Samsung at CES 2020: we're live at the launch of its 8K bezel-less TV and more

Well, well, well... here we are at CES 2020 and we're waiting for the Samsung press conference to kick off.

What will we see? Samsung has already shown off its 8K, almost bezel-less TV, as well as the new Note 10 Lite and Galaxy S10 Lite (just before the Galaxy S11 appears in a month) - but there has to be a load of new stuff coming, right?

Well, whatever it is, TechRadar is right here helping you keep up with everything that's happening - and if you want to watch it for yourself and miss our AMAZING WORDS then you can do so right here:

All times below in PT:

19:13 - Bixby is going to be the center of the smart kitchen - it'll know how you worked out with GEMS and suggest smart recipes. It'll work with robot chef arms to prepare your food. It means the kitchen 'becomes a partner you actually cook with'.

The same theory is being added to new tech - the intelligent living room. It will do things like let you connect to your loved ones wherever they are, play online games with friends and feel like you're all together.

With 5G-enabled screens, everyone can apparently be in the game. The idea is to bring outside experiences into the home, making the home a more 'living organism'.

Samsung is claiming to bring ground-breaking design and innovation to make this happen. Still nothing properly new, with a release date, been announced.

19:07 - OK, now we're 'Connecting Beyond the Home'. GEMS (Gait Enhancement and Monitoring System) - it's been upgraded. An exoskeleton connected to AR glasses, the Smasunsg Watch, and recognises your fitness needs and optimizes the experience for you, while improving your capabilities.

We've just seen a pretty interesting demo where someone can do a set of exercises and see a virtual assistant telling you what to do in front of them using special AR glasses. 

It was an odd demo, seeing someone talk to a giant cartoon lady in front of them.

19:05 - The intelligent home will still be 'an intimate and personal space' meaning the products will be tailored for needs, and will reflect our diverse world.

I'll be honest, I'm getting slightly tired of having lots of announcements and no real material changes here. Samsung is saying it's getting more into AI to make us healthy. A ball will follow you around, but it seems like a concept.

And the intelligent home will 'know you, and work around you, and be flexible'. Great, but how are we going to get there? We know that every brand wants to make this personal, but it's not easy AND to stay private too.

19:03 - Guys, I'm really sorry. But the name of this person on stage just flashed up and down really quickly and I didn't manage to grab it. But it's Federico Casalegno (thanks David Lumb, our mobiles editor sitting next to me) and he's talking about the Intelligent Home.

19:01 - According to Seung, AI is the future of care, with seven articial intelligence centers around the world. This will allow hardware and software will crunch the date on your devices, which will 'protect your privacy and puts you in control' rather than chucking it all up into the cloud.

And now we're back to Ballie - is he creepy?

'We want Ballie to keep our secrets. We want AI... you can trust'.

This is Samsung saying that it promises to keep everything safe... but isn't saying how.

18:57 - Sebastian Seung, Executive VP of Samsung Research is on stage now... and talking in a strange manner. He's explaining how the wearables can monitor your stress, how Samsung Health can monitor your form during yoga or have your TV turned on in the morning to give you heart-pumping music. 

He's saying it like announcing contestants on a talent show though. It's kind of soothing.

18:55 - Ballie patrols your home to keep you safe. He will tell you when you're being lazy on the sofa. Will call for help if seniors need it, or help them control their smart stuff. He'll record your moments on his camera. Wait... I'm not sure I like the sound of Ballie.

18:54 - We just watched a video of Ballie - there was a dog in his apartment and it made a right old mess with some sweets. Ballie told on the dog and then called the robot vacuum cleaner on him. Ballie is a dick to dogs (even though they were hugging at the end).

18:52 - So Ballie is a small robot with a camera and voice recognition, that follows you creepily around the house and makes cute sounds. He has a green light. This light would look really evil if it went red. FACT.

18:50 - Guys, we've gone straight in with the big stuff - Samsung has invented a ball! 

OK, it's a robot (that's still a ball). It follows you around the house, the just-bigger-than-a-tennis-ball ball. It's rolling around the stage following HS Kim - who is seemingly slightly confused by the little guy.

He just broke into a little run to see if Ballie followed... and he sort of did. 

He just said 'come here, Ballie, and it did. That was fun. He picked it up.

18:46 - Sorry if you were waiting for more information on what's going on with Samsung - we had a mild technical glitch that's now been solved.

Luckily you've missed nothing except the keynote from HS Kim, the CEO of Samsung Consumer Electronics in North America talking about the journey, something about cats and me.

Not me, you see. Him. Well, not him. People generally. On a journey. Or something. Look, I was trying to fix a live blog, OK?

18:33 - Right - Gary Shapiro is on stage talking about what Samsung are going to be talking today. He's wearing a powerful suit and he's talking powerfully. There's a lot of power on show here. 

Talking about how Samsung has been the number one player in the TV space in the US for 14 years straight. 

Shapiro is powerfully talking about the industry. Man, so much power going on. 

Oh good, we're into another video now.

18:30 - Welcome, welcome, welcome - we're kicking off now - get ready for a world of Samsung things to be happening into your brain.

We're watching a video about what an amazing thing that CES 2020 is - about things that are meaningful and different. 'Tech that allows us to connect and explore and play in ways we can see and ways we haven't begun to imagine'.

Sometimes, things are just words, aren't they?

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