The most effective stuff introduced at IFA thus far

The doorways to IFA 2025 in Berlin, Germany, have formally opened and new devices, tech, options, and upgrades proceed to pour out of Europe’s largest client tech present.

There’s quite a lot of information to remain on high of, and should you’re struggling to ingest all of it, listed below are among the greatest bulletins from the present thus far together with revolutionary new robovacs, extra reasonably priced good house units, and even a conveyable house theater on wheels. You possibly can compensate for all of The Verge’s IFA 2025 coverage right here.

Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex Idea

Lenovo isn’t any stranger to creating laptops with screens that provide distinctive performance, such because the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 with a show that expands from 14 inches to 16.7 inches on the push of a button. Its newest idea is the ThinkBook VertiFlex Idea that rotates from panorama mode to portrait mode for studying lengthy paperwork, coding, or scrolling via your TikTok feed.

Each Roborock and Dreame have added robotic arms to robovacs to assist with cleanup indoors, however Dreame is bringing the thought to robomowers with its NexLawn Master X Series Concept. There’s no plan to place it into manufacturing simply but, however the robotic arm on the Grasp X can attain so far as a meter to seize fallen sticks that could be in its path. The arm has a number of attachments so it is also used to select fruit from a tree or play fetch along with your canine.

It appears extra like a gateway to a different dimension, however Lepro’s TB1-Pro AI is a brilliant desk lamp that’s a part of a brand new assortment of lighting merchandise that includes microphones and an assistant known as LightGPM constructed proper in to allow them to be managed utilizing voice instructions with out the necessity for any extra {hardware} or an app in your telephone. The TB1 options three intertwined and movable glowing rings with adjustable colours, and whereas pricing isn’t but identified, it’s anticipated to launch within the US someday later this yr.

Are cuddly robots formally a tradeshow development? Switchbot’s Noa and Niko aren’t fairly as cute as Yukai Engineering’s Mirumi, however they provide extra performance than simply trying inquisitive whereas hanging off a handbag strap. The robots, which appear like fluffy penguins, are designed to operate as companions with giant glowing eyes and arms that may flap up and down to specific emotion. The robots use AI to acknowledge folks in your house and reply to gestures, whereas a set of wheels lets them comply with you round.

It’s harking back to Belkin’s Auto-Tracking Stand Pro that may robotically transfer the iPhone round to maintain you in body, however Lenovo’s Smart Motion Concept is as a substitute designed for laptops. It’s obtained options like a cooling fan and additional USB ports, however the stand faucets right into a laptop computer’s webcam utilizing Lenovo’s software program so it could possibly increase, decrease, and tilt your pc so it’s at all times at an ergonomic eye stage.

Anker’s Eufy good house model has give you an alternative choice to having to purchase a number of robovacs for properties with a number of flooring — nevertheless it nonetheless includes shopping for one other machine. The MarsWalker is provided with tank-like treads and 4 arms it makes use of to climb stairs whereas carrying one in all Eufy’s robotic vacuums inside. Pricing received’t be identified till it launches in early 2026, however the MarsWalker can deal with curved or L-shaped staircases and can include its personal self-charging base.

Philips Hue could possibly be the actual star of IFA 2025 with the largest launch within the historical past of the good lighting firm. It’s introducing its first video doorbell and a very redesigned Hue Bridge Pro with a sooner processor and extra reminiscence, letting it management 150 lights and 50 equipment and retailer over 500 customized lighting scenes. The brand new bridge additionally allows a brand new characteristic known as Hue MotionAware that lets the corporate’s good lights double as movement sensors. To make the good house much more accessible, Philips Hue can also be introducing a more affordable entry-level Essential line with good bulbs that begin at $25 or as little as $15 every when bought in multipacks and help for Thread. All new Hue bulbs additionally help Matter-over-Thread, permitting them to pair immediately with Matter ecosystems, together with Apple Dwelling, Google Dwelling, and Amazon Alexa, with out requiring a Hue Bridge.

Belkin’s answer to lively noise cancellation decreasing your headphones’ battery life is to take the battery out of the equation. Because the title implies, the brand new $34.99 SoundForm USB-C Wired Earbuds with ANC aren’t wi-fi and as a substitute hook up with your smartphone or laptop computer utilizing a 4-foot-long tangle-resistant USB cable that features an inline distant with a microphone and quantity controls.

Bluetti is introducing what’s claims is the world’s first transportable energy station that includes a secure and long-lasting sodium-ion battery that may be drained and recharged over 4,000 occasions whereas nonetheless sustaining upwards of 70 % of its authentic capability. Pricing shall be revealed nearer to its October 2025 launch however the Pioneer Na will ship as much as 1,500W of energy via a number of AC retailers and USB ports and provide higher excessive chilly climate efficiency than different transportable energy stations.

With the ability to autonomously return to a dock for a cost roughly solved the battery-life limitations of robotic vacuums, however Ecovacs says its new Deebot X11 Omnicyclone received’t have to spend a lot outing of fee whereas it tops off its battery. Utilizing GaN-enabled quick charging the $1,499 robovac can rapidly recharge each time it returns to its base station to rinse its mopping pads so it spends extra time really vacuuming and cleansing your flooring.

With a 26,250mAh capability battery and as much as 3ooW of output Anker’s new Prime Power Bank can concurrently cost two power-hungry laptops and a smartphone, making it a helpful companion for individuals who discover themselves engaged on the highway. It features a charging base that powers it again up at 150W, however should you’re in an actual hurry you may join it to a pair of 140W USB-C PD 3.1 chargers that increase the enter to as much as 250W, taking the facility financial institution from zero to 80 % in simply 35 minutes.

Making a smartphone much less satisfying to take a look at could be the quickest technique to curb a toddler’s smartphone habit. Launching in Europe later this yr for round $250, TCL’s Nxtpaper 5G Junior is a smartphone designed for teenagers that includes the corporate’s E Ink-inspired show know-how that features a monochromatic mode. Even when the e-reader look doesn’t discourage youngsters from spending hours on their telephones, the Nxtpaper 5G Junior’s show ought to no less than be simpler on their eyes.

AI unsurprisingly has an enormous presence at IFA 2025, however Anker is leveraging it as a backup to your mind. Roughly the scale of 1 / 4, the small $99.99 Soundcore Work makes use of a pair of microphones to document necessary conferences or conversations for as much as 32 hours when paired with its charger. The recordings are accessible via Soundcore’s cellular app and are quickly despatched to the cloud for transcription and summarization by OpenAI’s GPT-4.1.

The wi-fi charger in your desk might be nonetheless tethered to an influence cable, however with its new MagFusion Ark, Aukey is introducing a bit extra freedom. It will likely be accessible in a number of configurations, however the largest encompasses a charging base with three Qi2.2 pads and a trio of battery-powered Qi2.2-compatible spheres you may take with you to wirelessly cost your smartphone at as much as 25W without having entry to an influence outlet.

It stretches the definition of transportable, however Anker has created an all-in-one projector that gives a real encompass sound expertise by sticking its Nebula X1 into an enormous rolling field that additionally features a 160W subwoofer, a pair of 80W removable soundbar audio system, and two smaller 40W satellite tv for pc audio system to put behind you. The Soundcore Nebula X1 Pro weighs virtually 73 kilos however even heftier is its price ticket which is predicted to be round $4,000 to $5,000.