The place are Engadget’s CES 2025 winners now?

With CES 2026 slated to formally begin subsequent week, the main focus is understandably on all the brand new merchandise that will probably be introduced at this yr’s occasion. However earlier than diving into what’s new, we thought it was a good suggestion to revisit our greatest of present winners from final yr to see the place they’re at. In spite of everything, 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 yr. For the remaining few, we’ll be looking them down this CES.

ASUS Zenbook A14

Once we noticed the ASUS Zenbook A14 at CES 2025, it left us impressed with its light-weight however well-made chassis, lovely OLED display screen and wonderful mixture of ports. After spending extra time with it, the A14’s shortcomings turned extra obvious. In his evaluation 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 automated house backup energy provide. The BioLite Backup did not arrive in 2025, however when you go to the corporate’s web site at this time, you possibly can reserve one for $100, with ultimate pricing anticipated to start out at $2,000. BioLite says items will begin delivery this yr.

Jackery Photo voltaic Roof

Earlier than CES 2025, Jackery was already a longtime participant within the home solar energy business, and on the occasion, it impressed us with its XBC curved photo voltaic 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 prone 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 Photo voltaic Mars Robotic 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 pretty much as good as anticipated. Nonetheless, the anticipate the SteamOS mannequin was effectively value it. When Engadget’s Sam Rutherford lastly reviewed it over the summer season, he praised it for quick efficiency, vibrant show and naturally the convenience 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 fee 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 pricey, however the excellent news is LG usually does job of trickling down options to its extra  reasonably priced units, and I am positive the corporate will proceed to enhance on its OLED expertise this yr.

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 system at the moment discounted to $110.42 as a part of Moonbird’s finish of yr 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 gained us over with its easy pitch: it principally had the flexibility to show any smartphone right into a Xperia Play. Really carrying out that feat was extra sophisticated, with elements like Corridor impact joysticks for added sturdiness rising 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. Nonetheless, you possibly can preorder one now for about $210, with shipments slated to start out this yr.

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 very best impression. We did not find yourself recommending it in our robotic vacuum information; there are extra reasonably priced choices that can attraction to a larger variety of folks. However if you’d like the most recent and best, the Saros Z70 is on sale proper 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 attraction does is stare at you and transfer its head round a bit till you’ve been tricked into just a few moments of happiness, and actually 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 by means of Kickstarter. The mission, which started at the beginning 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 plenty of us left CES actually excited concerning 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 obtained an opportunity to evaluation the EAH-AZ100 a few months later, he gave them a rating of 85, saying they supplied “a number of the finest sound high quality in any of the a whole bunch of earbuds I’ve examined through the years.”

Urtopia Titanium Zero

As a bike 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 supplied one thing really modern: a mid-drive motor with extra energy output than even the very best 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 stated, the corporate plans to showcase the bike, alongside the Quark DM1.2, at CES 2026.

WeWalk Good Cane 2

The WeWalk Good Cane 2 gained two awards from Engadget throughout CES 2025, together with our coveted finest in present nod. At an occasion the place practically each producer discovered a approach so as to add AI to their gadgets, the Good Cane 2 appealed to us for its considerate use of the tech. It affords turn-by-turn navigation and impediment detection, along with a GPT-powered voice assistant to offer customers a strategy to entry info with out additionally having to juggle their cellphone on the similar time. If you happen to go to WeWalk’s web site at this time, 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 stated it could be as soon as once more at CES demoing the Good Cane 2.