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.
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Lenovo is no stranger to creating laptops with screens that offer unique functionality, such as the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 with a display that expands from 14 inches to 16.7 inches at the push of a button. Its latest concept is the ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept that rotates from landscape mode to portrait mode for reading long documents, coding, or scrolling through your TikTok feed.
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Tennis players are probably no strangers to machines that fire balls for you to hit, but the Acemate Tennis Robot goes a few steps further. It’s equipped with two 4K binocular cameras, omnidirectional wheels, and a large catching net, allowing it to chase and catch the balls you serve back, for example. It also comes with AI coaching features that monitor your play style and provide recommendations for how you can improve.
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It looks more like a gateway to another dimension, but Lepro’s TB1-Pro AI is a smart table lamp that’s part of a new collection of lighting products featuring microphones and an assistant called LightGPM built right in so they can be controlled using voice commands without the need for any additional hardware or an app on your phone. The TB1 features three intertwined and movable glowing rings with adjustable colors, and while pricing isn’t yet known, it’s expected to launch in the US sometime later this year.
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Are cuddly robots officially a tradeshow trend? Switchbot’s Noa and Niko aren’t quite as adorable as Yukai Engineering’s Mirumi, but they offer more functionality than just looking inquisitive while hanging off a purse strap. The robots, which look like fluffy penguins, are designed to function as companions with large glowing eyes and arms that can flap up and down to express emotion. The robots use AI to recognize people in your home and respond to gestures, while a set of wheels lets them follow you around.
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