IFA 2026: the biggest tech and gadget announcements – The Verge

This rugged phone’s removable camera can survive and capture your extreme adventures

2026-09-03T17:21:34-04:00

RugOne's Xsnap 7 Pro comes with both an IP68 and IP69K rating, meaning the rugged phone can survive intense water blasts and complete submersion for up to 30 minutes. But what really sets the Xsnap 7 Pro apart from everything else on the market is that one of its three rear cameras can be removed and used as a standalone action cam. It made its debut at MWC 2026 earlier this year but is launching through Kickstarter on September 7th for €799 (around $930) in limited quantities, followed by a global release in October for $999.

The Xsnap 7 Pro's detachable camera module isn't quite as a capable as the DJI Osmo Nano or the Insta360 Go Ultra t …

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Aqara goes all in on smart lighting

2026-09-03T12:13:37-04:00

After showing off several smart home firsts at CES, Aqara has returned to IFA with a major lineup of smart lighting compatible with both Zigbee and Thread. One of these new devices is the Floor Lamp T1, which trades the look of a typical lamp for an LED-equipped pole attached to a base.

The lamp stands 4.6 feet tall, offering RGBIC lighting and 18 individually addressable zones. Similar to the floor lamp from Govee, Aqara's new device emits light in the area surrounding it, creating a splash of color on your wall.

Aqara is getting into smart lighting for the outside of your home as well. In addition to new permanent outdoor smart lights w …

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Lexar’s Muse is an ultra-slim portable SSD that’s less than 4mm thick

2026-09-03T16:37:20-04:00

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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You can watch the coolant flow inside Ugreen’s liquid-cooled power bank

2026-09-03T16:17:14-04:00

Does your power bank have "CryoPulse technology" or a "Cyber Window"? If you disappointingly answered "no" to both, you might want to consider upgrading to Ugreen's new MagFlow Pro Magnetic Power Bank. It's available starting today for $149.99, which puts it on the really expensive end of power banks with only a 10,000mAh battery, but those fancy-sounding features are part of what Ugreen is claiming to be the world's first liquid-cooling system on a power bank with wireless charging.

Inside the MagFlow Pro is a micro-pump that's used to circulate coolant and draw heat away from components including the power bank's Qi2.2-compatible wireless …

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I held the first truly bezel-free phone

2026-09-03T05:57:17-04:00

Cast your mind back a decade or so, and smartphone makers were obsessed with shrinking the bezel on phones. Screens got bigger, the black bars around them got smaller, and for a while it looked like truly edge-to-edge displays were imminent.

Then, progress just stopped. The bezel shrunk down until it was a millimeter or so on every side, on just about every phone, and phone manufacturers seemed to agree as one that this was probably far enough.

Tecno, a budget brand in the same family as Itel and Infinix, has stepped up to see if it could push things just a little further. Its new device, the Bezelless, is strictly a concept phone, never …

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The Moto Watch Ultra is a return to Wear OS

2026-09-03T05:29:37-04:00

The Moto Watch Ultra comes in one size, two colors, and with Google’s smartwatch software.

Just a few months after getting back into the smartwatch game, Motorola is targeting the premium end of the market with the first Moto Watch Ultra. It comes with some upgrades from the recent Moto Watch - most obviously the jump to Wear OS - but lacks the outdoorsy features that would make it a true rival to Samsung and Apple's Ultra watches.

While the Moto Watch ran a custom operating system, Motorola has adopted Google's Wear OS platform for the Ultra model, with a Snapdragon W5 Plus Gen 1 chip to run it. That gives the Ultra an immediate leg up in terms of access to a wide range of apps, interoperability with the company's Android phones …

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Lenovo’s new MacBook Neo competitor comes in two sizes and seven colors

2026-09-03T10:00:12-04:00

Tag yourself. I’m spicy gold. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Lenovo is announcing the IdeaPad Vibe, a productivity laptop aimed at taking on the MacBook Neo with a similar starting price and a wider range of colors. The Vibe comes in 14- and 15-inch sizes, with AMD and Qualcomm chip options due out in October and November, respectively. Intel versions (likely Wildcat Lake) are set to be "available at a later date."

While the MacBook Neo comes in four different colors, the IdeaPad Vibe ups the hue selection to seven. Lenovo gave them all over-the-top names: dreamy violet, spicy gold, zen green, chill blue, radiant coral, moody blue, and lowkey gray. You'll even be able to custom order one from Lenovo …

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This ultra-thin Lenovo laptop concept uses solid-state cooling

2026-09-03T12:29:12-04:00

A laptop we’ll hopefully see but never hear.

Lenovo is announcing a new concept laptop for IFA 2026 that uses solid-state cooling instead of traditional fans, making it incredibly thin and super light. The 14-inch Project AeroBlade concept laptop is less than 10mm thick and weighs under 1.8 pounds / 830g. For reference, recent ThinkPad X1 Carbons are around 14mm at their thickest and weigh about 1kg / 2.2 pounds.

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Circular’s new smart rings add contactless payments and vibrating alerts

2026-09-03T10:19:44-04:00

Circular announced its new Ring 3 Series today as a follow-up to the Ring 2 that debuted at CES 2025 with upgraded sensors and FDA-cleared atrial fibrillation detection. The new Ring 3 collection consists of both a Pro model that carries forward those same health-tracking features, and a smaller Slim option that offers more limited stats tracking. But both versions of the new Ring 3 feature vibrating alerts for alarms, medication reminders, and guided breathing exercises, and an integrated NFC chip for making contactless payments without having to reach for your phone or wallet.

The Ring 3 Pro has a slimmer design than its predecessor and …

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Nvidia launches free tool that links idle computers into a personal AI data center

2026-09-03T13:28:18-04:00

Nvidia is announcing its new Personal AI Router (PAIR), a free tool that syncs up your home computers for tackling local AI inference tasks with tools like Ollama and LM Studio.

Let's get the obvious thing out of the way, despite what its name might imply: PAIR is not a hardware router. It's open-source software developed by Nvidia that discovers compatible PCs on a network, connects them, and prepares them for crunching numbers on agentic workflows. While the compatible devices are mostly Nvidia GeForce GPUs (PAIR works with RTX 20-series cards and newer, as well as RTX Pro GPUs and DGX Spark systems), Apple's M4 chips or newer will also …

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