BehindTheBuy.com’s Senior Editor, David Gregg is in Las Vegas attending the world’s largest Consumer Electronics Show. His quest to find the most exciting tech innovations arriving in 2016 brings us to this moment! Here are the top four trend-setting products he discovered at CES 2016!
LG G6 OLED TV
LG OLED TV has been hailed as the best TV ever by experts and consumers alike, and the new LG OLED G6 TV is an outstanding feat of modern engineering and design.
LG OLED TV has a radically simplified new design: An incredibly thin screen mounted onto a glass sheet to set a new benchmark in premium design. At its edge, this TV is thinner than a pencil. Matching its design aesthetic is LG OLED TV’s superior picture quality. It delivers perfect blacks only available on LG OLED TVs and incredible color, from any viewing angle.
All of LG’s 2016 OLED TVs are 4K Ultra HD and can deliver High Dynamic Range – the latest enhancement to picture quality – meaning that it delivers the best picture quality available today with images that look more real, with more perceived depth as well as punchier color. It also features LG’s newest webOS Smart TV platform, which makes finding and switching between content options (streaming, broadcast TV or external devices) intuitive and fast.
LG G6 is one of eight OLED TVs that LG will offer in 2016, further expanding the OLED category of TV.
WEBSITE: http://ces2016.lgnewsroom.com
Kwikset Kevo 2nd Generation Touch-To-Open Smart Lock
Kwikset is rapidly expanding its Kevo smart lock platform. With Kevo 2nd Generation, you get the same trusted touch-to-open smart lock experience available in Kevo 1st Gen teamed with a refined user experience, sleeker design and added security.
Touch-to-Open technology means users can leave their phone in their pocket or purse, and touch the lock with their finger to lock or unlock the door. No more fumbling for keys. Installation is easier than ever before with Kevo 2nd Gen as the lock offers homeowners the industry’s first in-app and interactive installation experience. Kevo 2nd Gen features a sleek, secure design. An all-metal interior and a dramatically reduced interior size makes Kevo 2nd Gen more durable, secure stylish than ever before.
Kevo 2nd Gen is the most refined smart lock option on the market today and is compatible with a range of smart home products, including Nest Learning Thermostat, Ring Video Doorbell, Honeywell Total Connect Comfort Wi-Fi Thermostats and Android Wear.
Kevo 2nd Gen will be available in 2016 at select retailers.
WEBSITE: www.Kwikset.com/Kevo
Whirlpool Smart Top Load Washer and Dryer
This year at CES, Whirlpool brand is bringing technology inspired by the way families care for each other, from an Interactive Kitchen of the Future that anticipates and adapts to a family’s unique routine to the Smart Top Load Washer and Dryer that connects washing your family’s clothes to helping people in need. Whirlpool brand developed an award-winning Smart Top Load Laundry Pair that is the first-ever laundry pair in the U.S. to introduce the use of technology to power philanthropic donations.
The Smart Top Load Laundry Pair uses Whirlpool brand’s proprietary Connect to care™ program to give families the ability to automatically donate to others in need. For every load of laundry washed, a small but meaningful amount of money can be donated to Habitat for Humanity, to help create affordable housing in partnership with low-income families.
As one of the first appliance brands to announce the use of the new Amazon Dash Replenishment Service, this laundry machine will estimate when a family is running low on laundry detergent, dryer sheets or affresh® washer cleaner and automatically order more when their Whirlpool® mobile app is synced with their Amazon account.
WEBSITE: For more information about Whirlpool at CES visit ces.whirlpool.com.
PRICE: $2,500-3,000/pair; http://www.whirlpool.com/smart-appliances/smart-top-load-washer-dryer/
Intel
Chipmaker Intel makes amazing experiences possible in all sorts of ways and is now reinventing the sports and gaming experience for everybody, including the athlete, the trainer and the viewer.
Intel is creating the ability to use performance-enhancing data in real time through the use of wearable technology, IoT, sensors, 3D cameras, virtual reality and powerful processors. As a result, athletes can adjust their training regimen, coaches can make shifts in strategy mid-competition and spectators can immerse themselves in the experience of watching sports in entirely new ways.
You can jump on an exercise bike and experience the Recon Jet eyewear, allowing you to seamlessly review vital information at a glance, including pace, duration and distance thanks to onboard sensors.
A smart snowboard is powered by the Intel Curie and will be integrated into men’s snowboard competitions to provide real-time data on athlete performance such as in-air rotations, jump height, jump distance, speed and force on landing.
Intel is also honing in on IoT and showing off a suite of wearables, including smartwatches and fitness trackers.
WEBSITE: www.Intel.com
