The main event for consumer electronics in Europe, IFA in Berlin marks the debut of many of the hottest gadgets and devices of the holiday shopping period. Companies from all across the world descend upon the German capital to show off their latest smart devices: from phones, laptops, and speakers to fridges, ovens, and washing machines. This year should see many of them adding support for Google Assistant, which has quickly emerged as the biggest and most formidable competitor to Amazon’s Alexa in the race to put a digital assistant on all home appliances and electronics. Stay tuned here for all the biggest and most important news from IFA 2018.
Sep 4, 2018, 12:55 PM UTCVlad Savov
Nubia’s wearable smartphone is a preview of our flexible OLED future
And it’s actually going on sale in China this year
Sep 3, 2018, 9:41 PM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
Sony adds 4K to a pair of compact cameras with super-long zoom
Sep 3, 2018, 3:09 PM UTCVlad Savov
Polaroid is now a brand of sadness
The Polaroid brand is being dragged through the mud once more at IFA 2018 with the launch of some crappy new laptops
Sep 1, 2018, 4:12 PM UTCVlad Savov
Huawei adds new colors to the P20 Pro plus leather back options for China
Aug 31, 2018, 7:16 PM UTCShannon Liao
Beyerdynamic’s new earphones are designed to lie comfortably flat in your ears
The Byrd series has wired and wireless options
Aug 31, 2018, 7:00 PM UTCChaim Gartenberg
Laptop bezels are dead, and IFA killed them
At IFA 2018, the future of laptop screens has finally gone mainstream
Aug 31, 2018, 1:36 PM UTCChaim Gartenberg
The Motorola One is a slick budget iPhone X clone
With a headphone jack
Aug 31, 2018, 12:30 PM UTCVlad Savov
Huawei promises its Kirin 980 processor will destroy the Snapdragon 845
More power, delivered more efficiently
Aug 31, 2018, 12:30 PM UTCVlad Savov
Huawei’s AI Cube is a 4G router and Alexa speaker, not a cube
Looks more like an AI Tube
Aug 31, 2018, 12:19 PM UTCVlad Savov
Wireless headphones are improving faster than anything else in tech
Equipped with USB-C, voice assistants, and better batteries, 2018’s wireless headphones kick 2017’s butt
Aug 31, 2018, 10:30 AM UTCVlad Savov
Beyerdynamic’s new wireless headphones put the LED lights where they belong: on the inside
The Lagoon ANC have USB-C charging plus 24-hour battery life with noise canceling turned on
Aug 31, 2018, 7:00 AM UTCJacob Kastrenakes
AptX Adaptive is Qualcomm’s latest solution to bad Bluetooth audio
Aug 30, 2018, 6:30 PM UTCDieter Bohn
Lenovo’s new Yoga Book replaces the keyboard with an E Ink screen
The $999.99 dual-screen device will ship in October
Aug 30, 2018, 6:30 PM UTCTom Warren
Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Extreme challenges Apple and Dell with a 4K HDR display and Nvidia graphics
15 inches of all things ThinkPad
Aug 30, 2018, 6:30 PM UTCDieter Bohn
Lenovo’s new flagship Yoga C930 laptop has a speaker in the 360-degree hinge
Lenovo has a big range of laptops at IFA this year
Aug 30, 2018, 6:30 PM UTCTom Warren
Lenovo’s latest Yoga laptop is the first with Qualcomm’s new ARM processor and 25-hour battery life
A new generation of Windows ARM laptops is here
Aug 30, 2018, 5:30 PM UTCAshley Carman
Garmin’s new fitness tracker monitors your blood oxygen levels
Aug 30, 2018, 4:53 PM UTCChaim Gartenberg
Honor teases new bezel-free Magic 2 smartphone with sliding camera
Following in the Oppo Find X’s footsteps
Aug 30, 2018, 4:00 PM UTCChaim Gartenberg
Marshall Headphones’ Bluetooth speakers are getting an Alexa update
A separate Google Assistant version is also in the works
Aug 30, 2018, 3:01 PM UTCAshley Carman
Jaybird’s new X4 Wireless Sport Headphones are even more water and sweatproof
Aug 30, 2018, 3:00 PM UTCChaim Gartenberg
The BlackBerry Key2 LE gives you a physical keyboard for less cash
For anyone who thought, ‘I’d like a Key2, but worse’
Aug 30, 2018, 2:53 PM UTCVlad Savov
Sennheiser’s Momentum True Wireless earbuds were worth the wait
Sennheiser may be late to the game, but it’s arriving with USB-C charging and great sound
Aug 30, 2018, 1:02 PM UTCAshley Carman
Sennheiser introduces its first truly wireless earbuds, and they’re expensive