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Belkin’s first trackers come ready to attach to your gear.

A person uses a smartphone connected to a power bank with a short USB-C cable.
Belkin’s SureFind Loop Cable Tag tracker includes a removable USB-C charging cable. | Image: Belkin

After selling accessories for attaching Apple's AirTags to everything from keys to backpacks, Belkin is introducing its own trackers that work with either Apple's Find My or Google's Find Hub tracking networks. In addition to compatibility with Android and iOS, what differentiates these trackers from AirTags and Google's recently announced Pixel Tag is that you don't need to buy any additional accessories, cases, or hardware to attach them to items. They come with lanyards or key rings already integrated into their designs.

The Belkin SureFind Spot and SureFind Loop Cable Tag in black.

The cheapest and simplest option is the $14.99 Belkin SureFind Spot that comes tethered to a metal key ring, but for $ …

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Belkin introduces its first longer-lasting semi-solid-state power banks

A power bank with Belkin’s BoostSolid Cell technology being used to charge a laptop with a USB-C cable.

Belkin is joining companies like BMX, Kuxiu, and Zens with the launch of its first power banks featuring semi-solid-state battery technology. The company claims the new accessories have been "engineered to last up to 3x longer than other power banks" with the addition of a "gel-like layer" alongside the liquid electrolyte typically found in lithium-ion batteries.

Other advantages of what Belkin is calling its BoostSolid Cell technology include a reduced risk of overheating that could cause swelling or fires and consistent power delivery across a wider temperature range. They're more expensive than power banks with comparable specs, but a lo …

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Anker’s sleep speaker uses radar and flower power to help you relax

Peace, man. | Image: Anker

Anker's SleepLab speaker promises to track and enhance sleep without a wearable. It uses millimeter-wave radar (60GHz) blasting from your nightstand to track micro-movements in your chest and body to continuously monitor your heart rate and breathing to enhance whatever sleep stage you're in. It also embeds lots of hippie shit.

If I'm understanding things correctly, the speaker will - over the course of a month - determine which routines help you get the most rest, using acoustic binaural beats and lighting to gradually deepen relaxation. It operates with a touch of a button, independently of your phone, and doesn't require a paid subscript …

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Anker’s Soundcore is bringing its incredible call quality to more headphones

A woman wearing the Soundcore Space 2 Pro headphones.
The Soundcore Space 2 Pro will be the first headphones to run on Anker’s Thus chip. | Image: Soundcore

After introducing the Thus processing chip in April and releasing it with the Liberty 5 Pro series earbuds, Soundcore is bringing it to more audio products. The Thus chip is behind the best call quality I've ever heard from a pair of earbuds or headphones, virtually eliminating ambient sounds from the speaker's environment. At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Soundcore announced the Space 2 Pro headphones, AeroClip 2 and AeroClip 2 Pro open clip earbuds, and Liberty Buds 2.

The Space 2 Pro will be the first headphones to use the Thus chip and use a 6-microphone array for voice isolation. There are also eight microphones for the headphones' adaptive acti …

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Anker announces its first over-the-counter hearing aids

The Anker over-the-counter hearing aids and their charging case on a two-tone white and yellow background.
Anker’s first OTC hearing aids, powered by the Thus chip, are expected in coming months. | Image: Anker

In what could be fortuitous timing for hearing aid users, Anker announced its first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids at IFA 2026. It was only a couple months ago when LXE Hearing, the parent company for Eargo and Lexie Hearing - two major OTC manufacturers in the US - decided to end US operations and exit the OTC hearing aid market. Now perhaps Anker can fill that void.

The receiver-in-canal (RIC) design has a main body that rests behind the ear. It uses Anker's Thus chip, announced in April and first released in the Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro earbuds series. The chip delivers the best voice isolation I've ever heard on any audio product an …

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Anker’s new printer works directly on fabrics

A person inserts a fabric tote bag into Anker’s personal fabric printer.

After introducing a consumer-friendly UV printer last year capable of printing designs directly on materials like wood, metal, glass, and acrylic, Anker's eufyMake brand is introducing a new machine that can print directly on fabrics. With an expected launch sometime in the spring of 2027, Anker hasn't yet revealed an official name for the new machine, but its "personal fabric printer" will offer multiple ways to put photos or custom designs onto T-shirts, jeans, bags, and hats.

The machine will be capable of both direct-to-garment printing where images are applied directly to soft, breathable fabrics, and direct-to-film printing where desi …

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Anker’s new MindBase is an AI-powered brain for your smart home

The Anker MindBase offers a local solution for advanced AI processing of camera footage and is a smart home hub that supports Matter. | Image: Anker

Anker is launching the Eufy MindBase, a local AI hub for its security cameras that runs an on-device, Anker-developed LLM, which the company says can process your footage without it ever leaving your home. It's also announcing a handful of other smart home security products at the IFA tech show in Berlin this week, including the TrackLight Cam S1, the S4 video doorbell, and a window camera.

Pitched as the "central brain for the home," the MindBase is not just for Eufy security cameras; Anker is positioning it as a whole-home connectivity solution with on-device compute and local storage. Security is the first use case, but the company plans …

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Philips Hue adds Nanoleaf’s light panels to its ecosystem with a $40 module

Nanoleaf’s colorful wall panels will work in the Hue app thanks to a partnership between the two companies. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Philips Hue is finally adding wall panels into its smart lighting portfolio. But instead of developing its own, it's partnered with longtime rival Nanoleaf, the company that invented the smart modular wall panel category.

Starting today, September 3rd, if you own Nanoleaf Hexagon, Triangle, or Mini Triangle wall panels, you can integrate them into your Philips Hue ecosystem using a Philips Hue x Nanoleaf Wall Light Module. The $39.99 device has a full Hue connectivity stack inside, running Bluetooth, Zigbee, and Thread concurrently - meaning you can use the Hue app and a Matter app like Apple Home simultaneously.

Once in the Hue app, the …

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Anker put a display on the case of its new sleepbuds

an earbud charging case with a screen on it, slid open to show the white earbuds charging inside. Someone is holding the case in one hand and tapping the screen with the other
I hope the tracking is better than it was on previous Anker sleepbuds. | Image: Anker

Anker just announced its new Soundcore Sleep Earbuds 4 and 4 Pro for side-sleepers. They include the same audio masking tech found on last year's A30 sleepbuds (that can really silent a snoring partner) only now with longer battery life and improved ANC to help silent other noises in the environment. Both sets of buds feature a "20 percent smaller contact area" than the A30 buds, which should reduce pressure and make them more comfortable to wear. They also come with new cases that can be charged on a wireless charging pad, but only the 4 Pro's case has a display because Anker can't stop putting screens on things.

When streaming music, pod …

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Philips Hue adds more affordable options for syncing smart lights with your TV

The Hue Screen Sync camera on a TV. It’s fairly slim and unobtrusive, but noticeable. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Philips Hue is slashing the steep entry price of its entertainment sync offerings. The new stripped-down Sync Box 4K starts at $150, compared to $385 for the 8K model. The brand also launched its first camera-based solution, the Play Screen Sync, for $119.99. Both were on display this week at the IFA tech show in Berlin and are going on sale right away.

The sync systems connect to Philips Hue's color-changing lighting to make your lights move along with the content on your TV, whether that's games, movies, or cable news. The Sync Box models use HDMI to pull visuals from any device connected to the TV, such as a streaming box or game console …

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