Held in January at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester, Nevada, United States, the event typically hosts presentations of new products and technologies in the consumer electronics industry.

Speakers included the FTC's Joan Bernstein on "The Warranty Law – Its Status and Impact", and the FCC's Richard M. Smith on "Regulating Citizens' Band Radios".

[18] In Summer CES, Sony revealed a Super Famicom with a built-in CD-ROM drive, that incorporated Green Book technology or CD-i, called "Play Station" (also known as SNES-CD).

[22] In the summer CES held in Chicago and dominated by video game products,[23] Apple Inc. unveiled its Newton MessagePad.

program to include all consumer rechargeable batteries, adding Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Lithium Ion (Li-Ion), and Small VRLA (SSLA/Pb).

The event started off with a twist when the main keynote address by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates went wrong, as his demonstration of the Xbox 360 resulted in an out of memory error,[43] much to the amusement of the onlookers.

[48] Hillcrest Labs won the "Best Of Innovations" award in the video accessories category for software and hardware that allows a television to be controlled with natural gestures.

[49][50] Attendance was over 150,000 individuals in 1.67 million net square feet of space, making it the largest electronics event in the United States.

Previously held at the Las Vegas Hilton's Main Theater, they staged for the first time at The Palazzo Ballroom in The Venetian.

The opening keynote was presented by Gary Shapiro (President/CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, which hosts the event), with Ed Zander, Chairman/CEO of Motorola.

Along with the announcement, he presented a lengthy comedy skit on what his last day with Microsoft would be like, complete with cameos from celebrities, to film directors, to politicians including Jay-Z, Steven Spielberg, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and many others.

One computer ran two 7-foot (2.1 m) screens, displaying 576 cubes hooked up to 20,000 information sources, including 20 live video feeds.

Inview claimed that its low processing and memory footprint means connected TV capabilities are available at low-cost, as the software is provided royalty free.

The smartphone uses SunPartner's Wysips CONNECT, a technique that converts light waves into usable energy, making the phone capable of receiving and decoding signals without drawing on its battery.

These included Advanced Ordnance Teaching, Clinical Bidet, Ossia's Cota Wireless Power Technology,[109] eFit, eGeeTouch Smart Fingerprint-NFC Luggage Lock, Eye Tribe Tracker Pro, homnistat, Hydrao, Jacoti Hearing Suite, K-1 Assistive Device, Luminon, MATRIX, Netatmo Presence, Noke U Locke, Owlet Baby Monitor, PanaCast 2, RemoPill, SCiO, Smart Air Purifier, The New Kano, Whirlpool Smart Top Load, and ZPower.

[110] One of the most anticipated technologies at 2016 CES was experiencing consumer device charging without wires—or "wireless power" --, as shown by companies like Energous, Ossia, and WiTricity.

Min-Liang Tan, co-founder and chief executive officer of Razer, said that the company is treating the case as "industrial espionage".

CES Best of Innovation Award Honorees included Siren Diabetic Socks, 2018 Nissan Leaf, Samsung's first consumer Micro LED TV, Wi-Charge's Long-Range Wireless Power Technology,[115] Intel Movidius Neural Compute Stick, 3D Touch Surface Display by Continental Automotive Systems, Aipoly Autonomous Store Platform, AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X, Amaryllo's AR4, A.I.

security camera, IRIVER media player, Bang & Olufsen's BeoSound Shape, BUDDY robot by Blue Frog Robotics, HP's 3D Camera, Dell Ocean-Bound Plastics Packaging Program, ElliQ by Intuition Robotics, Ethereal Halo by Ethereal Machines, InstruMMents 01 world's first Dimensioning Instrument, Kensington VeriMark Fingerprint Key, Lancey smart space heater, LG 4K UHD Projector, Light L16 multi-aperture camera, Looxid VR, MARS smart TWS earbuds, Sproutel's social robot, Nura headphones, 1MORE ComfoBuds Pro True Wireless In-Ear Headphones,[116] NUVIZ Head-Up Display for motorcyclists, Samsung Family Hub 3.0 Refrigerator, Trident 3 Arctic gaming console, Dynamic's WalletCard, WHILL Model Ci and Willow Wearable Breast Pump.

Celebrating CES 2018, a Las Vegas strip club even decided to introduce the public to their creations, the world's first-ever robot strippers.

[119] Hikvision and IFlytek, two companies later sanctioned by the U.S. government for allegedly enabling human rights abuses in Xinjiang with their technology, were also present.

CES Best of Innovation Honorees include the KitchenAid Cook Processor Connect, LG V40 ThinQ, Zumi RoboCar, Ring Spotlight Cam, Samsung 2019 Family Hub, and the 2018 Nissan Leaf for the second time in a row.

[127][128] Automotive has become a major part of CES with focus on innovation in electric vehicles, infotainment, telematics, autonomous capabilities and ride sharing.

[130] A range of the electric vehicles shown at CES 2020 are expected to enter production in the next 1–2 years from the established OEMs as well as startups such as Rivian, BYTON, Faraday Future and others.

[131] Hyundai and Uber announced a joint-initiative at CES 2020 to develop a 100% electrically-powered flying taxi that will feature vertical take off/landing and a four-passenger capacity at 180 mph.

[139] CES management reviewed dozens of video conferencing platforms to find one that would support tens of thousands of people, and ultimately chose to use Microsoft Teams for the service.

Ryan Seacrest held a session discussing digital performances and spoke to Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa.

[144] Due to increased SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant infection counts reported, many companies such as Intel, Lenovo, TikTok, T-Mobile, Amazon, Google, and Meta switched to a virtual-only appearance.

[147] General Motors CEO Barra said the company would participate in a digital-only format, and that her keynote speech to debut the electric version of the Chevrolet Silverado EV would be delivered remotely.

[166] Other innovations unveiled include lithium-free, paper-thin cellulose batteries and a spoon that delivers an electric current to trick the tongue into tasting salt without consuming it.