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Segway, known of course for the Segway, is now offering another motorized form of transportation. The company has announced its first two e-bikes at CES 2025. Pre-orders for the Xyber and Xafari are now available through Segway and select dealers. The Xyber seems to be all about speed and distance. Twisting the throttle in Race Mode makes the bike go from zero to 20 miles per hour in just 2.7 seconds thanks to its direct-drive motor. It can go up to 112 miles on a dual battery or 56 miles on a single battery. Plus, it has 20-inch by three-inch tires and 110mm front and 100mm rear suspension. Meanwhile, the Xafari is more for the everyday user. It goes from zero to 20 miles per hour in 5.2 seconds and can travel up to 88 miles between charges. It weighs 85 pounds, takes six hours to charge and has 26-inch by three-inch tires. Plus, it has a front suspension of 80mm and a rear suspension of 70mm. Segway's Xyber and Xafari e-bikes also share quite a few features, including the company's Intelligent Ride System. This includes tools like AirLock, which automatically engages locks when the owner's device is away from the bike. It also triggers an alarm (and push alert) if someone tries to activate the bike. There's adaptive pedal assist, which adjusts the power output based on slope, terrain and rider effort. A waterproof, high-resolution 2.4-inch smart TFT display that automatically adjusts its brightness and can show navigation, ride metrics, reject calls and control music. Plus, health and fitness data can sync in real-time to Apple and Android health apps or the Segway Mobility app. Alongside its new e-bikes, Segway also announced its next generation of electric kick-scooters and robot mowers. There's the high performance scooters, which includes the GT3 Pro and GT3 SuperScooters, along with Max G3 which Segway claims offers the smoothest ride. Then there's the updated commuter scooters, the F3, F3 Pro, E3 and E3 Pro. Segway will launch each scooter between March and June of this year. Then there's the Segway Navimow X3 Series, which can mow lawns up to two and a half acres big. It offers an upgraded 300 degree camera and, notably, an edge trimmer expansion. The new Segway Navimow series follows last year's Navimow i105 robot mower. We were a fan of it, as it got rid of about 90 percent of the work we'd normally have to do. However, we found it struggled to trim the lawn's edges. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/segway-is-finally-launching-e-bikes-at-ces-2025-130015667.html?src=rss
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The Pinwheel Watch doesnt scream this is a kids device. The new smartwatch, unveiled at Pepcom during CES 2025, doesnt have a chunky, brightly colored casing or super-thick bezels. Its actually pretty sleek, with a build like a slightly larger Apple Watch plus a little camera bump and swappable straps of different styles. To tech-aware kids who have begun bugging their parents for a smartwatch just like they have, it would easily pass as an analogue for an adult wearable. But its also packed with safety features meant to offer only the amount of connectedness that parents feel comfortable with. And an AI chatbot, because, of course. Pinwheel already has a smartphone platform that allows for parent-approved communications, but the watch is a standalone 4G LTE cellular device with its own mobile plan (about $15 according to the company) and the ability to make calls, send texts and, down the line, do video chats. Parents can determine the level of intervention they think is appropriate for their kids, and change these settings in the Pinwheel app as they see fit. Cheyenne MacDonald for Engadget For a younger kid, they might set it so all contacts need to be approved, while a 14-year-old can be granted the freedom to add whatever friends they want without approval. Parents can remotely monitor text and call history, and turn off certain features like image sending individually for contacts. It also offers GPS location tracking so parents can keep tabs on their kids whereabouts. Beyond basic communication, there are a bunch of features that are just meant for fun. There are built-in games, like a helicopter game I really enjoyed playing that involves tapping the screen at the right time to collect gems and keep it in the air, and a kid-friendly version of ChatGPT called PinwheelGPT. The company says the chatbot has been tested for all the common workarounds used to trick these things into doing what they shouldnt, so it wont produce inappropriate responses when prompted to. And parents can see these chats, including deleted ones. You can certainly ask it whatever, but it won't answer, said Pinwheel co-founder Dane Witbeck. It quickly backs out and says, hey, that's something you should talk to a trusted adult about. The abysmal hotel-casino Wi-Fi at the crowded event prevented me from actually putting that to the test, though. The Pinwheel Watch will go on sale later this year for $160 (plus the monthly cellular subscription). Its rated IP67, so it should be pretty durable against spills, dirt and other kid messes. For parents interested in a safer way to let their children start using smart devices to talk to their friends and family, Pinwheel's watch could be a pretty decent option, especially for kids in tween territory that may not want an extremely limited, immature-looking wearable. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/wearables/the-pinwheel-watch-is-a-kid-safe-apple-watch-ultra-lookalike-to-placate-your-tween-123005235.html?src=rss
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Handheld gaming PCs are here to stay, and as the entire category grows and matures, things are getting bigger. Even bigger. Packing detachable controllers and a built-in kickstand, Acers Blaze 11 shares several similarities with Lenovos Legion Go handheld. However, (the clue is in the name) the Blaze 11 has a huge 11-inch 2,560 x 1,600 IPS display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 500 nits of brightness. The effect of that huge screen is akin to holding a steering wheel with a tablet-sized screen slammed in the middle, according to our own Sam Rutherford. Itll be powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS chip and Radeon 780M graphics, 16GB of RAM and up to 2TB of SSD storage. It makes the Steam Deck look like a GameBoy Micro. Mat Smith Get this delivered daily direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here! The biggest tech stories you missed Dell dumps its PC brands to be more like Apple Samsungs first Unpacked event of 2025 will be on January 22 The AMD Ryzen Z2 will power next-gen gaming handhelds Alienwares Area-51 desktop PC is back, baby! Aww, its just as expensive as I remember! Engadget As predicted, CES threw up a lot of PC upgrades and accompanying laptops. Alienware, however, is bringing back an old favorite: its Area-51 desktops. The new Area-51 PC has a full-sized 80L tower with headroom for over 600W of dedicated graphics power and 280W for processing. It supports the latest NVIDIA graphics cards and an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU. In fact, its launch configuration will cost around $4,500. (Other builds will follow, including a (unspecified) cheaper entry-level option.) The company says a new airflow system moves 25 percent more air, runs 13 percent cooler and is 45 percent quieter than the two previous Alienware Aurora desktops. That cooling effect, the company says, leads to 50 percent more processing power. Continue reading. The Last of Us season 2 arrives in April, and a Horizon Zero Dawn film is in the works And! A Ghost of Tsushima anime is also in development. Sonys CES presentation yesterday was heavy on entertainment announcements especially concerning its PlayStation hits. Columbia Pictures is in the early stages of developing a movie based on the post-apocalyptic PlayStation game Horizon Zero Dawn, while Neil Druckmann from Naughty Dog popped out to announce season two of The Last of Us would hit HBO in April. You can also expect an anime based on Ghost of Tsushima Legends, the coop multiplayer game linked to the original. Something to keep wannabe ninjas and samurai entertained till the sequel lands? Continue reading. Sonys first EV is open for reservations at CES 2025 Two versions of the car will be available starting at $89,900. Through Sony Honda Mobility, you can reserve a vehicle now for $200. The car that was once the Vision-S and Vision-S 02 will actually be a thing you can buy. Now known as Afeela 1, the EV has continued to evolve in the past few years, adding an in-vehicle assistant and updated interior design. More on that later this week! Continue reading. I hate winter; heres a solar beach umbrella Ankers parasol doesnt have a price yet. Anker The Anker Solix Solar Beach Umbrella also appeared at CES 2025, a flexible, freestanding umbrella that can also charge your phone or power the companys EverFrost 2 cooler convenient. Like a normal umbrella, the Solix Solar Beach Umbrella is portable and collapsible, but Anker says its using perovskite solar cells in its panels to offer 30 percent better performance than traditional crystalline silicon cells, which translates to a solar-rated power of up to 80W. Continue reading.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/the-morning-after-engadget-newsletter-122055121.html?src=rss
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