CES 2024: Live updates from Hyundai, Samsung, Kia and Sony's big shows

Expect GPUs, TVs, cars and for every company to claim they're at the forefront of AI innovation.

Updated Tue, Jan 9, 2024, 6:00 AM GMT+9

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The Engadget team is on the ground in Las Vegas to cover CES 2024, ready to chase down all the technology news fit for print. Despite the 40 or so articles on our site suggesting otherwise, CES 2024 has still not quite begun. With the show floor set to open tomorrow, January 8 is reserved for press conferences — lots of them.

Things kick off with AMD at 10AM ET, followed by NVIDIA and LG at 11AM, Hisense at 12PM, Panasonic at 1PM, TCL at 2PM, Sennheiser at 3:30PM, Hyundai at 4PM, Samsung at 5PM and Kia at 6PM, followed by the day’s final big show, Sony at 8PM. After all that, we still won’t be done — there’s a behind-closed-doors press event this evening where we hope to test out some new tech from less established brands and tell you what’s good and what’s not.

That’s a lot of news for one day, and if you’re not willing to make the commitment to read the dozens of stories we’ll be publishing across 12 hours or so today, we’ll be running our daily liveblog. Expect a taste of the biggest news of the day, with some color commentary, lots of images and videos and links to our more in-depth coverage. Enjoy!

Live28 updates

Tue, January 9, 2024 at 6:00 AM GMT+9
Engadget
ViXion01 glasses reduce eyestrain by doing the focusing for you
ViXion01 (Photo by Richard Lai / Engadget)
Senior Asia reporter Richard Lai has a knack of finding odd-looking gadgets, and this year is no different. Here's what he has to say about these glasses:
"CES is the type of show where one is likely to come across all sorts of dorky, Geordi La Forge-esque smart glasses, but some do manage to include some practical features — like ViXion's auto-focus eyewear. The company, which is a spin-off of Japanese optics specialist Hoya, showed off its the ViXion01, at CES Unveiled 2024, and it's aimed at people who struggle to focus their eyes due to strain, old age or the time of day. After a quick demo, I could also see myself benefitting from it on a daily basis. I even dig the futuristic look on these glasses, which are the work of Japanese design firm, Nendo."
Read the full story here.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 5:40 AM GMT+9
Daniel Cooper
I'm far too excited about Myrow
Photo by Daniel Cooper / Engadget
One of the most delightful things about CES is, no matter how hard you prepare, you can stumble across something amazing. At 2024's CES Unveiled last night, I did a double-take after spotting Myrow, a company making a third-party display for Concept2’s rowing machines. No, come back, please.
Long story short, Concept2’s rowing machines are great, but their user interfaces — standalone units known as Performance Monitors — are the bad kind of retro. Myrow’s founder, like a lot of Concept2 users, feels it’s high time the company offered something better.
It’s the sort of product that I had given an afternoon’s thought to building myself before realising I lacked any of the necessary skills. I’m both delighted that someone else decided to take the initiative and, more importantly, is selling it for the relatively affordable price of $499.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 5:20 AM GMT+9
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Sennheiser's CES announcements are almost here
We're 10 minutes away from Sennheiser announcing a bucketload of new headphone and earbud models. Our headphone expert Billy Steele is at the show now, feel free to try to spot him in the livestream above.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 5:00 AM GMT+9
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Our first press conference supercuts
While our writers have been running around Las Vegas for your pleasure, our video team has been hard at work producing some bite-sized cutdowns of today's big press conferences. So if you weren't around this morning for any of the big shows, and don't feel like watching three hours or so of awkward CEO banter, we've got a fun way to spend the next 26 minutes and change.
Here's AMD's keynote in under 7 minutes:
Here's NVIDIA's keynote in under 10:
And last but not least, LG's show in 9 minutes and 41 seconds:
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 4:35 AM GMT+9
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NVIDIA is bringing day passes and G-Sync to GeForce Now
NVIDIA
NVIDIA had more news up its sleeve at CES 2024 beyond a bunch of new GPUs. The company announced a bunch of updates for its GeForce Now cloud gaming service, including the addition of G-Sync tech and day passes for its paid subscriptions.
Cloud G-Sync support, which is coming soon, will work on displays with variable refresh rates as well as monitors that are compatible with G-Sync. GeForce Now will adjust the display’s refresh rate to match the streaming rate, in the aim of minimizing latency and stutter to deliver smoother gameplay.
Read the full story here.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 4:20 AM GMT+9
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TCL's NXTPAPER 14 Pro is part tablet, part giant e-reader
TCL NXTPAPER 14 Pro hands-on at CES 2024 (Photo by Mat Smith/Engadget)
TCL is going for different with its new pro tablet, revealed at CES 2024. There aren’t that many premium tablets beyond the annual updates from Apple and Samsung, and TCL plans to make its new 14- and 10-inch slates stand out with their display tech, featuring its next-gen NXTPAPER 3.0. It's aimed at striking a middle-ground between e-readers and tablets. It’s not about them being sharper or faster, but gentler on our very human eyes.
The TCL NXTPAPER 14 Pro’s display features heavily focus on eye comfort, with a new VersaView interface that can switch between a black-and-white reader mode and the standard tablet views. The 14-inch 2.8K display (2,880 x 1,800) features the company’s new NXTPAPER 3.0, aimed at better reflecting, literally, how the human eye reads natural paper, but on a digital display. NXTPAPER is TCL’s display tech that tries to offer a tablet experience with a paper-like reading surface. We’ve written about earlier iterations found in devices like the NXTPAPER 11 tablet and even some of its recent budget smartphones.
Read the full story here.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 4:10 AM GMT+9
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TCL came to CES 2024 with a 115-inch MiniLED Quantum Dot TV
TCL QD Mini LED (TCL)
Today is all about "the world's" — this time not the first, but the largest. TCL just announced what it says is the largest MiniLED TV with Quantum Dot technology. Yay for hyper-specific PR claims! At least it's easier to figure out what it's for than those new transparent models.
Read the full story on all of TCL's TV announcements here.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 4:00 AM GMT+9
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TCL's CES press conference is happening right now
Another hour, another press conference. TCL is a huge company that manufacturers a wide range of devices across multiple product categories, though it’s most famous for its TVs. The company promises to showcase over 100 “cutting-edge products” throughout CES, including QD-Mini LED TVs, air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, mobile devices, commercial displays and much more.
More specifically, TCL plans on unveiling “one of the world’s largest” QD-Mini LED TVs during the press conference. It already announced a 115-inch behemoth at IFA back in September, so this one would have to match or exceed that size.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 3:40 AM GMT+9
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Samsung and LG brought transparent TVs to CES
We saw a couple of transparent TVs from Korean giants Samsung and LG, announced within hours of each other.
LG's is a 77-inch model, the OLED T. The company says it's the first wireless transparent OLED TV, with 4K resolution and LG's wireless transmission tech for audio and video. The unit also features a contrast screen that rolls down into a box at its base that you can raise or lower with the press of a bottom. You can read all about it here.
Photo by Billy Steele/Engadget
Samsung's model is another world first — this time "the world's first transparent MicroLED display." MicroLED is an exciting technology that is already on sale, but manufacturing troubles have kept prices in the six-figure range. Samsung showcased the transparent MicroLED display side-by-side next to transparent OLED and transparent LCD models to really highlight the differences between the tech. According to senior reviews writer Sam Rutherford, the MicroLED panel was significantly brighter and also featured a completely frameless design and a more-transparent glass panel that made it easier to see objects behind it. You can real all about that display here.
Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget
One thing neither company talked about is why exactly people would want a transparent screen in their house. They've probably got a few years before this display tech is anything close to affordable to figure out the answer to that one.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 3:38 AM GMT+9
Nathan Ingraham
VW is going to add ChatGPT capabilities to its in-car voice assistant later this year, and even though there's no word on if / when it is coming to the US, we can get a demo of it at CES. I'm hopefully checking it out tomorrow — if there's anything ridiculous you think I should ask a VW, @ me on Threads.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 3:20 AM GMT+9
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Exobrew is the latest machine trying to make homebrewing beer beginner friendly
An Exobrew sitting on a messy table at CES Unveiled 2024 next to Get to the Hoppa beer. (Terrence O'Brien / Engadget)
Exobrew is latest in a long line of companies to try and make homebrew beer as compact and beginner friendly as possible. Everyone from startups like Picobrew and Brewie, to major corporations like LG and Whirlpool have taken a stab at an all-in-one brewing systems with varying amounts of success (or lack there of). On the surface the Exobrew doesn't seem to stray too far from those who have gone before it, other than the eye-catching keg in a lovely shade of orange.
That keg is the heart of the system, it handles heating, cooling, fermentation and serving. During the actual brewing process it pumps hot water out the top and circulates it over the grains for the mash. When time comes for the boil, water is redirected to avoid over extraction. Above the grain hopper is a rotating dispenser for hop additions that drops them (in adorable little muslin bags) straight into the keg.
Read the full story here.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 3:00 AM GMT+9
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Panasonic's CES 2024 press conference starts now
Sustainable energy will be a main concern of Panasonic's showcase, according to a statement the company put out ahead of the show. The brand also plans to discuss its "circular economy initiatives designed to optimize the use of natural resources." There's always a chance that Panasonic may have some consumer-focused wares to reveal as well. We could see some of the company's latest cameras during its press conference, as was the case last year. Panasonic may also divulge more about its efforts to make batteries for electric vehicles, including Tesla models.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 2:51 AM GMT+9
Nathan Ingraham
Even though I mostly think of Victrola for cheap, entry-level turntables, I really like what they've been doing with the Stream series. I reviewed the first one, the Stream Carbon, in late 2022. As a Sonos nerd who also loves vinyl, it was pretty great if expensive. But it feels like a premium device and sounds excellent as well.
So this new one, the Stream Sapphire, will also probably be nice. And I had never heard of Roon before, but now I'm curious. That said, I don't quite get the wild $1,499 price point. Hopefully I can check it out later this week and find out what's going on there.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 2:40 AM GMT+9
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Mojawa put an AI running coach in its bone-conducting headphones
Mojawa
Mojawa, maker of bone-conduction headphones, has turned up to CES 2024 in Las Vegas with its new HaptiFit Terra. Unlike many other bone-conduction bands, it comes with a built-in AI sports trainer that, the company promises, will help you meet your goals. The AI can cook up custom exercise plans and tracks your heart rate, step count, pace, calories burned and distance. If you’re a swimmer, it’ll also monitor your swimming lap and distance, offering haptic feedback to keep you aware of how you’re doing.
Read the full story here.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 2:20 AM GMT+9
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Victrola's latest streaming turntable, the Stream Sapphire, debuts at CES
Victrola Stream Sapphire turntable (Victrola)
Victrola has made a somewhat surprising move into high-end, streaming-capable turntables over the last few years, and it's showing off the latest in the lineup at CES 2024. The Victrola Stream Sapphire is a $1,499 turntable with "premium" components and materials that can connect to Sonos and Roon streaming systems and also supports the Universal Plug and Play protocol (UPnP). It can also output up to 24-bit/48kHz lossless FLAC audio.
Getting beyond the jargon, this means that the Stream Sapphire can output your vinyl to a Sonos system once it's set up on the same network as your Sonos speakers.
Read the full story here.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 1:59 AM GMT+9
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Hisense's CES press conference starts now
Did you know that Hisense is the official television manufacturer of the NBA? Exciting! We love them tall boys. You can hear all about its 2024 TV models right now at its CES press conference, which tips off at 12PM ET.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 1:42 AM GMT+9
Aaron Souppouris
Tech innovation at CES: AI-powered cat doors
Flappie cat door (Photo by Nathan Ingraham / Engadget)
This has nothing to do with either NVIDIA or LG, but in case you weren't following our coverage from the show last night, I do want to draw your attention to this random piece of smart home gear we saw at CES Unveiled. Flappie is a cat door that uses a camera and AI to detect if your pet's attempting to bring a dead animal in the house and keep it out. It's these ridiculous gadgets that make coming to the freezing Las Vegas desert every January worthwhile.
Read the full story.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 1:30 AM GMT+9
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NVIDIA reveals RTX 40 Super GPU series, including the $999 4080 Super
NVIDIA RTX 40 Super GPUs (NVIDIA)
After rounding out its RTX 40 GPUs in 2023 with the RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti, NVIDIA has brought the inevitable follow-ups to CES 2024: slightly faster Super cards! In Las Vegas today, NVIDIA has unveiled the RTX 4080 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super and RTX 4070 Super GPUs, upgrades over its previous GPUs which aim to compete directly with AMD's cheaper high-end cards. And of course, NVIDIA can't help but tout how useful they'll be for on-device AI tasks.
The RTX 4080 Super will sell for $999 when it arrives on January 31, while the RTX 4070 Ti Super will go for $799 on January 24th. AMD's Radeon 7900 XTX and XT launched at $999 and $899 a year ago — now NVIDIA has high-end options that don't involve shelling out $1,199 for the original RTX 4080 or an eye-watering $1,599 for the RTX 4090. For most buyers though, the mid-range $599 RTX 4070 Super may be the most compelling value when it lands on January 17.
Read the full story here.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 1:10 AM GMT+9
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ChatGPT on wheels
Volkswagen ID.7 (Volkswagen)
NVIDIA and LG's conferences are underway — the streams are embeded below — but Volkswagen doesn't need a press conference to announce... ChatGPT is coming to its vehicles. As part of its CES 2024 announcements, the automaker says that its existing IDA voice assistant will work with ChatGPT across a range of its newer models. VW isn't the first to try this — Mercedes-Benz announced ChatGPT integration in June of last year, so it seems like this is certainly a thing we're all going to have to get used to.
Specifically, VW says that ChatGPT will be enabled in these specific models with the latest generation of the company's infotainment systems: ID.7 (pictured above), ID.4, ID.5, ID.3, the new Volkswagen Tiguan, the new Passat and the new Golf. It'll roll out ChatGPT as as "standard feature" in "many" production vehicles in Q2 of 2024; the company didn't say in which regions, but notes that the feature is only currently "being considered" for the US market.
Read the full story here.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 1:00 AM GMT+9
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Pick your poison: LG or NVIDIA
We've got our first dueling press shows of CES, with both NVIDIA and LG starting their addresses right now.
Here's NVIDIA's stream of its conference:
And here's LG's:
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 12:56 AM GMT+9
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LG S95TR and SG10TY first look: Two takes on wireless Dolby Atmos for home theater
LG SG10TY soundbar (Photo by Billy Steele/Engadget)
While we wait for LG's press conference to begin... here's something new from LG. Billy Steele has been checking out the company's new home theater tech for 2024, which includes an adorable (but sadly non-functioning at CES) projector and a pair of Dolby Atmos soundbars. You can read the full story on the soundbars here, or check out this video for some sultry tones:
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 12:40 AM GMT+9
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AMD brings powerful built-in GPUs to Ryzen 8000G desktop chips
AMD Ryzen 8000G (AMD)
It's been a long time since we got fresh "G" CPUs from AMD. These are the company's socketable desktop chips that contain on-board graphics. The fastest model of the new series, the Ryzen 7 $329 8700G, is an eight-core chip running between 4.2GHz and 5.1GHz, sporting Radeon 780M graphics.
According to the company's benchmarks, the 8700G is four times as fast in Hitman 3 in 1080p compared to the Intel i7-17400K's UHD 770 graphics. The 8700G apparently averages 90 fps in Baldur's Gate 3 in 1080p with low detail settings and the company's Hyper-RX and Fluid Motion Frames features turned on. (The latter is a bit controversial, since it can make gameplay look smoother and deliver higher fps counts, but it's also early technology and it's interpolating even more frames than AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution 3.0.) Without any of those extra features, the 8700G still hits a respectable 58 fps in Baldur's Gate 3.
Sure, it's not going to get close to using a standalone GPU, but it is a great way to get a gaming PC build rolling on a tight budget.
Even if you're not interested in the Ryzen 8000G Series' graphics potential, senior reporter Devindra Hardawar explains that the built-in AI smarts still make them unique desktop chip:
"Much like the NPUs we've seen on AMD's recent mobile chips, as well as Intel's new Core Ultra hardware, it'll let you speed up AI tasks without hitting your CPU or GPU. At the moment, NPUs enable features like Windows Studio Effects, which can blur your background during video chats, as well as media editing in Adobe and DaVinci software. NPUs are more compelling on laptops now, as they can help systems be more efficient and potentially save battery life. But having an NPU on your desktop chip today could be a smart way to future-proof your build."
Read the full story here.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 12:30 AM GMT+9
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AMD’s 7600 XT is an entry-level 1440p GPU
ASRock Radeon RX 7600 XT (ASRock)
AMD just dropped the Radeon RX 7600 XT in Las Vegas. It’s a slightly souped-up version of last year's entry-level RX 7600 with higher clock speeds and 16GB of VRAM. While that earlier card was laser-focused on 1080p gameplay, Engadget’s resident GPU expert Devindra Hardawar explains that AMD is positioning the RX 7600 XT as a potential upgrade for entry-level 1440p gaming, as well as a better card for running AI tasks. The 7600 XT will be available on January 24 from third-party GPU manufacturers, but there’s no pricing information available yet. Devindra thinks it’ll be at least $329.
Read the full story here.
Tue, January 9, 2024 at 12:10 AM GMT+9
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JBL covers the headphone gamut with six new models at CES 2024
JBL Live 770NC (JBL)
While we're waiting for AMD to stop vamping about AI being the future and announce some products, here's some headphone news from JBL. The company has six new sets of headphones in Las Vegas, including the more premium JBL Live range with on-ear and over-ear options, and four affordable options in the Tune lineup starting at $49.95. All of the new models will be available in March.
Read the full story here.
Mon, January 8, 2024 at 11:59 PM GMT+9
Engadget
AMD's CES 2024 press conference starts right now!
If you're looking for news on the latest processors and graphics cards, AMD's CES press conference kicks off right now, at 10AM ET. We'll be bringing you all the news from it here as well.
Mon, January 8, 2024 at 11:44 PM GMT+9
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HP unveiled the lightest 14-inch gaming laptop in the world at CES 2024
Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget
Our first piece of early CES news today comes from HP. Senior reviews writer Sam Rutherford explains:
"Sometimes the never-ending quest to shave an extra gram or millimeter off a new laptop can become a bore. However, when a company can do it without cutting too many corners, that deserves some attention. And that’s what HP has done with the new Omen Transcend 14, which is making its debut at CES 2024 as the lightest 14-inch gaming laptop in the world."
Read the full story here.
Mon, January 8, 2024 at 11:34 PM GMT+9
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The Apple Vision Pro goes on sale in the US on February 2 for $3,499
A person smiles while wearing the Apple Vision Pro headset. (Apple)
Although Apple doesn't attend CES, it does ocassionally enjoy loudly shouting from 500 miles down the road. This morning it announced that its first new platform in years — the Vision Pro headset — will debut in the US on February 2. Pre-orders for the $3,499 headset will open on January 19. The device will be available at all US Apple Store locations as well as through the company's web store.
Those who require vision correction will be able to snap up Zeiss optical inserts and attach them to the headset magnetically. Readers will cost $99, while prescription lenses will set you back $149.
Read the full story here.
Mon, January 8, 2024 at 11:30 PM GMT+9
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Welcome to Day 0
It's bright and early in Las Vegas, but we're already counting down the minutes before our first press conference. In the meantime, we've got some overnight articles to catch you up on, including one giant piece of news expertly designed to take your attention away from CES.