The best tech and gadgets announced at IFA so far

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Double-decker robovacs, a smartphone that eliminates the screen bezel, and another laptop with an expanding screen.If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.by Andrew LiszewskiUpdated Sep 4, 2026, 3:41 PM UTCIf you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Photo: Dominic Preston / The VergePart OfIFA 2026: the biggest tech and gadget announcementssee all updates Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid.The doors to Europe’s largest consumer tech show officially opened to the public today following a week of news coming out of IFA 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

If you’re struggling to keep up with what has been announced, here are some of the best new gadgets and upgrades from the show — including a smartphone that attempts to finally rid the world of screen bezels and a powerful robovac that carries a smaller sidekick for cleaning spaces it can’t squeeze into.To catch up on everything announced at IFA 2026 you can follow The Verge’s complete coverage right here.Tecno Bezelless Concept SmartphonePhoto: Dominic Preston / The VergeBy tucking the edges of its 6.78-inch, 144Hz OLED panel underneath the phone’s thin metal frame, Tecno managed to create a smartphone that nearly entirely eliminates a visible bezel, maximizing screen real estate.

The aptly-named Bezelless made its debut at IFA with a MediaTek Dimensity 7400e chipset paired with 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, a 6,000mAh battery, and a trio of front and back cameras including a 50-megapixel main shooter. The company hasn’t announced any plans to put the concept into production, but its unique design could eventually inspire other devices.iRobot Roomba Duo Concept RobovacPhoto: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The VergeWhy build one robovac that can do it all when you can split the work between a pair of them? That’s the idea behind iRobot’s Roomba Duo concept.

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The main vacuum is the most powerful robovac the brand has ever made. It can suck up messes like spilled pasta, steam-mop hard floors, and vacuum and wash carpeting while navigating a home using a combination of lidar and cameras. But it’s big, so to reach and clean tighter spaces, the Roomba Duo carries a Roomba Plus 757 on top in a small garage it can raise and lower to deploy its robovac sidekick.Aurzen Zip Pro Tri-Fold ProjectorImage: AurzenOne of the most portable projectors on the market is getting some welcome upgrades. The $579.99 Aurzen Zip Pro carries forward the same tri-fold design of the original including features like autofocus and automatic keystone adjustments but is getting a bump in brightness from 100 to 200 ANSI lumens and an increase in resolution to 1080P.

It’s a bit bigger than its predecessor thanks in part to a battery that now offers up to 2.5 hours of runtime and added connectivity, including the ability to tether to the Nintendo Switch using only a USB-C cable.RugOne Xsnap 7 Pro Action Cam SmartphoneImage: RugOneFirst announced at MWC 2026 earlier this year, the RugOne Xsnap 7 Pro is an extra durable $999 Android 16 smartphone with dust and water protection, a beefy 9,300mAh battery, a 6.67-inch 120Hz AMOLED screen, and four cameras. The three on the back include a 64MP night vision camera assisted by infrared LEDs and one that can be removed and used as a standalone action camera capable of capturing video at up to 2.7K/30fps.

The pop-out camera module has a battery good for up to 40 minutes and 64GB of built-in storage. When either are depleted, you can reattach to the camera module to the phone where its battery will recharge and the footage will be copied over automatically.Lenovo ThinkBook Project Swan ConceptPhoto: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeLenovo continues to experiment with ways for laptops to take advantage of flexible OLED displays, but its latest concept feels a bit tame compared to the Legion Pro Rollable gaming laptop it debuted at CES 2026. The 14-inch Project Swan concept is much smaller by comparison with a display that unfurls horizontally to grow to 17 inches with a 16:9 aspect ratio.