CES 2025 was more shoppable than concept

CES 2025 was a great showcase for companies delivering on the promises of years past. At these events, we’re used to seeing booth after booth of kits in the concept and prototype stages, with vague details about final designs and release windows for “eventually.” But this year, the atmosphere was more ready for the release. A bunch of high-profile projects that debuted at the previous CES have returned with specific plans and actual release dates, and many of those products are available now. It’s a true miracle at CES.

Remember Ballie, the rolling robot that Samsung debuted in 2020 and beyond Brought to CES 2024? This is exactly the kind of thing we expected to never see again, doomed to haunt the consumer electronics graveyard forever, but this year Samsung revealed the final form of Ballie and set its release window for the first half of 2025. A cute yellow robot the size of a bowling ball. , and him Between usA slot on the model houses a projector that allows it to project images and videos onto walls and floors. This is something fun from Samsung, and while we don’t know a specific price or release date yet, the news that it’s actually coming out this year is a welcome update.

Sony Honda Mobility’s Afeela 1 is officially available for pre-order now, nearly five years after Sony announced its intention to enter the electric vehicle market. The Afeela 1 started out as the Vision-S concept car unveiled by Sony At CES 2020And he took the name Afila In 2023 After Sony and Honda established their joint venture to manufacture electric cars. At CES 2025, Sony Honda Mobility Reservations opened For the Afeela 1 Origin and Afeela 1 Signature, which cost $89,900 and $109,900, respectively. Reserves are only available to customers in California at the moment, and the first vehicles will be delivered in mid-2026. It’s certainly great to see Sony’s EV ambitions unfolding after half a decade of buildup.

One of our headlines this year with the word “finally” was for Displace TV’s wireless 4K OLED displays with suction cup attachments. It was first revealed in Consumer Electronics Show 2023Displace sticky TVs are here now Ready for mass consumptionIt is available for pre-order and is expected to ship in March. Displace sells two models, Basic and Pro, both with 4K OLED displays and screen sizes of 27 inches or 55 inches. They all support rudimentary gesture controls as well. The base 27-inch model is priced at $2,500, while the 55-inch Pro model is priced at $6,000, with other prices in between.

Speaking of TVs, the hottest home entertainment technologies at CES 2024 were LG’s transparent OLED T display – And this year, it officially went on sale. LG brought the OLED T to CES 2025, just weeks after the show Hit the market At an attractive price of $60,000. The OLED T is a 77-inch transparent 4K TV, and even though it costs as much as a luxury car, it’s stunning in action.

Here’s another idea we were ready to forget forever: Lenovo’s foldable laptop. A batch of products with rollable displays has arrived at CES Since 2019Lenovo was talking about the idea of ​​launching a laptop Since 2022. At CES 2025, the company showed off its first market-ready model, the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable. It has a vibrant OLED display that expands from 14 inches to 16.7 inches with the push of a button, and We found it to be shockingly elegant personally. The ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable is supposed to go on sale this spring, and is expected to start at $3,500.

It’s worth noting that this list isn’t limited to things for your home — some of the products hitting the market after the previous CES appearance are actual homes themselves. Pebble brought the all-electric Flow Trailer To CES 2024 Pre-orders did not even open that year, however At CES 2025The company has shared its final design and officially begun production. The Pebble Flow is supposed to ship this spring with a starting price of $109,500 and goes up to $175,000.

AC Future brought its convertible recreational vehicle concepts to CES 2024, and at the 2025 show, the company revealed Final product. AC Future’s Ai-TH line comes in three models: Deliverable pod (ai-tho), retractable trailer (Ai-THt(and a drivable EV RV)Ai-THd). The RV expands into a 400-square-foot apartment with one bedroom, one bathroom, a living room, and a kitchen with a full-size refrigerator, two-burner stovetop, and a microwave. There is even a washer and dryer in the bathroom. Production on the Ai-TH collection will begin once AC Future returns home from CES 2025, and pre-orders are available now, priced at $98,000 for the capsule, $138,000 for the trailer, and $298,000 for the RV.

It’s always nice to see innovative concepts like this become real products. The abundance of physical release announcements from CES 2025 is a relief, and seems like a positive sign for the current consumer tech production cycle.