House Digest's Best Of CES 2025

Want to upgrade your home with the latest technology on the market? Look to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), an international technology trade show that's currently taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada. At this global event, top companies are showcasing the technological advancements that will define the homes of tomorrow, so you know House Digest has to be there in order to crown the very best products of CES 2025.

Whether you're interested in the latest robot floor cleaners, innovative lighting, or smart indoor gardening gear, there's certainly an item on this list that will elevate your entertainment, lawn care, cleaning, relaxing, or gardening experience. With products in just about every home category, our Best Of CES 2025 Awards demonstrate how many revolutionary items are being unveiled at this year's event. Without further ado, here are the products homeowners will be clamoring for in 2025 and beyond.

Our first House Digest Best Of CES 2025 award recipient is Plantaform's Smart Indoor Garden. This company was previously known for its fogponics technology, which evolved from aeroponic techniques created by NASA. What sets Plantaform's Smart Indoor Garden apart is that it uses nutrient-rich fog and no soil to help plants grow faster inside the system. You only have to refill the garden every two to three weeks, and it uses about 98% less water than traditional gardening methods.

For Plantaform, convenience is everything. As Brendan McGann, Head of customer success at Plantaform, said in an interview with House Digest, "People will enjoy this product because of its ability to produce fresh organic produce all year round at the touch of their fingertips. Its most unique feature is the devices design, it's the only one on the market that's fully enclosed, which makes it capable of having the growing environment inside the device. It also helps to diminish the brightness of the LED lights and helps keeps pets away." Because the system is enclosed, things like temperature, fan speed, and light levels can all be monitored through the Plantaform app. Another handy part of the app is that it sends notifications to the user when it's time to harvest or water the plants.

Those who want to live a healthy and sustainable lifestyle will appreciate that the herbs, greens, and flowers grown in this system are from non-GMO seeds without pesticides or herbicides. It's no wonder that the company was also awarded the Best of Innovation Award in the Food and AgTech category at CES 2025. Plantaform's Indoor Smart Garden currently retails for $499.99 USD and comes in black or white.

For its groundbreaking achievement in creating a whisper-quiet fan that adjusts airflow based on movement, we've awarded our second House Digest Best Of CES 2025 award to DREO and their Polyfan 707s. As the number-one fan and heater brand in the United States, DREO continues to prove their leadership in the industry with the unveiling of their Polyfan 707s. This is the first fan with Wind Motion Technology, meaning that it changes its airflow based on how people move in the space. "The motion sensor helps to ensure the breeze always follows you and also works in rooms with multiple people," Isabelle Deng, Product Manager from DREO, explains in an interview with House Digest. "Even without the motion sensor, it has the vertical and horizontal oscillation, which helps to improve the air circulation. It's great for all rooms, for example, a basement where you may want to eliminate musty air." With a reach of up to 110 feet and a wide-angle distribution of up to 150 degrees, it can be used to cool a large area.

Furthermore, the Polyfan 707s can be integrated with smart home technology through the DREO app, Alexa, Google Home, or Siri, making controlling the fan and adjusting the settings simple. If you hate hearing a loud fan while you're trying to sleep or work, DREO's Polyfan 707s is the perfect solution, as it's extremely quiet despite having a very strong motor. Revealed for the first time at CES 2025, DREO's Polyfan 707s will be available for purchase in May.

While there are plenty of robot vacuums being unveiled at CES 2025, the NARWAL Flow earns a House Digest Best Of CES 2025 award. This innovative all-in-one cleaner can both mop your floors and vacuum your carpets, but the mopping feature is perhaps most impressive. "An aspect of the series consumers will enjoy is the FlowWash mopping," Icey Bin, Head of Product at GTM, said in an interview with House Digest. "It's the most innovative mopping system in the industry right now. It can mop the floor in real time and collect the dirty water to deliver a simultaneous cleaning experience." Along with this convenient feature, the mop also has EdgeReach technology, which allows it to clean edges of rooms with precision.

Besides the FlowWash mopping, the Deep Carpet Boost is also noteworthy, as it picks up dust much faster than other cleaners with its adaptive brush cover. The side brush directs hair to a floating roller, where 99.99% of the hair is detangled to prevent clogs. And, the extended side brush allows it to clean corners with ease. With two RGB cameras and a TOPS AI chip, this robot vacuum will precisely navigate itself around your space. You can also experience up to 120 days without having to perform any maintenance on the robot vacuum, since it automatically does things like empty dust, wash the mop feature, and refill the water tank. This revolutionary robot vacuum will be launched in the middle of 2025.

Composters can make the work of creating fertilizer for your garden or houseplants so simple. When they have additional features like odor elimination and a generous capacity, they're even more beneficial. Those features (and many more) are the reason why we're giving Vcycene's Lila Composter a House Digest Best Of CES 2025 award. Unlike other compost bins for your kitchen, the Vcycene Lila Composter creates high-quality, lab-certified Category A compost instead of just dehydrated or ground-up waste material. Furthermore, the Lila is energy efficient with advanced AI sensors and an optimized composting process, so the electricity costs are cheaper than similar products. It also has a larger capacity than many other competitor models, and you can continue to add scraps at any time for continuous composting.

The Vcycene Lila Composter doesn't require any additives or supplements, either; just place your food scraps inside and close the composter to allow the blade to chop up the waste for the next 30 seconds. Every one to two weeks, you'll have quality compost that can be added to your plants or garden. There's no need to worry about odors, as the built-in odor elimination technology constantly takes in and purifies the air around the composter to keep the space smelling clean. Vcycene CCO Barry Liu told House Digest, "This product is energy efficient, sustainable, and environmentally friendly, which contributes to the health of our community. For each family, this product can recycle food waste with AI-powered organic composting, which can be used in the garden."Coming in muted black or white, the Vcycene Lila Composter currently retails for $960 and comes with a one-year warranty.

In the past couple years, smart bird feeders that revolutionize bird watching by containing cameras have gained popularity, and the HIXXHOME Bird Feeder with Camera (with the CoolFly app) is a top-tier product in this category. This is why we've named it a House Digest Best Of CES 2025 award recipient. The HIXXHOME Bird Feeder with Camera has a 2.5k HD video quality with a wide 150-degree lens. It also has ultra-clear infrared night vision and is powered by a solar panel. Smart AI bird identification will alert you to what type of bird has visited your feeder in real time. The camera can automatically capture video or live stream the feeder from anywhere. And squirrels won't be an issue, as this feeder has a repellent button that sounds an alarm to scare them off.

The CoolFly app also stands out at CES 2025. Not only does it allow you to see pictures and videos from your camera, you can also share your favorite images and videos with other users as part of a bird-watching community. Or multiple friends and family can see what's happening at one bird feeder and chat about the various birds that visit. CoolFly CEO and Founder Ryan Zhu said during the CES 2025 iMpact Connect Smart Home Showcase, "If you have your own feeder, you can share it with your parents, kids, or anyone around you." 

The game-changing HIXXHOME Bird Feeder with Camera is currently available for $129.99 in multiple eye-catching colors, and the Coolfly app is 30 days free, then $5.99 a month or $59.90 a year.

With its revolutionary robot lawn mowers, Segway has made cutting the grass more convenient than ever. In fact, one of the automated mowers could be driving around your lawn in the future. This is why we've awarded the company's Navimow H Series with a House Digest Best Of CES 2025 award. The Navimow H Series is the first ever wire-free robotic lawn mower for homeowners, meaning that it doesn't require the use of boundary lines like similar products. Instead, it uses an AI-assisted map, which can be created on the intuitive Navimow app. It also uses AI VisionFence technology to detect anything that's in its way to avoid it, and the smart algorithm plans the best route for maximum efficiency when cutting your grass.

Segway's Head of Sales North America Wayne Kreifels told House Digest, "Most people don't like to mow, but it's a necessary evil. Our product eliminates the chore while also ensuring the task gets done."

With the Navimow H Series, convenience is everything. You can create a mowing schedule for your yard from your phone without hassle. The mower auto-charges, so there's no need to worry about maintenance, and it's extremely quiet. It's also waterproof and can easily be cleaned off to keep it looking pristine. Globally awarded for being reliable and innovative, the Segway Navimow H Series is a game-changing product at CES 2025. On Navimow's website, the Segway Navimow H Series is available for $2,599.

LeafyPod has found a way to make caring for houseplants extra simple with their Smart Planter, an AI-powered planter that is being debuted for the first time at CES 2025. For the ingenuity of this genius product, they have earned a House Digest Best Of CES 2025 award. What makes this planter so innovative is the fact that it learns plant behaviors over time and adjusts suggestions for care accordingly. This means that if your plant seems to like less water than what's typical, your planter will learn this and change the watering schedule to meet these needs.

Lighting levels, humidity levels, and the watering schedule can be monitored on the Leafy app, which will also provide you with weekly summary reports of your plants. All the care needs are based on a number of factors, including the plant type, your home's environment, the season, and your location. Setup is extremely easy, and if you're away from home for a month, there's no need to worry, as the reservoir holds four months of water. Furthermore, you only need to charge the planter about once every six months, making it extra convenient. 

LeafyPod Co-Founder Cleo Song told House Digest, "For someone like me, I like enjoying greenery, but I don't have a green thumb. However, this product will take care of it. Those who are busy will enjoy this product because the device will take care of the plant while they're away. You can also monitor the status of your plant from your phone, which customizes the maintenance requirements based on the plant type."

The LeafyPod Smart Planter can be preordered from the company's website starting on January 15, with one bridge and planter currently costing $148.

While smart security cameras have changed home security forever, perhaps you're looking for something that's more subtle and sleek. If so, the Lockly Styla Designer Handlebar Deadbolt discreetly conceals its smart features on the handle, only revealing them when someone approaches. For this ingenuity, the Lockly Styla is another recipient of a House Digest Best Of CES 2025 award. This groundbreaking product comes with countless standard features — a 2k video camera with color and infrared night vision, intercom, alerts when someone approaches, and auto-recording. But because it's a handlebar, it also makes unlocking your door easy and secure with quick fingerprint recognition and a hack-proof PIN genie keypad that randomly shuffles the PIN numbers to keep strangers from guessing it. You can even control the door with your voice by connecting your handlebar to Alexa or Google Assistant.

Lockly CEO Lee Zheng told House Digest, "Styla brings a classic, elegant aesthetic to smart locks that have not been available to consumers until now. We designed it to be a visual statement without sacrificing the convenience of modern technology. Customers are going to enjoy how Styla's smart home features are hidden in plain sight, available when they are needed and blended seamlessly when they are not."

Easily grant limited access to guests using RFID cards or key fobs, ekeys, and ebadges on the Lockly Home app, or simply set your door to stay unlocked for a certain amount of time. Speaking of the Lockly Home app, you'll get alerts through the app about who's at your door. You can also check logs, lock or unlock your door, customize features, and manage users. Unveiled at CES 2025 and soon to be available in the United States, the Lockly Styla Designer Handlebar Deadbolt will cost $699.99.

There are lots of ways to add mood lighting to a space, but Govee has unveiled perhaps the most creative option. Govee's Mini Panel Lights (Model H6069) have been given a House Digest Best Of CES 2025 award for their customizable qualities. These 3D LED wall panels, which are attached to the wall with adhesive backings (included with purchase), can be arranged in countless ways. 

"For the mini panel lights, I think the biggest feature is the freedom to DIY whatever shapes they like," Ryan Yang, PR Manager of Govee, said in an interview with House Digest. "It's very easy to install and assemble to unleash your creativity. There are lots of DIY features. Not only can you DIY the shape but also the light effect because of the RBGIC." With the Govee Home app, you can choose over 50 scene lighting effects and music synchronization modes. The built-in MCU chips in each panel can recognize the shape you've created and alter the colors accordingly. When connected to your Matter, Google Assistant, or Alexa, you can change the colors or music mode with your voice.

There are multiple options available for the Govee Mini Panel Lights: a 20-pack for $129.99, a 10-pack for $84.99, and an expansion pack with 10 panels but no power adapter for $59.99. One power adapter can connect up to 70 panels, and all the panels can connect to one another from all four sides, so the possibilities are endless. Govee's Gaming Pixel Light also impressed us at CES 2025, earning them a House Digest Innovation Award as well.

Our final House Digest Best Of CES 2025 award goes to a product that will enhance your entertainment experience in an innovative way. Powered by LumiSync, the all-new Linkind Matter ET8 Smart TV Backlights with HDMI 2.1 Sync Box uses AI to analyze your screen and extend the colors of the scene around your TV without any perceived latency. With 16 million colors, the lighting is made to perfectly match the display on your TV. In an interview with House Digest, Kevin Bright, director of branding communications at AiDot, said, "[The] ET8 creates an immersive environment for enjoying medium because it's a richer viewing experience. We came up with a word that we like to represent this concept, and it's called LumiSphere. ET8 brings content to life and into your environment, immersing you into your very own LumiSphere." 

The Linkind Matter ET8 also comes with 11 music-sync modes and 64 lighting presets to create the right ambiance at any time, whether for a specific holiday or mood. This product can be used on TVs up to 90 inches, and the HDMI 2.1 sync box allows it to support 4K resolution at 120 hertz. It's also extra simple to install and use, with no calibration required. It can be connected to Matter, Alexa, or Google Home for voice recognition, or integrated with other lighting solutions through AiDot.