CES 2025 Day 1 Recap

Welcome to Day 1 of CES 2025!?

CES returns with its annual ritual of unveiling technologies that connect us more effectively, solve consumer problems, and help us discover what's next on humankind's wish list. (Well, ideally—because, let’s be honest, some tech leaves us wondering if it’s on anyone’s wish list.) Will CES live up to this year's theme of 'Connect. Solve. Discover'? We're on the ground to find out and report back.?

But first, a few promos:

We’re streaming live every morning on?LinkedIn?and dropping our full recap on our blog,?The Dose.?If you missed today’s LinkedIn Live show with?Google’s?Managing Director of Retail + Retail Media,?Christina Brandeberry;?Digitas’ Chief Strategy Officer,?Ali Amarsy;Digitas’ Head of Client Inclusivity and Impact,?Danisha Lomax, and our host, Innovation Solutions Lead,?Morgan Pomish,?don’t fret! You can watch the episode?here.?Join us for more on Wednesday at 11:30 AM PST for hot takes from special guests at?Mattel,?Roblox, and?Digitas CEO?Amy Lanzi.?

Lastly, don’t forget to join us for our post-show webinar on Friday, January 24th, from 12 PM to 1 PM EST, for our?Best of CES 2025?webinar?here.?

Day 1 hit hard with a relentless focus on products, driving home one undeniable truth: AI isn’t just here to stay—it’s here to dominate. As it tightens its grip on our daily lives, the next frontier is clear: anticipatory AI that doesn’t just assist but takes over, solving complex, multi-dimensional problems without us even lifting a finger.?Here are a few highlights:?

Igniting the AI-Volution with Power-Packed Hardware?

Harkening back to the origins of CES, hardware reveals drove big turnouts and lots of fandom. The benefit? More power, a smaller carbon footprint, and better outputs. Here are the products you need to know:?

• Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs:?Nvidia unveiled its latest GPUs powered by the new Blackwell AI chip. This combo delivers a real knockout in processing power and graphics—a feast for your techie senses.?

• AMD's Ryzen 9 Processors:?No more hanging games or freezing frames! AMD revealed shiny new processors specially tailored for gaming nirvana and seamless content creation.?

• Startup Halliday will make you the smartest person in the room with their new?invisible display glasses. These sleek specs, designed to compete with Meta Ray-Bans (on function and price), have a built-in display that syncs with an AI assistant. You talk, it listens and anticipates. Questions? Answers at the ready. Need meeting notes? Captured.?

The Era of “Yes, And” Has Arrived for the Smart Home?

An intelligent home is no longer centered on one-dimensional machines. Instead, we’re entering an age of multitasking marvels that deliver a double punch of consumer value. Say hello to these standout smart home gadgets from the show:?

• Roborock’s?vacuum cleaner doesn’t just suck up dust bunnies—it tackles unexpected obstacles with a robotic arm. No more need to intervene and pick up socks for this little whirring wonder.?

• WYBOT S2 Solar Vision’s?pool cleaning robot autonomously returns to its solar-powered underwater charging station after completing an entire cleaning cycle.?

• MAMMOTION’s robotic lawn mower features UltraSense AI Vision, which includes AI auto-mapping, virtual fencing, and real-time obstacle detection to avoid your garden gnome collection with precision.?

Repackaging AI: From Elite to Everyday?

CES titans are spinning a new tale for their AI-powered goodies to stand out and differentiate from the pack. The focus? Human-first, friendly communication. This shift signals the end of buzzwords and??

techie jargon, replacing it with simple, approachable language that also parades as privacy-friendly for consumers. A prime example is LG’s newly coined “Affectionate Intelligence,” featuring a partnership with Microsoft. LG unveiled its vision of “Space-as-a-Service," highlighting AI-powered personalized home experiences like sleep-based insights in the bedroom activated via face and voice recognition & ambient solutions that turn rooms into cafés or cinemas.?

The CES Robot Parade: Finally, More Than Just Novelty? Each year, we congregate to ogle (or give side-eye to) the shiny, whirring robots that crowd the CES showroom floor. But this year, it wasn’t just about novelty or nightmare fuel. A couple of robotic stars emerged with a real purpose that made us all coo in unison:?

• Emotional Intellect Bots: Groundbreakers like?Mirumi, and?Mirokai?are showing us that bots can have feelings too! Well, sort of... Designed for emotional interactions and elderly care respectively, these bots might change our perception of companionship and healthcare.?

• Puppy Love Meets Silicon Valley:?Tombot?has unleashed their lifelike pup-bots to provide the kind of companionship that’s puppy-love-level adorable. Crafted explicitly for people managing health challenges, they’re giving "man’s best friend" a whole new meaning.?

We’ll be back tomorrow with more buzz, highlights, and takes!