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CES 2025: all the news, gadgets, and surprises
The tech world always begins the new year with a sprint, making a fast-paced series of announcements at the industrys biggest trade show: CES.CES 2025 will have plenty of laptops, some incredible TVs, and more wearables and smart home gadgets than you can count. These are the areas the show has traditionally excelled in, but this years show is likely to have a focus on some trendier emerging categories, too. Expect to see AI everywhere and a lot of experimental ideas about how to make AR more accessible.CES officially runs from Tuesday, January 7th, through Friday, January 10th. But the show really begins much sooner. Heres a quick guide as to what to expect:Sunday, January 5th: Companies will begin making announcements ahead of the show and some early access events will be held for members of the media.Monday, January 6th: The bulk of announcements will come on Monday. This is also when companies including Samsung, Nvidia, and Sony will hold live press conferences.Tuesday, January 7thFriday, January 10th: The CES show floor officially opens. Expect to see more hands-on coverage and interviews as access to the latest gadgets opens up.The Verge will be on the ground in Las Vegas to cover the show, the press conferences, and all the biggest announcements. You can follow along below for the latest.TODAY, Two hours agoChris Welch, Jennifer Pattison Tuohyand5 moreWhat to expect at CES 2025 Image: Cath Virginia / The VergeIts time for the biggest tech show of the year. CES 2025 officially kicks off next week, with most of the industrys biggest names gathering in Las Vegas to announce new products and demonstrate some of the most exciting tech they have coming throughout the year.CES is traditionally a show about TVs, laptops, and smart home tech. But its increasingly become a big show for cars, wearables and health tech, and a whole lot more. This year, expect one abbreviation to show up a lot across every single category: AI. The AI hype cycle is rolling straight into 2025, and theres certain to be AI popping up on the next generation of TVs and cars, like it or not.Read Article >Jan 3Emma RothSamsung and Googles new spatial audio format will take on Dolby Atmos this year Image: SamsungSamsung and Google are ready to push a new standard, Eclipsa Audio. This format will enable 3D audio experiences on certain YouTube videos later this year, with support available across Samsungs 2025 lineup of TVs and soundbars. Over the years, Samsung notably hasnt supported Dolby Vision HDR for dynamic HDR metadata, choosing instead to promote its preferred alternative, HDR10 Plus. Now, it seems ready to make a similar competitive push for open-source 3D audio support. Eclipsa Audio could eventually serve as a free alternative to Dolby Atmos, the dominant 3D audio format that hardware makers like Samsung pay to license for TVs and other equipment. Samsung says that similar to Atmos, this audio format supports adjusting audio data such as the location and intensity of sounds, along with spatial reflections to create a 3D experience. Read Article >Jan 3Andrew LiszewskiYou can aim this projector by moving its motion-sensing remote aroundJMGOs N3 Ultra Max has a motorized gimbal, letting you remotely adjust where it projects. Image: JMGOJMGOs N3 Ultra Max projector simplifies setup with a motorized gimbal that handles alignment automatically. Once positioned in a room, you can change where its projecting using its motion-sensing wireless remote. The all-in-one projector will handle the rest of the fine-tuning, including focus, optical zoom, and keystone adjustments to ensure the image is level and perfectly aligned.Although the 4K N3 Ultra Max debuted in China late last year, JMGO is announcing a new version for the global market at CES that includes improved software, Google TV, and native Netflix support. The company expects it to be available globally, including in the US, sometime in the fourth quarter of 2025, but pricing details havent been finalized yet.Read Article >Jan 2Jennifer Pattison TuohySamsungs smart fridges will use AI to suggest groceries to buy on InstacartSamsungs screen and camera-enabled smart fridges can now add items you're running low on to your Instacart cart. Image: SamsungSamsungs smart fridges will soon be able to identify when youre running low on something and add items to your Instacart app so you can order what you need from the grocery delivery service right from your fridge. Today, Samsung announced a multiyear partnership with Instacart that will let you shop for groceries from the screen on your Samsung Bespoke fridge the 32-inch one or the one with the new 9-inch screen the company is debuting at CES this month. Read Article >Jan 2Chris WelchSamsung bets big on OLED and gaming with its 2025 monitor lineup Image: SamsungJust a few days after LG announced its CES 2025 lineup of monitors, Samsung is doing the same. The company just introduced several new models, and perhaps the most impressive among them is the Odyssey OLED G81SF. Its a 27-inch 4K monitor with a maximum refresh rate of 240Hz, 0.03ms response time, a glare-free display, and rear-core lighting with 52 color options. Samsung is also including a number of burn-in protection measures to ensure that the Odyssey G81SFs screen looks pristine for years to come. The G8 is likely to be using the latest and greatest OLED panel from Samsung Display.Next up is the Odyssey OLED G60SF also a 27-inch OLED monitor with a QHD resolution and an impressive 500Hz refresh rate that Samsung says effectively eliminates lag and motion blur for ultra-smooth gameplay during critical moments.Read Article >Dec 31, 2024Andrew LiszewskiLGs lightweight Gram laptops get new Intel chips and offline AI featuresThe 17-inch LG Gram Pro weighs 3.3 pounds while the 16-inch model weighs 2.73 pounds. Image: LGLG has announced additions to its ultra-light Gram and Gram Pro laptop lineup, adding cloud-based and on-device AI-powered features that go beyond its current Gram laptops.The 16-inch Gram Pro will also be the first Copilot Plus PC in the LG Gram lineup and is further distinguished as the only model using the Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra V-Series processors. The 17-inch Gram Pro and 16-inch 2-in-1 use Intels Arrow Lake Core Ultra H-Series processors.Read Article >Dec 26, 2024Emma RothLGs new lamp puts a mini garden inside your home Image: LGLG has developed a new lamp that doubles as an indoor garden. The lamp, which LG will show off at CES in January, serves as an adjustable grow light for the tray of up to 20 plants beneath it, while also brightening up your room.It has two different lighting modes: downward-facing lighting during the day that helps grow your plants, and upward-facing lighting at night to help brighten up your home. The lamp comes equipped with a 1.5-gallon water tank and automatically dispenses the right amount of water and nutrients for the number and variety of plants being grown, according to LG. Read Article >Dec 24, 2024Richard LawlerHP Omen Max leak shows off another Nvidia 50-series laptop.If there were any doubt wed see a new generation of Nvidia graphics hardware at its CES 2025 LAN party, thats evaporated. The latest hint comes from @MysteryLupin on X, whos had early leaks before, with these pictures showing a 16-inch HP Omen Max and specs including an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU and the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 GPU.Dec 23, 2024Emma RothAsus teases a new RGB-outlined Rog Strix laptop coming next year Image: AsusAsus is planning to launch a new Rog Strix laptop at CES on January 6th, 2025, the company confirmed in a post spotted by VideoCardz. The short teaser shared by Asus shows a laptop with RGB lighting that wraps all the way around the bottom of the device, likely making for an even more colorful underglow when compared to previous generations.Though Asus doesnt say which Rog Strix models it will introduce, leaked retail listings suggest Asus could reveal new Rog Strix 18 Scar and Rog Strix G16 laptops.Read Article >Dec 19, 2024Sean HollisterValve will be Lenovos special guest at just-announced gaming handheld event Image: Evan Blass (X)The future of gaming handhelds is coming to CES 25 and you have a front row seat! the email in my inbox exclaims.Let me translate: it looks like Lenovo just tacitly confirmed it will announce its first SteamOS handheld in Las Vegas on or before January 7th, 2025. Were expecting it to be the Steam button equipped Legion Go S that leaker Evan Blass revealed last week.Read Article >Dec 19, 2024Jay PetersLeak: This is Lenovos rollable display laptop Image: Evan BlassLenovo showed off a laptop concept with a rollable display last year, and in 2025, it might release one that you can actually buy. Leaker Evan Blass just shared images of what he says is a sixth-generation Lenovo ThinkBook Plus, and based on two of the images, it has a display that extends upward to reveal more display underneath.It seems pretty similar to the concept from 2023, which also extended upward to show more screen. In these images from Blass, Lenovo is showing how the extended screen can be used for multitasking, such as by watching a YouTube video in the lower half of the screen or having a document on hand under a PowerPoint presentation.Read Article >Dec 19, 2024Thomas RickerSamsung starts making refrigerators for thermoelectric nerdsSome Samsung fridges are getting hybrid cooling tech in 2025. Image: SamsungSamsung just announced new hybrid cooling tech coming to its refrigerators in 2025. Theyll use a traditional compressor alongside a new Peltier module a semiconductor device that transfers heat from one side to the other when current passes through it. This approach results in a fridge with reduced temperature variations inside to keep foods fresher longer while better utilizing interior space, according to Samsung.The Peltier effect is something weve seen harnessed bywearable personal air conditioners, microclimate chairs, andhobbyist coolersin the past. This is the first time we can recall seeing it used in a full-sized refrigerator sold by a major brand.Read Article >Dec 19, 2024Andrew J. HawkinsHonda teases reveal of two new Honda Zero EV prototypes Image: HondaHonda teased the reveal of the first two Honda Zero prototypes, which will be making their official debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. The company also said it would have a new proprietary operating system for the global electric vehicle series to show off.Honda announced Honda Zero at CES 2024, describing it as a new global EV series that would be lighter and more space-age than the current crop of heavy, boxy electric SUVs and trucks. The three defining principles of Honda Zero were thin, light, and wise. And the company would use its learnings from F1 and its robotics work to introduce a new lineup of vehicles that were distinctly of the future. Read Article >Dec 18, 2024Chris WelchLG will bring its wireless TV tech to a QNED model in 2025 Image: LGOften at CES, youll see a very impressive new technology debut at exorbitant prices before trickling down to more affordable models a couple years later. Lo and behold, thats exactly what were seeing with LG and itsZero Connect Box. We got our first look at it with the M Series OLED in 2023. Now the company is bringing that Zero Connect Box, which beams audio and video to the TV panel, to one model of its still-terribly-named QNED Evo LED lineup. The box can transmit 4K video at up to 144Hz, and by all accounts from reviews last year, it works as advertised and poses no issues for gaming. The only cable that runs to the TV screen itself is the power cable.Read Article >Dec 17, 2024Sean HollisterAMD may launch its most powerful integrated GPU ever in a gaming tabletDid VideoCardz obtain an image of the PC, too? Image: VideoCardzIn August, an Asus thermal engineer goofed by revealing the existence of possibly the most powerful tablet PC ever made an Asus ROG Flow Z13 powered by an unannounced AMD Strix Halo chip, one boasting an incredible 80 watts of power for its GPU alone.Now, VideoCardz is reporting that the chip (and tablet) are about to become official at CES 2025 next month as the AMD Ryzen AI Max 395 Plus, a Zen 5 processor with Radeon 8060S graphics. Read Article >Dec 17, 2024Sean HollisterLeaks: Nvidias RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, and 5070 tipped with new neural renderingThis is the RTX 4080 Super, not the new cards. Photo by Tom Warren / The VergeNvidias new RTX 50 series graphics cards are looking like more of a lock for CES 2025 than ever, with Zotac and Acer now having leaked as many as five new GPUs ones which may also have a new AI trick up their sleeves that weve never seen before. Inno3D, an Nvidia graphics card partner, says it plans to highlight a wide slate of Nvidia AI features at the Las Vegas show, including Neural Rendering Capabilities that are allegedly Revolutionizing how graphics are processed and displayed. HardwareLuxx spotted the news.Read Article >Dec 3, 2024Sean HollisterAMDs next-generation RDNA 4 gaming graphics look like a lock for CES in January.Lisa Su confirmed shed launch the first RDNA 4 GPUs in early 2025, and now AMD graphics boss Jack Huynh will officially host a livestreamed press conference on January 6th at 11AM PT / 2PM ET. It will discuss how AMD is expanding its leadership across PCs and gaming.The rumor mill is expecting the unannounced AMD RX 8800 XT:AMD Radeon RX 8800 XT "RDNA 4" GPU Allegedly Offers 45% Faster RT Performance Than 7900 XTX, On-Par With RTX 4080 In Raster & Lower Power Too[Wccftech]
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