CES

Weighing 60 grams with three days of battery life, the OffGrid connects to satellite services so you can send texts or safety check-ins, contact emergency services, and share your location while using your smartphone off the grid.

The Revol from Bosch, China, has a sensor that detects changes in air quality and can tell you when it’s time to change that diaper.

The long-awaited Competitor gamepad, which brings a PlayStation-like symmetrical stick layout to the Xbox, has been redesigned. Hyperkin announced the new version at CES with a separated D-pad, Hall effect joysticks and triggers, and two programmable back buttons.

The company announced the price of the Bolt Mission UWB Plus NFC at CES this week. It’s Ultraloq’s first lock to support the new hands-free unlocking technology, and they say it will launch in Q1 2025. It will also support NFC for tap-to-unlock and Matter.

The new Vissani-branded air conditioners come in portable and window varieties. Like the retailer’s other connected Hubspace products, you can control them hub-free with the companion app or with voice using Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

The next version of JBL’s Bluetooth alarm clock features a larger design with two 1.5-inch speakers paired with dual passive radiators for improved sound. If you’re looking for a more gentle way to drift off or wake up, it can play relaxing nature sounds like ocean waves, or slowly illuminate a room with a built-in light to “help regulate circadian rhythms.”

If I still rode a motorcycle I’d be tempted by the Zumo R1 to increase my awareness about all the nearby cagers trying to kill me. Just not sure it’s worth $600, given the false positives I’ve seen produced by radar units I’ve tried on bicycles, in much less traffic.

Another day another Garmin watch iteration. The Instinct 3 is a ruggedized GPS smartwatch available with an OLED display — $450 to $500 — or long-lasting MIP display with an integrated solar charging lens — $400 to $450 — in 45mm and 50mm sizes.

If I could have spent the first day of CES just playing this labor of love, featuring a host of incredible voice actors including Star Trek TNG’s Michael Dorn, I would have. Below is simply my first-hand proof it exists; you’ll get a far better sense from Stern Pinball’s three videos.

The Aurzen Zip folds down to fit my pocket with ease, attaches to MagSafe stands, and works in portrait and landscape! Too thin for full HDMI and no USB-C video, though — it mirrors your phone wirelessly.

It’s like an auto-sorting piggy bank — except here, it’s auto-sorting, charging (and occasionally discarding) rechargeable NiMH batteries for you. It still charges four at once like my Eneloop chargers... but it holds 32 at a time!

Samsung Display is behind some of our favorite gadgets, monitors, and TVs sold by many companies, not just Samsung Electronics. So it’s always fun to see what they’re working on as a preview of what’s to come.