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Allison Johnson @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 12:00 EDT

Lifx made its first smart lamp

The Lifx Luna Smart Lamp offers user-controlled colors. | Photo: Lifx Smart lighting brand Lifx is introducing its first smart lamp at CES 2025: the Lifx Luna. It uses Matter over Wi-Fi, so it’ll integrate with an existing smart home setup easily — or it’s a low-stakes way to add some smarts to your non-smart home. The Lifx Luna Smart Lamp includes 26 controllable color zones and offers up to... Read more ›

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 12:00 EDT

Lockly’s latest smart lock is a digital peephole

The Vision Prestige smart lock has two cameras: a 2K one to stream a view of your front door to the back of the lock and an infrared camera it uses for facial recognition unlocking. | Image: Lockly Lockly is one of the more innovative smart lock makers. Last year at CES, the company debuted the first consumer smart lock to unlock with your face, and this year, Lockly is... Read more ›

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 12:00 EDT

This $700 door handle has an entire security suite built in

The striking Styla works with a standard deadbolt and uses a ball and catch mechanism rather than a handle. | Image: Lockly We’re swimming in smart lock options, but we haven’t seen anything quite as cool as the $700 Lockly Styla, an all-in-one smart deadblot lock and video doorbell being shown off at CES 2025. It’s a tall, cylindrical handle that’s visually comparable to something you’d find on the door... Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 11:52 EDT

Bird Buddy’s new camera tracks plants and insects in your garden

The creators behind the Bird Buddy smart feeder have taken the wraps off a camera that keeps tabs on the activity in your garden, whether it’s a seed sprouting or a bee visiting one of your flowers. The Petal camera is launching under new Wonder branding, and features a bendable stem alongside a universal clip you can attach to different areas throughout your yard. The 4K, 12-megapixel camera uses an... Read more ›

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Quentyn Kennemer @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 11:51 EDT

The newest Kindle Scribe is $75 off in its first sale

The 2024 Kindle Scribe has a new look and new features, but you can stick to the older model if you already have one. Amazon released a new version of its Kindle Scribe in October with an improved pen and new AI-powered writing features. It’s appropriately Amazon’s most expensive Kindle by far, but thankfully, you can finally get it a bit cheaper. The Kindle Scribe (second-gen) with 16GB of storage... Read more ›

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Umar Shakir @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 11:26 EDT

Samsung’s Galaxy Book 5 laptops get an Arrow Lake CPU upgrade

Samsung Galaxy Book 5 Pro. | Image: Samsung Samsung has announced new Galaxy Book 5 Pro and 360 laptops featuring the NPU-packing (but not CoPilot Plus-qualifying) Arrow Lake Core Ultra processors Intel announced earlier today as an upgrade to the Lunar Lake-powered devices Samsung launched in September. Samsung says the new Book 5 Pro and 360 convertible laptop / tablet “diversifies” the Galaxy Book AI PC lineup and highlights its... Read more ›

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Chris Welch @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 11:05 EDT

HDMI 2.2 cranks the bandwidth to 96Gbps and aims to eliminate audio sync issues forever

Image: HDMI Forum The HDMI Forum is using CES — the annual showcase of all things home theater — to announce the new HDMI 2.2 specification. In a press release this morning, the trade association confirmed that the new spec will up total bandwidth significantly to a new high of 96Gbps. And yes, that means the introduction of an “Ultra96” HDMI cable that “enables all the HDMI 2.2 specification features.”... Read more ›

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Emma Roth @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 11:00 EDT

Ecobee launches an even cheaper smart thermostat

Image: Ecobee Ecobee is launching a new entry-level smart thermostat that costs $129.99. The Smart Thermostat Essential comes with a full-color touchscreen and supports Amazon Alexa, Apple Home, and Google Assistant. Just like Ecobee’s other smart thermostats, the Essential adjusts the temperature of your home based on the schedule you set, allowing it to conserve energy while you’re away. It ensures your house reaches an optimal temperature by the time... Read more ›

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 11:00 EDT

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X chips bring Windows on Arm to cheaper laptops

Image: Qualcomm Qualcomm is introducing another Arm laptop chip to its Snapdragon X series today, lowering the cost of Copilot Plus PCs to around $600. The new Snapdragon X joins the existing Snapdragon X Plus and X Elite and will be available in a variety of devices from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo in the coming months. The Snapdragon X is designed for mainstream and budget laptops, so it... Read more ›

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 10:53 EDT

Meta stops selling the Quest Pro

Poor little guy. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Meta has stopped selling the Quest Pro, UploadVR spotted. The news comes just over two months since the company discontinued the high-end VR headset. Meta wrote then that it would keep selling the headset until year’s end or until it ran out of stock, whichever came first. I guess it didn’t sell out. The $999 headset’s product page... Read more ›

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 10:37 EDT

Disney strikes deal to merge Fubo with Hulu + Live TV

Hulu and sports-forward streamer Fubo are settling aside some legal differences and teaming up in order to launch yet another new platform for you to subscribe to. Last year, Fubo filed a lawsuit against Disney (which co-owns Hulu), Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery last year on grounds that the studios’ plan for Venu Sports, a new sports streaming service, was anticompetitive. But today, Fubo announced that it has reached an... Read more ›

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Thomas Ricker @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 10:29 EDT

Elvie’s automatic baby bouncer and bassinet costs $799 for six months of use

A motor bounces baby according to your settings, but you have to convert it into a bassinet using your own motor skills. | Image: Elvie The Elvie Rise is an app-controlled baby bouncer that can be converted into a bassinet without moving the baby. Unfortunately, it costs $799 and isn’t suitable for tots over six months of age. Of course, much less expensive bouncers without motors and apps also go... Read more ›

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Wes Davis @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 10:01 EDT

Birdfy Bath Pro is a voyeuristic take on smart bird feeders

Birdfy has announced the Birdfy Bath Pro, a camera-equipped smart bird bath that lets you watch your local birds as they plop into the water to wash up. The device features two lenses — a wide-angle one and an auto-tracking one — and an optional AI analysis feature that keeps track of and summarizes the bath’s visitors. It’s in preorder now. The onboard camera consists of a 2MP wide-angle lens... Read more ›

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 10:00 EDT

This tiny button pulls off the wall and controls your lights and music with gestures

Image: Flic On Monday, Flic announced the Flic Duo, a wall-mountable smart button you can pick up to control other gadgets using customizable gestures. The dual-button remote allows users to create over 30 programmable motion-based commands, so you could, for instance, program the smart button to play a specific music playlist with a swipe. You could even configure the Duo to perform different tasks based on its location, so it... Read more ›

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 10:00 EDT

Aqara’s new seven-inch home control tablet can replace a light switch

The Aqara Panel Hub S1 Plus is a touchscreen smart home controller that can replace an existing light switch. | Image: Aqara I’m a big fan of different ways to control your smart home outside of using your phone or relying on voice, so I was very excited to see that Aqara is launching three touchscreen controllers at the CES tech show in Las Vegas this week — and one... Read more ›

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 10:00 EDT

This sleek doorbell camera is also a smart home hub

The Doorbell Camera Hub G410 is a new video doorbell from Aqara that doubles as a smart home hub for Matter, Thread, and Zigbee devices. | Image: Aqara Aqara revealed the long-awaited update to its Video Doorbell G4 at CES this week, and it looks like it’s been worth the wait. The Aqara Doorbell Camera Hub G410 adds 2K video quality, a 4:3 aspect ratio, and end-to-end encryption on live... Read more ›

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 10:00 EDT

Honeywell Home’s first Matter thermostat costs just $80

Honeywell Home’s latest smart thermostat isn’t sexy, but it promises simplicity and significant savings. | Image: Resideo Sadly, not all smart thermostats are things of beauty like the latest Nest Learning Thermostat, but that doesn’t mean they can’t save you some cash. This week, Resideo announced the Honeywell Home X2S Smart Thermostat, an entry-level smart thermostat that looks utilitarian but costs just $79.99 and works with Matter. This means it... Read more ›

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 10:00 EDT

This big ol’ smart display fits right into an electrical box and controls your home

Image: Shelly Group Shelly introduced the Wall Display X2 at CES 2025, a new smart panel designed to fit into a wall electrical box that you can use to control your smart home. The display makes it easy for anybody in the household to control smart lights, thermostats, and more by simply tapping its 6.95-inch touchscreen. It also has built-in temperature, humidity, and light sensors. The Shelly Wall Display X2... Read more ›

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Andrew Liszewski @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 09:55 EDT

JBL’s Tour One M3 headphones wirelessly connect to older devices using a touchscreen transmitter

The JBL Tour One M3 can be connected to almost any audio source using an optional wireless transmitter. | Image: JBL JBL announced a pair of premium headphones at CES today that can be purchased with an optional transmitter that allows the Tour One M3 to be used wirelessly with audio sources like a plane’s in-flight entertainment system. The headphones will be available starting on April 13, 2025 in black,... Read more ›

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Andrew J. Hawkins @ The Verge · 01/06/2025 09:44 EDT

Aptera shows off a new solar-powered car that it swears will go into production

Image: Aptera Aptera is aiming to get a little more time in the sun. The once-dead and now-resurrected startup unveiled a new “production-intent” solar-powered electric vehicle that it made with a little help from legendary Italian automotive designers Pininfarina. And much like the last go-around, the new prototype is an ultra-efficient three-wheeled electric vehicle powered, in part, by embedded solar panels. Aptera insists the partnership with Pininfarina is providing necessary... Read more ›

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