Jay Peters
Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to LG TVs.
It’s “coming soon” to LG’s gaming portal, per a slide from LG’s CES keynote. You’ll need an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription to use it.
CES
The Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, is one of the biggest and buzziest tech events of the year, offering a first look at next-generation TVs, laptops, smart home gadgets, cars, and more. In 2026, the event is being held in Las Vegas from January 6–9, and The Verge will be on the ground covering it all. Follow along here for the biggest news from the show floor.
Andrew Liszewski
HMD’s OffGrid puts a satellite communicator on your keychain.
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.
It’s $200, but requires a subscription that starts at $79.99/year for 350 messages, or $14.99/month for unlimited satellite messaging.
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
This smart crib can tell when your baby poops.
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 $1,000 crib also features a camera, microphone, and mmWave radar sensor to monitor vital signs such as heart and respiratory rates. It’s launching in China this year; no word on a US release date.
1/2The smart crib was on display at CES Unveiled in Las Vegas this week. It also has a Bosch Automotive motor built in that can rock your baby back to sleep. Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Andrew Liszewski
Hyperkin’s new Xbox controller looks like a PS5 DualSense.
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.
It’s a wired-only gamepad and will be available sometime in the second quarter of 2025, with pricing still to be announced.
1/3Hyperkin’s redesigned Competitor controller brings PS5 DualSense aesthetics to the Xbox. Image: Hyperkin
Jess Weatherbed
Quentyn Kennemer
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Ultraloq’s UWB-powered smart lock will cost $400.
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 Ultraloq Bolt Fingerprint Matter, which debuted at CES last year, will go on sale on January 7th for $199.
Quentyn Kennemer
The Home Depot made a smart air conditioner.
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.
Each has three modes (including a dehumidify setting) and will be available in varying sizes to cover a variety of room types.
1/4Image: The Home Depot
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Andrew Liszewski
JBL’s Horizon 3 bedside speaker wakes you with simulated sunrises.
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.”
1/2The JBL Horizon 3 is expected to be available in May 2025 for around $145 (€139.99). Image: JBL
Jacob Kastrenakes
Jacob Kastrenakes
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Thomas Ricker
Garmin’s bicycle radar comes to motorbikes.
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.
Thomas Ricker
Garmin Instinct 3.
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.
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Sean Hollister
$7,000 Dungeons & Dragons pinball machine in the flesh.
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.
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Sean Hollister
Here’s the snake-like folding pocket projector to go with your folding phone.
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.
And at 100 lumen brightness (or just 60 lumens if you want the quoted 90 minutes of battery life), you shouldn’t expect a big bright screen. $400, coming March.
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Sean Hollister
If you use huge quantities of AA or AAA batteries, the Olight Ostation X might tempt you.
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!
I spotted the $99-and-up Kickstarter project here at CES 2025. Didn’t stick around long enough for a full charge though.
