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Robot vacuums have their place, but you still need a human-powered stick vac for those impromptu cleanups. But what if there was a combo solution that could handle both sides of that equation? That's the pitch for the new E20 system from Eufy. There's a single vacuum "engine" that can live in either the robot cradle or the handheld model — not unlike Nintendo's Switch can be a portable or TV-connected game console.

Best of all, this is no vaporware prototype. The Eufy E20 will be released on February 10 for $550. Look for an Engadget review in the near future!

Read more: Eufy's new robot vacuum can transform into a stick vac

It's the road warrior's lament: You want a thin and light laptop for easy travel, but you miss the dual-monitor screen real estate of your home office. (Yes, there are portable monitors — but now your bag is overloaded again.) Enter the Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable. This concept laptop is now real, and said to be coming later this year for a $3,500. As the name suggests, the screen rolls up at the touch of a button (or wave of the hand) to greatly expand the usable screen by almost 50 percent (albeit with a towering aspect ratio). Check out Sam Rutherford's hands-on video:

Personally, I'd like to see how durable it remains for the long haul. But as a die-hard dual monitor user, I have to say I'm intrigued.

Read more: The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable is a crazy concept made real

For better or worse, "tablet gaming" has become synonymous with "casual gaming" for a lot of people. That's largely because — iPad notwithstanding — Windows tablets are generally underpowered (and the less said about Android tablets, the better). But ASUS may finally be turning that around with its ROG Flow Z13. As Sam Rutherford notes, the company has amped up the specs by going all-in on AMD components for the tablet itself, but the real secret sauce is the dock:

"Of course, one of the coolest things about the Flow Z13’s adaptability is that when you want even better performance, you can connect it to ASUS’ ROG XG Mobile Dock, which has also gotten a major refresh for 2025. That’s because while it retains a similar design, it now supports up to an NVIDIA RTX 5090 for a massive boost in graphics power. The other big change is that instead of relying on ASUS’ proprietary XG Mobile port to connect the two devices together, this time the dock uses Thunderbolt 5. The dock also has a wealth of connectivity options including both HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2.1 jacks, so you can use it as a hub when stationed at a desk."

Read more: The ASUS ROG Flow Z13 is starting to make more sense as a gaming tablet

Are you the type of person who mixed your Cap'n Crunch and Apple Jacks in the morning? If so, the Flavor Craft AI from Japan's Mihatma may be just your thing. It mixes up to five types of beans to a customized blend. As Daniel Cooper explains:

"Essentially, you fire up the app and select preferences based on your preferred flavor, selecting for strength, acidity, bitterness, astringency and richness. Once you’ve done so, the AI will direct the machine to churn out a blend of different beans sufficient quantities to match the flavor you’ve requested. Said beans will be collected in the bottom tray, where you can then dump them into your grinder of choice and brew up your drink."

It's crowdsourcing on Indiegogo right now, but as Dan points out: Expect major pushback from your coffee snob friends.

Read more: This mean bean machine is bound to upset coffee fans

I'm still catching up to all the NVIDIA news that dropped this week, and was pleasantly surprised to see this one. The chip giant is bringing some of the same AI smarts in its latest and greatest RTX 50-series GPUs to its older models, too. As per usual with graphics cards, its an alphabet soup of acronyms (DLSS stands for "Deep Learning Super Sampling," if that helps) but the takeaway seems to be this:

"The GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs aren't getting Multi Frame Generation, but they are getting DLSS 4's enhanced frame generation, enhanced ray reconstruction, super resolution and deep leaning anti-aliasing capabilities. Meanwhile, GeForce RTX 30 series and RTX 20 series GPUs are getting the last three."

Hardcore PC gamers will still likely be prepping their credit cards for the new new 2025 models, but it's cool to see that NVIDIA is back-porting some of its latest tech to hardware that's as much as five years old.

Read Mariella Moon's full story: NVIDIA DLSS 4 is coming to all RTX GPUs

The more drinks consumed, the less accurate your barroom darts game score becomes. But technology is coming to rescue with Target Darts. The company's camera-studded Omni product surrounds your dartboard and uses computer vision to handle all the scoring automatically. Per Daniel Cooper:

"From there, the scores will be represented on a nearby computer or tablet, and can even be output to a big TV in the vicinity. Even better, is that you won’t just have your score tracked, but you’ll hear a pre-recorded voice telling you how many points you need to score on your next throw, just as you see in a professional match."

It's not cheap — £449.95 (around $556) — but we could see our local taproom investing in this sort of product.

Portable sustainable tiny homes are a thing at CES 2025 — and Amy Skorheim checked out quite a few in person. The trio of models from startup AC Future were particularly impressive. Think Hollywood star trailers, but designed to be fully eco-friendly. From Amy's tour:

"Thanks to pull-out sections at the rear and both sides, the bus-sized RV transforms into a 400-square-foot, one bed, one bath apartment, complete with a living room, kitchen with full-sized fridge, two burner induction range and microwave, along with an uncramped stall shower and washer/dryer in the bathroom. The full HVAC system, paired with high-efficiency insulation keeps the unit temperate."

The AC Future vehicles offer solar roofs and even "atmospheric water generation" to maximize their off-grid efficiency. I'd really like to see if that latter one can pull the 13 to 15 gallons the company claims, but in the meantime, Amy's photos have me wanting to take a cross-country road trip in one of these.

Read more: The AC Future drivable, self-sustaining home transforms to be larger than your first apartment

What if musical inspiration strikes while you're on vacation? That seems to be the thought behind the AirStudio One, a portable microphone that doubles as an instant recording studio. From Daniel Cooper, at CES:

"It’s the creation of Hisong, a startup looking to build a more elegant alternative to toting around a microphone, mixer and headphones wherever you go. The AirStudio One is a wireless condenser microphone with a few secrets buried inside, like a professional audio interface, a wireless USB-C dongle and a pair of true wireless headphones. The idea being you can record a banging vocal when you’re on the road without any additional hardware."

Read more: AirStudio One is a portable microphone that’s full of surprises

Mechanical keyboards are one of those "IYKYK" slices of tech: For every 99 PC users who gravitate to a $25 Logitech keyboard, there's that one who's obsessed with travel distance, removable keycaps and getting that perfect clickety-clack sound. While the category has classically been very gamer-centric, Detroit-based Astrohaus is targeting wordsmiths with its new Wordrunner model. As Nate Ingraham writes, it's got something you've never seen on a previous keyboard:

"Probably the most visually striking thing about the Wordrunner are the two mechanical counters you’ll see up top. One is a timer you can use for writing sprints or just staying focused for a bit. More intriguing is the Wordometer dead-center at the top of the keyboard. It’ll track your words with its whopping eight-digit mechanical counter, and since it saves your word count as long as you want, you could try and max it out someday. Of course, you can also reset it at any time or pause it if you don’t want it to advance while you’re chatting with friends or sending emails."

Intrigued? Nate just updated the story with his hands-on impressions, so go check it out!

Read more: The latest Freewrite device is a fancy mechanical keyboard built with writers in mind

I can't say the PF600U is the most compelling thing we've seen at CES 2025, but it does have a certain amount of practicality. The unit — which resembles a standing fan, in at least one configuration — is a three-in-one gadget. It's a full HD projector, a wireless Bluetooth speaker and an LED lamp. It's that final feature that, oddly, may be the most fully fleshed out. Per Billy Steele, who saw it in person:

"When it comes to the lamp features, there are nine dimmable color LEDs to set the mood. The top, where all of the tech resides, tilts so the ring or lights on the bottom can be projected on a wall or other surface. And as you might expect, the whole thing is controlled by webOS. Plus, there are buttons for positioning, changing modes, power and more on the top panel, encircled by the speaker's grille."

Read more: LG's Swiss-army-knife projector hides in plain sight at CES 2025

This product — or more specifically, Cherlynn's photo of herself using it — has been the star of the internal Engadget Slack channel for the past 24 hours. So it's with great pleasure that we can now share it to the world.

This is the CryoGlow LED light-therapy mask from Shark — the same company that makes air fryers and vacuum cleaners. But a few things set this apart from previous models in this fast-growing space. It's got tri-color LEDs (rather than single-color), allowing for more diverse therapy options. And it's larger than some competing models, to maximize usage for a wider variety of head sizes. Lastly, it'll be priced at $349 — not the cheapest model on the market, but considerably less than some other name brand competition.

How did it feel to wear? Read Cherlynn's full story — and don't be surprised if there's a Jason Voorhees-style mask coming to your own skincare regimen in the near future.

Read more: Shark joins the high-tech skincare mask war with an impressive CES 2025 opening shot

Samsung invented the whole "TV that doubles as wall art" market years ago with its Frame TV line. In the past year, though, plenty of competitors have sprung up in the "art TV" space. In fact, a recent firmware upgrade added the art screensaver feature to most current Roku TVs and streamers. Pair that with the fact that earlier Frame models were never highly regarded by videophiles, and it's no surprise Samsung wanted to raise the bar. Thus, the Frame Pro at CES 2025. Per Billy Steele, who saw it in person earlier this week:

"[I]n a side-by-side with a still image from a movie, The Frame Pro was brighter, with more detail and deeper blacks that the existing Frame. You can also tell a difference looking at the same art on the two TVs beside each other. Details like texture and strokes pop off the matte screen more on The Frame Pro, making the art TV even better at its primary function. Plus, Samsung says its boosted the refresh rate to 144Hz to improve the gaming experience, and the 2024 Frame also supports variable refresh rates for smoother gameplay. So, it stands to reason The Frame Pro would as well."

So, a fancier QLED screen and a state-of-the-art wireless breakout box to boot, so you need only worry about a power cable to the display itself. Too bad pricing is still T

Read more: Samsung The Frame Pro at CES 2025: A big upgrade for the art TV

The problem with AI being in everything at CES is that it becomes wallpaper — you tune it out, especially when a lot of the uses being touted in Las Vegas are iffy at best. That's why it's refreshing to see the WeWalk Smart Cane 2. As Cheyenne MacDonald reports:

"It’s positioned as an alternative to the traditional foldable white cane. Co-founder Kursat Ceylan, who has been blind since birth, says Smart Cane 2 can make mobility easier and safer, offering features like turn-by-turn navigation and obstacle detection, along with a ChatGPT-powered voice assistant that puts on-demand information in users’ hands without the need for them to also juggle a smartphone."

Read more: The WeWalk Smart Cane 2 could be one of AI's few good use cases at CES 2025

Resident auto expert Tim Stevens has forgotten more about cars than I will ever know. Whether they're powered by internal combustion, electric motors or a hybrid powertrain, he's seen them all — which is why I took his disappointment at many of the details on the new Afeela 1 to heart. From Tim's hands-on at CES (where he saw it up close, but didn't get to drive it yet):

"To open the driver's door, you either tap a button in the app or press a small button embedded in the pillar. There are no door handles to pull, not even a token fin like on the Ford Mustang Mach-E. I couldn't help asking what do you do if you park in an ice storm and the door is frozen shut. I wasn't given much of an answer."

It's important to remember this is a floor show prototype, but many of the issues Tim raises here — including limited color options and so-so range — don't seem likely to change before launch day. Here's hoping Sony Honda Mobility takes these constructive criticisms to heart, though.

Read more: Sony's Afeela 1 feels like a PlayStation 4 in the PS5 era

For a lot of foodies — and eco-minded homeowners — induction ranges are the wave of the future. (As an aside, here's a pro tip: If a fridge magnet sticks to your pot, it'll work on an induction stove top. If not, you're out of luck.) But that issue of being unable to cook during a power outage nags at folks who are still cooking with gas. But that's where the Copper Charlie stove comes in. From Amy Skorheim:

"Charlie is a full-sized oven and range that packs a ceramic glass cooktop, a 4.5 cubic-foot oven and an integrated 5 kWh battery. That battery allows the stove to run off a standard plug by storing up a charge that can bump up the power output when it's time to cook (it can also cook three to five meals during a power outage)."

Read more: Someone please buy me this battery-powered, plug-in induction range from CES

There are two big categories of stuff you'll see at CES: Vaporware and "coming soon." The former is the coolest stuff — basically, prototypes and concepts. You won't see them anytime soon, if ever, but they sometimes appear years later in a buyable form (see LG's transparent OLED TV and Samsung's Ballie robot). The "coming soon" products are those real-world TVs, laptops, graphics cards, appliances and other annual upgrades that are announced at CES, and later priced and released in the spring, summer or fall.

But there's a thin sliver of a third category: Stuff you can actually buy or preorder right now. And we've pulled together a list of those buyable CES products for you to peruse, including smart glasses, headphones, power accessories and even the already infamous solar hat.

Read more: 15 CES gadgets you can actually buy right now

During my time covering CES in person, the press conferences have generally been in one of two places: At the Mandalay Bay convention center, or directly next to the respective company's show floor booth (Sony's traditional venue). But once in awhile, a company will attempt to wow attendees with a "destination" press conference. That was Delta's angle last night, when it took over the Sphere arena in Las Vegas for a CES event that doubled as a centennial celebration for the brand.

For the uninitiated, the Sphere is a 20,000-seat venue that's shaped like, well, a sphere, with high-resolution screens inside and out. Thanks to its wraparound immersive presentation, it's quickly becoming a go-to destination for concerts — and now, press conferences. According to our Billy Steele, Delta's event was something of a jaw-dropping experience:

"Video of each speaker was projected on the interior of the venue set on various backdrops that transformed the hall into spaces ranging from a dome to an observation deck and an airplane cabin. Several times during CEO Ed Bastian's address there were interactions with planes where the seats rumbled and blown air provided a sense of flying, complete with directional, immersive audio. There was also a cameo by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi where an Uber Eats delivery arrived at the stage with a hazelnut-flavored coffee for Bastian and those aromas were wafted into the audience."

Read more: Delta changed the game for CES press conferences

As we've mentioned before, CES 2025 continues the show's recent tradition of being heavy on car tech. And the latest evidence of that is today's Volvo keynote. Volvo President and CEO Martin Lundstedt will take to the CES stage at the Venetian in what's billed to be a very eco-focused address: "Volvo Group will highlight its vision for a 100% safe, 100% fossil-free, and 100% more productive transportation and infrastructure," per the description on the CES YouTube link, below.

Watch it live here at noon ET (9AM PT).

Honda had a twofer at CES 2025. The Afeela 1, the debut vehicle from the Sony Honda Mobility joint venture, was officially priced and confirmed for 2026. But at Honda proper, we're getting two additional 2026 EVs, too. The Honda 0 vehicles — as in zero-emission — returned to CES this year, and our Sam Rutherford got an in-person look at them:

"The 0 SUV’s overall proportions almost make it look like a tall, lifted wagon, especially when sat next to the 0 saloon. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Inside, Honda continues with the clean lines, though I wouldn’t necessarily read much into the general placement and look of its screens and dash. Like a lot of pre-production cars, those details are very much subject to change before its design is properly finalized. Same goes for those side-view cameras, which due to US laws, still don’t comply with regulations. However, Honda’s streamlined cabin does line up with the company’s “Thin, Light and Wise” design philosophy, which includes the move to a steer-by-wire driving system instead of relying on more traditional physical linkages."

But enough text, check out the pics. Here's the 0 SUV:

And here is Sam getting up close and personal with the Saloon (I'm getting Lambo vibes):

See all the photos here: A closer look at the slick Honda 0 SUV and Saloon prototypes at CES 2025

It "somehow didn't make me feel like throwing up" may sound like faint praise, but for Cheyenne MacDonald — who's prone to VR motion sickness — that counts as a big win. She demoed the Roto VR Explorer, an $800 motorized swivel chair that syncs to your real-world VR headset movements using a head-mounted tracker. Her initial experience:

"After the Roto team gave me the rundown and got me set up in the chair with a Quest 3, I selected my VR experience — the 2018 interactive documentary about the universe, Spheres — and got going. It was, without a doubt, a little weird at first when I turned my head to follow the path of rippling auroras and felt my body rotate as if I were a spice jar on a lazy Susan. But for the most part, it didn’t have that disorienting feeling of the ground shifting underneath you. (It was definitely lagging a bit on the congested show floor, which did lead to some out-of-sync, jerky movements). It only took a minute or so for me to stop focusing on the fact that I was in motion and just go with it."

Read more: This spinning VR chair at CES 2025 somehow didn't make me feel like throwing up

With the exception of talking up its Afeela 1 electric car, Sony spent the bulk of its CES press conference focusing on movies and TV — especially the programming the company is adapting from its PlayStation line. And to celebrate the return of its popular The Last of Us show to HBO this April, Sony has a "location-based experience exhibit" on the CES show floor that's designed to put participants inside a subway tunnel populated by zombies (sorry, "Infected. And as Engadget's [self-proclaimed] chief The Last of Us correspondent, Nathan Ingraham was the perfect candidate to take point:

"I entered the experience with three other participants after a quick run-down of the gear we'd use: two of us got shotguns, and two got flashlights (sadly I was stuck with a flashlight). Both have a bunch of small sensors attached to the front so that they could interact with the environment we entered; the flashlight felt like a real flashlight with some sensors on the end, but the guns were crude tubes with a handle and trigger; the trigger felt pretty good from my quick test of it before we got started. There are also sensors on the barrel of the gun that detect a "pump" motion to reload it."

Alas, Sony's "no cameras or video" policy means you need to read Nate's story the old-fashioned way. (Just envision him telling it to you around a campfire in a spooky backwoods setting.)

Read more: Sony's immersive The Last of Us experience at CES 2025 dropped me into a subway filled with zombies

I'm guessing "EV RV" is redundant, but that's what came to mind when I saw Jessica Conditt's report on RollAway. It's a "luxury camper-van as a service," meaning the end-user price is targeted to be a mere $400 per night — not much more than I paid for my last Manhattan hotel room, honestly. And because it's an EV, this glamping road trip is largely free from carbon guilt. From Jessica's walkthrough:

"The van has a seating area that transforms into a queen bed, a kitchen with a sink and dual-burner stovetop, a shower, toilet, lots of storage, and a panoramic roof. When the van’s rear rolling door is pulled down, it acts as a screen for the included projector. [...] RollAway also comes with a lineup of top-tier amenities, including Yeti coolers and cups, Starlink satellite Wi-Fi, locally sourced breakfast packages, Malin+Goetz toiletries, fresh linens, and a tablet loaded with hospitality services. The tablet gives you access to a live virtual concierge and the Hospitality On-Demand app, which houses your itinerary, room service and housekeeping requests. In the future, RollAway will offer a full housekeeping service, but that feature isn’t live quite yet."

Read more: RollAway is a rentable EV camper van with a concierge service and luxury amenities