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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM PST

  Roborock's latest robot vacuum can pick up your dirty socks

  We were already intrigued by the description of Roborock's CES 2025 offering, but seeing the video that Karissa Bell took really adds to the experience. The Saros Z70 robovac has a built-in arm that folds out and picks up items on your floor, and can even put them away. Will this save domestic relationships and keep people happy? Based on what Karissa saw, the robot arm at least seems to work, so you will just have to work on communication.

  Karissa adds:

  "Before you can use it, you will have to activate the arm through the Roborock app, where you can also set what kind of objects it can interact with and where they should be placed. While not quite Rosey the Robot, Saros Z70 has the potential to make tidying up a lot easier. And it's not just a prototype — Roborock is planning to make it available for purchase this year."

  Read more about the Roborock Saros Z70 robovac in our full story.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM PST

  will.i.am continues to haunt CES

  

  LG's xboom Grab is the most compact option in the new lineup. (Billy Steele for Engadget)

  It wouldn't be CES without celebrity-endorsed launches, and those of us who have covered this event for awhile are all too familiar with will.i.am's efforts to develop a successful tech product. Who can forget the PULS bracelet, which launched as smartwatch and wearable fever was just taking off? Anyway, will.i.am continues to make his presence known here at the conference, but this time via a collaboration with LG. In fact, right before CES 2025 began, the company appointed the musician as its "Experiential Architect," working together on the xboom line of audio products.

  This week, Billy Steele got to check out the LG xboom in person, which includes a trio of speakers. The Grab is the smallest of these, and here's what Billy thought:

  "I was pleasantly surprised by how much bass the xboom Grab mustered during my demo, with punchy highs and solid mids holding the details. That low-end tone seemed slightly muffled to me, but I only got a quick listen, so a full review would confirm if that's actually the case. The other surprising thing is how loud the xboom Grab can be. At only 50 percent volume, the compact unit produced an almost uncomfortable level of sound for the room."

  Read more about the LG xboom speakers in our hands-on.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM PST

  By the way, there were things we saw at CES Unveiled last night that we might have wanted to try but avoided due to hygiene and personal comfort reasons. For example, a mass of people crowded around the booth of a company called Kirin, with a product called Salt Spoon that was supposed to use electricity to deliver the flavor of umami. It had disposable versions of its spoon ready for people to use, and though I waited in line multiple times to try it out, I never got to taste it. Based on what I heard from various people at the booth though, the salty flavor did seem to come through. I plan on hunting down Kirin this week to get myself some salty spoon time.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM PST

  While CES has been raging on, there has been some interesting news happening outside of Las Vegas too. For instance, Apple has announced that it plans to release an update "in the coming weeks" that will make it clearer that notification summaries are generated by AI. In case of future incidents where Apple Intelligence has misrepresented an alert by a news organization's app, for example, people will be able to see more easily that it was Apple Intelligence (as opposed to, say, the BBC) that crafts the sentences in those summaries.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM PST

  Now that Samsung is wrapped, next up on our list of notable press conferences today is Sony, which is taking place at 5PM PT (aka in about 2 hours, if I've done my math right). Of course, there are other companies with events in between, like Zeekr. CES is a great place to learn of companies you might not have heard of before.

• Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM PST

  

  A slide with the words Galaxy Unpacked in the middle and the date "Jan. 22 2025" below it. To the right of the date are the words "Live on samsung.com" (Samsung (screenshot))

• Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM PST

  But not before he teed up the date of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event by showing the details on a slide. It'll take place on January 22, 2025.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM PST

  We're getting a summary of how Samsung has discussed the assistance AI will provide in the home. And that's it, he offered best wishes and closed the press conference.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM PST

  JH Han is back, which means we're probably about done.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM PST

  We're getting a rundown on various competitions and youth programs that help develop life skills for the workforce and more.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM PST

  Samsung AI now knows how to separate the volume of dialog, but not background noise, when performing translations in real time.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM PST

  Settings will sync to new appliances, including your preferences for Bixby. Voice guides will be available for customers with low vision on appliances with touch screens later this year.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM PST

  VP of the corporate sustainability center Inhee Chung is now on stage. Accessibility is the next topic on the agenda.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM PST

  We're getting a rehash of the Harman automotive announcements from last year, as well as upcoming avatars that will serve as travel companions.

• Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM PST

  

  Samsung SmartThings is coming to Hyundai EVs. (Samsung (screenshot))

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM PST

  SmartThings will also lend a hand with Hyundai EVs in the near future. It will help with everything from charging to locating your care in a full parking lot.

• Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM PST

  

  Samsung is aiming to add smart tech to... oceangoing vessels. (Samsung (screenshot))

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM PST

  SmartThings is even coming to ships, he says. Lots of response from the crowd on that one. Here's to you, Boaty McBoatface.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM PST

  

  Samsung's Galaxy Book5 Pro and Book5 360 have a feature similar to Google’s Circle to Search. (Samsung)

  From earlier, here's the details on Samsung's Galaxy Book Pro5 lineup that the company talked about onstage a few minutes ago.

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  Mon, January 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM PST

  He's talking about all the ways the platform can use AI to manage multiple stores or entire hotels.