Then there are big brands withdrawing from the CES 2022 physical exhibition, the latest of which is Google and GM Universal

As many people should know, CES 2022 will hold a physical exhibition in Las Vegas in mid-January, and re-hold offline face-to-face exhibitions after a gap of 2 years. Before that, many big brands have clearly stated that they will participate in CES 2022 and will give speeches on the spot, such as Intel, AMD and NVIDIA and other well-known brands. However, with the aggravation of the epidemic in foreign countries, more and more well-known brands are now not participating in the physical exhibition of CES 2022, the latest of which is Google and GM (Universal).

A Google spokesperson told Techradar:

"Unfortunately, after careful consideration, we have decided not to attend the physical exhibition of CES 2022 in person. We have been following the development of the Omiljung mutant strain and believe that this is the best decision for the health and safety of our team. ”

GM, on the other hand, has not recently participated in CES 2022, and will still hold a keynote session but will be distributed over the Internet:

"CES is an important technology platform, and we will continue to share important news about our company on January 5, including the Chevrolet Silverado EV."

In fact, there have been large companies withdrawing from the physical exhibition of CES 2022 before, and the communications operator T-Mobile is the most prominent of the first large companies to withdraw, and their CEO Mike Sievert said earlier this week that he himself will not give a keynote speech and will significantly reduce the personal participation of personnel. The well-known TV manufacturer Hisense also said yesterday that it will change the media conference on January 4 to be held online, but it will still participate in the physical CES 2022 exhibition. As for well-known Internet companies such as Meta, Twitter and Pinterest, they have long said that they will not participate in the CES 2022 physical exhibition.

Therefore, how many manufacturers will eventually appear on the scene of CES 2022 is still unknown, and we can only hope that even if the manufacturers do not conduct physical exhibitions, they will also give keynote speeches online, just like last year's CES 2021.