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Fein-Lines: CES 2025—The Consumer Technology Association's Super Event

The Consumer Electronics Show, better known simply as CES 2025, starts today (with a newly refreshed logo), Jan. 7, and continues to Jan. 10 in Las Vegas with an expected attendance of 150,000 tech enthusiasts and innovators. This highly anticipated annual show is a preview of the amazing technology advancements and devices we can expect to see over the next few years.

This will be my 30th time attending and covering CES. I always look forward to CES, where I get to preview exciting new technologies and the latest and greatest of everything from televisions to high-end audio, portable electronics to cell phones, drones to autos and trucks, as well as aerospace and up-and-coming high-capacity computers.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a dominant topic at CES for the past few years and this year, I expect to see giant leaps in its application with quantum AI and computing. I also believe we will see announcements for new devices based on new technology. We will start to see quantum advancement in many areas, with rapidly growing use of the word “quantum” to describe levels of performance and advancement (as well as just adding the description to the name of new products and processes).

CES is a show with many upgraded versions and new devices. While very impressive, they basically advance what is already available. There will be the latest automobiles, probably focusing on all electric and hybrids with added technology. We can expect to see more advanced electric automotive charging.

There’s always something new in the world of entertainment, from TVs to video games. You also see updated household appliances, medical devices, and so much more.

One of my favorite events is CES Unveiled (see video below), a special press event on the Sunday before the show. This event allows companies (research, manufacturers, and distributors) to get their story into the minds of the media and influencers. They want to “unveil” their new devices and materials to the media early, hoping to create buzz about their products before the show officially opens. It helps you stand out from the crowd and gives you a better chance to become a focal point.

Many of the showings at Unveiled will have applied to exhibit at Eureka Park, another CES event focusing on products just entering the market. One of its purposes is to help start-ups find investors.

I also look forward to ShowStoppers, which showcases future technologies and existing products from “Smart Cities to the Future of Mobility and Artificial Intelligence to Robotics and Virtual Reality.”

Stay tuned as I cover the most interesting exhibits that this year’s CES has to offer including AI, HDMI, generative AI, trends to watch, the future of television, monetizing strategies, the future of computer-based gaming (and “gamevertising”), Cinematic XR, virtual humans (robots?), new technology based health devices, next generation of drones, new automotive technology and advanced mobility as well as keynote presentations by Jensen Huang, NVIDIA founder, and Yuki Kusuma, CEO of Panasonics Holdings.

As CES states “Don't be left in the past as we shape the future.” Stay tuned for more articles covering CES in detail in the coming weeks.

Dan Feinberg is a technical editor at I-Connect007 and founder of Fein-Lines Associates.