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Meet Neo: The $20K Humanoid Butler Coming to Your Home (With a Big Catch!)

Meet Neo: The $20K Humanoid Butler Coming to Your Home (With a Big Catch!)

With its launch on Oct 28, Neo has become a symbol of both promise and reality in home robotics. It embodies the cutting edge of AI and mechanical engineering – and a hint of sci-fi-level convenience – but it also underscores how far we have to go. As 1X’s CEO and robotics experts alike note, Neo will improve over time through data and software updates, but for now early adopters are effectively helping to train the robot. In the words of one expert, Neo is a “bold glimpse of our robot-assisted future” – exciting, but not yet the household Rosie
29 October 2025
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Google Home’s Gemini Revolution: Can AI Fix the Smart Home and Win Back Your Trust?

Google Home’s Gemini Revolution: Can AI Fix the Smart Home and Win Back Your Trust?

Gemini Replaces Assistant: A New AI “Brain” for Your Home After nearly a decade, Google is pulling the plug on the original Google Assistant in its smart home products and swapping in something far more powerful. Gemini, Google’s latest conversational AI, will now handle voice interactions on Google Home speakers, displays, and other devices wired.com. The trigger phrase “Hey Google” stays the same, but everything behind it is new – instead of the old scripted Assistant, you’ll be talking to a modern large language model that understands natural language and context wired.com. Google Assistant debuted in 2016 as an answer
5 October 2025
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Amazon’s $100 Blink Arc Security Cam Glues Two Cameras Together for an Unbeatable 180° View

Amazon’s $100 Blink Arc Security Cam Glues Two Cameras Together for an Unbeatable 180° View

Blink Arc: How Dual Cameras Eliminate Blind Spots Amazon’s new Blink Arc is not a single fisheye camera – it literally “sticks two cameras into a single body” theverge.com. Each Blink Arc unit holds two Blink Mini 2K+ cameras in one angled, weatherproof bracket. The devices run off one power source and are mounted from a single point (on a wall, ceiling, or porch). In use, the Blink app links the two cameras as left and right, and software stitches their overlapping views into one live panorama. This gives you roughly a 180° horizontal view – ideal for covering a
1 October 2025
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SwitchBot’s New AI Hub, Art Frame & Robot Pets Stun IFA 2025 – A Smart Home Revolution?

SwitchBot’s New AI Hub, Art Frame & Robot Pets Stun IFA 2025 – A Smart Home Revolution?

SwitchBot’s Big Reveal at IFA 2025 At the IFA 2025 tech expo in Berlin, SwitchBot made waves by unveiling a trio of AI-driven smart home devices that blur the line between utilitarian gadgets and personable home companions. SwitchBot – known previously for quirky, clever add-ons like robotic button-pressers and smart curtain motors – stepped into the spotlight with its new “Embodied AI” lineup prnewswire.com. Announced on September 4, 2025, the lineup comprised: This breadth—from a home automation hub to an AI art display to literal robot pets—shows SwitchBot’s ambition to integrate AI “in every room,” from the living room to
18 September 2025
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19,500Pa Suction & AI Mop: Ecovacs Deebot X11 OmniCyclone Takes Robot Vacuums to the Next Level

19,500Pa Suction & AI Mop: Ecovacs Deebot X11 OmniCyclone Takes Robot Vacuums to the Next Level

The Ecovacs Deebot X11 OmniCyclone is a new flagship robot vacuum-mop announced at IFA 2025, boasting unprecedented suction power (19,500 Pa) vacuumwars.com, a bagless self-emptying base, and advanced AI features. Priced around $1,499, it promises nearly hands-free cleaning with minimal maintenance. Below we break down its specs, innovations, and early impressions – and see how it stacks up against top rivals like the Roborock S8 Pro Ultra, DreameBot L20 Ultra, and iRobot Roomba Combo j9+. Key Facts at a Glance: Ecovacs Deebot X11 OmniCyclone robot vacuum and mop at its base station – the X11 introduces a bagless cyclone dock and
18 September 2025
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Philips Hue’s 2025 Update Changes the Game: Bridge Pro, Cheaper Bulbs & Bold New Moves

Philips Hue’s Huge 2025 Launch: Bridge Pro, Budget Bulbs & a Smart Doorbell – Everything You Need to Know

Introduction: Hue’s Biggest Launch Yet Philips Hue (by Signify) pulled back the curtain on a massive product launch on September 4, 2025, at the IFA tech show in Berlin. Under the theme “Reimagine Your Home,” the smart lighting pioneer unveiled major new hardware spanning hubs, lights, and even home security signify.com. This is widely touted as Hue’s largest product refresh ever, marking a bold expansion beyond lights into areas like security cameras and doorbells techradar.com. “With these launches, we are opening a new chapter for Philips Hue,” said John Smith, Philips Hue’s Business Leader at Signify, hinting that while smart
18 September 2025
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Google Nest Hub vs Nest Hub Max: The Ultimate Smart Display Showdown (2025 Edition)

Smart Home Showdown 2025: Google Nest vs Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit & More

(Today’s smart home battlefield is fiercer than ever, with Google’s Nest lineup facing off against Amazon’s Alexa/Ring empire, Apple’s HomeKit ecosystem, and a host of specialized rivals. Who’s winning in thermostats, speakers, cameras, and beyond? Read on for the ultimate 2025 smart home showdown.) Key Facts Thermostats: Nest vs Ecobee (and the Rest) Google Nest Thermostats: Google’s flagship thermostat is the Nest Learning Thermostat (4th Gen), launched in 2024 as the first major update in nearly a decade tomsguide.com tomsguide.com. The 4th-gen Nest Learning Thermostat features a premium bezel-free glass display and built-in AI smarts that make it more context-aware
16 September 2025
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Smart Home Showdown 2025: Google Nest vs Alexa, HomeKit & the Rest – Which Ecosystem Rules?

The Post-Assistant Era: Google’s Gemini Comes Home – What It Means for Your Smart Home

A New AI Voice Assistant for the Home: Gemini for Home Nearly a decade after introducing Google Assistant as a handy voice helper, Google is now giving its smart home ecosystem a radical upgrade. Gemini for Home is an all-new AI voice assistant that will “eventually replace Google Assistant” on all Nest-brand smart speakers and smart displays theverge.com. Announced in August 2025 by Google’s Nest team, Gemini for Home is built on the company’s latest large language model (LLM) technology (the same family of AI models behind Google’s Gemini chatbot). This means it can understand and respond to far more
14 September 2025
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Smart Home Showdown 2025: Google Nest vs Alexa, HomeKit & the Rest – Which Ecosystem Rules?

Smart Home Showdown 2025: Google Nest vs Alexa, HomeKit & the Rest – Which Ecosystem Rules?

Key Facts at a Glance Google Nest Ecosystem in 2025 – Smarter Assistant, Unified Platform Google’s smart home universe, branded Google Nest, spans thermostats, smart speakers, displays, cameras, video doorbells, security alarm systems, smoke detectors, and Wi-Fi routers. All these devices integrate with the Google Home app and respond to Google Assistant voice commands (“Hey Google…”). A key selling point of Google’s ecosystem is how well it ties into the everyday services many people already use: Android phones, YouTube and Chromecast streaming, Google Calendar, Gmail, etc. If you’re an Android user, controlling a Nest device can feel seamless – the
6 September 2025
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NexLawn Master X Series: The Robot Lawnmower That Plays Fetch and Picks Fruit

NexLawn Master X Series: The Robot Lawnmower That Plays Fetch and Picks Fruit

Key Facts NexLawn’s Master X Series Concept Unveiled The NexLawn Master X Series Concept robot mower equipped with its versatile mechanical arm, which folds down when not in use. This ambitious prototype can not only cut grass but also interact with the environment – from picking up yard debris to playing fetch with a pet. From Dreame’s Labs to the Lawn The Master X Series Concept marks the global debut of the NexLawn brand, which was introduced at IFA 2025. NexLawn is a gardening and robotics arm of MOVA, itself under Chinese smart appliance maker Dreame (known for robot vacuums).
5 September 2025
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Eufy’s MarsWalker: The Stair-Climbing Robot That Carries Your Vacuum Upstairs

Eufy’s MarsWalker: The Stair-Climbing Robot That Carries Your Vacuum Upstairs

Summary of Key Facts What Exactly Is the MarsWalker? The Eufy MarsWalker is essentially a robotic stair-climbing transporter designed to carry a robot vacuum cleaner from floor to floor. Unlike traditional robot vacuums (which are limited to one level and typically avoid stairs for fear of tumbling down), MarsWalker actively navigates stairs while carrying a vacuum on its back. Eufy describes it as the “world’s first stair-climbing carrier for robot vacuums,” a kind of elevator or “stairlift” for your robo-vac theverge.com globenewswire.com. In practical terms, MarsWalker is a separate robotic base that your compatible Eufy vacuum can dock into when it needs to change floors. The unit has four motorized legs/arms that can extend, lift and stabilize,
5 September 2025
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Ring’s Flying Security Cam Takes Off Again? Inside the Ring Always Home Cam & the Future of Home Surveillance

Ring’s Flying Security Cam Takes Off Again? Inside the Ring Always Home Cam & the Future of Home Surveillance

A Flying Security Camera for Your Living Room The Ring Always Home Cam is unlike any security camera you’ve seen – because it doesn’t sit in one place. Announced at Amazon’s 2020 hardware event, this pint-sized indoor drone is designed to take off from its dock and fly preset routes through your house, giving you a roaming eye on your property digitaltrends.com digitaltrends.com. It essentially promises to be “an extension of your own two eyes”, reaching every corner that a fixed camera can’t digitaltrends.com. Ring’s pitch was simple: instead of buying a camera for each room, one flying cam could
5 September 2025
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