Here’s what you need to know from CES 2019 Day 1

is officially upon us. Which means … giant televisions. Autonomous vehicles. Cute robots. Even Apple has a rare presence this year. 

If you weren’t able to make it to Vegas for the first big tech event of 2019, don’t worry. Read on for the highlights from the first official day of . 

CES is usually a hard pass for Apple. Tim Cook and company generally opt to make their announcements at the tech giant’s own Apple events.

That’s not totally the case this year.

While Apple isn’t making any official product announcements of its own, the iPhone maker is more present than usual in Vegas in 2019. First, we have . Apple is taunting its competitors with the company’s pro-consumer privacy policy. Apple’s advertisements around CES play on Sin City’s “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” slogan.

Then there’s the big iTunes and announcement , LG, and Vizio. Apple rarely allows its software to run on non-Apple hardware. The exceptions that have been made usually involve audio. But Apple has stiff competition when it comes to the streaming video market, and partnering with the big TV manufacturers in order to integrate Apple’s streaming video services is a huge move for the company. It’s also very much a for Apple, which is with its latest iPhone models.

At CES this year, Samsung is showing off a 75” TV. Only, it could also be a 80” TV. Or a 90”. 

That’s because this Samsung television is made up of multiple Micro LED panels, allowing complete customization of your screen. You can have a giant TV, a tiny TV, or even a TV made specifically for vertical social media videos. We bet you’ve never considered a television screen for that.

Customizing your Micro LED TV to any size, resolution, and aspect ratio you’d like is wicked simple too. Simply twist and slide a panel right off.

Big TVs that perfectly integrate with our homes are definitely a thing this year. The LG Signature OLED TV R, a 65” 4K TV, rolls into its base with the press of a button, completely disappearing from sight when not in use. 

When we say roll, by the way, we mean it literally. The OLED display, which, while thin, doesn’t look flimsy, actually rolls up inside the base like a projector screen. 

One thing that sets this LG super-thin rollable TV apart from other futuristic tech at CES: It’s coming out later this year.

Robots are making waves this year at CES, but the truth is they’re not all as cute as these guys.

Japanese startup Groove X has brought its Lovet robots to Vegas. While these Ewok-looking robots don’t talk, they’re extremely emotive. And unlike , they actually work! 

At $6,000 a pair, you probably won’t be seeing them very much off the CES floor, so keep an eye out. They’re much more adorable than CES breakouts like the .

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