The biggest tech show in the world is upon us once again and it’s bringing a whole new slew of consumer tech goodness to the forefront. From the most cutting-edge TVs and robot vacuums to AI-powered gadgets and all sorts of clever solutions to enhance modern life, the latest and greatest contemporary tech are on hand, ready to get us excited for the year ahead.
While we won’t know the full story of this year’s CES until after all the showcases have finished, there are definitely already standouts setting themselves apart from the pack. As such, we’ll be updating this page as more new devices get introduced throughout the week. These are the coolest and best tech on hand at CES 2025.
Halliday Smart Glasses
At this point, it’s fair to say that the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses have been a surprise success. We’ve actually seen people actually wearing it out and about in their daily lives. As such, CES 2025 is seeing a lot of new entries in the category, including this one, which the outfit is calling “proactive AI glasses.” Instead of interfacing with the user via speakers, it communicates via the DigiWindow, a near-eye display module that projects information onto the lens right in front of your right eye. What makes it special, though, is the AI assistant that’s designed to work proactively, analyzing your conversations and automatically providing useful insights without being prompted. During meetings or lectures, it can even summarize key discussion points and generate meeting notes by itself, which, we imagine, will be extremely useful. Other features include real-time AI translations in up to 40 languages, live turn-by-turn directions, a teleprompter function, and more. It boasts an eight-hour battery life.
Roborock Saros Z70
What more can you add to the robo-vac to make it more useful? An articulated pick-and-place robot arm, as it turns out, as Roborock capably demonstrates with their newest cleaning robot. During its first cleaning pass, the robot will identify and takes note of removable obstacles it encounters along the way, which it will then revisit in its second pass. Instead of maneuvering around the obstacles, though, it will use the pop-up robot arm on top to pick up that obstacle, then either move it to the side or place it in a designated spot. Users can define where to put each type of obstacle it encounters, such as a laundry basket, a box, or a trash can in the kitchen, with the device able to recognize 108 common objects out of the box. There’s also the option to program up to 50 more objects by yourself.
Eclipsa Audio
Dolby Atmos is the leading spatial audio format in consumer audio, finding itself used in a wide variety of media and devices. And while there have been similar formats that have attempted to challenge it, this new Eclipsa Audio might be poised to make the biggest mark. A joint venture between Samsung and Google, the new 3D audio tech will be available without any licensing fees, making it a potentially more attractive alternative to the incumbent king. The companies are currently working with the Telecommunications Technology Association to establish a certification for third-party devices that will use the standard, so for now, only select Samsung devices and YouTube (users can upload audio in the format) are compatible with it, but it won’t be a surprise if it gains a wider foothold down the line.
Samsung The Frame Pro TV
With the release of The Frame, Samsung successfully turned the living room TV into an art display, spawning a number of imitators in its wake. However, it’s also fair to say that The Frame focused largely on the aesthetics and home decor aspect of the device, with much less attention paid to cutting-edge tech. That changes with The Frame Pro, which now employs a variant of Mini LED technology, giving the panel a big boost in brightness and contrast, all while raising the refresh rate to 144Hz, employing a fully wireless connection to the TV’s breakout box, and equipping it with a whole host of AI-powered features.
Roam SodaTop
We love countertop soda makers – they’re compact enough to take up very little room in the kitchen, while conveniently giving our drinks that delicious fizz. At CES 2025, though, we get our first look at a portable soda maker that screws onto the mouth of its accompanying water bottle and creates up to a liter of sparkling water in under five seconds. Yes, it still requires CO2 canisters like your home soda maker, but the portability just takes its usefulness to the next level. Seriously, you can make soda on the go.
Anker Solix Solar Beach Umbrella
EcoFlow’s Power Hat combined the headwear with solar panels, allowing you to charge devices while taking walks along the beach. It’s sort of a fun product. So why not make something with even bigger solar panels? We guess that’s the idea behind this contraption, which puts solar panels on a beach umbrella, so you can charge your devices while chilling on the sand. While you’ve probably something similar done before, Anker’s implementation is notable because it offers 100W maximum solar input, while promising an efficient solar generation of 200 percent in low light (20,000 lux) and 130 percent in bright light (50,000 lux). This is a full-fledged beach umbrella, by the way, measuring 84 x 74 inches (height x diameter) and using sunshade fabric for the canopy to ensure reduced heat under its shade.
Wonder Petal Camera
Bird Buddy made some waves with its smart bird feeder and smart bird bath, which allowed you to observe birds in the backyard without disturbing them by integrating a removable camera module. This time around, the outfit is starting a new line called Wonder that’s looking to do the same thing with insects. Designed to look like a plant, the camera system can blend seamlessly into any garden, giving you an up-close look at the different visitors that come by throughout the day. Even better, its AI can identify different types of animals, from bees and butterflies to ladybugs and birds of all sorts, informing you of what’s currently in its view, so you can decide whether you want to take a look.
LG PF600U 3-in-1 Projector
LG’s newest projector comes with a floor stand that makes it easy to position it around the room, eliminating the need to find a spare table or an adequate mounting spot in the ceiling. Even better, it can actually serve as a floor lamp when you’re not watching anything, all while looking like a piece of lighting furniture, rather than a part of your AV setup. The projector itself isn’t anything special, coming with 1080p resolution, 300 ANSI lumens of brightness, a 150k:1 contrast ratio, and a 120-inch max screen size, so it’s comparable to most basic 1080p systems out there. It has stereo speakers with passive radiators that are supposedly good enough to serve as music speakers, which is why it’s labeled as a 3-in-1 (projector, speaker, and floor lamp). Other features include a 110-degree tilting head, auto-screen adjustment function, LG’s webOS software onboard, and your usual set of picture correction capabilities.
Lenovo Thinkbook Plus Gen 6 Rollable Laptop
Ever use your laptop and thought, “I really need more screen real estate.” Sure you can plug in to a second monitor, but if you’re on the road, you’re stuck with whatever size display you currently have. Not the case with Lenovo’s newest Thinkbook Plus, which features a 14-inch display that can expand upwards, turning it into a tall 16.7-inch panel. It’s absolutely weird and absolutely fascinating. The display used is a 120Hz OLED panel with 400 nits of brightness, so it’s as good as any monitor you can get on most modern laptops, but so much better because of its ability to expand its screen size significantly. According to the outfit, it comes out in the first quarter of the year, priced at $3,499.