SINGAPORE, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — adjoe, global leading provider of mobile advertising solutions specializing in rewarded ads, announced a landmark partnership with LINE, Taiwan’s premier communication ecosystem used by over 94% of the market’s population.

The partnership aims to introduce a new standard for rewarded advertising in the region by integrating Playtime, adjoe’s rewarded gaming experience, into the LINE POINTS ecosystem. This collaboration leverages adjoe’s expertise in performance-driven user engagement and LINE’s extensive reach to create a more interactive and rewarding experience for over 22 million MAU of LINE.

Playtime brings an “earn-as-you-play” model that boosts user motivation, in-app engagement, and drives measurable marketing outcomes for developers and advertisers. In just 3 months, LINE has distributed more than 4.3 million LINE POINTS, alongside over 40,000 game downloads in the first month alone. The strong early results highlight the growing demand for reward-based mobile experiences and demonstrate the powerful synergy between adjoe’s technology and LINE’s ecosystem.

Founded in Hamburg in 2018, adjoe is reshaping the global mobile advertising landscape with innovative, reward-based experiences tailored for long-term value creation. Thanks to its flagship Playtime model, adjoe has been recognized as the leading global provider of rewarded advertising solutions in the AppsFlyer Performance Index – 2025 Edition.

With a global footprint reaching hundreds of millions of mobile users and partnerships with more than 1,000 game studios, adjoe views the Taiwan market as a strategic growth market due to its world-leading ARPU and strong performance within the mobile gaming sector.

LINE as the Ideal Partner for Taiwan Market Expansion

adjoe selected LINE as its first major partner in the Taiwan market due to LINE’s strong market penetration, trusted infrastructure, and extensive LINE POINTS ecosystem. With thousands of brand partners and enterprise-grade capabilities such as secure identity validation and real-time reward delivery, LINE provides a reliable and scalable foundation for adjoe’s expansion in the market.

Through Playtime, LINE users earn LINE POINTS by discovering new mobile games, entering adjoe’s offerwall and progressing through gameplay milestones that unlock rewards. Interactions are tracked in real time to ensure accurate point distribution, while dynamic adjustments based on user behavior allow highly engaged players to earn meaningful incentives, all under strict GDPR-compliant privacy protections.

Eileen Keng, VP of Revenue, APAC at adjoe, said: “Our partnership with LINE marks an important milestone in adjoe’s expansion across APAC. Playtime’s early success demonstrates how gamified engagement can create sustainable value for users, developers, and brands.”

Looking ahead, adjoe and LINE plan to expand their partnership with more game titles, cross-game missions, and personalized reward paths. The companies are also exploring integrations across LINE Today, LINE Stickers, and additional touchpoints to extend LINE POINTS into more everyday experiences and drive the next wave of gamified advertising innovation in the Asia-Pacific region.

About adjoe

adjoe is a leading mobile ad platform committed to challenging the industry status quo. By developing market-changing technologies and engaging ad formats, from unique in-app monetization solutions to its proprietary marketplace adjoe Exchange, the company empowers app developers and publishers to unlock new opportunities for user acquisition and revenue growth. Backed by applike group and Bertelsmann, adjoe has secured €100 million in funding to advance the mobile adtech industry and support apps in achieving their next major revenue milestone. For more information, visit adjoe.io.

SYDNEY, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — At CES 2026, BLUETTI launched Charger 2, the industry’s first unified car and solar smart energy hub, designed to deliver faster, safer, and more intelligent in-vehicle power for Australia’s RV, 4WD, and off-grid van life community.

On-the-road lifestyles require reliable, constant power, but traditional cigarette lighter ports and available chargers fail in charging efficiency and flexibility. Charger 2 breaks these limitations with a compatible, automated approach.

At the core of Charger 2 is a dual-input architecture that draws power from both the vehicle’s alternator and solar panels simultaneously. With up to 1,200W of combined input, it achieves charging speeds up to 13 times faster than standard 12V car ports and nearly twice as fast as BLUETTI’s previous Charger 1. This means charging a 1kWh battery takes about 70 minutes, ensuring fast battery recovery after short drives.

Designed for easy installation in 4WDs, utes, campervans, and motorhomes, Charger 2 maintains approximately 95% compatibility with third-party portable power stations and adds support for modern smart alternators (Euro 6 compliant). For existing Charger 1 users, the upgrade is seamless, using the same wiring layout for a simple drop-in replacement.

Beyond fast charging, Charger 2 functions as the control centre of BLUETTI’s Battery Link vehicle energy management system, automatically managing power flow between the starter battery, solar panels, auxiliary batteries, and DC loads. With the optional Charger 2 DC Hub delivering 600W power, travelers can run high on-board devices through a 12V/50A Anderson port and several DC outlets. Whether driving or parked, plug-and-play power is available without manual switching or draining the starter battery.

Safety is built in as standard. Charger 2 includes comprehensive protection against over-voltage, overheating, and reverse polarity, along with bi-directional reverse charging for starter battery maintenance. Emergency jump-start capability, trickle charging, and pulse maintenance help reduce the risk of flat batteries during remote travel or long-term parking.

Charger 2 offers intelligent monitoring and control through the BLUETTI App, with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity allowing users to view real-time status, manage outputs, and review energy history. Compatibility with smart alternators is managed via D+ signal communication, ensuring stable operation across modern vehicle platforms.

The BLUETTI Charger 2 launches in Australia on 7 January 2026 at only AUD 599 until 7 February 2026, with a 72-hour AUD 199 offer exclusively for Charger 1 owners.

A 38.5-gram, display-free AI glasses platform featuring a dual-chip architecture and global accessibility focus—bringing AI into everyday wear and accelerating the mainstream adoption of smart eyewear.

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Rokid, a global pioneer in human-computer interaction and AI-powered eyewear, today unveils Rokid Ai Glasses Style at CES 2026. Style is a display-free, voice-centric AI glasses built for all-day wear, combining an open AI ecosystem, prescription-first design, dual-chip architecture, and a strong commitment to global accessibility.

Weighing just 38.5 grams, Style is among the lightest full-featured AI glasses on the market. Designed as premium eyewear rather than a gadget, it represents Rokid’s answer to the industry’s long-standing dilemma: how to deliver powerful AI functionality without compromising comfort, style, or battery life.

After more than a decade focused exclusively on AR and smart glasses, Rokid positions Style as a defining step toward what many industry leaders now describe as the next major personal-computing shift — the “iPhone moment” of AI glasses. As noted by tech visionary Kevin Kelly during a recent visit to Rokid, “Smart glasses will be the next iPhone.”

Why It Matters — The World’s First Open AI Ecosystem Without Lock-In in Eyewear

Unlike most smart glasses locked into a single AI model or regional service stack, Rokid Ai Glasses Style is built on an open, global AI strategy.

Style supports multiple AI engines, including ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Qwen, and integrates with global services such as Google Maps and Microsoft AI Translation, enabling AI use across regions and languages without ecosystem lock-in.

Beyond AI models, Rokid is committed to open global partnerships. In China, Rokid has already connected services such as payments, insurance, ride-hailing, car control, and health, and launched an AI Agent Store — a developer-first platform that allows third-party AI agents to run natively on smart glasses.
This open ecosystem will gradually expand to international markets, reinforcing Rokid’s vision of AI that is borderless, flexible, and user-controlled.

What Sets Style Apart — The Industry’s Most Comprehensive Prescription & Lens Ecosystem

Prescription compatibility is not an add-on — it is core to Style’s design.

Rokid introduces a comprehensive global online prescription service, addressing one of the biggest adoption barriers in smart eyewear. Style supports a correction range from plano to ±15.00D, covering:

• Myopia
• Astigmatism
• Presbyopia
• Progressive lenses
• Functional lenses (photochromic, tinted, blue-light, UV, polarized, anti-reflective)

Style features ultra-thin lenses with anti-scratch coatings and dynamic photochromic lenses available in six color options, transitioning from clear indoor glasses to stylish outdoor sunglasses in ~25 seconds.

Through Rokid’s global prescription platform, users can upload prescriptions online and receive custom lenses within 7–10 days, delivered directly to their door.

“AI glasses are becoming the most natural interface for the next era of computing. Clarity is a fundamental human right,” said Zoro Shao, Global General Manager at Rokid. “With Style, our goal is simple: make advanced AI truly usable, comfortable and accessible for everyday life. And we ensure that prescription requirements never limit a user’s access to wisdom and technology.”

Core Innovation — Four World-First Innovations Setting New Industry Standards for AI Glasses

Rokid has consistently pioneered foundational technologies now becoming industry norms. With Style, the company introduces or advances four world-firsts:

1. World’s first open, global AI ecosystem in eyewear
2. World’s first dual-chip AI glasses architecture (now widely embraced across the smart glasses industry)
   • NXP RT600 handles low-power, always-on tasks
   • Qualcomm AR1 manages AI and imaging workloads
3. World’s first AI glasses supporting voice interaction in 12 languages
4. World’s first AI glasses with true multimodal interaction + AI shortcuts

Style supports voice interaction in 12 languages and translation in 89 languages, along with multimodal input that includes voice commands, physical controls, head gestures and AI shortcuts. Users can nod to answer calls, shake their head to end them, and activate predefined AI functions quickly and hands-free.

Designed for Everyday Use — Featherweight Comfort, All-Day Battery Life and Premium Optics

At 38.5 grams (1.36 oz), Style is significantly lighter than comparable products (e.g., Meta Ray-Ban Gen 1 at ~49g; Gen 2 at ~51–53g), making it genuinely wearable throughout the day.

Designed to look and feel like premium eyewear, Style features:

• Aviation-grade titanium alloy hinges
• Air-cushioned liquid-silicone nose pads
• Classic D-shaped frame design

Thanks to its dual-chip architecture, Style delivers up to 12 hours of typical daily use and over 24 hours of standby time on a single charge.

Built for Daily Style Personalization and Creators — Triple-Format Imaging Without Compromise

Style offers two frame colors — Jet Black and Translucent Grey — paired with diverse lens options, allowing users to adapt the glasses to fashion, lighting, activities, or mood.

Equipped with a 12MP Sony sensor, open-ear audio, advanced imaging, and 4K capture, Style introduces a creator-ready triple-format imaging system: 3:4/4:3/9:16.

Unlike most smart glasses that support only one shooting format, Style enables instant, platform-ready content for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more — no cropping, no post-editing required.

What’s more, Style supports continuous video recording of up to 10 minutes, significantly exceeding the typical ~3-minute limit of comparable products such as Meta Ray-Ban.

Whether capturing cinematic scenes, square-format moments, or vertical social content, users can effortlessly switch formats, ensuring every shot is platform-ready without the need for cropping or post-editing — giving Rokid a significant competitive edge in creator-friendly smart eyewear.

Competitive Pricing and Availability

Designed to balance the industry “impossible triangle” dilemma: wearability & comfort, functionality & performance, and long battery life, the Style integrates multimodal AI interaction, precision prescription optics, and lightweight, with a global retail price starting at $299, excluding tax.

To address the high cost of prescription lenses, Rokid is offering a “Golden Bundle”, which includes 1.60 index prescription lenses with photochromic functionality. While comparable devices from other brands (ex.Meta Ray-Ban) can cost over $579, the Rokid Style Golden Bundle is priced at $398, making advanced prescription-compatible AI glasses more accessible.

Rokid Ai Glasses Style are available for reservation, with an early-bird offer that allows customers to place a $1 deposit and receive a $20 discount. This reservation period precedes the official global online launch on January 19, 2026, when the product will become available through Rokid’s global website as well as selected online and offline retail channels worldwide.

At launch, Style will debut in Jet Black, with a second colorway, Translucent Gray, scheduled to follow in March 2026. Together, the two color options echo Rokid’s design philosophy and product slogan — “Twice the Style” — expressing the fusion of smart glasses functionality and dual fashion aesthetics.

“Leave Nobody Behind”: A Commitment to AI Glasses for Social Good and Accessibility

In a move to democratize technology for the visually impaired, Rokid also announced an accessibility initiative aimed at supporting blind and low-vision users, recognizing that audio-based AI glasses can serve as “digital eyes.” Customers purchasing Style for a visually impaired user will receive a $20 subsidy, lowering the price to $279, with additional launch promotions reducing the cost further.

“Globally, over 1 billion people have vision impairments; 43 million are completely blind, and two-thirds live in the Asia-Pacific region. They don’t need screens or cool AR displays. They are urgently calling for an AI glass that is lightweight, long-lasting, and has powerful perception capabilities to serve as their “eyes.” This is one of the most important reasons we accelerated the launch of Style.”said Zoro Shao, Global General Manager at Rokid.

“Technology shouldn’t just be a toy for the few; it should be a light in everyone’s life,” added Zoro. “Our mission is to leave nobody behind.”

A Decade of Focus on AR Glasses: Accelerate the Mainstream Adoption of AI Glasses

Rokid has spent more than a decade focused exclusively on smart glasses. In 2025, the company launched Rokid Glasses, the world’s lightest full-function AI & AR glasses with display, setting a global Extended Reality (XR) market record with over $6 million raised, and began shipping mass-production units worldwide by December—demonstrating Rokid’s ability to move from innovation to real-world deployment.

Building on this momentum, Rokid Ai Glasses Style removes the final barriers to mass adoption — weight, cost, prescription compatibility, and ecosystem openness —accelerating the transition of AI glasses from early adopters to everyday users.

About Rokid

Founded in 2014, Rokid is a global pioneer in augmented reality (AR) and AI, focused on creating human-centered smart glasses that seamlessly integrate intelligence into everyday life. As one of the industry’s earliest innovators, the company is widely recognized as the first to deliver smart glasses with open, global AI access, enabling real-time translation and AI interaction across platforms and regions.

Rokid serves consumers, developers, and enterprise users globally and hosts China’s largest XR developer community, with over 20,000 registered developers and 5,000 enterprise partners. Recognized for engineering and design excellence, Rokid has received the CES Innovation Award for three consecutive years and the German iF Design Award five times.

For more information, please visit https://global.rokid.com/

– South Korean travelers continued to favor short-haul destinations, with Japan taking the top three spots, followed by Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and Taiwan.

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Overseas travel from South Korea continues to rebound at a rapid pace. According to the Korea Tourism Organization and Incheon International Airport Corporation, both the number of South Koreans traveling abroad between January and October 2025 (24,335,383 people), and the number of international flight operations (349,919 flights) increased by 3.2% year-on-year. Insights from digital travel platform Agoda echo this momentum, with interest in international travel from South Korean travelers increasing by 15% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Reflecting this growing demand, Agoda has revealed a list of the top 10 international destinations favored by South Korean travelers in 2025, based on accommodation search data. Tokyo (Japan) ranked first, followed by Fukuoka (Japan) and Osaka (Japan) in the top three rankings, underscoring Japan’s continued appeal. According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, 7.66 million South Koreans visited Japan between January and October 2025 – a 6.4% increase from the previous year.

Nha Trang (Vietnam), Bali (Indonesia), Da Nang (Vietnam), Bangkok (Thailand), Sapporo (Japan), Taipei (Taiwan), and Phu Quoc (Vietnam) rounded out the top ten, highlighting continued interest in short-haul destinations.

Vietnam, in particular, gained traction throughout the year, with multiple coastal and island destinations making the list. Phu Quoc, often referred to as the “Maldives of Vietnam,” recorded the highest year-on-year growth in travel interest (+63%), climbing six places and entering the top 10 in 2025. As the only destination in Vietnam offering visa-free entry to all international travelers for up to 30 days, combined with its striking natural landscapes such as Sao Beach, Kem Beach, and eco-tourism sites like Phu Quoc National Park, the island continues to attract an increasing number of South Korean travelers.

Looking ahead, this demand is expected to continue. According to Agoda’s 2026 Travel Outlook Report, 39% of South Korean travelers said that they plan to travel primarily overseas this year, 15 percentage points higher than the Asian regional average of 24%.

Jay Lee, Regional Director, North Asia at Agoda, said, “Despite the elevated exchange rate, South Korean travelers continue to demonstrate strong demand for international exploration, and we expect this momentum to carry throughout the year. From ever-popular Japanese cities to fast-rising destinations in Vietnam, we’re seeing sustained interest in both cultural immersion and relaxing escapes. To support this, Agoda remains committed to offering a wide range of flights, accommodations, and activities to help travelers reach the destinations they aspire to visit.”

Travelers planning their 2026 holiday trips can enjoy Agoda’s offerings of over 6 million holiday properties, more than 130,000 flight routes, and over 300,000 activities, all easily combined in a single booking. Discover the best deals on Agoda’s mobile app and visit Agoda.com for more information.