Welcome to 2025 — where entry-level laptops, smart TVs, and even travel all feature AI. At CES, tech’s fashion week, consumer electronic heavyweights are transplanting AI into everyday devices, striving for an x-factor to rekindle softened demand. As the industry ushers in a new era of gadgets, here are the must-know highlights:

• The chip wars are heating up as Qualcomm’sQCOM
  Snapdragon X brings AI to $600 laptops, AMD’sAMD
  Ryzen AI Max+ delivers 250% improved performance with 87% less power compared to predecessors — all while Nvidia (NVDA
  ) unveiled an “Agentic AI” focus.
• Meanwhile, TV tech titans are racing to outdo each other with AI features — LGLPL
  , GoogleGOOGL
  , and Samsung boast voice recognition, personalized content, and enhanced search, while PanasonicPCRFF
  touted a partnership with Claude-owner Anthropic.

Beyond the AI gossip: While tech giants brawl over AI supremacy, CES 2025 brought impressive adjacent innovations — starring Meticulous’ robotic espresso maker with ten precision sensors, Delta’sDAL

next-gen in-flight entertainment systems, and long-awaited affordable glucose monitors from AbbottABT

and DexComDXCM

. The SphereSPHR

venue even wowed attendees with immersive displays and scent technology — bringing a taste (and smell) of what the future holds.