Consumer hardware

With the increasing prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI), how to leverage AI technology to drive digital transformation in industries has become a focal point of concern.

On March 23, the 2025 Appliance & Electronics World Expo (AWE2025) concluded at Shanghai New International Expo Centre after a four-day run. This year's event drew over 1,000 global leaders in home appliances and consumer electronics,

Eshwar K Vikas, Co-Founder & CEO of Beyond Appliances, is on a mission to transform Indian kitchens through smart automation, AI-driven cooking assistance, and IoT integration. His vision is

TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology, a subsidiary of TCL, is also exhibiting its printing organic light-emitting diode or OLED displays and OLEDs used in smartphone and laptop screens, with sizes ranging from 5.5 inches to 150 inches.

Zhou Yunjie, chairman of home appliance giant Haier Group, said AI models tailored for the smart home domain represent key infrastructure supporting the transformation of the traditional home appliance sector and could give rise to in-home service robots, creating new growth drivers for the global consumer electronics industry.

AI still feels like a cutting-edge breakthrough, even though it's been around for decades.  Machine learning has quietly powered search engines, recommendation algorithms, and speech recognition for years - but only recently has AI become a consumer product in its own right.

From AI-powered hardware to the reinvention of legacy products, here is what's shaping the future of physical products.

The next AI battleground isn't only new models, it's hardware. OpenAI's move into AR glasses & robots signals a future of new AI-powered devices and spatial interactions.