IFA 2026 | 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. 2026-09-13T22:11:08+00:00 https://www.theverge.com/rss/ifa-berlin/index.xml https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/verge-rss-large_80b47e.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1 Jennifer Pattison Tuohy <![CDATA[Why Apple’s next computer should be for the smart home]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=993892 2026-09-13T18:11:08-04:00 2026-09-11T10:01:55-04:00 The Mac Studio seen from above on a pink background.
An Apple Home computer could combine a Wi-Fi router, an AI-powered smart home hub, and local storage into a single device. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

John Ternus didn't mention Apple Home once during his first keynote as Apple CEO. But he did open by describing an "intelligent personal hub" that prioritizes local processing, protects your privacy, and integrates with all your other devices, apps, and services. While Ternus was talking about the iPhone - not a new smart home device - what he spelled out is exactly what I want to see Apple make: an intelligent home hub, a computer for your home.

Rumors suggest Apple's first smart home hub with a screen is imminent. While that's long overdue, it's likely to be more interface than infrastructure, a device that can run your home locally but s …

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]]> Jennifer Pattison Tuohy <![CDATA[Some of Dyson’s $500 toothbrushes are breaking]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=992113 2026-09-09T12:39:31-04:00 2026-09-09T12:39:31-04:00
The CameraJet is an AI-powered toothbrush with a camera that detects gaps between your teeth and shoots mouthwash into them. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Early users of Dyson's CameraJet are reporting that water is getting into the battery compartment of the newly launched $499.99 electric toothbrush. One user posted on the r/Dyson subreddit that their model "broke within 30 seconds."

The problem appears to stem from the device getting wet, which is a big issue for a toothbrush. In a post earlier this week, a Reddit user in the UK wrote that his unit appeared faulty and then discovered water in the battery compartment. Several responses to both posts indicate the issue is affecting multiple units.

"… a small number of early batches of Dyson CameraJet products may have experienced a componen …

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]]> Dominic Preston <![CDATA[Xiaomi’s wide foldable promises more power than Samsung’s]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=991008 2026-09-08T05:29:14-04:00 2026-09-08T03:00:00-04:00

Xiaomi is the latest manufacturer to release a short, wide foldable phone, in the week Apple is expected to do the same. I got to try the 18 Fold behind closed doors at IFA last week, and while it looks and feels similar enough to Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8, superior specs make it feel like the phone I wish Samsung had made.

The 18 Fold is Xiaomi's first book-style foldable since 2024's Mix Fold 4, but the company has followed Huawei and Samsung in moving to a short, squat design. Xiaomi's phone goes further though: It's both shorter and wider than Samsung's, with a roughly 1.4:1 aspect ratio on both the 7.58-inch inner and 5.38-inch outer s …

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]]> Thomas Ricker <![CDATA[EcoFlow makes the miniature power station even smaller]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=991033 2026-09-08T09:21:09-04:00 2026-09-07T10:59:41-04:00
The River 260 Gen4 (on the table) powering a portable fridge, Starlink Mini, and charging a phone. | Image: EcoFlow

If you're in the market for a tiny power station that punches well above its size and weight, then have a look at EcoFlow's new fourth-generation River series.

The River 260 Gen4 features a 256Wh capacity battery while the 520 Gen4 packs in 512Wh - storing about 2.5x and 5x the energy of the largest airline-approved power banks, respectively. Better yet, the batteries are built using longer-lasting LFP chemistry that's far less volatile. The River 260 Gen4 features four USB ports, and 300W of max continuous output delivered out its lone AC jack. The River 500 Gen4 features the same USB port selection but offers a pair of AC jacks good for …

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]]> Andrew Liszewski <![CDATA[The best tech and gadgets announced at IFA 2026]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=986867 2026-09-08T11:25:28-04:00 2026-09-04T11:41:17-04:00 The Tecno Bezelless concept smartphone running Android sitting on a wooden bench.

Following a week of new hardware, upgrades, and other news coming out of IFA 2026 in Berlin, Germany, Europe's largest consumer tech show comes to a close today. It's a lot to take in, but you can quickly catch up on the best announcements from the show here including a smartphone that attempts to finally rid the world of screen bezels, piggybacking robovacs, and a bunch of new smart home innovations.

To catch up on everything announced at IFA 2026 you can follow The Verge's complete coverage right here.

Tecno Bezelless Concept Smartphone

The Tecno Bezelless concept smartphone running Android sitting on a wooden bench.

By tucking the edges of its 6.78-inch, 144Hz OLED panel underneath the phone's thin metal frame, Tecn …

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]]> Jennifer Pattison Tuohy <![CDATA[iRobot unveils the Roomba Duo]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=990045 2026-09-05T12:13:50-04:00 2026-09-04T08:53:49-04:00
The Roomba Duo is two robot floor cleaners in one.

The original robot vacuum company showed off a concept robot at the IFA tech show in Berlin today. The Roomba Duo combines a heavy-duty floor-washing machine with a smaller, slimmer Roomba. The two floor cleaners can move around your home together, with the main unit mopping and sweeping larger floor areas and the smaller unit lowering mechanically when needed to clean tighter spaces, such as under tables or in corners.

The Duo is also an autonomous mobile dock, with clean and dirty water tanks and a dust bag on board, and it uses lidar and camera-based navigation to map your home, navigate, detect obstacles, and look for dirt.

The …

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]]> Thomas Ricker <![CDATA[Bluetti launches ‘e-generator’ to take on noisy, stinky, polluting gas generators]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=986123 2026-09-04T08:10:36-04:00 2026-09-04T08:00:00-04:00
Works great on a sunny day. | Image: Bluetti

Bluetti doesn't want you to call the Pioneer 5000 a solar generator (SoGen), even though that's what it is. What makes it slightly different from other large power stations that can be charged off solar - aka, a SoGen - is the dolly cart and up to 18KW of instant surge power available to start heavy equipment like air compressors, water pumps, and industrial motors. It features IP65 resistance to water and dust, and is designed to operate in temperatures from -20°C to 55°C. So, yeah, it's a rugged, powerful SoGen.

Whatever you call it, Bluetti wants you to consider it instead of a gas-powered generator for job sites, events, emergency respo …

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]]> Dominic Preston <![CDATA[We spent the week testing IFA’s best (and weirdest) gadgets, ask us anything]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=989199 2026-09-04T13:12:07-04:00 2026-09-04T08:00:00-04:00

Europe's biggest tech trade show, IFA, has taken over Berlin this week - and we've been on the ground all week checking it out in person. We figure you have questions, so we're hosting an AMA that's exclusive to Verge subscribers at 12PM ET today. That's when we'll start dropping answers, but you can ask your burning questions whenever you'd like.

I'm Dom Preston, a news editor here at The Verge, and I've spent the last few days roaming the trade show halls together with senior smart home reviewer Jen Tuohy, putting as much as we can to the test.

As you can probably guess, Jen's been checking out all things smart home, from Philips Hue's n …

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]]> Jennifer Pattison Tuohy <![CDATA[This NAS company wants to run your local smart home]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=990006 2026-09-13T14:47:26-04:00 2026-09-04T05:41:44-04:00
Ugreen’s HomeAgent H100 Pro hub combines local storage, on-device AI, and a new voice assistant, Uliya, to run your smart home. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Ugreen, known for its phone power banks, chargers, and NAS storage solutions, is moving into the smart home - in a big way. This week at the IFA tech show, the company launched its HomeAgent smart home platform that combines security camera storage, on-device AI, and smart home control in one system, managed by a voice assistant called Uliya, with the promise that everything runs locally.

At the core of Ugreen's HomeAgent system is a hub that acts as the brain of your smart home, running a local-first AI (with some caveats) that you can interact with using natural language via Uliya. You can choose from three hub configurations, each of w …

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]]> Andrew Liszewski <![CDATA[Lexar’s Muse is an ultra-slim portable SSD that’s less than 4mm thick]]> https://www.theverge.com/?p=986960 2026-09-03T16:37:20-04:00 2026-09-04T03:00:00-04:00 A person holds the Lexar Muse SSD drive between two fingers.

Following the lead of companies like Xteink, Lexar is the latest to sacrifice a USB-C port in the pursuit of slimming down its hardware.

When the Lexar Muse Ultra-Slim Portable SSD launches later this year in 512GB and 1TB capacities it will be one of the slimmest you can buy. At its thickest point in the middle it measures just 3.8mm, but that tapers to only 1mm at the edges thanks to high-density NAND stacking and a "custom ultra-thin PCB architecture" inside. But performance remains solid with read speeds up to 1,050MB/s and write speeds maxing out at 1,000MB/s. That's fast enough to record 4K Apple ProRes video at up to 120fps when conn …

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