Android Authority’s favorites from the show

CES 2024 has introduced a formidable array of recent tech merchandise to the forefront, all the things from smartphones to televisions to audio gear. This yr’s occasion featured a various vary of devices and improvements, every vying for consideration of their respective fields.

At Android Authority, we’ve taken a detailed take a look at these launches to determine the most notable and impactful ones. In this submit, we’re excited to share our choices for the Best of CES 2024 Awards, specializing in merchandise that stand out for his or her innovation and potential influence on the business.

TCL continues to innovate on its LED know-how with spectacular updates to its current sequence of televisions and a model new 115-inch panel that gives an unforgettable immersive expertise. The QM891G is a QD mini-LED panel, producing a peak of 5,000 nits of brightness and gorgeous video output. AIPQ-Pro and AIPQ-Ultra processors can drive tens of 1000’s of dimming zones, crystal clear 4K content material, and as much as 120Hz native refresh charges. Integrated 6.2.2 audio presents sturdy sound from the 115-inch TV, although you possibly can at all times go for one in all TCL’s new soundbars as properly.

The subsequent era of robotic ground cleaners is right here. With a number of world’s firsts and a give attention to privateness, the Narwal Freo X Ultra sweeps, vacuums, and mops nearly any ground floor in your house. LiDAR and laser sensors exchange cameras for correct mapping and navigation, whereas the new tangle-free brush curler lives as much as its identify, avoiding the mess of hair widespread on vacuums.

The base station consists of DirtSense know-how for the final clear of the mop brushes and makes use of automated water and detergent supply for ease of use. Freo doesn’t simply cross over your flooring; it may possibly sense the place issues are additional soiled and return for a number of passes.

The vacuuming suction routing and HEPA filters permit for dust-free cleansing, which compresses the captured particles to offer you many weeks’ value of assortment earlier than you exchange the disposable bag or empty the environmentally pleasant mud bin. Launching in March at $1,399, the Freo X Ultra is solely one in all the greatest robotic vacuums we’ve ever seen.

At each CES, we see a number of “world’s first” claims. LG, although, has actually executed it: that is the world’s first monitor that delivers an OLED panel, QHD decision (2,560 x 1,440), a bonkers 480Hz refresh price, and a market-leading 0.03ms response time. It is, with out query, the new show customary for aggressive avid gamers. Of course, you’ll want a really, very beefy system to push a 480Hz refresh price at 1440p, however when you’ve acquired the {hardware}, this monitor can do all of it. LG says this monitor will hit the market in the first half of 2024 however didn’t disclose a worth (spoiler alert: it’s going to be costly).

TCL’s NXTPAPER know-how, now in its 3.0 model, delivers a paper-like viewing expertise free from glare. Evolving over just a few years, this newest replace marks the know-how’s readiness for mainstream use. Unlike its earlier iterations, NXTPAPER 3.0 is notably brighter and extra colourful, whereas remaining immune to fingerprints and as straightforward on the eyes as ever. TCL nonetheless has some work to really good this tech, however we’re desperate to see the place it goes.

Lenovo launched the ThinkBook Plus Gen 5 Hybrid at CES 2024, a flexible machine that transforms from an Android pill right into a Windows 11 PC when docked. Priced at $1,999, this revolutionary hybrid contains a 14-inch OLED display working Android 13 and shifts to Windows 11, which is working on a laptop computer base. It presents the flexibility of an Arm-powered Android pill for cell use and a strong Intel-powered Windows laptop computer when docked. It’s undoubtedly one in all the most adaptable designs we’ve seen at the show.

At CES, Withings has launched BeamO, a brand new multi-functional well being checkup machine for house use. Priced at $249.95 and set to be accessible in June pending FDA approval for its ECG options, BeamO is a compact machine that provides a variety of well being monitoring capabilities. It can measure physique temperature in a contactless method, verify blood oxygen ranges, carry out a medical-grade ECG, and act as a digital stethoscope. It may even detect atrial fibrillation and different harmful circumstances, which may make it a superb well being administration device for hundreds of thousands of individuals.

MSI is coming into the handheld gaming PC market with its new MSI Claw A1M, that includes a 7-inch 1080p show and powered by a Meteor Lake Intel Core Ultra 7 processor. It’s the first handheld console with this chip, which helps Intel’s XeSS tech for AI-based FPS upscaling. With different key options like Windows 11, 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and Intel Arc Graphics, the MSI Claw may actually problem the Steam Deck or ASUS ROG Ally.

The Lenovo ThinkBook 16p Gen 5 has an fascinating new characteristic known as Magic Bay. At the high of the rear lid, you’ll discover a magnetic strip with some pogo pins. In this space, you possibly can magnetically snap equipment that can immediately connect with the laptop computer. The inaugural Magic Bay accent is a 4K webcam full with a speaker system — good for conferences the place you wish to look your greatest and ensure you hear all the things. Lenovo additionally confirmed off different idea equipment, together with an SSD and even a 10-inch secondary show (there aren’t any plans but to convey these to market, however Lenovo is to listen to the client response). The ThinkBook 16p Gen 5 comes out in early 2024 with a beginning worth of $1,599. The 4K webcam accent, formally referred to as the Magic Bay Studio, will value $199 and be accessible in April.

As far as gaming laptops go, the MSI Cyborg 14 is a reasonably customary affair. It’s acquired a Thirteenth-gen Intel processor, a 14-inch FHD LCD show with a 144Hz refresh price, and as much as RTX 4060 graphics. It additionally has a nifty clear design, which we predict seems nice. However, what made us love the Cyborg 14 was the introductory worth. At simply $1,099, it is a gaming laptop computer that can ship all the things 99% of avid gamers may need in a cool chassis at a terrific worth. Sometimes, the greatest merchandise aren’t the most fancy and costly however the ones which might be the most accessible, and MSI needs to be applauded for this one.

Rope lights have been round for a very long time and sensible rope lights almost as lengthy. However, that hasn’t stopped Govee from innovating some new methods to make use of them. The Govee Neon Rope Light 2 will be formed in your wall into all manners of designs, because of its new adhesive system and extra versatile building. Things get actually cool, although, whenever you snap a photograph of what you’ve created. In the related app, you possibly can add that design after which management the particular colours of every space, which is actually enjoyable. After seeing these, we wished them in each room.

An monumental 14-inch Android pill, the TCL NXTPAPER 14 Pro has an revolutionary change at the high. By flicking the change, you swap in or out of NXTPAPER Mode. This mode adjustments the wallpaper, icons, and different facets of the Android working system to look extra like paper. When you mix this with the paper-like show that NXTPAPER 3.0 gives, you get a really easy-on-the-eyes expertise, good for lengthy studying periods. We had been astonished by how rapidly this swap occurred, too. It doesn’t require a restart, and going backwards and forwards between modes takes only a few seconds. The NXTPAPER 14 Pro will come out later this yr.

The ROG Phone line is understood for its unabashed gaming cellphone strategy, however ASUS is adopting a extra standard flagship technique with the ROG Phone 8. The cellphone brings a variety of mainstream options we haven’t seen on an ROG handset earlier than, similar to an IP68 score, wi-fi charging, a telephoto digital camera, and a slimmer design. The machine largely retains main gaming options, although, similar to capacitive shoulder triggers and a side-mounted USB-C port.

MicroLED screens are cutting-edge as we speak, however Samsung is upping the ante in an enormous method by exhibiting off a clear microLED display at CES 2024. Yep, you possibly can see what’s on the different facet of the TV with this tech, with little refraction right here. This is only a idea for now, although, which could be for the greatest on condition that non-transparent microLED TVs can value six figures. But it nonetheless provides us a window (pun supposed) into the way forward for show applied sciences.

What occurs whenever you mix a neural interface with earbuds and AR glasses? You get the WiseAR Pod, letting you management AR glasses, your sensible house, and extra by way of eye motion and jaw clenching. This revolutionary interface means you possibly can skip music tracks, regulate sensible house devices, and play AR video games with out lifting your finger or nodding your head. In different phrases, this could possibly be a significant plus for bodily impaired individuals, however not solely.

Samsung beforehand launched The Frame line of TV units, that are designed to seem like image frames. Now, it’s taking this similar strategy with audio system because it launches the Samsung Music Frame. This wi-fi speaker certainly seems like a murals, and Samsung will allow you to customise the printed artwork on the entrance whenever you order it. The machine can both function as a standalone wi-fi speaker or pair to a Samsung TV or soundbar. There’s no phrase on pricing simply but, although.

ASUS is taking laptop computer multitasking on-the-go to the subsequent degree with the ASUS Zenbook Duo. This laptop computer has two full 14-inch OLED 3K shows, and contains a magnetic removable keyboard that can be utilized both on high of one in all the screens in laptop computer mode, or fully indifferent. The included stand makes this set-up a breeze to make use of in any orientation or setting, too.

While we’ve seen related implementations in the previous, we really feel ASUS has lastly refined the expertise. The specs are fairly good too. It will be personalized with as much as an Intel Core Ultra 9 and as much as 32GB of RAM. And regardless of all the mechanical transferring elements and display actual property, it has a MIL-STD-810H, making it very resilient. And whereas it isn’t essentially low cost, the worth is fairly accessible at $1,499.