The coolest smart home gadgets I saw in Berlin
by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge - All Posts on (#6EK59)
This Umbra x Nanoleaf collab includes a portable smart light and a color-changing desk caddy lamp. Both are Matter-compatible and use Thread. | Image: Umbra The dust has settled on IFA 2023, Europe's biggest tech trade show, held annually in Berlin, Germany. The Verge was on the ground at the show, which ran from September 1st to 5th, covering all the big news and gadget launches. But now that I'm back stateside, I wanted to call out a few more fun gadgets and intriguing pieces of tech I saw on the show floor (or thereabouts).
In case you missed it, I've already written about SwitchBot's cool new twist on a robot vacuum mop that can fill its own water tanks, got some hands-on time with Philips Hue's pricey but pretty new smart security camera system, and listened to Alexa and Google play nicely in a new smart speaker from JBL. So, in no particular order, here are a few more gadgets from the...