Executive Summary

The Coresight Research team is in Las Vegas this week for CES 2020 (formerly, the Consumer Electronics Show), held January 7–10. CES 2020 has brought together over 4,500 exhibitors with nearly 20,000 new transformative tech products and more than 170,000 attendees. 

These are the top five insights from the media days, January 5–6:

• The dynamic of the consumer electronics industry has changed. We are entering a decade of the new “IoT”—theIntelligence of Things, which will be powered by 5G.
• 5G connectivity will enable the use of digital tools to improve productivity in agriculture, working toward a sustainable future.
• The consumerization of artificial intelligence (AI) will see use cases in machine learning, end services, content services and emerging technologies.
• Digital healthcare is evolving quickly, lowering costs and improving outcomes.
• More retailers and startups are focusing on sustainability as social values become more important to consumers.