CNET staffers have touched down in Berlin and are on the floor at IFA 2026, one of the world’s largest tech events where the future is on full display. From a camera-equipped dishwasher and Dyson’s largest air purifier yet to a repairable laptop and a speaker designed to soothe you to sleep, we’ve laid eyes on devices that could change how we live, breathe, clean, work and play.
If you, too, would like to peer into the future and see what’s ahead, this is the best tech we’ve spotted at IFA 2026.
An all-seeing dishwasher
Miele’s Diamond G8 isn’t your average dishwasher.David Watsky/CNET
Miele’s new Diamond G8 dishwasher has an AI-powered internal camera that scans your dishes and decides how to wash them so it doesn’t miss a single spot. Though Home and Kitchen Managing Editor David Watsky, who saw the dishwasher in person, was skeptical about this feature, he was left impressed.
But the Diamond G8’s scrubbing smarts don’t stop there. If you want the Diamond G8 to run only when electricity is most affordable, it can do that too, waiting for the hours when power costs less.
Note-taking earbuds
Plaud One: your AI note-taking assistant earbuds. Plaud/CNET
Going beyond its AI note-taking wearable pin and credit card-like device that you can attach to your phone, Plaud launched the Plaud One earbuds to capture and transcribe your conversations and calls. You can even talk to Plaud’s AI by saying, “Hey Plaud,” and then ask it your questions or give it directives.
“We’d always recommend informing people that you’re using a recording device, and it’s important to note that recording phone calls without permission from all participants can be illegal in some states,” principal writer Katie Collins wrote when covering the Plaud One announcement.
A robot vacuum that seals itself to carpet
The Roomba Max 875 Combo is all about clean carpet.iRobot
While robot vacuums are great for taking the effort out of keeping your floors clean, CNET’s testing has found that they don’t offer the same suction power as traditional vacuums. iRobot aims to improve on that with its new Roomba Max 875 Combo, which uses SealForce technology to seal itself to carpet and better suction up spots that need extra cleaning.
In a video call with Home and Robotics Editor Ajay Kumar prior to IFA 2026, Adam Pope, vice president and chief engineer at iRobot, said SealForce is like pressing harder with a traditional vacuum to thoroughly clean a specific patch of carpet, but in a robot vacuum format.
A smart ring puts contactless payments at your fingertips
Imagine how cool it will feel to use your ring for contactless payments.Circular
In addition to having the health-tracking capabilities we expect of smart rings, Circular has added contactless payments, a feature typically found on smartwatches and smartphones, to its new subscription-free Ring 3 Pro and Ring 3 Slim. When covering the launch, principal writer Vanessa Hand Orellana wrote that the company also gave both rings haptic vibration alerts, a feature previously available on its first Circular Ring, along with advanced sleep metrics, glucose trend estimates and access to its AI health coach.
A laptop built to be repaired
The Vero 16 comes with its own repair guide.Acer/CNET
With its new fourth-generation Vero 16, Acer brings the “right to repair” conversation into focus, as CNET writer Tyler Graham explained that the modular laptop is designed to let users easily upgrade its components themselves. There’s even a repair guide engraved on it to help with these swaps.
The Vero 16 didn’t come alone, as it was announced alongside Acer’s compact 14-inch Swift Blade 14 and sleek 16-inch Swift Air 16.
A speaker that lulls you to sleep
Sleep has never sounded so sweet.Katie Collins/CNET
Alongside its Sleep Earbuds 4 and Sleep Earbuds 4 Pro with a touchscreen case, Anker introduced the SleepLab Pro speaker, which uses radar to track your sleep, breathing and heart rate, then customizes its audio to help you drift off to dreamland and stay there. “It looks like a thoughtfully designed piece of kit that I know I’d be happy to have on my bedside table,” Collins wrote when describing the device. It also triples as a sunrise alarm clock and a nightlight that glows in a range of shades.
A non-Pro SleepLab has the same features, minus radar sleep tracking.
Dyson’s largest air purifier
Air purifier or Dune sandworm? You decide.Dyson
The new Dyson HushJet Big+Quiet Cool Pure+Formaldehyde (try to say that five times fast) was designed to purify multiple rooms using the company’s most powerful processor. As Kumar put it, it looks like a Dune sandworm with its nozzle head that can be rotated and tilted. While operating quietly, the purifier can capture 99.99% of pollutants down to 0.01 microns for a breath of fresh air.
Lenovo’s first rollable work laptop
Lenovo is on a roll. Josh Goldman/CNET
Lenovo’s Project Swan concept is a laptop that expands horizontally at the touch of a button, transforming its display from 14 to 17 inches. But unlike the Legion Pro Rollable Graham spotted at CES 2026, this isn’t a gaming laptop – it’s for work. Perfect for work trips when you want a more compact 14-inch display for travel, but a 17-inch for getting the job done (or watching movies during your downtime).
Dyson’s first toothbrush
Plaque begone!Tara Brown/CNET
Dubbed the CameraJet, Dyson’s first toothbrush has a built-in, AI-powered camera that detects gaps between your teeth within 100 milliseconds so that it can floss while you brush. To do so, the brush has an anti-gravity tank that its charging dock fills with mouthrinse, which its jet uses to floss.
You can even use the CameraJet’s camera as an endoscope to see your teeth in the app, where brushing and flossing insights, coverage maps and guided cleaning are also available. However, this high-tech toothbrush comes at a cost: $500.
As IFA runs from Sept. 4 to Sept. 8, this is just the beginning. We’ll continue updating this list as we see the best that the tech event has to offer.
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