IFA 2025: the biggest tech and gadget announcements – The Verge The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts. 2025-09-08T17:14:06+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/767912 https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Andrew Liszewski Jess Weatherbed <![CDATA[The best stuff announced at IFA]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=769573 2025-09-08T13:14:06-04:00 2025-09-08T13:14:01-04:00 A Lenovo laptop concept with a rotating screen.

The doors to IFA 2025 in Berlin, Germany, have officially opened and new gadgets, tech, features, and upgrades continue to pour out of Europe's largest consumer tech show.

There's a lot of news to stay on top of, and if you're struggling to ingest it all, here are some of the best announcements from the show so far, including innovative new robovacs, more affordable smart home devices, and even a portable home theater on wheels. You can catch up on all of The Verge's IFA 2025 coverage right here.

Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept

Lenovo is no stranger to creating laptops with screens that offer unique functionality, such as the ThinkBook …

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]]> Thomas Ricker <![CDATA[Bluetti says it can reduce vanlife power installations to ‘30 minutes’]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=767283 2025-08-29T06:50:59-04:00 2025-09-06T10:00:00-04:00 A van parked with its back tailgate open in a remote landscape, with the Bluetti RVSolar System components visible within.
The RVSolar System living its best vanlife. | Image: Bluetti

It only took three years, but Bluetti is following EcoFlow's lead with a fully integrated power system of its own to make vanlifers, off-grid cabins, and boats energy independent. The RVSolar System's main advantage over bespoke systems is a relatively quick and easy installation, requiring just "30 minutes," according to Bluetti's announcement at IFA 2025.

While it's undoubtedly faster than installing a fully bespoke solution from Victron Energy, for example, the last time I installed EcoFlow's comparable system, it took closer to five hours - and that was after several hours of planning, measuring, and double-checking. Thirty minutes is …

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]]> Jennifer Pattison Tuohy <![CDATA[First look: Dyson’s Spot+Scrub Ai robot seeks out stains]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=772423 2025-09-06T02:30:47-04:00 2025-09-06T03:00:00-04:00 A robot vacuum on a hardwood floor in front of a large charging dock.
The Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai is the first robot vacuum mop from the company and the first to use a multifunctional dock.

The Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai Robot is the company's first combination robot vacuum and mop. It debuted at Dyson's Berlin store during the IFA tech show this week and is a follow-up to the company's 360 VisNav robot vacuum, which launched in 2023. Featuring a new round design, a self-cleaning roller mop, lidar navigation, and Dyson's first multifunctional dock, the Spot+Scrub also comes with an "AI" moniker because it's 2025 and doesn't everything?

I spent some hands-on time with Dyson's newest robot floor cleaner and came away underwhelmed. Dyson's traditional vacuums set high expectations, but its robot versions have yet to meet them. I didn't …

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]]> Andrew Liszewski <![CDATA[We saw the next Boox Palma and… is that a color E Ink screen and cellular connectivity?]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=772647 2025-09-05T11:43:49-04:00 2025-09-05T11:27:36-04:00 A hand holding a Boox Palma smartphone-sized e-reader with a website loading on screen.
Boox isn’t quite ready to reveal everything about its next Palma e-reader, but we got a sneak peek. | Photo: Jess Weatherbed / The Verge

It wasn't on public display at its IFA 2025 booth, but Boox gave The Verge's Jess Weatherbed a brief but early look at its next Palma smartphone-sized e-reader. The company wasn't yet willing to divulge any technical specs. Still, the new Palma appears to feature a color E Ink screen, and the device's status bar also shows a 4G+ LTE cellular connection, seemingly indicating the next Palma could also be a fully-functional smartphone.

The two previous versions of the Android-powered Boox Palma both feature a 6.13-inch black and white e-paper screen, but Boox was one of the earliest adopters of E Ink's color screen technology and introduced co …

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]]> Jess Weatherbed <![CDATA[Reolink’s new floodlight cam has 360-degree vision and on-device AI]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=772353 2025-09-05T11:16:39-04:00 2025-09-05T08:30:00-04:00
Users can customize the color temperature of the lights on the Reolink TrackFlex Floodlight WiFi.

At IFA 2025, Reolink announced the TrackFlex Floodlight WiFi, a hardwired and dual-lens floodlight camera for monitoring outside your home. Video is recorded in 4K resolution with a choice of wide or telephoto views. The pan-tilt controls provide 360-degree coverage and 270-degree out-of-field motion detection, with the latter enabling it to automatically rotate to capture movement before a subject enters the camera's frame, according to Reolink.

The dual adjustable floodlights provide up to 3,000 lumens of light and can be customized to warm and cool color temperatures, allowing users to choose the setting that works best for their lightin …

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]]> Jess Weatherbed <![CDATA[The iPhone 17 case makers are ready for Tuesday]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=772412 2025-09-05T08:33:41-04:00 2025-09-05T08:28:31-04:00 Dummy units of the iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone 17 Air
There are several dummy units of the upcoming iPhone 17 Pro Max (left) and iPhone 17 Air (right) on display at IFA 2025.

Apple's launch event for the iPhone 17 lineup is just around the corner, and case makers are already showing off the products they can be paired with on the IFA 2025 showfloor. I walked around two rooms dedicated to the latest mobile phone accessories and they were dominated by cases apparently designed for Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Air launches, with several examples being displayed on dummy units.

The iPhone 17 models that the cases were based on were consistent across the floor. The rear camera bars on the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max have adopted a Pixel-like design, stretching the square bar on the current iPhone 16 Pro …

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]]> Victoria Song <![CDATA[Withings adds predictive AI health features to the ScanWatch 2]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=771404 2025-09-04T18:24:25-04:00 2025-09-05T08:00:00-04:00 promotional image of the new Withings ScanWatch 2 variants in blue and silver

Withings announced at IFA 2025 today that it's revamping the operating system of its ScanWatch 2 smartwatch. Called HealthSense 4, the update adds new algorithms for 35 health metrics as well as predictive AI-powered alerts when a user's health changes. The ScanWatch 2 also gains two new colors and improved battery life of 35 days - a roughly five-day increase from the original.

In its press release, Withings says the updated algorithms improve activity tracking and step counts. Sleep tracking will also include more accurate breakdowns of sleep stages and respiratory rhythms. Withings Plus members also get a new Vitality Indicator, which ad …

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]]> Jess Weatherbed <![CDATA[This robot lawnmower is designed to pick fruit and throw your dog a ball]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=772045 2025-09-04T18:07:22-04:00 2025-09-05T03:30:00-04:00
It’s like a weird robotic dinosaur that can mow your lawn.

Plenty of autonomous lawnmowers have been showcased or introduced at this year's IFA event in Berlin, but only one of them comes equipped with a robotic arm. NexLawn, a sub-brand of MOVA that sits under its Dreame parent company, has announced the Master X Series Concept, which it describes as "the first robotic mower with a fully functional mechanical arm."

That arm is designed to help reduce the amount of manual maintenance that's required for people who own and run robot lawnmowers, such as picking up any fallen sticks or debris that could damage the bot or force it to navigate around the obstacle. The arm folds down to 44.5 cm (about 17 …

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]]> Andrew Liszewski <![CDATA[Timekettle’s new translation earbuds are made for sharing]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=771665 2025-09-04T14:14:21-04:00 2025-09-05T03:00:00-04:00 Two people sitting at a cafe table having a conversation while wearing Timekettle’s W4 AI wireless earbuds.
The Timekettle W4 AI look like a supersized pair of wireless earbuds. | Image: Timekettle

Timekettle has announced a new pair of real-time translation headphones called the W4 AI Interpreter Earbuds. They use bone conduction technology that helps improve accuracy in loud environments.

Available now for $349 in navy blue and sandy gold color options, the earbuds are a more affordable alternative to the company's $449 over-the-ear W4 Pro released earlier this year that looked like the clunky Bluetooth headsets that were popular a few decades ago. Timekettle says its new W4 AI are instead "optimized for casual use" with a design that looks more like modern wireless earbuds, but with a much larger stem.

The Timekettle W4 AI earbuds in navy blue and sandy gold color options in their matching charging cases.

The reason the W4 AI aren't …

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]]> Terrence O’Brien <![CDATA[Better get used to your smart lights having built-in microphones]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=772038 2025-09-05T09:10:04-04:00 2025-09-05T02:00:00-04:00
Lepro TB1-Pro AI table lamp. | Image: Lepro

We're all used to having our lights respond to verbal commands at this point. But normally, there's a middleman passing our commands along, whether that's our phone or a smart speaker that is actually listening to what we say. Lepro is eliminating the need for a separate controller by building a microphone directly into the power cord on its new AI Lighting Pro series.

The lineup includes a light strip (S1-Pro AI), a rope light (N1-Pro AI), a rail-thin floor lamp (OE1-Pro AI), and a wild-looking table lamp (TB1-Pro AI). The S1 is a pretty standard light strip, while the N1 adds diffusion to create a more seamless look. The OE1 includes RGB …

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