We spent the week testing IFA’s best (and weirdest) gadgets, ask us anything

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We’ve seen everything from smart home to smartphones. What do you want to know?

by Dominic Preston

Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC

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Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor.

Europe’s biggest tech trade show, IFA, has taken over Berlin this week — and we’ve been on the ground all week checking it out in person. We figure you have questions, so we’re hosting an AMA that’s exclusive to Verge subscribers at 12PM ET today. That’s when we’ll start dropping answers, but you can ask your burning questions whenever you’d like.

I’m Dom Preston, a news editor here at The Verge, and I’ve spent the last few days roaming the trade show halls together with senior smart home reviewer Jen Tuohy, putting as much as we...

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