even better, the Live 3 will have access to Bluetooth 5.3 with LE (available via a later OTA update) and supports multipoint connections. JBL’s also improved the battery life compared to its older models, and the Live TWS 3 are IP55-rated against water and dust. 

So they’re going to be pretty expensive, right? Not really. JBL plans to release the Live TWS 3 in mid-June of this year for $199 / £179 / €199. For more, see all the best audio products at CES 2024. — Nick Pino 

Best Phone Accessory: Belkin Auto Tracking Stand Pro

The Belkin Auto Tracking Stand Pro is the best mobile accessory we found at CES 2024. Essentially, it's a battery-powered iPhone mount that unlocks a lesser-known iOS 17 feature, and it's super convenient for recording content. There are iPhone stands before with face-tracking, but they all have the same issue: they need to be paired to the product's companion app in order to actually capture any content. 

The Belkin Auto Tracking Stand Pro eliminates this friction by letting you use it while you record in the iPhone's native camera app. That’s because it leverages the DockKit developer SDK that launched in iOS 17. The device can also run on battery power for up to five hours, so it can be brought on the go for content capture, too. — Kate Kozuch 

Best Monitor: Alienware 32 4K OLED monitor

The Alienware 32 4K QD-OLED is one of the best monitors of CES 2024 … if not the best. Billed as the world’s fastest 4K OLED monitor, the Alienware 32 makes any game you’re playing — from the best PC games, best PS5 games and best Xbox Series X games look and run at their best.

Minute details come through in crystal clarity thanks to the panel’s 140 PPI (pixels per inch), which is the highest of any existing OLED gaming monitor (most max out at 100 PPI). Alienware claims the display can achieve 99% of the DCI-P3 color gamut, which accounts for the lush colors. On top of that, the 240Hz refresh rate and 0.03ms response time ensure games run buttery smooth. If you’re like me and loved 2022’s Alienware 34 QD-OLED, you’re going to adore the new Alienware 32. — Tony Polanco 

Best Router: TP-Link Archer GE800

After unveiling its first Wi-Fi 7 routers at CES last year, this year TP-Link has launched its first gaming router with support for the latest wireless standard. The TP-Link Archer GE800 is a tri-band Wi-Fi 7 gaming router that looks the part with immersive RGB lighting on its sides but it also packs in plenty of networking power for even the most serious gamers and can reach download speeds of up to 19 Gbps. 

At the back, you’ll find two 10 gigabit ports along with four 2.5 gigabit ports and a USB 3.0 port for moving data from a flash or hard drive across your network. However, one of these 2.5 gigabit ports is actually dedicated to gaming. When you connect a gaming PC, laptop or console to this port, their traffic will be automatically prioritized so you can focus on your favorite game instead of fighting with other devices on your home network for bandwidth. — Anthony Spadafora 

Best Rideable: Segway GoKart Pro 2

Segway’s GoKarts are hella fun — they can hit speeds of up to 22 miles per hour, and even have a handbrake so you can do spinouts and drift through corners. But they’ve had one big limitation: You can’t drive them around when the weather’s bad. The Segway GoKart Pro 2 solves that — in a way. On rainy days, or times when it’s just too cold to take a drive, you can pair the GoKart with a gaming console, and use its steering wheel and pedals as a controller for driving games. Even better: haptics have been built into the GoKart, so when your video game car hits a rough patch, you’ll feel it in the seat of your pants.

When you’re out on the track IRL, you can cruise at 26.7 miles per hour, faster than previous models, and paddle shifters on the steering wheel give you even more control over the GoKart’s performance. For even more realism, a detachable Bluetooth speaker can play the sounds of a single-cylinder, dual-cylinder, V8 or V12 engine to get you revving as fast as the GoKart. This was one gadget at CES that we didn’t want to stop testing. — Mike Prospero 

Best AI: Nvidia AI NPC

Have you ever gotten tired of hearing NPCs in video games spout the same repeated lines of dialogue? What if they actually responded like actual people and could hold a conversation? That’s something gamers have long asked for and are about to receive thanks to Nvidia ACE.

Nvidia demoed its AI platform Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE) at CES 2024 and I got to try it myself. In a cyberpunk bar setting, I asked the NPC Nova what components I should buy in a PC, and she (not surprisingly) suggested an Nvidia RTX 40-series GPU. When I asked her what was in her rig, she said an RTX 4080 with 32GB of RAM. She got cheeky with me when I asked why she didn’t have 64GB — saying that much RAM was overkill.

Nvidia said it’s creating digital avatars that use ACE technologies in collaboration with top game developers including Charisma.AI and NetEase Games. AI NPCs might not become ubiquitous for years, but it’s cool to get a glimpse of the future with this demo. — Tony Polanco 

Best Accessibility tech: Wheely-X home cardio trainer

Wheelchair users like me can often find it difficult to exercise since most gym equipment is designed for able-bodied people. Wheelchair treadmills (or similar devices) exist but I’ve never seen one I’d like to use. Thankfully, a chance encounter with Kangsters at CES 2024 showed me a device I’d love to own — the Wheely-X.

The main body consists of two thin ramps and rollers that keep your wheels in place as you roll. What makes the Wheely-X unique is that you can play exercise video games when it’s connected to a computer and monitor. I played a wheelchair racing game where I competed against NPCs on a race track (I won, if you must know). Another demo had me wheeling an avatar over ice … which was a bit trickier.

The Wheely-X is available now for $2,595. That’s not cheap, but if it can help wheelchair users stay in shape (and do so by playing some games), I think the price is more than reasonable. — Tony Polanco

Update: We're now diving into CES 2024 day 4, and there are 7 more incredible gadgets that you can't afford to miss out on.

We may be heading into day 3 of CES 2024, but those announcements aren’t slowing down. If anything, they may have sped up a bit as the show goes on. So if you thought keeping up with the previous waves of news were big enough, you better not pack away your surfing gear just yet. 

• Best of CES 2024 is live — 23 best gadgets of the show!

Recent news out of Las Vegas covers the topic of AI assistants in the palm of your hand, a variety of earbuds, updates from Google, a MagSafe analog for iPads and so much more. Here are 11 new products at CES 2024 that you should know about. 

Rabbit R1 

AI is everywhere at CES, but the Rabbit R1 might be one of our favorite uses of artificial intelligence at the show. Rather than adding AI to existing devices, the R1 is a small pocketable gizmo that functions as an assistant in a box — though it offers a lot more than a traditional AI assistant.

The idea here is that the Rabbit R1 pairs a Large Language Model (used by Google Bard, ChatGPT and their rivals) with a Large Action Model — which lets it understand what you’re saying and do something about it. Ordering food, booking Ubers, developing holiday itineraries and things like that. It can help you with things other than cheating on your homework, basically.

And honestly, that’s the kind of barrier AI needs to break if it wants to make itself more than just a gimmick.

Amazfit Helio Smart Ring 

There’s another smart ring on the way, and it’s not likely to be the last. The Amazfit Helio Ring could give the Oura Ring some serious competition judging from our own hands-on time at CES 2024. 

The idea here is that the Helio Ring tracks your health in the background, a little bit less intrusively than a fitness tracker or smartwatch. On its own the ring can monitor heart rate, sleep, electrodermal activity, blood oxygen, stress and other things. The ring can work in conjunction with Amazfit fitness trackers too, offering extra fitness tips and recovery advice. 

The Helio Ring is made from a titanium alloy, is just 2.6mm thick up to 10ATM of water resistance and weighs under 4 grams. Two sizes, 10 and 12 will launch this Spring, with a smaller version in the near future. No word on pricing yet, though.

Withings BeamO 

If you’re feeling under the weather, but don’t want to visit the doctor in case it’s something minor, then the Withings BeamO 4-in-1 health monitor might be worth a try. That way you can at least get an idea of whether your condition is as minor as you suspect, or if a trip to the doctor should be on the cards. I can imagine that’s pretty useful if you’ve got kids who may or may not be pretending to try and get out of school.

This monitor is about the size of the TV remote and is able to measure body temperature, blood oxygen saturation, medical-grade ECG readings and functions as a stethoscope. Those readings are logged in the Withings app, where they can then be shared with a qualified medical professional. It can even be used during remote consultations, with the ability to stream data directly to your doctor.

The Withings BeamO should arrive this summer, for the lofty price of $250, but the exact date will all depend on getting FDA approval for all these health-monitoring features.

Sennheiser Momentum Sport

How do you make your sports headphone stand out from the legions of competitors vying for consumers’ cash? You could add health tracking into the mix, though Sennheiser has taken it a step further by ensuring the new Momnentum Sport earbuds link up to your favorite fitness apps. So no need to add even more health tracking software to your phone..

Once stuck into your ears both buds are capable of tracking body temperature and heart rate in real time, before beaming it to your chosen fitness app. Including the likes of Apple Health, Garmin Connect, Strava, Polar Flow and others. It sounds like it’ll also be able to link to the Polar Vantage V3 smartwatch and beam those health metrics to your wrist too.

Other specs include IP55 water and dust resistance, a “clog resistant” ear tip design, 6 hours of battery life, plus a charging case with three full charges and the ability to restore 45 minutes of power in just 10 minutes.

Plugable AMS-STAND for iPad

The iPad sorely needs MagSafe for a variety of reasons, and Plugable may have the answer to those woes. It’s not MagSafe, it’s just a magnetic stand without any charging capabilities. Though it may be the next best thing to keep us going until Apple bothers to add magnetic charging to its tablet range.

The stands are compatible with 11 and 13-inch iPads, and are constructed out of aluminum alloy with a silicone padding. So this should look pretty smart on your desktop, or whatever else you want to keep your iPad. The magnetic panel swivels by 360-degrees, while the arm offers 180-degrees of movement.

Both 11 and 13-inch stands are on sale now for $79.95, with an extra $5 off to commemorate the launch.

TP-Link Archer GE800

TP-Link just unveiled its first Wi-Fi 7 gaming router at CES 2024, the Archer GE800. This is a router that takes full advantage of the high speeds Wi-Fi 7 has to offer, alongside a special feature — a dedicated gaming port. The idea being that plugging a gaming PC into this port means that this traffic will be prioritized over everything else on the network.

So that should mean your gaming sessions won’t be interrupted because someone decided to to start streaming 4K HDR video. 

The GE800 also features four antennas hidden in its side wings, RGB lighting (this is a gaming router after all), four 2.5 Gbps ethernet ports, a pair of 10Gbps ports and a USB-C port. Pricing hasn’t been revealed just yet, but the Archer GE800 will be arriving at some point later this year.

Samsung SmartThings Map View 

Samsung just announced a smart home feature so simple, and equally ingenious, that we’re surprised it isn’t more commonly available. The new SmartThings Map will offer you an interactive map of your home, and show you where all your smart home gadgets are — letting you monitor and control them a lot more easily.

It’s certainly a heck of a lot more aesthetically appealing than a list of devices, that’s for sure. The SmartThings Map has a 3D view of your home’s floorplan, and you can drag and drop icons to the exact spot each of your connected devices lives. LiDAR equipped Samsung devices will be able to generate a floorplan automatically, and the map will be available from Samsung screens — like TVs and smart fridges.

Plus access to the map is sharable with guests via a QR code, which is a heck of a lot easier than giving them full access to your accounts.

HP Sprocket Photobooth 

There are plenty of ink-free photo printers out there, including HP’s Sprocket collection, but what if you didn’t need to suffer the pain of using your phone as a middle-man? That’s the point of the HP Sprocket Photobooth, a fully-integrated system that lets you take, edit and print out photos wherever you may be.

It’s larger than the best instant cameras, around the size of a coffee machine, but the Sprocket Photobooth does offer a little bit more functionality in the process. But its portable nature means you could take it to new places, like parties or events, and let people create their own photos and memories. You will have to pay $449 when the HP Sprocket photobooth launches in Q3 of this year, but it’s a heck of a lot more cost effective than renting something similar.

EV support for Google Maps and Android Auto

Google Maps will be getting a feature electric car owners have been asking for for years — battery and charging support. In the near future EVs with Android Auto will be able to share battery information with Google Maps in real time. That way Google Maps can estimate how much battery you’ll have throughout your journey and prompt you to the nearest compatible charger if necessary.

Crucially this won’t be exclusive to cars with Android Automotive — Google’s bespoke version of Android made just for cars. The announcement specifically says Android Auto, which is the car system that runs off your phone. The only downside is it’ll have to roll out on a car by car basis, starting with the Ford Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning at some point in “the coming months”. 

Casio G-Shock Rangeman HPR-1000

If you find smartwatches are far too fragile then the Casio G-Shock Rangeman GPR-H1000 might be more to your taste. This is certainly not the sleekest-looking watch, with its chunky yellow casing, but it’s clearly designed for outdoor use rather than stylish events. And that design ensures the watch is resistant to mud, sand and water up to 200 meters — plus shock resistance and impact protection.

Sensor-wise you’re looking at all new GPS and heart rate monitoring, alongside existing features that offer compass bearings, altitude, barometric pressure and temperature sensing. Like many other smartwatches there’s also notification support, sleep tracking, a find my phone option and wellness exercises. The battery lasts around 14 hours with GPS and heart rate switched on or two months without. 

The G-Shock Rangeman GPR-H1000 is available to pre-order ahead of a January 20 release date, and will set you back $500.

XGIMI Horizon Max Projector

If you believe some of the big filmmakers, IMAX is the best way to watch a movie — which normally poses a problem for home viewing. Fortunately that may change, with the world’s first long-throw IMAX-certified projector, the Horizon Max from XGIMI.

This is a 4K projector offering 3,100 lumens of brightness and a 2000:1 contrast ratio as well as features designed to automatically optimize the projected image based on the space it’s in. So there’s no need to try and figure out the perfect combination of positioning and settings by yourself. The downside is that it’s all but guaranteed to be expensive, even if official pricing details (or a release date) haven’t been announced yet.

Honorable mentions

Naturally there’s still a lot going on at CES, and we don’t have time to cover it all. These honorable mentions include the Victrola Stream Sapphire Wi-Fi record player that’s able to stream vinyl playback in a bunch of different ways. Wi-Fi, ethernet, AirPlay. Chomecast and more all with support for 14-bit/48Hz lossless FLAC audio.

Sennheiser also revealed the Momentum True Wireless 4 earbuds. Which look like they could be one of the best audiophile earbuds of the year after they arrive in February. Over-ear enthusiasts will also be happy to hear about the Sennheiser Accentum Plus headphones, which offer a few features we wish the regular Accentum cans had launched with last year.

Google has also confirmed a bunch of smaller changes, including expansion of Fast Pair, Chromecast support for the TikTok app, Audio casting support to Pixel Tablet and the merging of Nearby Share with Samsung QuickShare — which will utilize the latter’s name.

Check out our CES 2024 hub for all the latest news from the show as it happens. Follow the Tom’s Guide team in Las Vegas as we cover everything AI, as well as the best new TVs, laptops, fitness gear, wearables and smart home gadgets at the show.And be sure to check out the Tom's Guide TikTok channel for all the newest videos from CES!

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One of the best features for any iPhone user is AirDrop, which lets you easily share files, photos, videos and more from one iOS device to another, as well as to Apple laptops, desktops, and iPads. While both Google and Samsung have developed their own alternatives, the two companies have come to recognize that combining their efforts may pay off better in the long run.

To that end, Google today announced at CES 2024 that it's merging its Nearby Share with Samsung's Quick Share, and using Samsung's moniker going forward.

But that's just one of the new features that Google revealed at CES today (January 9). It's also adding features to Chromecast, Android Auto, and more. Read on for the details.

Starting in February, the new Quick Share will be rolled out to all Android devices, and will also work with Chromebooks as well as Windows systems. Google said it's working with companies such as LG to add Quick Share as a preinstalled app on Windows machines. 

As the two current apps — Quick Share and Nearby Share — are largely duplicative, it makes sense that they should be combined into one, at least for consumers' sake.

Fast Pair expands

Quick Share wasn't the only new upgrade Google announced at CES. It also revealed that it would be expanding Fast Pair — its feature to quickly connect Bluetooth devices — to Chromecast with Google TV. Fast Pair will extend to other Google TV devices later this year. 

This will be a very handy feature for those who want to watch a movie or show, but don't want to disturb their partner with loud audio. It's one of the reasons we like the Roku remote with the built-in headphone jack; not everyone wants to be subjected to the Paw Patrol theme.

Fast Pair will require that your headphones or earbuds support Bluetooth Low Energy and Android location services; and of course, you'll also need Chromecast with Google TV.

TikTok comes to Chromecast

TikTok seems to be where all the kids are at these days, so it only makes sense that Google wants you to be able to watch it in more places. While the company hasn't said when the feature will be released, you'll soon be able to cast content, including live videos, from TikTok to a Chromecast-enabled device. 

Google also said that more devices with Chromecast built in will be available this year, such as LG's 2024 TVs. Additionally, Google said that Chromecast is also rolling out to LG Hospitality, so that when you check into a hotel room with an LG TV, you can use your Google account to watch your favorite streaming services. 

Audio casting to Pixel Tablets

If you have a compatible Pixel phone, you'll soon be able to cast music from Spotify and YouTube Music to a docked Google Pixel Tablet; that way, if you're listening to something on your phone, you can more easily switch it over to another device when you get home. 

Matter in more places

Matter, the somewhat new smart home standard, is slowly rolling out to devices, but in order to use them, you also need a Matter-compatible hub. Google is expanding its reach by turning some LG TVS, as well as some Google TV devices into Matter-capable Google Home hubs. 

However, Google did not specify a timeframe for when this feature would be rolled out, nor on which TVs it would be enabled.

Google Maps and Android Auto

Good news for those who drive electric cars: EVs with Android Auto will be able to share their battery status with Google Maps, so that the navigation app can give you information such as your estimated battery life when you reach your destination and suggest charging stops along your route. It can even guess how much time it will take you to top off your car's battery. 

This upgrade will come first to the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the Ford F-150 Lighting in the coming months; Google did not say when it would make it to other vehicles.

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CES 2024 is now in full swing, and unsurprisingly there are far too many announcements for any one person to be able to keep up with. We already saw a bunch of fantastic announcements ahead of the show, and so far Las Vegas has been host to brand new TVs, appliances and even a smarter toilet — to name but a few. 

But that’s only scratching the surface, and as we head into Day 2 there’s plenty more exciting and fascinating products on display. Products like smart iPhone docks, new mobile gaming controllers and a brand new kind of foldable phone. It’s only a concept, but it’s exciting to see where that could go in the future.

Now that Day 2 of CES 2024 is here, these are 9 more gadgets that you need to know about.

Samsung Flex Liple and Flex In And Out

Samsung has been the king of foldable phones for a long time, and is faring pretty well in the face of increased competition. But where can foldable displays go from here? Well the new concept devices from Samsung Display have some ideas with the Flex Liple and Flex In and Out concept phones.

The Liple doesn’t shut the same way as, say, a Galaxy Z Flip 5. It’s got two asymmetrical halves, and that means part of the screen is still visible when the phone is shut. The idea is that this functions a little bit like a cover display, without looking quite so sleek. The Flex In and Out is definitely more exciting, since the hinge is capable of moving a full 360 degrees. 

Who needs a cover display when the phone bends in such a way that the main screen is effectively a cover display? But while visually appealing, I do wonder how practical it might be. Good thing these are only concept phones, giving Samsung time to figure that out. However it does mean there’s no guarantee that these designs will ever be used in a commercial phone. Certainly not anytime soon.

 TCL QM89 115-inch Mini-LED  TV

Back at IFA last year TCL wow’d us with its 98-inch Quantum Dot mini LED TV screen. Now the company is pushing that further, and boosting the size up to a whopping 115-inches with the QM89 Mini-LED TV. This is a screen with a peak brightness of 5,000 nits, over 20,000 local dimming zones, 144Hz refresh rate and a 98% DCI-P3 color gamut. 

Needless to say this is an impressive piece of kit, especially at such a large size. Naturally for a 2024 screen, this also comes with the AIPQ Ultra Processor to power all the local dimming zones, plus AI upscaling and color production for better picture quality. 

Unfortunately we don’t know how much it’s going to cost yet, though in this case it’s probably one of those times when having to ask for a price tag automatically means you can’t afford it.

Lenovo ThinkBook 13x Gen 4 

This isn’t just your ordinary run-of-the-mill CES laptop, complete with all the AI features one would expect from this year’s show. The ThinkBook 13x Gen 4 does have AI, thanks to the Intel Core Ultra 9 processor, but crucially it also supports Lenovo’s new Magic Bay magnetic accessories — letting you add extra functionality to the laptop on the fly.

There’s the Magic Bay Studio that takes advantage of Pogo pins at the top of the display to add a 4K, AI-enhanced webcam plus two additional speakers for better sound during video calls. Prototype accessories also include a miniature fan, a modular SSD, a robot assistant that smiles, a mirror with an LED light bar and a standalone light bar in different colors. 

The laptop itself starts at $1,399, with up to 32GB of RAM and 2TB of SSD storage in a 13.5-inch laptop. There’s 120Hz refresh rate, 3 USB-C ports, a headphone jack and a 74Whr battery rated for 11.4 hours of web browsing.

Serafim S3 mobile gaming controller

The BackBone One may be one of the big players in the mobile gaming scene, but the Serafim S3 mobile gaming controller is looking like a serious contender. On the basic level there’s a comfortable ergonomic grip and compatibility with a whole range of phones, there’s also ‘Hall Effect’ joysticks and triggers. 

That means it’s impossible for those sticks to drift while also offering smooth, seamless movement. Anyone that’s had a busted Nintendo Switch knows how big a deal this is. The companion app will also offer a bunch of the same features as the competition, including easy access to recently played titles, one click recording and screenshotting. And without needing a subscription. 

The Serafim S3 is compatible with Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation, Steam, Google Play, Amazon Luna and Nvidia GeForce now. The company is aiming to release in the first half of this year for an unspecified price point “under $199". 

Samsung Ballie

First LG announced an AI companion that roams your home, and now so does Samsung. Meet Ballie, a round (ish) droid that can roam around your home and do a bunch of stuff while it’s exploring. And yes, much like a dog, this robot will come and greet you at your front door when you get in from work. It’ll also respond to summons, which is more than I can say for my dogs.

Other functions here include the ability to control smart home products, and the ability to learn and adapt from your routine to do stuff automatically. But the key feature is that Ballie is also a fully-functional projector. The bot can automatically adjust its position and picture based on ambient light and wall distance. The downside is we don’t know when it’ll go on sale or how much it might cost.

ASUS ROG Falchion RX Low Profile keyboard

As someone with an aging laptop, it’s frustrating to find that the keyboard starts dying long before the machine itself. That makes working on the go, without my mechanical keyboard, rather tricky. But the new ASUS ROG Falchion RX Low Profile keyboard could be a possible solution.

This keyboard is small and compact enough that it’ll fit in your bag, but crucially still has the same tactile sensation of a full-size mechanical keyboard. And to make it slightly less annoying for people out in the world, a layer of integrated silicone foam will reduce the clicky-clacky noises mechanical keyboards are known for.

The RX Low profile can toggle between Windows and Mac modes and connects to your machine with a 2.5GHz dongle. The small size still has space for volume and media controls, and an interactive (totally customizable) touch panel. Plus there’s an optional protective cover to keep those keys safe. The only downside? Pricing and availability hasn’t been confirmed yet.

Belkin Auto Tracking Stand Pro 

iOS 17 has a little-known feature called DockKit, which solves a major problem for smarter Phone stands — namely the need to pair to a companion app. It’s just that the Belkin Auto Tracking Stand Pro is the first to actually take advantage of it and push all those smart features through the iPhone Camera app.

As the name suggests this is a stand that can automatically track you, with the aid of a MagSafe connector and a 360-degree swiveling stand. Not to mention automatic pairing, the likes of which you’ll be familiar with if you own Apple AirPods, and five hours battery that lets you use the stand on the go. Oh and it will recharge your iPhone in the process, thanks to 15W wireless charging.

Pre-orders for the Belkin Auto Tracking Stand Pro open at the end of the month, and you’ll have to part with $180 if you want to purchase one.

 Adobe Edge outdoor security camera 

Security cameras are great, so long as they’re within range of your Wi-Fi. LTE cameras can be expensive, and that’s before you take data costs into consideration. But what if your Wi-Fi could extend further, say 1.5 miles? That’s the idea behind the new WiFi HaLow technology, which is inside the Adobe Edge Camera.

WiFi HaLow uses a 900Mhz band for data transmission, which is how it’s able to reach that lofty 1.5 mile distance. Granted its speed is limited to between 15 Kbps and 15 Mbps, and while that will slow down transmission it should be enough to watch live video. It also means you’ve got a lot more freedom to position your camera, especially if you’ve got a particularly large property.

Launching in Q1 2024 for $199, The Adobe Edge will offer a 6,000 mAh battery designed to last a whole year per charge — aided by the lack of a light and a “deep-sleep” mode that activates when there’s no motion. Though it’s worth noting it will need an Adobe home security system to connect to (from $139) and a video plan — which ranges from $4 to $7 a month. But hey, at least the added distance could make that extra cost worth it.

Seergrills Perfecta 

AI is everywhere at CES 2024, even in the grills. No, we’re not kidding, because the Seergrills Perfecta claims to be the world’s first AI grill — and promises to be able to cook the perfect steak in as little as 90 seconds. Which may be helpful for those of you that don’t eat your steak quite as rare as I like it.

Apparently this thing offers vertical burners, 360-degree cooking and can reach temperatures as high as 1,652 Fahrenheit. Apparently the AI comes into play thanks to the grill’s suite of sensors that measure the environment, meat thickness and temperature. That way you simply tell it how well you’d like your steak cooked via the touchscreen and it will do the rest for you.

Which sounds incredible, but you may be put off by the $3,500 price tag — the same as the Apple Vision Pro. While pre-orders will come with a $1,000 discount, it’s a lot of money to drop just to save yourself a couple of minutes cooking meat. 

Honorable mentions

There’s plenty more on show at CES that we don’t have time to go into much detail about, but is still worth highlighting for one reason or another. If you’re after bizarre AI gadgetry, then you may be interested in the Swarovski Optic, AI binoculars that can automatically identify birds for the lazy birdwatchers out there. 

Kohler is also showing off a “multi-sensory showering experience” complete with control over water, light sound and steam levels. With this and the Bemis smart bidet, it seems like the age of the smart bathroom might finally be upon us. On a more practical note, JBL is expanding its range of touchscreen earbud cases with the JBL Live TWS 3 — negating the need for a companion app on your phone.

AMD has also launched a range of AI-capable CPUs and GPUs, with the main benefit being that these should be a little bit cheaper than similar products from other companies. Acer’s new Swift Go 14 laptop also features a touchpad with integrated media controls. It seems Acer is going a little bit weird this year.