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IFA is Europe’s largest consumer electronics show, and this year is no different. IFA 2025 features 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 walk through the halls of Messe Berlin, these are the best products I’ve seen and will definitely watch.
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. 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.
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.
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. 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 they will be, but Roborock expects at least one model to hit the US in the first hald of 2026.
