For tech heads everywhere, CES is the most wonderful time of the year. With the conference well and truly underway, Razer has taken the chance to unleash its upcoming slate of products for the next twelve months.
From innovations in comfort for gaming chairs to brand-new applications for AI within the video games space, here’s a breakdown of everything Razer brought to the show-and-tell that is CES.
The Razer Blade 16 Is Back And Thinner Than Ever
Excepted to launch in Q1 2025, and building on its lineage of sleek, ultra-powered gaming laptops, the new model of Razer’s Blade 16 is back and thinner than it has ever been.
With a desirable waistline of just 0.59 inches, the Blade 16 is proof that size isn’t indicative of power.
NVIDIA, who are no strangers to supporting these beasts, return with GPU cards ranging up to GeForce RTX 5090, while it’s a surprise to see Intel Core i9 benched in favour of AMD’s Ryzen AI processors, a first for the range.
Pair both of these with a razor-sharp 240Hz display, and you’re talking about a fearsome piece of technology that’s absolutely geared at gamers who demand performance.
Project Arielle Is A Gaming Chair That’ll Warm And Cool Your Sweet Can
Built upon the existing framework of Razer’s celebrated Fujin Pro, Project Arielle is gaming’s first-ever mesh gaming chair to feature integrated heating and cooling through the use of bladeless fan tech.
With a touch panel that’ll allow users to adjust settings on the fly, it’s said the chair can reduce the perceived temperature in dryer climates by between 2°C to 5°C while being able to push out up to 30°C of warm air.
Whether you’re ice cold or the sweatiest of the sweatiest, Razer’s giving you a chair that can combat both.
Project Ava Is An AI-Copilot That Aims To Help Better Your Game
Razer also showcased Project Ava, a conceptual tech, that serves as an AI-powered pilot who can provide players with real-time feedback and coaching.
By being able to tap into quick, responsive advice from the top minds in esports, this feels like one of the more novel approaches to integrating AI into the video game space, and one that can help middling players become more familiar with strategies and metas that could help them excel.
Another benefit of having Ava rooting around inside your rig comes by way of performance optimisation as she’ll be able to fine-tune your set-up to your preferences, whether that means more frames or better graphical fidelity, with a single click. She’ll even make sure you’ll never be waiting on a hardware, software, or firmware update, which so regularly keeps you out of the game.
Lastly, all of this feedback from Ava can be as user-facing as you like. You can chat with Ava in between plays, keep her live in your headset for moment-to-moment feedback, or relegate her services to a simple, old-fashioned chatbox.
Razer Brings AAA Gaming To Mobile Phones With PC Remote Play
With so many providers dipping their toe into the PC-to-mobile streaming race, it’s hard to know if there is space for another but that hasn’t prevented Razer from introducing PC Remote Play.
It harnesses the power of the Kishi Ultra to let players stream games from their PC with no loss of resolution or power.
It also seamlessly pairs with the Razer Nexus app, which can be accessed subscription-free, to grant players a clean, easy interface for accessing all of their installed games.
The Razer Monitor Stand Chroma Is Doing Its Part To Keep Gaming At Eye-Level
As someone who does value desk organisation, Razer’s Monitor Stand Chroma does appeal to me in that it creates more desktop space by being able to keep things like my Leviathan speaker stowed safely beneath.
It’s 19.7 inches long and 8.27 inches wide, it features Razer’s trademark RGB lighting complete with 16.8 million colours all the while housing a bevy of connectivity options within its slick, aluminium build that supports up to 20kg of weight.
Whether this is essential to get the most out of your gaming or not remains to be seen, however, it speaks to the audience that likes both a clean set-up and wants RGB lighting on their kettle.
Razer’s Going To Hyperboost Your Gaming Through Heat Dissipation
Razer also took the opportunity to unveil their neat “Hyperboost” technology, which is set to come in handy when using one of their top-of-the-line Razer Blade laptops in tandem with their cooling mat.
Brand synergy at its best.
Being able to cool the machine below what its vapour-cooling chambers already can, Razer can eke more power out of the machine, significantly boosting across-the-board performance in models released in 2023 and later.
Even better yet, Razer Hyperboost is available as a complementary update for eligible Razer Blade owners.
Razer’s Handheld Dock Chroma Introduces More Connectivity Options For Mobile Gaming
If their PC Remote Play initiative wasn’t proof enough that Razer was here for mobile gamers, the Razer Handheld Dock Chroma further cements their stance on people carrying their games in their pocket.
It serves up a 6-in-1 design that transforms a player’s regular phone, tablet, or handheld into a more “powerful console” through expansive connectivity options. It’s foldable for easy transport, offers a 100W power passthrough for rapid device charging, and includes a gigabit ethernet port and HDMI out.
Light Up Your Life With Razer’s Aether Standing Light Bars
Razer’s existing Aether Gamer Room product line is a must-have for any gamer looking to maximise the atmosphere and ambiance of any play session, and their new Aether Standing Light Bars should go a long way to furthering that irresistible immersion.
In addition to wall-projected lighting, these multifunctional lighting bars can be reoriented using reversible front-and-back dual lighting to provide direct user illumination, which will be useful for streamers and the like. Fitted with 30 LED lights per bar, they’re able to transform any space into one that feels like a real extension of the screen itself.
Powered by a single USB-C cable, the Aether Standing Lights are designed to work universally with all make of smart home devices.
If Heating Or Cooling Isn’t Your Scene, The Razer Iskur V2 X Offers Best-In-Class Ergonomics At An Accessible Price
Although Razer’s first foray into developing gaming chairs came with the Razer Iskur back in 2020, they’ve since refined that model, the Razer Iskur V2, while introducing others in that product line that cater to differing and unique needs of gamers all over the globe.
These include the Razer Enki and Razer Fujin which, as we alerted you to earlier, just introduced a slick all-mesh chair capable of heating and cooling. But if that’s not for you, and you’re simply after all of the core ergonomic features offered by the Razer Iskur V2 at an affordable price, look no further than the Razer Iskur V2 X.
Razer’s Iskur V2 X retains the lumbar support and foam cushioning of the Iskur V2, however, its wider seat base, which is up to 545mm from 530mm, allows for greater dispersion of seated pressure.
