CES 2018: Checking in on new tech six months later

CES 2017 was a breakout year for Amazon's Alexa digital assistant. The helpful, disembodied entity showed up in everything from speakers to appliances. The 2018 show proved a similar opportunity for the Google Assistant. One of the big promises on the Google Assistant front was a wave of "smart displays" from companies like JBL and LG, but those products are only just getting ready to trickle out here in July. Smart screens have also busted out of their small frames a bit since CES 2018, too.