Today is the official first day of CES 2025, but we’ve already scoured an area the equivalent of 46 football fields to find the standout wild, wacky, and just plain awesome gadgets to tell you about. With more than 140,000 tech enthusiasts swarming the show floor, this ultimate gadget playground is buzzing with cutting-edge innovations and jaw-dropping reveals…and we are in the thick of it, uncovering the coolest, quirkiest, and most mind-blowing tech.
Here is what grabbed our attention today!
SAMSUNG GALAXY BOOK5 PRO 16”
Samsung’s latest Galaxy Book5 Pro laptop is getting a big AI boost here, with really cool tools like AI Select — where you can search for anything, anywhere, with just one click. At the same time, another feature they call Photo Remaster promises to transform all your pictures into high-quality images. Features like Multi Control and Second Screen make multitasking across devices easier than ever too. Available in a 16” AMOLED display, the Galaxy Book5 Pro gets up to 25 hours of battery life — making it a total productivity powerhouse. Coming soon to the U.S.
Available at Samsung.com
Price: TBD
JACKERY EXPLORER 3000V2 SOLAR GENERATOR:
Another massive focus at CES 2025 is finding sustainable ways to keep the power flowing in our homes and devices, especially with the growing demand from AI and EVs. Jackery is showcasing some seriously cool new tech designed for just that purpose. The compact yet powerful Explorer 3000v2 solar generator (along with modular whole-home backup systems) is tailored to meet your exact needs.
They’ve also just unveiled the first-ever curved solar panels. These machines are designed to seamlessly blend into your home’s aesthetic. These systems power everything, save you money, and work no matter what’s happening with the grid. This is definitely a company to keep an eye on.
Availability: TBD
Price: TBD
KODAK LUMA 500 FHD ULTRA SMART PICO PROJECTOR:
Kodak’s new Luma 500 projector also gets an AI-boost. This small, space-ship-looking full HD smart projector with auto-focus & keystone correction is great for turning any space into a cinematic experience, whether indoors or out. It casts images some 12-and-a-half feet wide — and thanks to Google — lets you browse some 700,000-plus movies and TV episodes, plus live TV, from across your streaming services — in one place. This one is on sale now for $550.
Available now on Amazon.
Price: $549.99
WYBOT S3 POOL CLEANING ROBOT:
The Wybot S3 pool cleaning robot made a huge splash here — with new bells and whistles like advanced 3D mapping and world first self-emptying pool cleaner. It’s also cord-free, docks itself, and automatically empties up to 30 days worth of debris into its base station — very cool. It also uses solar panels to help self-charge and it charges inside the pool — you don’t have to wrestle with it — ever. Monitor its handy work in a smartphone app — thanks to WIFI and sonar — and make changes on the fly.
Pre-order starting in April of 2025
Price: $2999
CURRENT MODEL P SMART PIZZA OVEN:
There’s a hot new smart pizza oven in town — The Current Backyard Model P electric pizza oven lets you bake a 12-inch pie in your kitchen in two minutes. That’s right — you can use it inside or out, which is huge. The oven can heat up to about 850-degrees, and uses a proprietary algorithm to keep heat uniform within the oven, so you don’t need to flip the pizza half way through the cook. It comes with a 12-inch cordierite cooking stone and features specific modes for broiling and cooking New York, thin crust, and even frozen pizza. Its smart app includes a “Pizza Build Calculator” that works out the optimal cooking time and temperature based on dough thickness and the quantity of sauce, cheese, and other toppings.
Price: $599
DREAM X50 ULTRA ROBOT VACUUM:
Dreame’s newest X50 Ultra robot vacuum has a leg up on the competition — it can handle stairs — well — small ones up to about two-and-a-half inches high — thanks to its “ProLeap System,” — these small little legs that swing out and boost it over steps. It doesn’t climb up a full-size 7-8-inch on average lift staircase — but still — it’s a big step up for our little cleaning bots. The Ultra X50 can also maneuver underneath furniture and identify up to 200 types of objects, which helps it figure out what not to run over or accidentally try to suck up. It also has a built-in hot water mop. Open for pre-orders with a bunch of extra perks today, for $1700.
Available in February 2025.
Price: $1699.99
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