Watch: Stair-climbing robotic vacuum cleaner, snore buds, 24/7 AI dialog recorder, AI safety cams amongst new devices at IFA

The Marswalker is due within the first half of subsequent 12 months. Pricing has but to be introduced.

The first-generation mannequin will solely work with Eufy’s personal robovacs, however the long-term plan is that many alternative manufacturers will be capable to hitch a experience, too.

‘Where’s my cat’

In dwelling safety, Anker demo’d the Eufy AI Core, due in 2026, which is able to work with its newest indoor and outside safety cameras for pure language queries and higher detection of precise threats and fewer false alerts.

It’s pitched as “the world’s first large-model AI agent for the home” and makes use of the most recent AI chip from Qualcomm.

“Imagine, while you are away on vacation, you open the Eufy app and ask, ‘Where’s my cat?’ Within seconds, an indoor camera shows your cat curled asleep on your bed,” mentioned Anker comms director Robert Berg.

“Or you ask, ‘Did my daughter get home from school?’. AI core, through facial detection and monitoring, can answer instantly, and it will recognise you and your family.”

AI Core can be skilled for 100 situations.

“But what can today’s home security systems really do?”, Berg mentioned. “At best, they detect motion, sent an alert. [But] they can’t tell the difference between kids playing, the mail being delivered or a stranger walking across the street. AI Core can anticipate more than 100 different risks. It knows the difference between a passing car, a wandering pet or a stranger approaching your home. It does all of this with 95% accuracy.”

Berg mentioned AI Core’s safety agent would make choices in beneath three seconds. All knowledge can be saved domestically for privateness.

The AI agent may even attempt to quell potential bother. “That means lights can switch on, a voice warning can play, or a siren can sound before trouble has a chance to escalate.”

It sounds promising. We’ll discover out if it does what it says on the tin when it’s launched subsequent 12 months.

Eufy Security additionally launched the eufyCam S4, which it says is the primary DIY hybrid digicam that mixes a 4K mounted lens with twin 2K pan-tilt-zoom lenses, offering panoramic protection and facial element from as much as 15 metres away.

A key goal is to forestall blind spots and it’ll work with AI Core as soon as that arrives. The eufyCam S4 will probably be obtainable from October for $799.95 or in a two-camera equipment for $1899.95.

Recording coversations 24/7

Wearable AI brooches have had a patchy document to this point. Humane’s ChatGPT-powered, do-it-all AI Pin went from “iPhone kiler” to laughing inventory and company-killing monetary catastrophe inside months as its maker went bust.

The Souncore AI Voice Recorder, a coin-sized wearable unveiled at IFA, has a tighter transient, which ought to assist it succeed: Recording all your conversations, 24/7.

It clips to clothes and turns conversations into transcripts and summaries with a claimed 97% accuracy throughout 100+ languages.

It works with ChatGPT 4.1 for searchable transcriptions.

During the day, you’ll be able to merely double-tap the Recorder to flag an vital little bit of audio (though if the product goes viral, there could be the phenomenon the place the non-public you’re taking a gathering with will get insulted if there’s no chest-tapping).

The AI Voice Recorder is due for NZ launch in January for $229.

Print to wooden, leather-based or steel

In August, the EufyMake UV Printer E1 grew to become the most-funded marketing campaign in Kickstarter’s historical past, with 17,822 backers pledging US$46.8 million ($79.8m).

Using pure language prompts, the E1 permits you to flip sketches, pictures, or textual content into textured designs on wooden, leather-based, and steel.

Backer shipments are already beneath approach, the corporate says, with retail availability in Australia from December, priced from A$4749 ($5200) and from February in NZ, with pricing to be confirmed.

A house theatre on wheels

A Kickstarter marketing campaign can be on the best way for an additional new product featured at IFA: The Soundcore Nebula X1 Pro – a 33kg social gathering speaker system and projector on wheels.

A 160W subwoofer can present chest-thumping bass with out juddering the projector due to stabilisation expertise. There’s additionally automated keystone correction if there are any knocks.

A pair of 80W soundbar audio system fold out on the left and proper sides and may be indifferent to optimise placement on the entrance of the room, with a pair of 40W wi-fi satellites for the rear channels.

The projector encompasses a 4K triple-laser optical engine and assist for Dolby Vision, whereas the audio system assist Dolby Atmos multi-channel spatial sound (Dolby co-presented the X1 at IFA).

The Kickstarter marketing campaign ought to begin later this month with NZ supply within the New Year, with pricing anticipated to be round $8999.

Charge two laptops and a cellphone directly type one energy brick

Anker, based by in 2011 by Stephen Yang, who earned a post-grad diploma on the University of Texas earlier than becoming a member of Google as a software program engineer then placing out on his personal, started is life a a charger maker.

It’s diverified lots since, however it sill makes some stonking energy bricks, together with the Anker Prime Power Bank, a 300W mannequin previewed at IFA that may cost two laptops and a cellphone on the similar time. Anker says it’s additionally airline-approved (a rarity above 160W).

There’s additionally the Anker Prime Wireless Charging Station, a 3-in-1 MagGo unit that the agency says can “charge an iPhone 16 pro max to 50% in about 30 minutes, wireless speed that finally feels like wired”.

Earbuds to save lots of your marriage

The Soundcore Sleep A30 earbuds, simply launched in NZ for $349, may prevent marriage, or a minimum of head-off a sleep divorce (aka separate bedrooms) if early positive reviews are something to go by.

The A30s can be utilized as on a regular basis earbuds for music and calls, however they’re designed that can assist you sleep, particularly in case you’re coping with environmental noise or a accomplice loud night breathing.

They characteristic an lively noise cancellation “snore masking system” that detects loud night breathing then “triggers a calibrated masking tone. An app lets you choose whether the snoring is offset by white noise or ambient sounds such as ”gentle rain” and (with hints of dealing with a heavier snorer) “Himalayan downpour”.

An unusually flat design involves silicone and memory foam tips for a “no pressure” feel over hours, even if you’re a side sleeper.

I’ve just got pair and will test them on the flight home (even if in fact it’ll be the person next to me wanting the Himalayan downpour).

Chris Keall travelled to IFA Berlin courtesy of Anker, whose brands include Eufy and Soundcore.

Chris Keall is an Auckland-based member of the Herald’s enterprise group. He joined the Herald in 2018 and is the expertise editor and a senior enterprise author.