Tag: smart home
Forget AI, there’s only one thing I want from Philips Hue this year
At last week’s CES 2025 event, Signify – the company behind Philips Hue smart lights – announced that it’s developing a new AI assistant that will let you use voice commands to set the mood for your home. Instead of scrolling through the Philips Hue app to find a suitable…
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Tiny feet, bionic arms, and bots that can deliver a sandwich – 6 weird and wonderful robot vacuum innovations from CES 2025
As one of TechRadar’s Homes Editors, I’ve been following the robot vacuum market closely for some time now. While I’m enthusiastic about efficient home cleaning, it’s rare I’ll get wind of any robovac news that will make me do a double-take at the press release. Today’s best robot vacuums are…
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Narwal’s new robovac will moonwalk your floors to get even the thickest carpets clean
New Narwal Flow vacuums forward, and then in reverse, for cleaner carpets A descending brushroll cover also improves pickup on deep carpet A roller mop promises cleaner hard floors with less smearing Narwal has unleashed a whole fleet of new robot vacuums at CES 2025, but the one that has…
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I’ve been smart home hunting at CES 2025, and these are the coolest gadgets I found
It wouldn’t be far-reaching to call the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the nexus of modern smart home technology. While early attempts were made before the turn of the century, the halls of CES have progressively welcomed more and more connected devices into the fold since the early 2000s, and CES…
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These new video doorbell and security camera use AI to welcome visitors and deter intruders
Swann debuts new home security tech at CES 2025 The MaxRanger range includes an AI doorbell and new security cameras The Xtreem4K is an AI security camera that can talk to intruders As an owner of one of the best video doorbells, I’ll be the first to admit that while…
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Eat your heart out Daleks: Dreame’s newest robovac can climb stairs
One major robot vacuum trend of the past 12 months or so has been bots that can climb over particularly tall thresholds. And while the dream of a robovac that can make its own way up the stairs is still just that, developments have taken a significant shift forward with…
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