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Kerry Wan/ZDNETSamsung has revealed its 2025 TV lineup, and while we don’t have exact specs yet, there are some intriguing new additions — including one eye-popping, large new offering.Also: I saw Samsung’s 8K TV at CES 2025 – and these 3 new features stole the showThe showstopping glare-free technology from last year’s S95D is coming to two new sets, the Wireless One Connect box is expanding to more models, and the company’s biggest-ever consumer display makes its debut. It’s CES in Las Vegas, so you can bet it’s massive. Here’s our first look at Samsung’s 2025 TV lineup. 1. Samsung Neo QLED 8K TVs More

Kerry Wan/ZDNETCES 2025 is still in its early days, but home audio giant Samsung has already announced two new soundbars to complement its new line of TVs. The soundbars debut with refreshed designs, the latest home audio technologies, and AI-powered dialogue enhancement features.According to Samsung, the flagship Samsung HW-Q990F soundbar can render an 11.1.4-channel Dolby Atmos listening experience, complete with 11 front-facing speakers, one subwoofer, and four upfiring audio channels.Also: CES 2025: What to expect and how to watchThe HW-Q990F has the same amount of audio channels as its predecessor, but Samsung asserts that the HW-990F’s subwoofer is half the size and produces more powerful audio output. The improved subwoofer should deliver clearer and more immersive sound.Samsung also announced a midrange soundbar, the HW-QS700F. The company touts its ability to be mounted or placed flat, making it more flexible to fit your space. More

Kerry Wan/ZDNETWhile this week’s CES marks only my fourth stint at the most coveted consumer electronics trade show, I was fully prepared for Samsung’s new lineup of 8K TVs to wow me for a few minutes and then be left forgotten for the rest of the event.That’s because the company has been pushing the 8K envelope for a few years now, and at this point, the technology has hit a bit of a plateau — peaking in resolution output, remaining unattainable for most people.Also: Every Samsung TV announced at CES 2025: Best features coming to OLED, QLED, 8K modelsThings are mostly the same this year, but what’s changed is the reason why I’m writing this article in the middle of a casino. Of all the new TVs Samsung is announcing — which there are quite a few — the Neo QLED 8K TVs feel more purposeful and refined than ever. And the best part is that it has nothing to do with the actual sharpness and visual fidelity of the sets. Instead, these three new features impressed me in ways I didn’t expect.1. Bye-bye, glare!The first big change with the QN990F and QN900F models is the glare-free technology, carried over from last year’s  Samsung S95D OLED model More

Circular/ZDNETFrench tech brand Circular is stepping up its smart ring game with the unveiling of its Circular Ring 2, the brand announced on Sunday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The annual trade show is where tech brands from across the world unveil the year’s new innovations.Also: CES 2025: What is it, what to expect, and how to tune inThe second-generation smart ring is all in on heart health monitoring and upgrades many of its features to keep up with the industry competition. There’s an FDA-cleared Atrial Fibrillation detection algorithm to monitor arrhythmia included within the ECG capability for “real-time heart health insights,” according to the press release, and improved sensors that reportedly boost the accuracy of data captured.Digital ring sizing via your phoneMost smart ring brands send customers a ring sizing kit to try on the correct ring size before committing to a smart ring. Circular is changing this process with its Digital Ring Sizing, which users can try out on their phones — no physical kit needed. The Digital Ring Sizing uses a smartphone’s camera to determine a user’s ring size. This is the first smart ring brand, to our knowledge, that uses a smartphone camera for ring sizing.Also: The best smart rings you can buy Circular extends the new smart ring’s battery life to eight days, compared to the six-day battery life of its Circular Ring Slim. This battery life extension is on par with other smart rings in the space, like the Oura Ring 4. The app will also get a redesign for a more “intuitive and refined” look and user experience. More

Withings/ZDNETWhat if your mirror could show you more than just how you look? On Sunday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, health tech brand Withings unveiled Omnia, the company’s conceptual mirror and smart scale device that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze the figure it’s reflecting, interpret data, and provide historical insights and health trends. Also: The Even Realities G1 are unlike any other smart glasses you’ve seenOmnia uses AI to interpret a person’s heart health, nutrition, body composition, lung function, activity, and sleep, according to the press release. It’s equipped with voice commands, a 3D body model, and multiple health sensors at its base. It seems like a user will step onto the part-mirror-part-scale, get scanned by the device, and view all kinds of data, including their resting and overnight heart rate, blood pressure, muscle-to-fat ratio, water mass, pH, and more. While some of this data is collected through Omnia alone, lots of it will be collected by a Withings wearable device, like a smartwatch, blood pressure monitor, or sleep tracker users own and wear around the clock. That data is projected onto the smart mirror for interpretation.  More

Lymow Lymow, a yard technology company, just launched the Lymow One robot mower at CES 2025. The new mower features wire-free installation and can handle large and complex lawns. It has a two-blade cutting system instead of the traditional small blades typically used in robot mowers and advanced navigation technology to help it expertly avoid […] More

ZDNETSamsung and Google are officially rolling out an alternative to Dolby Atmos, the leading spatial audio format in consumer audio. Samsung and Google first announced their partnership in creating an alternative three-dimensional audio format in 2023, promising that the technology would be open-source and accessible to many.Also: CES 2025: What to expect and how to watchIt’s called Eclipsa AudioThe 3D audio technology is called Eclipsa Audio, and Samsung and Google hope to make high-quality 3D audio more accessible to consumers. Despite that wish, it is only available on Samsung’s 2025 lineup of Crystal UHD to Neo QLED 8K TVs and the 2025 lineup of soundbars.Also: Hisense’s new laser projector is so sharp and color-accurate, it may just replace your 4K TVAdditionally, creators on YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, can upload audio in the Eclipsa Audio format, but only viewers with a compatible Samsung device can access it. Samsung says the companies are working with the Telecommunications Technology Association to establish a certification for devices using Eclipsa to ensure quality playback. More

Qualcomm Having multiple monitors connected to a desktop PC can greatly improve your workflow, and I can say that with some authority. My second screen saves me the trouble of jumping between windows just to glance at or shift info around. Portable monitors can let you have a similar setup with a laptop, but one […] More