The Best Products We Saw at CES 2025

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CES 2025 brought us big innovations , mind-blowing concepts , and impressive solutions to everyday problems. This year, the CNET Group, consisting of sister sites CNET , ZDNET , PCMag , Mashable and Lifehacker, has teamed up with CTA as the official media partner of the Best of CES Awards. Staff experts and editors weighed in, and based on those discussions, we selected the best products and services at CES and awarded them our official Best of CES award.

To be eligible for this award, a product or service must be a CES 2025 exhibitor and meet one of the following criteria:

  • Includes a compelling new concept or idea.

  • Solves the main problem of consumers

  • Is new or represents an update to an existing product that sets a new bar for performance or quality.

Best AI: Nvidia Cosmos AI Model

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CES 2025 was packed with AI technology, but Nvidia Cosmos wins our rankings because it may be what powers the next big things in AI, robotics, and autonomous vehicles. Cosmos takes 3D models of real-world spaces and uses generative AI to turn them into photorealistic videos for training robots and self-driving cars. This solves a big problem with AI training data: traditionally, robots require huge amounts of training data to continuously improve. However, Cosmos can generate this training data using AI, constantly adding to the training sets for new products. Cosmos will likely run best on Nvidia chips, but the company wants to open source the code and put it on Github.

Best Transport/Mobility: Honda 0 Series.

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Honda’s futuristic 0-series SUV and sedan are almost here. The company plans to launch these vehicles in North America by 2026, and they will be built on Honda’s new battery platform in Ohio. If you pick it up, you can charge your car in 10-15 minutes. The 0 Series uses Honda’s ASIMO OS on a new AI chip with the ultimate goal of enabling Level 3 autonomous driving.

The 0 Series we saw at CES should be very close to what Honda is releasing, unlike some of the other prototypes on display. We don’t know how much it will cost, but we’re encouraged by how Honda is moving forward with its electric vehicle program.

Best laptop: Asus Zenbook A14.

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The Asus Zenbook A14’s 2.2-pound design makes it decidedly portable, but Asus manages to pack a 30-hour battery life and some extra features into the package. The Ceraluminum body is durable (aluminum) and scratch-resistant (ceramic), not to mention 100% recyclable. The laptop comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon X chip, making it a Copilot+ PC. You can count on AI features such as summarization, text generation, photo editing, and natural language for media search. This Zenbook features USB-C and HDMI 2.1, as well as fun touch controls for volume, brightness, and track selection. The OLED display impressed our team, and the whole package appears to be worth $1,099 (X Elite) or $899 for the X Plus (coming in March).

Best TV/Home Theater: LG G5 OLED TV

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The LG G5 was the TV that impressed us most at CES this year and is a leader among the top-quality TVs of 2025. Its OLED display will be 40% brighter by 2025, with better contrast in bright light compared to the G4. is one of our 2024 favorites. The remote control has been improved and the TV retains a gallery design that makes it look almost bezel-less. You might be tempted by the M5 Wireless TV as it has the same quality display, but that wireless technology makes it much more expensive.

Best Smart Home/Home Technology: Roborock Saros Z70

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The Roborock Saros Z70 is a vacuum mop hybrid, but it does so much more. Thanks to a new mechanical arm, the bot can pick up and remove socks from the floor. Plus, this is not a prototype: the Saros Z70 will be available to consumers in April. Its vacuum has a suction power of 22,000 Pa, making it one of the most powerful robot vacuum cleaners. It won’t come cheap: this model costs about $2,000. But we hope this will start a trend of less expensive models coming to market.

Best Eco-Friendly: Silicon Paper Battery

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Have you ever seen a battery made of paper? Flint unveiled its own at CES, a more sustainable, scalable and affordable alternative to lithium-ion batteries. It all comes down to cellulose, which allows ions to move between the assembly and the battery’s cathode. Moreover, the battery size can be reduced to almost any size you need, such as a coin cell battery or a smartwatch strap. When you’re done with them, they won’t end up in landfill: they decompose in six weeks.

Best Game: Lenovo Legion Go S

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Like many portable PC consoles, the Lenovo Legion Go S runs Windows 11. But what makes this model stand out is the other operating system it’s compatible with: Valve’s SteamOS. This makes it the only non-Valve portable device to run the OS, making it a true competitor to the Steam Deck. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have detachable controllers like the Legion Go and has a smaller, lower-resolution display, but it still has a lot going for it: two USB-4 ports on the top of the console, hall-effect joysticks to prevent drift. and an interior that better supports storage upgrades. When it launches in May, it will be the cheapest Legion Go device available at $600.

Best Health & Fitness Technology: Ozlo Sleepbuds

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Ozlo’s Sleepbuds impressed us because they not only offered comfortable sleep headphones, but also ones that could potentially improve the quality of your sleep . The Sleepbuds sit flush with your ear, meaning you can sleep on your side without feeling them pressed against you. The design also prevents them from falling out of the ear. Additionally, the Sleepbuds have a number of sleep-related features, including biometric sensors in the earbuds that can track your sleep, sensors in the case that can detect potential sleep interruptions in your room, and an in-ear alarm clock that doesn’t wake you up. sleeping partner and 10-hour battery life, so you won’t wake up to a low battery notification. You can even play audio directly from the Sleepbuds without connecting to another Bluetooth device, meaning you don’t have to look at your phone before bed. This year they received the official Best of CES award for wellness technology.

Best Mobile Phone: HMD OffGrid

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If you have a new smartphone, say an iPhone 16 or Google Pixel 9, you may have access to satellite connectivity, which allows you to contact emergency services and other contacts when there is no cell signal. However, most of us don’t have these features on our phones, and if the signal drops, we’re out of luck. HMD’s new OffGrid accessory aims to fix that problem: With a $200 dongle, you can text and contact emergency services on any iPhone or Android device. However, you also need to subscribe to a monthly service, which costs $80 per year.

Best Privacy and Security: Ultraloq Bolt Mission UWB Plus NFC

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Ultraloq Bolt Mission is the first smart lock on the market to support ultra-wideband technology. In doing so, the lock can sense within inches when you are approaching the door, whether you are approaching from inside or outside the house, and can unlock without you having to touch the lock at all. If that fails for some reason, it has NFC to unlock with a touch, a keypad, and a traditional key. It is protected by 128-bit AES data encryption, IP65 weather resistance, BHMA Level 1 certified reliability, and supports Wi-Fi, Matter, Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Samsung SmartThings. Plus, you only need to worry about replacing the battery once a year.

Best and weirdest/most unexpected: Kirin electric salt spoon.

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The Kirin electric salt spoon attracted a lot of attention at CES this year. The idea is this: the spoon sends an electrical current to your tongue to create the illusion that your food is saltier. In theory, this is a great concept that could allow people who need to lower their sodium levels to enjoy food the way they want. However, our team had mixed results with the spoon. Hopefully things will be more consistent by the time it becomes available in the United States.

Best Overall: Nvidia Cosmos

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While we were impressed by a lot of technologies this year, the overall winner had to be Nvidia Cosmos. Cosmos is actively addressing the challenge of further improving robots, and we expect this to be the driving force behind the next big advancements in technology. Nvidia is already collaborating with Toyota on next-generation self-driving cars, showing that the industry also sees potential.

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