Best of CES 2025: Party Speakers, Retro Gaming and Content Creator Tools to Level Up Your Game

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Best for Influencers

Belkin Stage Creator Bundle

If you’re an influencer (or aspiring to be one), then the Belkin Stage Creator Bundle is a must-have and takes the top spot in our books for content creation for TikTok, Instagram and other social media platforms. The bundle comes with a strong and sturdy tripod (that reaches heights up to 5.5 feet), an adjustable magnetic phone mount and a set of wearable clip-on microphones (with a range up to 328 feet away). It even has a battery life of up to 5.5 hours per charge to make videos and take photos with your smartphone. The Belkin Stage Creator Bundle even pairs with the Belkin Auto-Tracking Stand Pro for even more options for capturing and creating content.

Best Earbuds

SHOKZ OPENFIT 2

The SHOKZ OPENFIT 2 are our pick for best earbuds we saw (and tried) at CES 2025. Unlike conventional wireless earbuds that sit inside of your ear canals for audio, the SHOKZ OPENFIT 2 unique flawlessly-executed design makes it possible for these buds to rest comfortably on your open ears without losing audio quality with crisp tones and deep bass. This is thanks to SHOKZ’s bone conduction technology that delivers audio through your cheekbones into your ears via a series of intricate vibrations.

Best Tablet

TCL NXTPaper 11+

What makes the TCL NXTPaper 11+ soar above the rest of the tablet market (including the Apple iPad) is its revolutionary “NXTPaper” (pronounced “next paper”) 11.5-inch 2.2K display that makes it feel like e-ink for smoother transitions and minimal eye strain. Simply put: The TCL NXTPaper 11+ is easy on the eyes. Additionally, colors pop with clarity and brightness, while it feels like you’re navigating through an e-reader — even when you’re watching YouTube or playing a mobile game, like Chrono Trigger or Fortnite.

Best Portable Digital Projector

XGIMI Aura 2

Best Home Audio

Klipsch Music City Series Party Speakers

For CES 2025, premium home audio company Klipsch announced three new Bluetooth speakers to keep the party going all night long. The Klipsch Music City Series Party Speakers features the Klipsch Vegas, Klipsch Miami and Klipsch New York that has best-in-show audio that suits the style of partying in each city. For example: The Klipsch New York comes with built-in trolley wheels, so you can take the party with you. All Klipsch Music City Series Party Speakers come with up to 18 hours of battery life per charge, RBG lighting and a microphone for karaoke.

Best Headphones

OneOdio Studio Max 1

The OneOdio Studio Max 1 features standout premium and studio-grade audio with high-resolution crystal clear and rich, while bass is booming and full. They also feature wireless or wired connectivity for sound mixing, DJing or just listening to your favorite music and podcast with style. The OneOdio Studio Max 1 headphones has up to a whopping 120 hours of battery life per charge, which is one of the reasons why we picked these as part our best of CES 2025.

Best Turntable

Victrola Wave

Best Smart Home

Caséta Smart Shades by Lutron Electronics

The Caséta Smart Shades from Lutron Electronics makes it possible to control your home shades from your smartphone or with a voice assistant, like Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant or Apple Siri. And since it’s a smart home device, you can schedule your shades to close every morning and evening to make it easier to wake up at the beginning of your day or wind down at the end. The Caséta Smart Shades have a breathtaking design that comes in roller or honeycomb styles, as well as light filtering or blackout fabrics. Learn more about the Caséta Smart Shades by Lutron Electronics here.

Best Smartphone Accessory

Belkin Stage PowerGrip

The Belkin Stage PowerGrip is a real game changer! Although the Apple iPhone has one of the best smartphone cameras around, the Belkin Stage PowerGrip a handy grip and shutter button to the mobile device to make it feel like you’re snapping with a dedicated point-and-shoot or DSLR camera. It connect to the Apple iPhone via MagSafe, while it even doubles as a power bank to give the smartphone some additional juice — up to an extra 20 hours. The accessory comes in five colors, including powder blue, sandbox, fresh yellow, black and pepper.

Best Home Theater Audio System

Hisense HT Saturn

The Hisense HT Saturn is innovative home theater surround sound system that features impressive and immersive audio that’s full and rich with four satellite speakers (two front-facing, two rear — 13 speaker drivers in total), a mighty subwoofer for deep bass and rumble and a handy central hub that brings it all together that’s a tour de force when it comes to home audio. And best of all? Everything connects to each other wirelessly, so you don’t need to run cumbersome cables and wires around your home entertainment center. The Hisense HT Saturn supports Pure Surround, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X formats for movie theater-quality sound at home.

Best Best Retro Gaming

My Arcade Atari Gamestation Go

Best Gaming LIGHTS

Govee Mini Panel Lights

To add a bit of style to your gaming space, we recommend going with the Govee Mini Panel Lights, which is our pick for best gaming lights we spotted at CES 2025. On sale for $129.99 (reg. $149.99), the Govee Mini Panel Lights comes with 20 cube smart wall lights that connect together to provide works of art that you create. After you arrange them, you can use the Govee mobile app to design your very own light show or color scheme that highlights your gaming space. You can even connect more LEDs together (up to 70 pieces) for even grander flourishes. The Govee Mini Panel Lights are the most exciting gaming lights you’ll use this year!