explore the smart gadgets revealed at CES 2025

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Exploring the personal and home smart gadgets at CES 2025

Upgraded smart and home gadgets take center stage at CES 2025, from the XREAL AR glasses with an ultrawide display to Anker’s power bank for laptops and personal devices. The annual tech and trade event is set in Las Vegas, and this year, brands have upgraded personal and home devices for multipurpose uses. There’s the Eureka J15 Pro Ultra Robot Vacuum, an autonomous and hands-free device that doubles as a mop with a self-emptying base.

In Anker’s case, their power bank can charge three devices at once, including a laptop, so users don’t need to bring their charger. The devices’ properties can reduce environmental impacts with their designs, similar to the way Acer uses bio-based materials for their Aspire Vero 16 laptop. Their screens can be less prone to scratches and breakages too, as seen in the Ceramic Board glass of the OnePlus 13 smartphone. Other brands pull a design twist to the smart gadgets they’ve showcased at CES 2025, like XGIMI’s laser projector, which is covered in waterproof mesh fabric.

OnePlus 13 smartphone | image courtesy of OnePlus

Sharper displays with acer aspire vero 17 and oneplus 13

These upgraded smart gadgets at CES 2025 are for personal use as well. It’s one of the main focuses of Acer with the unveiling of the Aspire Vero 16 laptop. Its 16-inch display brings clear, sharp images with 100 percent sRGB color support. It also has a wide aspect ratio, thanks to slim bezels, so users can enjoy a more edge-less viewing. Compared to the previous models, 70 percent of its chassis parts are made of bio-based materials, including the touchpad made of recycled ocean-bound plastic. OnePlus 13 smartphone, also unveiled at CES 2025, also has a clear display, but the difference between this smart gadget and Acer’s laptop screen is the Ceramic Board feature of the phone.

This is an in-house-developed glass that sits on top of the smartphone, making it more resistant to higher drops, scratches, and breakages. It also features a 2K ProXDR Display for a more vivid viewing, as well as a 50MP Hasselblad lens that allows users to capture 4K Dolby Vision video and images. If users plan to continuously use these two devices and then run out of battery, they can plug them both into Anker’s 737 Power Bank. The smart gadget revealed at CES 2025 comes with a 24,000mAh capacity that can enjoy up to five full charges for a smartphone and 1.3 charges for a tablet. It can also recharge any laptop, and if the users want, they can plug up to three devices at once without heating issues. There’s a small digital display at the bottom of the boxy power bank so the users can monitor the charging and the device’s battery levels.

the OnePlus 13 smartphone has ‘ceramic board’ glass for a damage-resistant screen | image courtesy of OnePlus

Expandable screens with xreal ar glasses and XGIMI projector

Personal entertainment is also a design theme for a number of smart gadgets that have debuted during CES 2025. XREAL releases One AR glasses with an adjustable, ultrawide display equivalent to a 256-inch screen. The upgraded device is also flexible with screen settings because users can shrink or enlarge the display size depending on their mood. The design team says the visuals are more stable too, so even if the users are walking or moving around, the display remains crisp, clear, and unwavering.

If users prefer a properly stable viewing, XGIMI says their AURA 2 laser TV projector can provide them an ‘IMAX experience’ outside of theaters. The projector can correct the display’s skin and color tones for clearer views, as well as reduce the noise in the graphics and give the movies and images cinema-grade quality with their developed optimization engine setting. Users can also use this smart gadget unveiled at CES 2025 for gaming, and the design team says the device has an auto-focus feature so the images aren’t blurry or shaky. The laser projector also adapts to any wall color so the viewing is still crisp and provides users screen alignment assist for an ideal screen ratio.

Acer Apsire Vero 16 | image courtesy of Acer

Multipurpose smart gadgets for homes at CES 2025

CES 2025 is also the platform to showcase smart gadgets for homes. It’s the space Reolink has chosen to reveal Home Hub, which is a wireless security center for cameras and to protect the owners data. It supports up to two 512GB MicroSD cards and eight high-definition cameras, including dual-band Wi-Fi cameras. The design team says that the smart gadget unveiled at CES 2025 can provide data protection against unauthorized access, even if the owners’ devices or SD cards are stolen.

Another smart home gadget with a multipurpose function is Eureka’s 15 Pro Ultra Flagship Robot Vacuum. It has an aluminum fan structure with a vacuum suction that can clean deep into floor crevices and carpets and FlexiRazor blades that can cut hair from its brush roll. Once its done vacuuming, it brings out its built-in mops to clean the floors, and its Smart Clean mode allows the device to assess the room on its own and clean the dirty spaces. These smart gadgets introduced at CES 2025, which are available, have been upgraded to install the most recent technologies that tailor to the personal needs of the users, from handheld to home devices.

the Acer Apsire Vero 16 has parts made of bio-based materials | image courtesy of Acer