Author: Press Room

I’ve tested far too many robot vacuums. Far too many. And as much as I love the machines, mopping often leaves something to be desired. When I’ve tested robot vacs, they’ve often struggled to mop up stains on hard floors. Which is why the Narwal Flow caught my eye. The Flow comes kitted out with something called the FlowWash Mopping System – a track-based mopping setup that keeps clean water flowing as it goes. It’s designed to make sure your floors end up squeaky clean. And if it works as well as it should, I think it could be the best mopping…

Don’t own a Philips TV? No problem: the Govee TV Backlight 3 Pro can add ambient lighting that reacts to whatever’s on your 4K TV‘s screen, no matter which brand made it. The Ambilight-aping upgrade kit has added HDR into the mix for 2025, promising accurate colours even when brightness levels get blinding. Revealed at this year’s IFA show, Govee’s camera-based system is now in its third generation, with three separate sensors that capture a much wider dynamic range, so the accompanying LED light strips can more precisely match what’s happening onscreen. The camera itself only protrudes out 85mm and…

Dolby’s latest HDR evolution promises smarter TVs, but as is the case with everything else these days, it crams AI into its feature set. Your content might look great with Dolby Vision 2, but the tech behind its Content Intelligence system is rather invasive. Dolby Vision 2 will get more out of your TV Hannah Stryker / MakeUseOf Hannah Stryker / MakeUseOf Dolby Vision 2 brings new tools for studios and TV productions that let them achieve greater picture quality, especially on high-end TVs. The standard uses dynamic metadata to identify the Dolby Vision-compatible display it’s connected to and adjusts…

As every Philips Hue user knows, the Hue Bridge is the essential centrepoint of the system, a control hub for your lights that connects to your router as well as joining Hue to smart home ecosystems such as Apple Home, Amazon Alexa and Google Home. But I think it looks very much like Hue wants to be one of those ecosystems itself. During an event at IFA 2025, Hue owner Signify set out its vision for the next step forward. “Smart lighting sits at the heart of what we do, but our vision for the smart home goes further,” says…

I’ve used my fair share of robot lawnmowers and impressive as they are, navigation and obstacle avoidance is always something that have let them down. While many models can virtually map, they’re not the best at adapting to things on the fly. But Mammotion’s newest models in the Luba range promise to change that. In fact, I think they might have the smartest navigation system I’ve seen in any robot mower. Mammotion decided that simply using LiDAR or RTK wasn’t quite clever enough. So, the brand stitched together all three of the major positioning technologies – LiDAR, RTK, and AI-powered…

Chances are, you can’t fit an IMAX cinema inside your living room. And that’s where IMAX Enhanced comes in. This new techie standard is designed to bring the big IMAX screen experience into your home via streaming services. Now, IMAX, DTS, and Sony Pictures are cooking up a fresh wave of IMAX Enhanced content with DTS:X immersive audio. Better yet, it’s not just reserved for those who shelled out for a top-tier TV. Hisense and Toshiba TVs are next in line to join the party, at least in Europe, which means a lot more living rooms are about to sound suspiciously…

For many years, if someone asked for a TV recommendation, there was an easy answer: choose an OLED TV. That’s been the status quo for about the past five years. But I’ve now seen what’s coming next from Sony and it could rip up the rulebook. There’s been a quiet battle raging between OLED and other LED-based TV technologies over the past decade. OLED’s advantage has been in illumination, with each pixel producing its own light. That means that turning it off means absolute black, while colour control and accuracy is easier to achieve. Competition has come from QLED (LED…

Over the years, I’ve used a lot of robot vacuums. Too many, actually. And one quirk I’ve always noticed is that they don’t have the biggest batteries. Most can barely go round my place completely before needing to recharge – but that’s because I like to make sure the maximum cleaning settings are on. Now, there might be a solution for those light me and for larger homes. Ecovacs’ new Deebot X11 Omnicycle uses GaN fast-charging tech to constantly keep the battery juiced up. So the dust-sucker will have no problems crawling round your entire home. GaN (gallium nitride) isn’t just efficient…

Baseus is one of those brands I feel more people should know about. It always delivers excellent audio hardware at what can only be described as a bargain price. And this year at IFA 2025, the story is no different. Baseus launched headphones, earbuds, and a really handy set of clip-on earbuds in collaboration with legendary audio outfit Bose, which should have some of the better-known audio brands worried. Baseus’ brand-new audio products are the stars of the show, but they’re far from the only new tech the company unveiled at IFA 2025, with new portable chargers, security cameras, and…

Roborock makes some of my favourite robot vacuum cleaners, including one with a robot arm that moves. Apparently the brand had a quiet word with itself and decided it’s ready to tackle your garden as well. Roborock has just announced its first ever robot lawnmowers for Europe. If they’re anywhere near as capable as its vacuum cleaners, this could be excellent news for those of us who prefer sipping a cold pint to sweating behind a mower. There are three models in the new line-up, and naturally they cover the whole spectrum of garden sizes. Leading the charge is the…