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IFA is Europe’s largest consumer electronics show, and this year was no different. IFA 2025 featured some of the most eye-catching innovations ever, so much so that it’s hard to narrow down the list of amazing products.
However, at a time when the tech world is saturated with artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, I found it refreshing that the best products I’ve seen don’t hinge on AI. As I walked through the halls of Messe Berlin, these were the best products I saw and would definitely watch for in the near future.
1. Philips Hue MotionAware via Bridge Pro
One of the most extraordinary things I’ve seen at IFA is Philips Hue giving existing smart lights the ability to become motion detectors for your smart home. Philips Hue just announced the new Hue Bridge Pro, a new smart hub for its Hue smart lights that has a five times faster processor and can handle up to 150 Philips Hue lights in your home.
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The new Bridge Pro also supports up to four MotionAware setups, so you can set a group of Hue lights to work together as a motion detector. Seeing this in action, I was impressed at how a group of Philips Hue lights can be set up together, along with the Bridge Pro, to detect motion by recognizing changes in the wireless signals around them.
This kind of technology sounds futuristic, yet Philips Hue managed to make it happen and make it available for the vast majority of its existing smart lights, excluding the first-generation and portable lights.
2. Rokid Smart Glasses
The Rokid Glasses are shaping up to be one of Meta’s biggest competitors in the smart glasses market. Rokid’s latest glasses combine augmented reality (AR) with AI, which can show you data and let you interact with an AI assistant. As an AI wearable, the glasses support real-time translation in 89 languages, object recognition, navigation, transcription, and more.
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These glasses are also surprisingly lightweight and thinner than other models, weighing only 1.7 ounces, which makes them a compelling option for all-day wear. Even at this weight, the Rokid Glasses have a built-in 12MP camera for taking first-person photos and videos and integrated audio to interact with the GPT-5-powered AI assistant or simply listen to your favorite music.
The glasses are available on Kickstarter and have surpassed the $1 million milestone for pledges. Rokid plans to sell the Rokid Glasses for $599.
3. Ecovacs X11 Omnicyclone
Aside from being the longest-lasting robot vacuum and mop, the Ecovacs X11 Omnicyclone is also the first mainstream premium robot to feature automatic cleaning without a replaceable dust bag. This robot vacuum can wash and dry its mop roller at the dock and automatically empty its dustbin when full.
The biggest innovation is that it empties the dustbin into a plastic dust canister at the dock instead of relying on dust bags. This means that you’ll never have to buy another dustbag for this robot vacuum and can simply empty the dust canister when it is full after a few weeks.
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Combining a large 6,400mAh battery and GaN technology at the dock, the X11 Deebot can quickly recharge each time it goes to the dock to wash its mop pad, refill its clean water tank, and empty its dustbin, gaining up to 6% of charge in only three minutes. This PowerBoost technology lets the robot clean 10,700 square feet without stopping due to low battery, making it a reliable solution to clean large areas.
The robot is also one of the smartest I’ve ever seen. Its voice assistant can interact with users to answer setup questions, review troubleshooting guides, and handle complex commands.
Thanks to the improved TruEdge 3.0 technology, the mop roller can reach the edge of floors alongside walls or under cabinets.
4. Eufy Marswalker
If you’ve ever grumbled about having to move your robot vacuum upstairs so it can clean your second story, Eufy has a solution: the Marswalker. Thanks to rubber tracks that grip onto the steps, this robot can carry your Eufy Omni S2 robot vacuum and mop up and down the stairs without missing a beat. The Marswalker can travel up and adjust to different stairs and floor types, making it widely compatible.
The Marswalker is compatible with the Omni S2 and S1, and Eufy hopes to ensure compatibility with the Eufy E25 and E28 robot vacuums. The company hasn’t announced a price or date for this robot’s availability.
5. Roborock RockMow
Robot mowers have become a natural progression for robot vacuums, which function similarly. Roborock is expanding its portfolio to include robot mowers, particularly models like the RockMow Z1, RockMow S1, and RockNeo Q1. The Z1 is expected to be the most premium model in the Roborock lineup, capable of cutting 54,000 square feet daily.
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It’s unclear when these robot mowers will go on sale and at what price, but Roborock expects at least one model to hit the US in the first half of 2026.
6. Govee TV Backlight 3 Pro
Govee’s new TV Backlight 3 Pro is visually impressive, especially to someone with the Nanoleaf 4D light strips installed on my TV at home. The new Govee system has a triple-camera intake system, so it can more accurately mirror the colors on your TV. I watched the lights change along with the image and was struck by how bright and responsive they are. The lights mirror the colors on the screen within a fraction of a second, so you don’t get the sense that they’re catching up to what is displayed on the screen.
Govee has yet to announce a price for its TV Backlight 3 Pro, but it says the product should be available in the coming weeks.
7. Xgimi Horizon 20 Max
Has a projector ever wowed you enough to make your jaw drop? The Xgimi Horizon 20 Max did just that for me at IFA. This projector delivers some of the best optics I’ve seen for the price, which is currently $2,399 (down from $2,999). Having tested projectors that cost twice as much as this one, I was impressed to see the Horizon 20 Max’s crisp images and vibrant colors, all with a refresh rate of 240Hz.
Aside from the striking optics, this projector has a unique ability to offer distortion-free images at any size, from any angle, thanks to its Lens Shift feature. The iMax enhanced Horizon 20 Max also features 5,700 ISO lumens, 20,000:1 contrast ratio, 4GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, Google TV built-in, variable refresh rate (VRR), a 4K resolution, and a built-in stand.
8. Olight Ostation 2
I was impressed with the Ostation battery charger at CES earlier this year, but Olight just upped the ante with the Ostation 2, which automatically charges both AA and AAA batteries.
My family uses more batteries than I’d like to publicly admit, so I’ve been looking at rechargeable battery stations to switch to a more eco-friendly solution. The biggest problem with these is that they typically only charge one kind of battery, either AA or AAA, so you’d have to buy separate stations to recharge both types of batteries.
Also, I tried to destroy this $45 power bank (including driving over it with a tractor) – it refused to break.
The Ostation 2 solves this with a charging dock that can handle AA and AAA rechargeable batteries, holding 12 of them. You don’t even have to worry about lining up the battery just right — simply drop it into one of the slots and the Ostation 2 will recharge it and release it into a sorted tray once done. This station protects rechargeable batteries from overcharging by releasing the connection once the battery is full.
9. Satechi OnTheGo Bluetooth Keyboard with Stand
Satechi unveiled a compact Bluetooth Keyboard that folds down as small as the keyboard’s depth. The keyboard lets you pair up to three Bluetooth devices at once, and you can place both your tablet and phone in portrait position on the stand and seamlessly toggle from one device to the other. The cover lets you adjust the viewing angle to up to 150 degrees for comfort, and you can get up to three months of use on a single charge.
These features make this Satechi keyboard highly portable and perfect for professionals on the go, whether they use iPads or Android tablets. The Satechi OnTheGo Bluetooth Keyboard with Stand is available for pre-order for $80, with orders shipping on September 10.
