Chris Welch

The company skipped Vegas and waited until last March to introduce its 2023 lineup. And even then, the lauded A95 QD-OLED TV didn’t actually ship until the fall. Sony is clearly working on a much different timeline than other TV makers these days.

So it should come as no surprise that Digital Trends’ Caleb Denison is reporting that new TVs won’t be part of Sony’s CES 2024 presence. It sounds like the company has made some impressive Mini LED backlighting advancements that will appear in upcoming models — whenever they’re ready.

Sony is still holding a press conference on January 8th, so maybe we’ll get another look at Afeela at this year’s show.

Those products are still at the very early concept stage, though some are said to be focused on use inside the home — unlike Humane’s AI Pin.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman will be contributing software to the project. Bloomberg says Ive’s ultimate goal is to turn the AI hardware business into its own company.

The company’s press release claims that powering on TVs should now be twice as fast. But these latest optimizations also extend to app load times, switching between your favorite streaming services, and search results. All of it should feel speedier and more responsive once your TV pulls down the new update.

The company has been sanctioned for its aggressive methods of blocking counterfeit controllers through PS4 firmware updates, which also rendered other third-party gamepads inoperable.

Meanwhile, returning to the current console generation, Sony just announced it has sold over 50 million PS5 consoles. So this fine, like most others targeted at tech giants, is a mere drop in the bucket.