Where are Engadget's CES 2025 winners now?

"When we saw the ASUS Zenbook A14 at CES 2025, it left us impressed with its lightweight but well-made chassis, beautiful OLED screen and excellent mix of ports. After spending more time with it, the A14's shortcomings became more apparent. In his review of the ultraportable, Engadget's Devindra Hardawar gave the laptop a score of 78, lamenting its poor performance and expensive price tag. In the end, it wasn't quite the Windows MacBook Air competitor he had hoped for initially."

"Before CES 2025, Jackery was already an established player in the domestic solar power industry, and at the event, it impressed us with its XBC curved solar shingles. They look like regular roof shingles, but Jackery said they would deliver cell conversion efficiency of more than 25 percent. It's taken longer than anticipated, but Jackery says it now expects the shingles to go on sale in the US "very soon," with pricing likely to range between $1,100 and $1,300 per square meter"

CES 2026 approaches while many CES 2025 best-of-show products move toward release. The ASUS Zenbook A14 pairs a lightweight, well-made chassis and OLED screen with a strong port selection but suffers from poor performance and a high price, resulting in a review score of 78. The BioLite Backup accepted preorders, remains unreleased, allows a $100 reservation, expects final pricing from about $2,000 and plans shipments this year. Jackery's XBC curved solar shingles resemble regular roof shingles, claim over 25 percent cell conversion efficiency, and are expected to go on sale in the US soon at roughly $1,100–$1,300 per square meter.

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