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 might 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 group 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 and glorious mixture of ports. After spending extra time with it, the A14’s shortcomings turned 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 in the present day, you’ll be able to reserve one for $100, with ultimate pricing anticipated to begin at $2,000. BioLite says models will begin delivery this 12 months.

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 solar shingles. They appear like common roof shingles, however Jackery stated they’d 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 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 units just like the Solar Mars Robot it has been engaged on for the final short while.

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. Nonetheless, the await the SteamOS mannequin was nicely value it. When Engadget’s Sam Rutherford lastly reviewed it over the summer, he praised it for quick efficiency, shiny 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 pricey, however the excellent news is LG usually does 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 one among two “cute” devices that made Engadget’s better of CES 2025 record. We preferred Moonbird’s determination to make a screenless meditation and sleep help for kids. The excellent news is you should buy your child a Moonbuddy proper now, with the system 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 electronic mail the tackle I simply emailed to get a response from a human being.

OhSnap MCON

The OhSnap MCON gained us over with its easy pitch: it mainly 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. Nonetheless, 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 one among 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 robot vacuum guide; there are extra inexpensive choices that can attraction to a larger variety of individuals. However if you need 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 truthful 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 a couple of moments of happiness, and actually 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 undertaking, which started in the beginning 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 a whole lot of 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 glorious 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 “a few of the finest sound high quality in any of the tons of 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 truly modern: a mid-drive motor with extra energy output than even the very 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 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 means so as to add AI to their units, 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 provide customers a solution to entry info with out additionally having to juggle their telephone on the similar time. In the event you go to WeWalk’s website today, there is a “purchase now” hyperlink for the Sensible 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 Sensible Cane 2.