/PRCWT/Guangzhou, February 1, 2023——With the start of another new year, tech lovers all around the world know that pretty much all tech companies out there are planning on releasing brand-new gadgets and devices that are powered by newer and/or better technology. As any passionate technology enthusiast would likely expect, there’s no better place for tech companies to announce their upcoming new products than Las Vegas’ CES (Consumer Electronics Show), which takes place on the first week of every year and is known globally as “the most influential tech event in the world”. That was exactly the case with CES 2023.
As such, with the coming of 2023, another CES has already taken place. We at GadgetGram were fortunate enough to be able to see those gadgets first-hand at CES 2023 while taking a big walk around the whole venue. That was all thanks to GadgetGram’s very own Editor-In-Chief, David Novak, who was able to have a very close look at a ton of innovative tech during the first week of 2023.
GadgetGram’s Editor-In-Chief, David Novak, attending CES 2023 in person
While many products announced at CES 2023 won’t be available till later this year, a handful of cool gadgets and everyday devices can already be found available for purchase.
On that note, let us tell you more about what we consider to be the very best gadgets that were presented (or at least announced) to the public during CES 2023.
The Best Gadgets from CES 2023
LG Artcool Gallery – Mini-split AC unit w/ Customizable 27-inch LCD Screen
LG’s brand-new LG Artcool Gallery is a wall-mountable mini-split AC unit that comes integrated with a built-in 27-inch LCD Screen, which can be easily customized to display any sort of image (such as family photos or even digital art pictures – whether they’re static or animated) just like you’d be able to do with any smart digital photo frame that you can find available on the market. Users can easily upload their pictures to their LG Artcool Gallery’s 27″ LCD Screen via the LG ThinQ App. No pricing or release date has been announced so far.
LG Artcool Gallery
Twinkly Smart Decorative Lighting
Italian smart lighting manufacturer Twinkly looked to shine a light within CES’s corridors with its Tinkly Smart Decorative Lighting products. Available in a wide range of smart decorative lighting systems of different shapes and sizes, including Flex, Dots, Curtain, and Strings, as well as its newest smart decorative lighting system called Twinkly Squares, Twinkly’s smart decorative lighting products work based on a unique AR light-mapping feature that allows you to literally paint custom lighting patterns that will ultimately be displayed by Twinkly’s smart decorative lighting systems. Thanks to that, homeowners can easily create a perfect atmosphere inside or outside their homes. Users can play around with multiple light effects and light animations from their smartphone via the App, and can even create complex installations by grouping devices.
Twinkly Smart Decorative Lighting
Prices for Tinkly’s Smart Decorative Lighting products range from just $49.99 (for small light-packs) and can go up to $750 for Twinkly’s smart lighting XMAS trees.
Twinkly also announced its brand-new Entertainment Hub, which is a new and innovative desktop software (i.e. a desktop platform) that’ll feature an innovative algorithm that will give anyone – from gamers and streamers to musicians and entertainers – the ability to seamlessly connect their Twinkly lights to audio and even video content, thus making users able to turn anything into a deeply immersive experience.
Twinkly Entertainment Hub
Key features include:
Accurate Audio Synchronization (for visual lighting effects that are synchronized and responsive to audio and/or music)
Screen Mirroring (for mirroring on-screen visuals (such as a video) into a screen of Twinkly LED lights)
Real-time Control (brings users keyboard shortcuts used via the Twinkly App for selecting and controlling light effects)
RGBfy Synchronization (for connecting your entire range of Twinkly products using external RGB-supported devices and peripherals and choosing between the 16+ million available colors).
Twinkly Entertainment Hub (Software View)
LG Tiiun – Smart Freestanding Indoor Gardening Appliance
Originally announced at CES 2022, LG’s Tiiun is a high-end smart freestanding indoor gardening appliance that enables even the most novice of gardeners to cultivate vegetables, herbs, and even flowers right from the comfort of their own homes.
Designed as a completely self-contained unit, the LG Tiiun features two shelves, for which each shelf can hold up to six all-in-one seed packages along with three different kinds of seed kits. With each seed package containing 10 holes for seed germination, users can grow a variety of greens simultaneously in just four to eight weeks of time, making it a faster micro-green growing process with less mess than you’d usually have growing micro greens via conventional methods, and its all thanks to the magic of LG’s advanced technology.
LG Tiiun (at the bottom) & LG Tiiun Mini (at the top)
Furthermore, above the LG Tiiun installed at their CES 2023 booth, LG was also showcasing a tabletop version of the main device, called the LG Tiiun Mini.
While the LG Tiiun is currently only being sold in Korea, LG’s representative at CES booth mentioned that the company is planning to make its smart freestanding indoor gardening appliance available for purchase within the US later this year, for which each unit will be priced at around $1,300.
Shelly Plus Smoke – Smart Smoke Alarm w/ Wi-Fi & Bluetooth Connectivity
Then, for homeowners looking to get into Smart Home products or even looking to upgrade their Smart Home level of security indoors, why not start the year with simple Smart Home solution like a smart smoke alarm. While the smart smoke alarm market has been seeing quite the competition with options from Google Nest and First Alert currently being rated as the best that are currently available, those options still come at a fairly expensive cost.
For a more affordable and still very capable option of a smart smoke alarm, you could simply go with the newly-released Shelly Plus Smoke. This smart battery-powered photoelectric smoke alarm is integrated with both sound and light indicators (alarms), is capable of automatically sending homeowners a smartphone notification whenever it detects smoke by utilizing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Connectivity, and even works with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Home Assistant, and a few other Smart Home platforms, all thanks to its open APIs. This ultimately allows homeowners to create scenes that can do things like unlocking their front door, starting their AC, turning off power to appliances, as well as turning on all the lights if smoke is detected.
Shelly Plus Smoke
The company confirmed that the Shelly Plus Smoke is available for purchase both in the US and European markets, and will respectively go for $49.90 / 44.90€.
Last but not least, as a Plus device, it should also be updated to support Matter (Shelly stated that all of its Plus and Pro devices will support Matter with an optional firmware update that will roll out at the end of Q2).
Aventon Aventure.2 Ebike
For urban residents looking to reduce their carbon footprint within their daily commute, the Aventon Aventure.2 Ebike is a great transportation option. This high-end electric bike is perfect for city riding, equipped with 4” fat tires, a front suspension fork, pre-installed fenders for a rider’s extra protection, a rear rack for carrying all your stuff, a set of integrated lights for illumination in low lighting conditions, and a torque sensor powered by intuitive technology that amplifies your pedaling cadence, ultimately promoting a more natural riding experience. Users can switch between 4 levels of pedal assist and throttle to be able to get more of what’s out there without breaking a sweat.
Aventon Aventure.2 Ebike
This e-bike also integrates a full-color LCD Display that shows all important metrics while riding it, including speed, distance traveled, pedal assist level, and more, and the bike also boasts turn signaling functionalities for letting those behind you know which direction you plan on going. Most importantly, the Aventon Aventure.2 Ebike also comes equipped with a powerful 1130W rear hub motor that’s powered by a 720Wh high-capacity battery which makes this e-bike capable of covering any type of ground, whether that’s city pavement, asphalt, sand, rock, or snow with ease.
For anyone interested in getting it, you’ll be happy to know that Aventon’s brand-new Aventure.2 electric bike is already available for purchase, and is priced at $1,899 per unit.
