The place are Engadget’s CES 2025 winners now?

With CES 2026 slated to officially start next week, the main target is understandably on all the brand new merchandise that will probably be introduced at this 12 months’s occasion. However earlier than diving into what’s new, we thought it was a good suggestion to revisit our best of show winners from last year to see the place they’re at. In spite of everything, CES is synonymous with vaporware. The excellent news is the Engadget crew has a eager sense for BS. Of those we awarded at CES 2025 that haven’t been launched, most are coming this 12 months. For the remaining few, we’ll be searching them down this CES.

ASUS Zenbook A14

Once we saw the ASUS Zenbook A14 at CES 2025, it left us impressed with its light-weight however well-made chassis, stunning OLED display screen and wonderful mixture of ports. After spending extra time with it, the A14’s shortcomings grew to become extra obvious. In his review of the ultraportable, Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar gave the laptop computer a rating of 78, lamenting its poor efficiency and costly price ticket. In the long run, it wasn’t fairly the Home windows MacBook Air competitor he had hoped for initially.

BioLite Backup

At CES 2025, BioLite was already taking pre-orders for its automatic home backup power supply. The BioLite Backup did not arrive in 2025, however for those who go to the corporate’s web site immediately, you may reserve one for $100, with remaining pricing anticipated to start out at $2,000. BioLite says models will begin transport this 12 months.

Jackery Photo voltaic Roof

Earlier than CES 2025, Jackery was already a longtime participant within the home solar energy trade, and on the occasion, it impressed us with its XBC curved solar shingles. They appear like common roof shingles, however Jackery stated they might ship cell conversion effectivity of greater than 25 %.

It is taken longer than anticipated, however Jackery says it now expects the shingles to go on sale within the US “very quickly,” with pricing more likely to vary between $1,100 and $1,300 per sq. meter relying on the client’s design necessities and the way they buy the product. When contacted by Engadget, Jackery additionally teased a handful of bulletins for CES 2026, together with updates on gadgets just like the Solar Mars Robot it has been engaged on for the final few minutes.

Lenovo Legion Go S

With the Legion Go S, Lenovo promised two totally different variations of its new handheld: one operating Home windows 11, and the opposite Valve’s Steam OS. Sadly, the Home windows variant arrived first (shortly after CES), and was about as good as expected. Nevertheless, the watch for the SteamOS mannequin was effectively value it. When Engadget’s Sam Rutherford lastly reviewed it over the summer, he praised it for quick efficiency, vivid show and naturally the benefit of use supplied by SteamOS.

LG OLED evo M5

LG’s OLED TVs are a perennial CES favourite at Engadget, and the corporate’s 2025 slate was no totally different. The flagship evo M5 mannequin impressed with its 165Hz refresh charge for gaming, higher picture processing for decrease decision content material and a wi-fi transmission system for video and audio. At $4,300, the set is dear, however the excellent news is LG sometimes does an excellent job of trickling down options to its extra  inexpensive units, and I am positive the corporate will proceed to enhance on its OLED expertise this 12 months.

Moonbird Moonbuddy

The Moonbuddy was certainly one of two “cute” devices that made Engadget’s better of CES 2025 listing. We appreciated Moonbird’s determination to make a screenless meditation and sleep assist for kids. The excellent news is you should buy your child a Moonbuddy proper now, with the machine at present discounted to $110.42 as a part of Moonbird’s finish of 12 months sale.

Sadly, when Engadget contacted the corporate to ask about its CES 2026, all it despatched us again was a response from “Luna,” its automated AI agent. “I haven’t got particular details about our CES 2026 exhibition plans to share with you proper now,” the bot advised me, including I ought to e-mail the deal with I simply emailed to get a response from a human being.

OhSnap MCON

The OhSnap MCON received us over with its easy pitch: it mainly had the power to show any smartphone right into a Xperia Play. Really engaging in that feat was extra difficult, with parts like Corridor impact joysticks for added sturdiness growing the time it took for OhSnap to get the product prepared. For that purpose, the MCON did not make it out to customers in 2025. Nevertheless, you may preorder one now for about $210, with shipments slated to start out this 12 months.

Roborock Saros Z70

The Saros Z70 was certainly one of a handful of robotic vacuums that debuted at CES 2025 with a built-in extendable arm, however Roborock’s flagship was the one which made one of the best impression. We did not find yourself recommending it in our robot vacuum guide; there are extra inexpensive choices that can enchantment to a larger variety of individuals. However in order for you the most recent and best, the Saros Z70 is on sale right now for $2,000.

Yukai Engineering Mirumi

Of all of the devices Engadget noticed at CES 2025, it is truthful to say the Mirumi robotic from Yukai Engineering was the one one to steal our hearts. All this cute little allure does is stare at you and transfer its head round somewhat till you’ve been tricked into just a few moments of happiness, and truthfully that was greater than sufficient for us to award it a better of CES award. Proper now, yow will discover Yukai Engineering accepting pre-orders for Mirumi through Kickstarter. The venture, which started initially of December, simply surged previous its modest $4,878 objective, elevating $267,170 as of the writing of this text. The marketing campaign ends on January 22, so you continue to have time to safe your Mirumi preorder.

Technics EAH-AZ100 earbuds

They may have solely been a pair of earbuds, however quite a lot of us left CES actually excited in regards to the Technics EAH-AZ100. The explanation for that was that they had been the debut of the corporate’s new magnetic fluid drivers expertise, which promised to ship much more readability, element and bass than the drivers in Technics’ already wonderful AZ80 earbuds. When Engadget’s resident audio guru Billy Steele received an opportunity to review the EAH-AZ100 a few months later, he gave them a rating of 85, saying they supplied “among the finest sound high quality in any of the tons of of earbuds I’ve examined over time.”

Urtopia Titanium Zero

As a bicycle owner, the Urtopia Titanium Zero was the one product I left CES 2025 excited to see in the true world. If a titanium bike wasn’t cool sufficient already, the Zero’s Quark DM1.2 motor supplied one thing truly revolutionary: a mid-drive motor with extra energy output than even one of the best hub motor. Sadly, whereas you should buy loads of different e-bikes off of Urtopia’s web site, the Titanium Zero is not on sale but. That stated, the corporate plans to showcase the bike, alongside the Quark DM1.2, at CES 2026.

WeWalk Sensible Cane 2

The WeWalk Smart Cane 2 received two awards from Engadget throughout CES 2025, together with our coveted finest in present nod. At an occasion the place almost each producer discovered a approach so as to add AI to their gadgets, the Sensible Cane 2 appealed to us for its considerate use of the tech. It provides turn-by-turn navigation and impediment detection, along with a GPT-powered voice assistant to offer customers a option to entry data with out additionally having to juggle their telephone on the similar time. For those who go to WeWalk’s website today, there is a “purchase now” hyperlink for the Sensible Cane 2 that results in a lifeless finish. When Engadget reached out to WeWalk, the corporate stated it will be as soon as once more at CES demoing the Sensible Cane 2.