After sifting through the news and views coming out of CES 2025, it’s hard not to conclude that the smart home is being subtly re-branded as a given, rather than an aspiration. Practically every product we’ve seen has been spritzed with the pixie dust that is AI, just as the buzzy ‘internet of things’ was all the rage a decade or so ago.
Now it’s simply assumed that everything has an app and connectivity is universal. Instead, what’s deemed important is how these devices cater to your needs, courtesy of the same algorithmic filters that quietly but definitively shape the way you see the world. From cutting edge laptops to step-climbing vacuum bots, sleek TVs and self-rocking cradles, here are ten technologies in search of willing human stewards.
