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Panasonic teased its new AI digital assistant called Umi at CES 2025. Umi is intended to serve as a personalised, AI wellness coach. It has been developed in partnership with Anthropic. Umi is powered by Anthropic’s Claude AI model and is reportedly capable of helping families spend more time with each other or be more active. The members of a family can start a group chat on the Umi mobile app in order to set goals, create routines, manage tasks, and more. It is expected to be launched in the US this year.

Lenovo has announced three new laptops as part of its Yoga lineup.

Yoga Book 9i 14 Gen 10: It comes with a pair of 14-inch OLED displays, weighs 2.69 pounds (1.22 kg), and packs a large, 88-watt-hour battery. It features an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor 255H, up to 32GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage.

The Yoga Slim 9i 14 Gen 10: The 14-inch model weighs 2.62 pounds and has a 98 per cent screen-to-body ratio according to Lenovo.It has a 4K, 120Hz PureSight Pro OLED panel and boasts an Intel Core Ultra 7 258V CPU, 32GB of RAM and a 1TB solid-state drive. It packs a 75-watt-hour battery.

Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition 14 Gen 10: The models that are part of the Auro Edition have been jointly developed by Lenovo and Intel. It comes with “Smart” software that builds on Windows and offers customised support. It runs on Intel Core Ultra 200V series CPUs and a 2.8K OLED panel with a variable 30Hz to 120Hz refresh rate.

Lenovo also announced the Yoga Tab Plus and Yoga Tab Pro at CES 2025.

ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable: It comes with a rollable 14-inch display that can be extended to 16.7 inches with a press of a button that is on the side of the laptop. The rollable display has been designed to give users more room to multitask. It features Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors and up to 32GB of RAM. It weighs 3.7 pounds with a thickness of 0.8 inches.

LG Innotek’s booth at CES 2025 is dedicated to the theme of mobility. It includes a mockup of a future vehicle, showcasing 15 types of components for vehicle sensing, communication, and lighting.

Afeela 1, an EV made as a part of a collaboration between Sony and Honda, was showcased at the CES 2025. The innovative vehicle aims to offer a safe and seamless driving experience. It comes with over 40 sensors and is essentially a connected car that features Qualcomm Technologies' Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions. The car has a target range of 300 kms on a single charge. The car starts at $89,900 (around Rs 77 lakh) and also has a premium version at $102,900 (Rs 88 lakh).

Garimin on Monday announced its newest lineup of smartwatches designed for harsh conditions called the Instinct 3 Series. It comes with an AMOLED, solar-powered display for maximum battery life along with a metal-reinforced bezel and built-in LED flashlight. Garmin claims that the AMOLED models can go for 24 hours on a single charge in smartwatch mode.

"With trendy, limited-edition colors and a durable design, Instinct 3 is the smartwatch you can wear whenever, wherever. Packed with connected features, popular built-in sports apps and 24/7 health and wellness monitoring, the latest lineup is built to help you follow your passions—whatever they may be,” Dan Bartel, the vice president of global consumer sales at Garmin, said in a press release.

Both LG and Samsung are looking to capitalise on the AI hype cycle by having dedicated AI sections and a shortcut to Microsoft’s Copilot web app on their latest smart TVs that were unveiled at CES 2025.

LG has said that it is adding an entire AI section to the latest models of its OLED Evo line of 4K TVs. It has also rebranded the remote as an “AI remote”. On the Copilot integration, the South Korean electronics giant said that users will be able to “efficiently find and organise complex information using contextual cues” through Microsoft’s flagship AI model.

Samsung, on the other hand, has unveiled its own offering called Vision AI, and it looks like Copilot will be a part of this section. “In collaboration with Microsoft, Samsung announced the new Smart TVs and Smart Monitors featuring Microsoft Copilot. This partnership will enable users to explore a wide range of Copilot services, including personalized content recommendations,” Samsung said in a press release.

The two brands are yet to demonstrate how exactly Copilot would work on their respective TVs.

Cell BioPrint is a tabletop device designed by beauty brand L'Oréal Groupe, and it is apparently capable of providing personalised skin analysis in five minutes. It is based on the principles of advanced proteomics, which is the study of how protein composition in the human body affects skin aging. The device has been developed in collaboration with Korean startup NanoEnTek.

The Cell BioPrint can calculate the age of a person’s skin and to offer advice on how to slow down the appearance of aging.

L’Oréal also claims that the device can help predict potential cosmetic issues such as black spots and enlarged pores before they become visible.

Samsung has announced that it will be bringing Vision AI capabilities to its new display models. “With the ability to make your Samsung TV aware of its surroundings, adaptive to user preferences, and autonomous in delivering intuitive features, Samsung Vision AI transforms screens into smart companions that enhance entertainment, simplify interactions, and seamlessly integrate into connected lifestyles,” the electronics giant said in a statement.

A few of the personalised features that come with Samsung Vision AI are:

- Click to Search: Offers instant information about what’s on screen.

- Live Translate: Uses an on-device AI translation model to deliver real-time subtitle translations.

- AI-generated wallpapers

- Home Insights: Provides real-time updates about your household environment, including safety alerts and daily updates.

- Pet and Family Care: Detects unusual behavior in both pets and family members. It also automatically adjusts room settings, like dimming the lights when a child falls asleep.

Samsung also unveiled its latest flagship Neo QLED 8K QN990F and other updates to its Lifestyle TVs.

The year’s first and possibly biggest tech show will officially kick off on the morning of Tuesday, January 7, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the US.

Events:

- A few tech giants such as AMD and Samsung will be holding pressers a day before the official start date.

- NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is expected to take the CES 2025 stage on Monday, January 6, at 6:30pm PT to outline how AI and accelerated computing are reshaping the future of global industries.

- The following day will see other notable keynotes from X CEO Linda Yaccarino at 1:30 pm PT and Delta CEO Ed Bastian at 5 pm PT.

Key trends:

- AI chip-makers Nvidia and AMD are expected to go head-to-head at this year’s CES. While Nvidia is likely to release its much anticipated GeForce RTX 50 GPU, AMD could show off its own next-gen GPU, which is likely to be either the RX 8000 or RX 9000 series.

- While most of the noise will be about AI, CES is also one of the year’s top automotive shows. Car makers like Toyota and Hyundai are participating. Thye are expected to showcase the latest innovations in humanoids and other robotics.

- CES also serves as a launching pad for new models of computer monitors by big-wigs such as Samsung, ASUS, and MSI.

- A bunch of smart home appliances from brands like LG are also expected to be introduced at CES 2025, along with a new iteration of smart assistants from Google, Amazon, and Apple.

- In the extended reality space that continues to be dominated by Meta’s affordable Quest headsets, big names like HTC and Magic as well as chipmaker Qualcomm are expected to make a splash.