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The Show Will Go On, in Person and Virtually, for CES 2022

With a spike in Covid-19 cases, big brands began pulling out

crowded CES conference room from 2017 — CES as it looked Jan. 4, 2017. The in-person event this year will be stunted by a new Covid wave.Getty Images

The 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in-person conference will go on next week. But hundreds of brands and thousands of attendees will forgo the annual trip to Las Vegas as Covid infections spike to record numbers.

Procter & Gamble, Google, GM, AT&T, Amazon, Meta and TikTok are among brands to have pulled out of an in-person presence at the world’s biggest technology show. The event will take place in person and virtually, starting Wednesday, Jan. 5.