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CES 2018: The Best of CES Unveiled With Elgato, iDevices, LG, OWC and More

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The annual Consumer Electronics Show is kicking off this week, with hundreds of companies on hand to show off their latest products. The show will officially start on Tuesday, January 9, but there's always a media preview event ahead of time, CES Unveiled.

MacRumors videographer Dan checked out CES Unveiled last night and gave us a quick overview of some of the things we can expect to see at the show this year.


Unsurprisingly, smart devices are a main focal point this year, with many manufacturers introducing new products that support HomeKit, Alexa, and Google Assistant. Alexa and Google Assistant integration have been especially popular, but we've also seen HomeKit built into interesting products like faucets and shower heads.

Elgato was showing off its updated Eve Room and new Eve Button, with the former designed to measure air quality and temperature in a room and the latter designed to allow you to activate HomeKit scenes san smartphone.

iDevices latest smart light switch, the Instinct, was one of the more interesting products at CES Unveiled. The Instinct has built-in Amazon Alexa support rather than simply Alexa integration, so you can ask your light switch for the latest news, weather updates, and more, similar to other Alexa devices. In addition to Alexa support, there's also support for HomeKit for simple controls, but it's only Alexa that offers full personal assistant functionality in the light switch.

Moodo, originally an Indiegogo project, was at CES Unveiled to show off its Moodo smart scent diffuser, which is designed to allow you to customize and curate specific scents with built-in aroma modules and app-based mixing controls. Priced at $189, the Moodo box comes with four scents that you can mix up at will using your iPhone.

LG was showing off its new 34-inch 5K ultrawide monitor, which looked amazing, and at this year's show, LG is also demoing a new 65-inch super thin 4K OLED display prototype, which is flexible and can be rolled up.

There were tons of drones and action cameras on the CES Unveiled floor, including a 360 degree action cam from Rylo. Rylo's camera is unique because it allows you to capture 360 degree video and then edit it into a video with traditional dimensions. You can use footage captured from any angle, which makes for some pretty interesting videos.

Belkin was at CES Unveiled demonstrating its new line of wireless charging docks that are all designed to work with the iPhone X, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus, and OWC was on hand showing off its newest products, like the ultrafast Thunderblade V4 SSD.

Make sure to stay tuned to MacRumors this week for all of our ongoing CES coverage, because there's a lot more to come. We'll be highlighting all of the new products and accessories relevant to Apple users. To check out what we've shared so far, take a look at our CES 2018 hub.

Article Link: CES 2018: The Best of CES Unveiled With Elgato, iDevices, LG, OWC and More
 
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ethanwa79 said:
Apple has REALLY missed the boat with how bad Siri is.... it's like Apple Maps vs Google Maps at this point.... just laughable. All of these devices have Alexa built right in.
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Completely agreed. I had never really used Google Assistant before this Christmas and it was IMMEDIATELY apparent that Assistant is miles far ahead of Siri in so many ways. Siri usually fails with me. Almost guaranteed the first time. I've put effort into trying to make it work properly. I have not had to put much effort into Google Assistant.
 
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Siri made me hate the fact that I have a slight foreign accent, and made me completely pass on Voice command devices all together, thinking if Siri (being Apple) was so bad, then the rest must suck terribly.. Until I got offered an Echo Dot.. Then I realized that Siri was the problem.. Not the rest!..
 
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Regardless what you guys saying about Siri, I think Apple might concerned about the privacy of Siri.

But the problem is since Apple hired a lot of engineers, they should be make good progress to the virtual assistant. However, I still haven’t see big changes to Siri
 
fawntugboat said:
Completely agreed. I had never really used Google Assistant before this Christmas and it was IMMEDIATELY apparent that Assistant is miles far ahead of Siri in so many ways. Siri usually fails with me. Almost guaranteed the first time. I've put effort into trying to make it work properly. I have not had to put much effort into Google Assistant.
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I am hoping that someone comes out with a great Bluray Player....Sony is crap as is Samsung....worthless at best...How about a entry level OPPO player?
 
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RickInHouston said:
Macrumors, please try to find a frontman for the video that doesn't sound so jaded.
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I thought he came across pretty well. Made me intrigued about what cool stuff will be presented tomorrow.
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RealKrS said:
Siri made me hate the fact that I have a slight foreign accent
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Siri is a novelty which quickly wears off and I'd never allow an Amazon spy device into my house. You're not missing much as nobody wants to talk to a computer or a robot. It's like how people refuse to talk to a phone robot and press keys to get to the key prompt.
 
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robjulo said:
Obvious that Apple is falling further and further behind in this space.
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I have to agree. I have a gen-2 Apple TV but just bought a TV with Roku built in. It’s nice to have YouTube back and to have 4K support. It supports some generic form of casting, too, as well as all the streaming/network apps you would expect. Seems like Apple had a head start here, making me wonder what the alternative universe looks like where all these Roku and Chromecast based TVs are running iOS. My Apple TV was the gateway to many iPhones, an iMac, AirPods, and the Apple Watch. It was a low-risk, inexpensive way for a cynic like me to test the “evil” Apple walled garden waters, but I don’t see what would make new customers cross that threshold today since they’re likely to get a nice alternative in their next TV. And my plans to get a new 4K Apple TV are now cancelled.
 
dogslobber said:
I thought he came across pretty well. Made me intrigued about what cool stuff will be presented tomorrow.
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Siri is a novelty which quickly wears off and I'd never allow an Amazon spy device into my house. You're not missing much as nobody wants to talk to a computer or a robot. It's like how people refuse to talk to a phone robot and press keys to get to the key prompt.
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...except that many people - myaelf included - DO Like having a voice-controlled device.

My advice: give it a try before you decide.
 
Surely a wide display needs to do 5k in the 16:9 portion and then some??
Thought they had 5k wide last year.

Wake me when they have 4K 3D televisions. That's the next upgrade for me.

There's no interest in smart home, AR, VR or talking tubes. All gimmicks. No real use beyond nerd curiosity.
With cpu technology hit the wall, the industry is grasping for gimmicks to keep customers talking.

Should be easy to get through the show this year.

Everybody thought iBooks would revolutionise books, but they were too big to be practical.
AR, VR are the same - good demo, no future.

Apple keeps trying to tell us talking tubes are useless, and won't release Home Pod until we believe them.
Sadly, another product with no value. An Apple Music player with voice control. Already solved problems and useless.

Better Apple figure out how to make a pro notebook that doesn't thermal limit after a couple of hours heavy use!!
 
CES is getting crazier every year.

Towards the end of the video, i thought i saw the Apple mat for charging multiple Apple products. That widescreen monitor looks awesome.


Dan's the man :D
 
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with the HomePod coming out you would think they would be trying to improve in this market.

with the effort they are putting into for HomePod Siri really needs to be on par with these other assistants.
 
"you can ask your light switch for the latest news, weather updates, and more, similar to other Alexa devices."

Please don't. Really, IoT device manufacturers, don't build AI assistants into everything you can. I'll go out of my way to NOT buy a product containing such capabilities, the only exception being my phone/watch or freestanding speaker. I DON'T want to "ask my light switch for latest news". That's why I'm looking for an Ecobee3 instead of an Ecobee4: being Apple-centric, I don't want my thermostat (!) being an active servant of Amazon.
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GREEN4U said:
"Belkin was at CES." LOL. How exciting.
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I don't buy Belkin, period. Not after they sold routers that would randomly replace website requests with links to their ads.
 
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I have to agree. I have a gen-2 Apple TV but just bought a TV with Roku built in. It’s nice to have YouTube back and to have 4K support. It supports some generic form of casting, too, as well as all the streaming/network apps you would expect. Seems like Apple had a head start here, making me wonder what the alternative universe looks like where all these Roku and Chromecast based TVs are running iOS. My Apple TV was the gateway to many iPhones, an iMac, AirPods, and the Apple Watch. It was a low-risk, inexpensive way for a cynic like me to test the “evil” Apple walled garden waters, but I don’t see what would make new customers cross that threshold today since they’re likely to get a nice alternative in their next TV. And my plans to get a new 4K Apple TV are now cancelled.
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Suit yourself. I absolutely love my Apple TV 4th gen devices. My tv came with a chrome cast built in but I never use it. I tried to use it a few times and it worked for the most part but was pretty buggy. Sometimes I would have to disconnect and reconnect or reboot the tv altogether. I have cut the cord and now my Apple TV is my main device for watching content. The TV app is great but I just wish that Netflix would start integrating with the TV app.
 
Someyoungguy said:
I have to agree. I have a gen-2 Apple TV but just bought a TV with Roku built in. It’s nice to have YouTube back and to have 4K support. It supports some generic form of casting, too, as well as all the streaming/network apps you would expect. Seems like Apple had a head start here, making me wonder what the alternative universe looks like where all these Roku and Chromecast based TVs are running iOS. My Apple TV was the gateway to many iPhones, an iMac, AirPods, and the Apple Watch. It was a low-risk, inexpensive way for a cynic like me to test the “evil” Apple walled garden waters, but I don’t see what would make new customers cross that threshold today since they’re likely to get a nice alternative in their next TV. And my plans to get a new 4K Apple TV are now cancelled.
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Gonna have to disagree. I absolutely love my 4K Apple TV. It works best for my needs and could care less about the compition. As far as Siri, it’s a cat and mouse game. Companies unveil new feature months ahead of apples keynotes that make people question apples capabilities until Apple comes out with their versions and the compition plays catch up. They cycle repeaters year after year. HomePod hasn’t been released yet, so Siri comparisons are mute until it arrives.
 
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