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These new robot lawnmowers trim your edges

Anker’s new robot lawnmower might take over for your weed whacker, too. Announced at IFA 2026, the Eufy Robot Lawn Mower S2 Max comes with an extendable trimming arm to clean up the grass around your driveway and flowerbeds. The dual-blade mower offers vSLAM navigation that uses built-in cameras to build a 3D map of […]

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Anker’s new MindBase is an AI-powered brain for your smart home

Anker is launching the Eufy MindBase, a local AI hub for its security cameras that runs an on-device, Anker-developed LLM, which the company says can process your footage without it ever leaving your home. It’s also announcing a handful of other smart home security products at the IFA tech show in Berlin this week, including […]

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Tado’s new thermostat is designed as a Nest killer

When Google ignominiously exited the European thermostat market last year, it pointed its customers to Tado. This week, the German-based smart home company is launching its Smart Thermostat X (2nd gen), and aiming to attract European Nest users who haven’t already jumped ship. Google shutting down the servers for its 1st- and 2nd-gen thermostats drove […]

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The robot butler dream doesn’t have legs

The idea of humanoid robots running our homes has been the stuff of science fiction for years. But unlike hoverboards and self-tying sneakers, a robot housekeeper has never felt close to rolling into our homes. Until now. This has been the year of the humanoid robot. At CES, there were dozens of human-shaped bots on […]

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This new Roomba seals itself to your carpet

iRobot has announced a new flagship robot vacuum, which it will showcase at IFA in Berlin this week, the company’s first big tech trade show in years. The Roomba maker will be exhibiting under its new owner, Picea Robotics, the contract manufacturer that purchased the once-troubled American robotics company out of bankruptcy in January. The […]

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Homey just made the smart home controller I hoped Apple would build

Smart homes have gotten really good at making things really complicated. Turning on a light can involve multiple steps, compared to just flipping a switch. Homey, the Dutch-based smart home platform owned by LG, thinks it has a solution. This week it launched the Homey Portal, a touchscreen smart home controller that looks very promising, […]

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Shelly’s new $50 security camera watches your home without a subscription

After launching a budget-friendly flood sensor last month with impressive battery life, Shelly announced a new $49.99 security camera today that can be used without any additional subscription fees – although that’s still an option if you want to expand its capabilities. The Shelly Camera will be available soon from the company’s online store and […]

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IFA 2026: the biggest tech and gadget announcements

Every year over 200,000 people descend on Berlin for IFA, the largest tech trade show in Europe. Some of the world’s biggest manufacturers turn up to demo everything from appliances to smartphones to smart home gadgets, and this year should be no different. IFA itself runs from September 4th to 8th, but most of the […]

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