The place are Engadget’s CES 2025 winners now?

With CES 2026 slated to officially start next week, the main focus is understandably on all the brand new merchandise that will likely 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 any case, CES is synonymous with vaporware. The excellent news is the Engadget staff 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. Ultimately, 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 right this moment, you’ll be able to reserve one for $100, with closing pricing anticipated to begin at $2,000. BioLite says items 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 mentioned they’d ship cell conversion effectivity of greater than 25 p.c.

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 shopper’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 couple of minutes.

Lenovo Legion Go S

With the Legion Go S, Lenovo promised two totally different variations of its new handheld: one working 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 look forward to the SteamOS mannequin was effectively price it. When Engadget’s Sam Rutherford lastly reviewed it over the summer, he praised it for quick efficiency, vibrant show and naturally the convenience of use provided 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 price 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 usually does a superb job of trickling down options to its extra  inexpensive units, and I am certain 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 checklist. We appreciated Moonbird’s resolution to make a screenless meditation and sleep support for kids. The excellent news is you should purchase your child a Moonbuddy proper now, with the machine presently 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 informed me, including I ought to electronic 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 principally had the flexibility to show any smartphone right into a Xperia Play. Really engaging in that feat was extra sophisticated, with parts like Corridor impact joysticks for added sturdiness growing the time it took for OhSnap to get the product prepared. For that cause, the MCON did not make it out to customers in 2025. Nevertheless, you’ll be able to preorder one now for about $210, with shipments slated to begin 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 the perfect impression. We did not find yourself recommending it in our robot vacuum guide; there are extra inexpensive choices that may enchantment to a better variety of folks. However if you would like the newest and biggest, 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 honest 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 a little bit till you’ve been tricked into a number of moments of happiness, and truthfully that was greater than sufficient for us to award it a better of CES award. Proper now, you will discover Yukai Engineering accepting pre-orders for Mirumi through Kickstarter. The venture, which started at first of December, simply surged previous its modest $4,878 purpose, 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 numerous us left CES actually excited in regards to the Technics EAH-AZ100. The rationale 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 acquired an opportunity to review the EAH-AZ100 a few months later, he gave them a rating of 85, saying they provided “a few of the finest sound high quality in any of the lots 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 actual world. If a titanium bike wasn’t cool sufficient already, the Zero’s Quark DM1.2 motor provided one thing really revolutionary: a mid-drive motor with extra energy output than even the perfect hub motor. Sadly, whereas you should purchase loads of different e-bikes off of Urtopia’s web site, the Titanium Zero is not on sale but. That mentioned, the corporate plans to showcase the bike, alongside the Quark DM1.2, at CES 2026.

WeWalk Good 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 means so as to add AI to their gadgets, the Good Cane 2 appealed to us for its considerate use of the tech. It gives turn-by-turn navigation and impediment detection, along with a GPT-powered voice assistant to offer customers a technique to entry info with out additionally having to juggle their cellphone on the identical time. For those who go to WeWalk’s website today, there is a “purchase now” hyperlink for the Good Cane 2 that results in a useless finish. When Engadget reached out to WeWalk, the corporate mentioned it will be as soon as once more at CES demoing the Good Cane 2.