More from CES 2024: all the TVs, laptops, smart home gear, and more from the show floor
It’s good to see Intel’s gaming NUCs are alive and well under new management! This one’s definitely a NUC: loads of ports despite a small 2.5-liter chassis, Intel Core Ultra processors, and up to 140W of GPU power from what’s presumably mobile RTX 4070 graphics?
Here are the spec sheets and an early product page. We don’t have pricing or dates yet.
Its new AI Agent may have Rosey the Robot aspirations — but do you need a robot with “personality” to control smart home devices and clean up after your cat?
I saw a demo of the Agent at CES, and as charming as it is — with its big eyes and headphone ears (it’s a handle; one of the crew picked it up by it when it got stuck) — it doesn’t seem to do much that a stationary AI voice assistant couldn’t.
Those “legs” are just for dancing, and without arms, it’s not going to be taking out the trash or emptying the dishwasher. But then again, dancing might just be enough!
The ATH-TWX7 compact earbuds announced today at CES 2024 include a Soundscapes mode that plays meditative sounds of nature or other calming sounds for when you just want to chill. The noise cancellation tech also has two modes for calls: Natural (for quiet, indoor environments) and Noise Reduction (for louder, outdoor environments).
The “splashproof” buds are priced at $199 and are available now.
The self-balancing brand once hyped as “more important than the internet” has been so thoroughly milked of its value by Ninebot that it now covers giant batteries, lawn mowers, robots, 4x4s, and scooters that can’t balance themselves at all.
The new Segway Xafari and Segway Xyber electric bikes are pitched as off-roaders with GPS anti-theft, integrated alarms, automatic power adaptation, and integrated hub locks. On sale “late 2024” for a TBD price.
As a very amateur birder, I’ve had times when I spent over half an hour paging through a book or working with an app trying to identify a bird sitting on a branch or in a marsh several yards away.
At CES 2024, Swarovski, one of the best optic manufacturers around, has announced the Ax Visio AI-supported 10 x 32 binoculars, which, according to the company, can help you identify over 9,000 birds. Priced at $4,799 (well, it’s Swarovski, what did you expect?), the Ax Visio will be available starting February 1st.
There are still many unknowns about this new handheld Windows gaming PC, but Sean Hollister reports from CES 2024 that MSI’s Claw device feels comfier than competitors like the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go.
MSI says the Claw will ship this year, priced at $699 to start, or more if you’re willing to pay for an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU.
With a capacitive touch interface built into a piece of wood, the Mui Board 2 is a smart home hub with a touch of whimsy.
The new version adds support for Matter and can control your smart lights, locks, thermostats, and music as well as monitor your home’s energy use. You can write messages on it, and there’s a speaker and microphone for voice control.
The Mui Board has been about to launch since 2019, but the company says it’s coming for real this time. You can preorder it on Kickstarter for $499, with delivery in December 2024.
Monday was quite the whirlwind! Let’s take a step back and recap all of the fun surprises:
• Apple dropped the launch date for the Vision Pro.
• Samsung’s Ballie AI robot now doubles as a projector.
• MSI has a new Steam Deck competitor called the Claw.
• Nvidia revealed its RTX 4080 Super and RTX 4070 Ti Super.
There’s still more to come! Stay tuned to The Verge for more CES coverage from the show floor.
This Wall-E-esque robot vacuum and mop made a trip to The Verge’s CES hotel room to show off its unique skills, including cleaning up liquids.
It ably sucked up milk off the hard floor and cereal from the carpet, but its most surprising feature in our demo was how quiet it was... just 55db.
The $1,800 robovac’s speed and maneuverability were also impressive, responding on the fly to obstacles and moving almost... gracefully?!
There are still some kinks to work out, but it’s a promising evolution of the run-of-the-mill robovac.
Thanks to a partnership with AI company Character.AI, Alexa users can have “just-for-fun” conversations with different personas made from Character.AI’s models.
You can get book recommendations from a character called Librarian Linda, speak with a pretend version of Socrates, or get fitness tips from a personal trainer character. Amazon announced it was working with Character.AI in September to develop these characters.
The Matrix is a curtain of LEDs that you can control and program via its app, sync with music, or even have mirror a Windows screen. It’s available in two sizes: one 3.3 x 3.3 feet with 480 LEDs and the other 1.6 x 7.9 feet with 500 LEDs. Prices start at $199.99, with devices shipping later this month.
First came the KC 200. Now, Cherry is announcing its new MX 3.1 keyboard featuring its overhauled MX2A mechanical keyboard switches at CES 2024. It’ll be available to buy later this year for $129, when it’ll be joined by Cherry’s new M64 Pro Wireless and M68 Pro Wireless mice with responsive 8,000Hz polling rates and $139 price tags.
