CES 2025: all the news, gadgets, and surprises – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2025-12-05T19:26:26+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/24071772 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Sean Hollister <![CDATA[I wore a one-horsepower exoskeleton to the world’s biggest tech show]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=624358 2025-03-06T21:01:02-05:00 2025-03-05T09:00:00-05:00

It was a cold Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas, and I was running late for my last appointment of the show. There was no telling how long an Uber might take, now that thousands upon thousands of CES 2025 attendees were leaving town and competing for space on the roads.

"No problem," I told myself. "I'm wearing my exoskeleton."

I reached down to its single button, switched it to hyper mode, and began taking the longest strides possible. I power walked a mile without breaking a sweat - and made it with time to spare.

Exoskeletons - robotic external attachments for your body that help it do work - have been a fixture of CES for well over a de …

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]]> Abigail Bassett <![CDATA[Zoox robotaxi hands-on: safe but lagging]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=608564 2025-02-11T18:38:14-05:00 2025-02-11T18:38:14-05:00 Photo of a Zoox robotaxi
A Zoox autonomous robotaxi in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024. Zoox has started testing its electric robotaxis in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. | Bloomberg via Getty Images; Photo by David Paul Morris

I'm standing outside a nondescript corporate office park in Las Vegas next to a box-shaped vehicle with no proper front or back. It's got a set of sliding doors, no steering wheel, and touchpad controls. It's bidirectional, meaning it can move in either direction without turning around. And to be completely frank, it looks more like an oversized toaster than an actual car.

This is the second-generation Zoox robotaxi, a purpose-built autonomous shuttle that has been testing in and around Las Vegas for the last year and a half. Zoox, a subsidiary of Amazon, has been working on it for over a decade, and during this year's CES, it finally let …

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]]> Jennifer Pattison Tuohy <![CDATA[Matter will be better in 2025 — say the people who make it]]> https://www.theverge.com/24349390/matter-csa-thread-group-wifi-alliance-interview-2025 2025-01-23T11:00:00-05:00 2025-01-23T11:00:00-05:00

Matter launched with a mission to provide a reliable, secure way for smart home devices to connect to and communicate with each other across brands and ecosystems. But two years in, problems have plagued the connectivity protocol.

Big players like Apple, Amazon, and Google have been slow to offer broad support for Matter device types, there are ongoing reliability and interoperability issues, and the Thread protocol Matter relies on has seen significant growing pains. It's been a bumpy start.

The companies behind Matter hear the complaints and say this is the year those concerns will be put to rest. "2025 is going to be a really important …

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]]> Jay Peters <![CDATA[The Switch 2 is almost here — but PC handhelds are giving it big competition]]> https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/9/24339466/nintendo-switch-2-pc-gaming-handhelds-steamos 2025-01-16T12:36:02-05:00 2025-01-16T12:36:02-05:00

The first Nintendo Switch basically had the road to itself, and Nintendo instantly proved just how awesome a hybrid console and handheld could be, leading to massive success. We now know that the Switch 2 is set to launch in 2025, but it will be released into a world that's packed with very capable handheld gaming PCs that could present an interesting challenge to Nintendo, especially following news from CES 2025.

Valve's Steam Deck kicked off the handheld gaming PC push in large part because its Linux-based SteamOS makes playing your games just about as easy as it is on consoles. That's why one of the biggest CES announcements is that Valv …

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]]> Chris Welch <![CDATA[LG Display announces its brightest, most striking OLED TV panel yet]]> https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344798/lg-display-oled-tv-panel-fourth-generation-features 2025-01-15T21:00:00-05:00 2025-01-15T21:00:00-05:00

LG Display didn't have its usual exhibit of flashy, breakthrough new screens at this year's CES. This resulted in an odd situation where it was actually Panasonic that shared the most details about LG Display's latest and greatest OLED panel. Even before any official announcement, it was already the centerpiece of 2025 flagships like Panasonic's Z95B and the LG G5 from LG Electronics (not to be confused with the display division).

But now the company is ready to spill the full details on its new four-layer tandem OLED design. "33 percent brighter than the previous generation and optimized for the AI TV era, it is the industry's first-ever O …

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]]> Jennifer Pattison Tuohy <![CDATA[Robot vacuums just keep growing]]> https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/12/24340818/robot-vacuum-innovations-roborock-dreame-ecovacs-ces2025 2025-01-12T11:00:00-05:00 2025-01-12T11:00:00-05:00
Roborock’s Saros Z70 looks set to be the first robot vacuum with an articulating arm to come to market. It’s designed to pick up light items like socks and tissues. (Not actual size) | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

There were a slew of innovations in robot vacuums on the CES show floor this year, from arms and legs to extendable mops, movable towers, and new navigation systems.

As the industry races ahead in its quest to find the best way to clean our floors, it can be hard to see the function through all the hype. I spent the last week in Las Vegas hanging with our robot friends to find out just how much better they're getting. Here's a look at all the new tech that came out and how it could help keep your floors sparklingly clean.

Arms for picking up after you

The main focus of flagship robovacs over the last few years has been obstacle avoidance. A …

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]]> Victoria Song <![CDATA[L’Oréal’s new skincare gadget told me I should try retinol]]> https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/12/24340488/loreal-cell-bioprint-hands-on-ces-2025-beauty-tech 2025-01-12T09:00:00-05:00 2025-01-12T09:00:00-05:00
The Cell BioPrint is designed to be used in retail spaces and dermatology offices. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge

Las Vegas is punishingly dry. The arid winter air means I woke up on day three of CES 2025 with a nosebleed, chapped lips, and ashy legs. This was in spite of the fact that I slathered myself with two pumps of a fermented bean essence, eye cream, moisturizer, and a lip mask. Staring at my face in the hotel mirror, I wondered if any of those products were doing what they were supposed to - and if maybe, I should try something different.

This is why I was so eager to try L'Oréal's Cell BioPrint.

For anyone who's struggled with their complexion, the Cell BioPrint feels like a holy grail gadget. The device is a mini-lab setup that analyzes a s …

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]]> Abigail Bassett <![CDATA[Why Honda is merging with Nissan: factories, SUVs, and China]]> https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/11/24339888/honda-nissan-merge-china-ev-hybrid-suv-factory-ces 2025-01-11T09:00:00-05:00 2025-01-11T09:00:00-05:00

Honda's potential merger with Nissan would represent one of the largest shake-ups to the industry since the creation of Stellantis in 2021. But there are huge risks involved, too.

On Tuesday in Las Vegas, during a roundtable discussion with select media, Honda executives offered some more insight into the merger, including how combining resources and factories could help the companies stay competitive in the increasingly costly fight with China.

Honda is concerned about China's meteoric rise as a dominant and highly competitive player in the EV and autonomous driving space. In late December, when Honda and Nissan announced that they had si …

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]]> Allison Johnson <![CDATA[Coming back to CES after a decade-long break was a trip]]> https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/11/24340285/ces-2025-robots-ai-sphere 2025-12-05T14:26:26-05:00 2025-01-11T08:00:00-05:00
Cool screens are still undefeated at CES.

Twelve years ago, I could have told you exactly what happened at my first CES and what happened at my third. Each was a chapter with a beginning, middle, and end; the lines between them drawn clearly. But now, 15 years since I attended my first CES, it's a lot fuzzier. I know I missed my flight home at that first show. I know I saw a lot of cameras at first, and then progressively fewer cameras over the years. I know there were team dinners and early meetings, but I couldn't tell you what happened when.

What I do know about my first CESes is that I had - and I cannot stress this enough - no clue what I was doing. The same went for CES two, …

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]]> Sean Hollister <![CDATA[Intel still dreams of modular PCs — it brought a tablet laptop gaming handheld to CES]]> https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/10/24341121/intel-quanta-modular-computer-ces-2025 2025-01-10T21:30:02-05:00 2025-01-10T21:30:02-05:00

At CES 2025, Intel let journalists into its private "Innovation Showcase," where we saw things like prototype next-gen laptops and giant stereo 3D handheld gaming PCs.

While I was there, I also spotted a heavy metal handheld on a table that didn't seem… fully attached… to its screen. When I lifted the screen, it came away easily.

It felt suspiciously light to be a real tablet, so I flipped it over and saw three connectors underneath:

Above it, on a shelf, was a laptop with a suspiciously sized chunk of plastic on the bottom that looked like a perfect match. A minute later, Intel gaming evangelist Colin Helms confirmed: I was looking at a …

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