It may not be as much of a household name (in the US at least) as Apple or Dell, but Acer makes a lot of desktops, laptops, monitors, accessories and pretty much every type of PC-related gear you can think of. This includes some of our longtime favorites, such as the Acer Swift 7 or the Predator 21 X. 

Now the company is holding what it calls its annual Next @ Acer Global Press Conference, at New York's Brooklyn Navy Yard. The event kicks off at 11 a.m. ET Thursday, and based on our experience in previous years, you can expect a wide range of new product announcements, covering gaming PC, thin-and-light laptops, Chromebooks and accessories. A phone or smartwatch can occasionally sneak in there, too. 

We'll be onsite Thursday morning, covering the highlights, and you can keep up by watching the livestream here as well.