CES 2025: What Is the Huge Tech Show and What Trends Do Experts Predict?

One of the biggest technology events on the planet starts next week and CNET's experts have insider knowledge on what's coming. Here's what you need to know.

CNET is going to Las Vegas and we're taking you with us. Many of you will be enjoying a slow start to the new year, but we're diving headfirst into 2025 with our first destination: CES, the big kahuna of technology shows. From wild robots to next-generation cars to cutting-edge TVs, we'll be getting up close and personal with the tech that will define the next year of our lives.

CES, which formerly stood for Consumer Electronics Show, is one of the largest technology-focused trade conferences in the world. It takes place every year in Las Vegas, Nevada and is attended by most major tech companies including Samsung, Sony, LG, Google, Meta, Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm and Lenovo, as well as car makers like Honda, Volvo BMW and Waymo, satellite telecom companies like Iridium, Globalstar and SpaceX's Starlink, and thousands of other exhibitors. Last year CES drew more than 135,000 attendees according to the CTA, the industry group that hosts the show.

Many of the products we'll see at CES will be concepts -- high-tech ideas that have been brought to life but that are still works in progress that may or may not make it into the real world as finished products. There will also be plenty of devices available for you to buy either immediately or in the near future. We'll let you know what they are and whether they're worth your hard-earned cash.

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