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As CES 2025 in Las Vegas closes its doors, its cavernous halls will soon be empty of the booths and display booths that attracted more than 150,000 visitors and members of the press from around the world. Showcasing technological advances that could reshape consumer electronics throughout the year, this year’s show highlighted particularly important developments in display technology, artificial intelligence computing and home automation. Here’s a rundown of some of the most influential products and key trends from this year’s show.
Next generation displays
The LG G5 features the company’s four-stack OLED panel to produce an even brighter picture.
The display segment has seen significant advances in panel technology and processing capabilities. One of the most prominent announcements this week was LG’s G5 OLED TV, which ditches the previously favored Micro Lens Array (MLA) technology in favor of an innovative four-stack OLED panel design. This architectural change offers a 40% increase in brightness over the previous G4, with the crucial distinction that this improvement applies to full-screen content, not just HDR highlights.
By stacking four OLED panels together, the G5 is able to deliver a noticeably brighter viewing experience to consumers – an area where OLED has traditionally struggled compared to alternative Mini LED panel TVs. Artificial intelligence, too, was a prominent part of the TV announcements at CES 2025, with the G5’s new Alpha 11 Gen 2 processor delivering enhanced AI scaling and 11.1.2 surround sound processing, while gaming capabilities have improved with refresh rate 165 Hz, from the previous 144 Hz.
Competing for attention in the premium screen space, Hisense also unveiled the 116UX TriChroma Mini LED TV, featuring innovative RGB Local Dimming technology. This system uses specialized lenses that respond individually to red, green and blue LED colors, allowing for much more precise color control. Elsewhere, TCL’s QM6K series brings Mini LED technology to more affordable prices, starting at $999 for the 65-inch model, with the two larger sizes featuring a specialized matte finish to reduce glare.
Integrating Computing and AI
Nvidia’s RTX 5090 GPU delivers unprecedented performance power for consumers.
The computing segment showed how artificial intelligence continues its integration into different categories of devices. Nvidia’s project figures, starting at $3,000, represent a major milestone in the democratization of artificial intelligence development. Built on the company’s Grace Blackwell architecture, this compact system incorporates 92 billion transistors and delivers 3,352 trillion AI operations per second (TOPS). This level of performance enables AI researchers and developers to work with large language models directly on their desktops instead of relying solely on cloud infrastructure.
This AI acceleration extends to gaming hardware, with Nvidia’s powerful RTX 50 series GPUs taking center stage during the company’s keynote at CES 2025. The flagship RTX 5090 introduces neural shaders and advanced ray tracing capabilities, promising up to twice the performance of its predecessor through a combination of hardware improvements and DLSS 4 frame generation technology. The GPU’s 3,352 TOPS of AI computing power also enables new features such as autonomous game character personalities through next-generation Nvidia ACE technology.
Form Factor Innovation
The Asus Zenbook A14 weighs less than 1 kg, thanks to an ultra-light “Ceraluminum” frame.
This year, several manufacturers pushed the boundaries of traditional device design. Lenovo’s ThinkBook Plus Gen 6, for example, features a scrollable display that expands vertically from 14 inches to 16.7 inches. The display responds to both physical button controls and gesture inputs, allowing users to adjust the screen size by raising or lowering their palms. This innovation in display technology allows for improved multitasking capabilities while maintaining portability, though it will come at a cost – $3,499, to be exact.
In the ultraportable category, the Asus Zenbook A14 achieves an impressive combination of form and function, thanks to its innovative materials and design. Weighing less than a kilogram thanks to its “ceraluminium” frame, the laptop combines Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X silicon with a 14-inch OLED panel to deliver an impressive battery life of up to 32 hours. It also provides a respectable number of connectivity options for its svelte form factor, including dual USB4 and HDMI 2.1 ports.
Smart home and health innovation
This year’s show showed significant advances in both home automation and health monitoring technology, with devices becoming more capable of complex physical interactions and health analysis.
In the field of robotics, the Roborock Saros Z70 robotic vacuum cleaner represents a leap forward in automated home assistance. The OmniGrip mechanical arm – a sophisticated five-axis system integrated into the robot’s own body – can recognize and lift objects weighing up to 300g. Demonstrations included the Z70 lifting socks to keep cleaning runs clear. Beyond simple vacuuming capabilities, the system also uses AI-based object recognition to properly handle household items and includes pet detection features that modify its behavior around animals.
In the health sector, Withings introduced Omnia, a smart mirror concept that integrates health monitoring into the daily routine. The system combines optical analysis with environmental sensors to monitor various health metrics, from posture to skin health, offering a glimpse of how everyday objects can evolve to support wellness monitoring while combining with their environment.
The health monitoring landscape has also seen particularly interesting developments with new over-the-counter glucose monitoring devices. Dexcom’s device targets patients with type 2 diabetes with a 30-day continuous monitoring system through an arm-mounted sensor connected to a smartphone app. Abbott’s Lingo device takes a different approach, focusing on overall wellness by monitoring glucose responses to provide information about eating habits, stress levels and exercise results.
In the mobile power space, Swippitt’s Instant Power System introduces an innovative approach to charging devices. The system combines a toaster-like hub containing five pre-charged batteries with a specialized phone case, allowing for near-instant power restoration through battery swapping rather than traditional charging. This two-second swap system could fundamentally change the way users manage device power throughout their day.
Finally, Circular’s second-generation smart ring advances wearable health monitoring with built-in ECG capability and AFib detection. Specifically, the company has eliminated the need for life-sized kits through new digital sizing technology that uses smartphone cameras to determine the right fit—a first in the smart ring category.
CES 2025 Summary
Overall, CES 2025 innovations point to an industry increasingly focused on the practical application of artificial intelligence, new form factors and improved automation capabilities. The convergence of AI processing power with traditional consumer electronics also points to potentially significant changes in how consumers interact with their devices in 2025 — though only time will tell how widespread this adoption will be.
