Microsoft joins Google, Amazon, others in canceling in-person presence at CES

Microsoft Corp said on Friday it will not participate in person at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 in Las Vegas, joining a list of companies opting not to have a physical presence at next month`s event on concerns over the rapid spread of the Omicron https://reut.rs/3EpuVNh COVID-19 variant.

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The U.S. software giant added that it will continue to participate at CES remotely, according to an emailed statement. The Verge was the first to report https://bit.ly/3mz282K on Friday that Microsoft will not participate physically AT CES.

Several other companies including U.S. automaker General Motors Co, Alphabet Inc.`s Google and its self-driving auto-technology company Waymo, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc, Twitter Inc, Lenovo Group, AT&T Inc and Amazon.com Inc dropped in-person attendance plans https://reut.rs/32Bt6zB earlier this week.

CES officials on Thursday said the event will still be held in person betwen January 5-8 with "strong safety measures in place," which include vaccination requirements, masking and availability of COVID-19 tests.