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Beatbot revealed the AquaSense 2 Series at CES 2025, which includes three new robotic pool cleaners — one of which uses AI to offer a superior clean.

Razer unveiled a concept gaming chair at CES 2025 that can cool players off or warm them up.

Legendary audio brand Onkyo has mounted its rebrand and announced its new Icon Series hi-fi components at CES 2025 today.

Audio-Technica’s new earbuds can power off in a snap, but with 25 hours of battery life, you may never need to do it.

Klipsch has announced a new line of Music City-themed party speakers representing Las Vegas, Miami, and New York that pump out sound and lights for party fun.

Onkyo’s new powered speakers come in two sizes and two colors to match a variety of uses.

An update to the Razer Nexus app will soon allow you to stream your PC games to mobile devices.

Razer’s Handheld Dock Chroma is a Nintendo Switch-like TV dock for your Steam Deck and other portable PCs.

How are you ever going to improve your Elo if you can’t stop shivering or sweating in your gaming seat? Razer’s latest deskside innovation is Project Arielle, a mesh gaming chair with integrated temperature controls — and some pretty lights, of course.

Project Arielle is built on the foundation of the Fujin Pro, Razer’s breathable mesh chair, and it uses a bladeless fan system to warm up or cool down the entire frame. A touchscreen panel on the side of the seat offers three fan-speed settings, and lets you swap between cool and warm airflow. The edges of the seat and backrest are lined in a thin ribbon of RGB lights, and these dynamically shift between blue and red as the set temperature changes. The bladeless fan is housed in a cylinder dangling off the base of the backrest like a little stubby tail, and a cable runs from this same area, connected to a sizable power brick.

Razer says Project Arielle can reduce the perceived temperature by 2 to 5 degrees C in dry environments, and its self-regulating, energy-efficient heater delivers warm air of up to 30 degrees C (86 degrees F).

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In action, Project Arielle is surprisingly effective and quiet. I had a chance to experience — not just sit in — the chair at CES 2025, and it functioned even better than expected. With the warm setting engaged, I felt a breeze of heated air swirl around my head, neck and upper back, and the temperature change was tangible even in a hot room. The cool setting provided instant relief, with the airflow particularly noticeable along my back, neck and under my arms. The fan was noiseless in the demo room, which contained about a dozen people and a handful of laptops and PCs. I strained to hear the fan running in this environment, and even then, it was barely noticeable as a soft hum.

As someone who’s always chilly, especially in sedentary situations, Project Arielle is an incredibly attractive chair. Instead of piling on sweatshirts and blankets to warm up my frozen bones, I’d be happy to just switch on the heating function and bask in the warm air. The cute lights certainly don’t hurt, either.

Project Arielle is just a concept for now, but Razer has a pretty good track record when it comes to turning its experiments into actual products. Just look at the Project Esther haptic gaming cushion, which debuted at CES 2024 and then went on sale nine months later as the Razer Freyja.

Will Project Arielle help boost your rank or shave seconds off your speedrun? Maybe, maybe not. But it’ll definitely keep you cozy while you try.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/project-arielle-is-razers-first-temperature-controlled-gaming-chair-140053304.html?src=rss

Withings is at CES yet again, this year showing off its updated blood pressure monitor and a new way for its users to keep their hearts healthy. The Withings BPM Vision, for that is what it is called, is a new tabletop blood pressure monitor designed for home use. It boasts a big, color display the company promises will help make it easier for you to understand what’s going on.

Like its predecessors, BPM Vision connects to Wi-Fi, instantly uploading your latest data to its cloud platform. But Withings has broken with tradition, using a tabletop design with a connected cuff, rather than the all-in-the-cuff design of the BPM Connect and BPM Core. Concerns around readability likely prompted the change, as it was hard to read the screen strapped to your arm.

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Withings is also launching Cardio Check-Up, where users can get feedback on their heart health from a board-certified cardiologist. Withings+ subscribers in the US, France and Germany will be able to send readings to a physician once every 90 days. They’ll take a look at the data and check there’s nothing to be concerned about, and promise to respond within 24 hours.

BPM Vision is expected to be available in the US from April 2025, pending the usual blessing from the FDA. Cardio Check-Up starts today as part of the Withings+ subscription, and can be accessed if you have an annual or monthly payment plan.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/wearables/withings-updates-its-blood-pressure-monitor-and-launches-a-cardio-check-up-feature-140046862.html?src=rss