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IFA is full of weird and wonderful tech, and every year the trick is separating the genuinely interesting stuff from the wall of white goods and AI-stuffed copycats. We spent the week walking the halls in Berlin at IFA 2026, and these are the five products that made us stop and look a little closer.
Promoted Blurams F20C: A 4K solar camera with no wires and no subscription Paul Jones / Android Authority The Blurams F20C HelioCam Pro is built around removing the two most annoying parts of owning an outdoor security camera: cabling and monthly fees. Let’s start with the power. There’s a 12,000mAh battery inside, paired with a detachable 5W solar panel, so once it’s mounted somewhere that gets sun, you shouldn’t need to take it down to charge. It’s also IP66-rated, so it’s designed to withstand outdoor use year-round. Setup runs through the Blurams app, and the camera uses dual-band Wi-Fi 6 on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz. The camera itself shoots 4K Ultra HD, with full-color night vision, two-way audio, and 355 degrees of pan, covering a wide area from a single mounting point. Blurams calls its continuous recording mode AOV (always-on video), which is designed to keep 24/7 monitoring running while drawing less power than conventional continuous recording. AI detection for people, vehicles, and pets runs on the camera itself rather than in the cloud, and you can draw specific activity zones to reduce unnecessary alerts. Footage lives locally on a microSD card up to 256GB. The best part is the free lifetime cloud plan for event playback. Buying a camera and then discovering the useful features sit behind a monthly subscription is pretty standard for a security cam, and not doing that is worth real money over a few years. The F20C carries a $149.99 list price, but has been selling for $109.99.
Promoted Mammotion LUBA 4 AWD: A robot mower that finally deals with edges Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Robot mowers are already clever, but Mammotion’s pitch with the LUBA 4 AWD series is that the next step isn’t just smarter cutting; it’s understanding how to move around a lawn and leave it looking like a human did. The company’s slogan for the range is “see more, move smarter, cut closer,” and the hardware backs it up. A Tri-Fusion navigation system combines 360-degree lidar, a four-camera array covering the front, sides, and rear, and NetRTK positioning, so there are no perimeter wires to bury and no separate RTK base station to mount on your roof. Mammotion claims centimeter-level precision, including under dense tree canopies and in low light, which is where many camera-only mowers fall apart. The more interesting change is how it drives. The LUBA 4 AWD can travel in both directions and steer its front wheels independently, eliminating the constant three-point turns that scuff and compact turf at the end of every pass. Cutting gets an upgrade, too. The 3000F and 6000F models use twin discs and a 440mm (roughly 17-inch) deck with a 25 to 100mm cutting height range, while the flagship 12000F steps up to three discs, a 530mm (roughly 21-inch) deck, and a 25 to 85mm height range. Coverage runs from 0.75 acres (3,000 square meters) on the 3000F, to 1.5 acres on the 6000F, to three acres (12,000 square meters) on the 12000F. All three handle slopes of up to 80%. But the real differentiator is the edge-cutting attachment that lets the mower trim flush against walls, fences, and garden beds as part of its normal cycle — the job that usually still leaves you outside with a string trimmer.
Anker MindBase: An AI brain for your smart home that doesn’t phone home
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Anker made a lot of noise at IFA, but the MindBase is the most ambitious thing the company showed in Berlin. It’s a hub that tries to stop your cameras, robot vacuums, speakers, and sensors from behaving like a dozen unrelated gadgets, and instead runs them as one system.
The part that makes it interesting is where the thinking happens. MindBase runs an on-device language model on a removable AI Core compute card rated at 26 TOPS, so video analysis and automation logic stay in the house. Storage backs that up: 64GB of internal flash plus support for up to 48TB of expandable local storage via 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drives, which effectively makes it a NAS for your home footage. There’s no monthly subscription attached to any of it.
You also don’t need to buy into Anker wholesale. MindBase works as a standalone Matter 1.5 hub and plays with Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Home Assistant, alongside nearly 100 of Anker’s own devices across security, energy, cleaning, and audio. On the camera side, it handles up to 16 wireless cameras plus four more over PoE with an external switch.
Anker hasn’t announced pricing or a release date yet, which is the one frustrating thing about it. Whether it’s affordable is the whole question, but a local-first hub with real storage and no subscription is exactly what this category has been missing.
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