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Dreame’s Pet-Friendly Air Purifier Collects Fur Before It Clogs Your Filters

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Dreame started building vacuum cleaners in 2017. They built motors that spun faster than anyone else’s, wrote algorithms that mapped rooms more efficiently than the competition, and developed bionic robotic arms that could reach where other robot vacuums couldn’t. Nine years later, they’re launching rocket cars at events in San Francisco, announcing electric SUV lineups, teasing smartphones, and showing off water purifiers alongside lawn mowers. If that trajectory feels chaotic, you’re reading it right. What holds it together is the motor technology, the same engineering philosophy that made their vacuums compelling now applied to air purification, personal care devices, and apparently vehicular propulsion systems.

The FP10 air purifier sits somewhere in the middle of this expansion spree, and it’s the first place the company has applied robot vacuum thinking to stationary air cleaning. The core concept borrows directly from their floor-cleaning playbook: a self-cleaning roller brush that actively separates debris instead of waiting for a clogged filter to choke performance. For pet owners who’ve watched traditional purifiers lose suction as fur accumulates on intake grilles, that’s a genuinely useful pivot. The question worth asking is whether Dreame’s computational approach to home appliances translates as well to air purification as it did to floor cleaning.

Designer: Dreame

The roller mechanism operates on two axes, rotating 360 degrees to strip hair and particles from incoming air before they reach the primary filter. A dual-powered system keeps both the roller and filter moving independently, compressing debris into a sealed 460ml collection bin that you empty like you would a vacuum canister. Dreame claims a 99.5 percent hair collection rate based on lab testing with two cats in a 30-square-meter chamber over seven days, which sounds optimistic until you consider that the alternative in most purifiers is zero percent because the hair never makes it past the intake grille in the first place.

What makes this approach legitimately different is the elimination of primary filter maintenance. Traditional purifiers with washable pre-filters require you to pull them out, rinse them, dry them completely, and reinstall them every few weeks if you have shedding pets. Miss a cleaning cycle and airflow degrades fast. The FP10 handles that process autonomously, triggered either by a preset schedule or in response to air quality readings. The machine runs a self-cleaning cycle, the roller dumps collected debris into the bin, and airflow stays consistent without your involvement. Dreame calls this their Filter Maintenance 4.0 era, positioning it as an evolution beyond mesh filters that need constant washing and felt filters that burn through replacement costs.

The air purification stack itself follows convention: HEPA H13 media rated for 99.97 percent filtration of particles down to 0.3 microns, backed by what Dreame calls a CataFresh odor removal system combining 2.5 times more activated carbon than their previous flagship with a metal catalyst layer that chemically decomposes odor molecules rather than just adsorbing them. The unit pushes 350 cubic meters per hour in standard configuration, operates between 32 and 62 decibels depending on mode, and includes the expected smart home integration through the Dreamehome app with Google Assistant and Alexa support.

The pet-specific features extend beyond hair collection. An optional weighing tray sits on top of the unit, tracking weight and activity patterns for multiple pets through the Dreamehome app. When a pet steps onto the tray in Pet Mode, the purifier gradually reduces airflow to avoid startling them. It’s the kind of thoughtful detail that suggests someone on the team actually lives with skittish cats.

The FP10 ships in early May. Pricing hasn’t been announced for most markets yet, but it’s positioned as a premium pet-focused purifier competing against dedicated units from brands that have been in this space far longer. What Dreame brings to the fight is proven self-cleaning technology and a willingness to treat air purifiers as active systems rather than passive filters. For households where pet hair has become the limiting factor in purifier performance, that mechanical preprocessing layer might justify the premium over simpler designs that just throw bigger HEPA filters at the problem.

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The Smartest Heater Has No App, No Screen, Just Bricks

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Most of the time, when we talk about innovation in home appliances, we mean sleeker apps, voice control, or some kind of sensor that automatically adjusts to your preferences. Eliot Andrault went in the complete opposite direction, and I think he was right to do it.

STEA is a personal heater designed by Andrault as his Masters project at École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre in France. At its core, literally, are refractory bricks. Not smart chips, not Wi-Fi connectivity, not an OLED display. Bricks. The kind of material you’d find in a kiln or a fireplace, chosen specifically because it stores heat and releases it slowly. That’s the whole point.

Designer: Eliot Andrault

The idea Andrault started with is deceptively simple: how do we heat ourselves differently without giving up comfort? That question sounds obvious, but it almost never gets asked. We default to thermostats and central heating systems that warm up entire rooms, burning energy to heat the air that surrounds you and then some. STEA does something much more targeted. It creates a microclimate around the person using it, right where the body needs warmth most.

The mechanism is equally understated. STEA heats up for ten minutes, then spends the next twenty releasing that warmth. That 1/3–2/3 rhythm means the device is drawing power for only a fraction of the time it’s actually keeping you warm. It’s not a constant draw on electricity. It’s a brief charge followed by a long, quiet exhale of heat.

The material choice matters more than it might seem at first glance. Refractory bricks have what designers call thermal inertia. They don’t just get hot and then cool down the moment power cuts off. They hold that warmth and let it go gradually, which is what gives STEA its particular feeling of comfort. Andrault describes it as enveloping, and that word is accurate. It’s not the sharp, dry blast of a conventional space heater. It’s something steadier.

Formally, STEA is gorgeous in a way that feels earned. Andrault drew inspiration from traditional cast-iron radiators, and you can see it in the vertical stacking of the bricks, the monolithic silhouette, the sense of weight and solidity. What cuts through that industrial seriousness is the tubular steel handle, which introduces a human gesture to the whole thing. It makes the object feel carryable, usable, personal rather than architectural. That balance between raw and refined is harder to pull off than it looks.

I’m also genuinely impressed by how Andrault approached the end of STEA’s life before it even began. The entire device can be disassembled with a single Allen key. Materials are locally sourced and fully recyclable. It’s designed to be repaired, not replaced. In a market where most products are engineered toward obsolescence, this feels like a quiet act of defiance, and an honest one.

The context behind STEA is worth pausing on. Andrault designed this while studying in Belgium, where heating accounts for nearly two tons of CO2 emissions per person per year. That’s not a small number. And STEA doesn’t pretend to be the total solution to that problem. Andrault says explicitly that it isn’t meant to replace existing heating systems. It’s meant to propose a different relationship with warmth, one that’s more local, more bodily, more intentional.

That philosophy puts STEA in a category of objects that are harder to evaluate by spec sheet alone. It’s not competing with your boiler or your smart thermostat. It’s asking whether you could lower your overall energy use by staying warmer at the scale of your body rather than the scale of your apartment. It’s a design that assumes you’re sitting still, reading, working, resting, and gives you exactly what you need for that moment.

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The ‘Keurig’ of Ice Pops: Coolwill’s Automatic Popsicle Maker Delivers Fresh Frozen Pops in 30 Minutes

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Nobody plans for the heat. You turn on the air conditioner the moment you feel warm, not four hours before, and yet the homemade popsicle has always demanded exactly that kind of advance thinking. Fill the mold, find the freezer space, commit to checking back the next morning. For a treat that exists purely to cool you down on impulse, that overnight ritual has always sat in strange contrast to why you wanted one in the first place. Coolwill, a Hong Kong startup preparing a Kickstarter launch, seems to have built their entire pitch around this exact tension.

The machine runs on a real compressor and direct-cooling system, producing a finished, demolded ice pop in roughly 30 minutes, with no freezer space required and no pre-freezing involved. Six smart preset modes handle everything from fruity popsicles to creamy sorbet-style treats, with the machine managing cooling, freezing, and demolding entirely on its own. Three interchangeable mold types keep the output varied without any extra effort. The touchscreen keeps operation to a single tap, and the compact form factor is designed to fit even small kitchen countertops.

Designer:  Coolwill

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Bypassing the household freezer entirely is the technical decision that makes the 30-minute claim credible rather than aspirational. Powered by a real compressor and direct-cooling system, the machine freezes juice, yogurt, or smoothies into solid pops in just 30 minutes, operating independently without pre-freezing bowls or clearing space in the freezer. Traditional mold-based popsicle making is entirely dependent on your freezer’s ambient conditions, which vary by load, door frequency, and room temperature, and Coolwill’s compressor bypasses all of that variability by chilling and freezing the contents directly. The brand claims intelligent insulation keeps pops fresh after the freeze cycle completes, which matters on a countertop in a warm kitchen in a way it simply wouldn’t inside a sealed freezer compartment. The prelaunch materials make a point of distinguishing this from cold-plate-based systems, framing the compressor as the category differentiator.

Six preset modes sit on the touchscreen, and the names visible on the display, Popsicle, Ice Cream, Spiked, Chocolate, Sorbet, and Mini, suggest the programs are calibrated around ingredient categories rather than simple time variations. Each mode automates the full sequence, and each is tuned for a different texture profile, from the cleaner icy bite of a fruit pop to the denser body of something creamy or chocolate-based. That distinction matters because dairy-forward and juice-based mixtures respond differently to the same freezing duration and rate. Having the machine make those calibrations automatically, without user input, is a meaningful layer of automation that moves the appliance beyond a glorified cold-timer. The process closes with the machine cooling, freezing, and demolding automatically, delivering a finished ice pop in about 30 minutes.

The three mold formats, classic popsicles, standard ice cubes, and cute cat paw shapes, cover a deliberately broad range of output types. The everyday utility of ice cubes and standard pops anchors the machine as a practical appliance, while the cat paw format leans into a novelty visual language that has proven durable in the food and beverage space. The stated ingredient range spans fresh juice, yogurt, smoothies, or any mixture, so the output can be as health-focused or as indulgent as the user decides. Families can make healthy, additive-free popsicles for kids, health enthusiasts can control every ingredient from fruit to protein, and party hosts can turn out custom shapes and flavors in 30 minutes. That breadth of use case, packed into a single compact appliance, makes a reasonable argument for a permanent countertop spot rather than a seasonal one.

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DREAME, the Robot Vacuum Company, Just Launched a Rocket Car and 20 Smart Home Products in One Week

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San Francisco just witnessed something wild. Dreame Technology, the company you probably know from robot vacuums that actually work, took over the Palace of Fine Arts for four days and unveiled a product lineup so sprawling it felt like watching a tech conglomerate speedrun a decade of ambition. DREAME NEXT wasn’t a launch event. It was a statement of intent, wrapped in smoke and mirrors and one very literal rocket car.

The Nebula NEXT 01 JET Edition kicked things off on April 27th with dual solid-fuel rocket boosters delivering 0-to-100 km/h in 0.9 seconds. Sebastian Thrun showed up to co-present. Steve Wozniak appeared on day three for the smartphone launch. Dwyane Wade demoed cleaning tech on day two. But here’s the thing about this spectacle: buried underneath the celebrity cameos and rocket-powered stunts, Dreame actually showed off some genuinely clever engineering in the categories where they’ve already proven themselves.

Designer: DREAME

The X60 Pro Ultra Complete introduced Dreame’s second-generation Dual UltraExtend Arm, which is exactly what it sounds like: a robotic vacuum with extending appendages that reach into corners and edges. The mop extends 18 centimeters out from the body, the side brush goes 12 centimeters. The fan motor hits 42 kilopascals at 150,000 RPM, which is absurd suction for a robot this size. It climbs 10-centimeter steps, which means double-layer staircases are no longer a dealbreaker. The stereo vision obstacle avoidance keeps it from ramming into furniture, and the runtime is unlimited because it auto-docks and recharges. This addresses the single biggest frustration with robot vacuums: they miss spots. The extending arms mean actual edge-to-edge coverage without manual cleanup afterward.

The Aqua20 Pro Ultra Roller Complete takes a different approach to the same problem. Instead of extending arms, it brings 160-degree Celsius steam directly to the floor. The built-in steam generator reaches temperature in eight seconds, and the steam loosens dirt before the hot water mop follows through. It’s a multi-dimensional attack on kitchen grease and dried pet paw prints, the kind of stuck-on mess that normal robot mops just smear around. The combination of heat, water, and pressure means fewer passes and cleaner floors.

Then there’s the Aero Ultra Steam wet-dry vacuum, which introduces what Dreame calls a Tri-Force Cleaning Solution: 200-degree Celsius steam wash, 194-degree Fahrenheit hot water mopping, and targeted foam wash for pet odors. The suction hits 30 kilopascals, and the body is slim enough at 3.88 inches to slide under most furniture. The runtime goes up to 100 minutes. Wet-dry vacuums have always been finicky because you’re dealing with both dry debris and liquid spills in the same cleaning session, and the separation between air and water matters. Dreame’s using what they call AirHydro Separation technology, an air-shield system that keeps the airflow path isolated from the water recovery path. It means you can switch between vacuuming crumbs and mopping spills without clogging the motor or diluting suction.

Group of diverse attendees at a DreamE booth, a man in a blue shirt points toward the camera while others smile nearby; a robotic vacuum sits on the table in front of them.

The outdoor lineup got similar treatment. The A3 AWD roboticmower uses LiDAR and binocular AI vision for autonomous mapping with no perimeter wires. Four-wheel drive handles 5.5-centimeter obstacles and 80 percent slopes. The cutting height adjusts from 3 to 10 centimeters, and the EdgeMaster system gets within 5 centimeters of boundaries. The All-in Center is what makes this actually hands-off: the mower returns to the base for automatic charging, cleaning, and weatherproof storage. It handles rain, heat, and freezing temps without manual intervention. Most robotic mowers still require you to babysit the charging process or bring them indoors during bad weather. This one just docks and waits.

What Dreame is doing here comes down to three core technologies they’ve been refining since 2015: high-speed digital motors, intelligent algorithms, and bionic robotic arms. The motors hit 200,000 RPM in lab conditions and mass-produce at 160,000 RPM. That’s aerospace-grade engineering applied to household appliances. The robotic arm platform, which started in vacuums, now scales across dishwashers, range hoods, and air conditioners. The AI perception stack learns from 4.05 million datasets across 35 algorithm versions, enabling real-time object detection and scene understanding.

Man in a maroon hoodie leans over a display table to inspect a round robot vacuum while holding a smartphone at a tech expo booth.

The guest list told the story. When Sebastian Thrun, Steve Wozniak, and Dwyane Wade show up for a cleaning appliance company’s launch event, you’re watching category boundaries dissolve. William Fong put it plainly during the opening forum: “Dreame has the foundational OS for reality.” Julie Zhuo noted that Dreame delivers the kind of freedom people actually want. Sebastian Thrun closed with this: “Dreame is positioned to move from AI software into the physical world.”

Crowded technology expo with multiple vendor booths and the word DREAME on signage, people chatting and exploring displays at a dark, industrial venue.

Whether refrigerators with hyperspectral sensors and smartphones with modular satellite attachments actually land remains to be seen. But the cleaning tech works because Dreame stayed focused on solving real problems: edges that don’t get cleaned, grease that doesn’t lift, lawns that require constant manual oversight. The rocket car got the headlines. The robot vacuums earned them.

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This 28mm Turntable Is Fully Automatic and Glows Softly Like Mood Lighting

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Vinyl is having a moment that shows no signs of ending. Record sales have been climbing for over a decade, and turntables have found their way into living rooms, bedrooms, and home offices worldwide. The problem is that many still look like they did 30 years ago, big, chunky, and designed to occupy their own dedicated corner. For anyone keeping their space tidy and intentional, that’s a real trade-off.

The CoolGeek TS-01 tries to address that without asking you to compromise on either front. Its ultra-slim body measures just 28mm thick, sitting low and clean on virtually any surface you’d want to put it on. It doesn’t look like it’s trying hard to be noticed, which is exactly the point. It’s a turntable designed to feel like a natural extension of the room rather than an intrusion.

Designer: CoolGeek

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Part of what makes the TS-01 so comfortable to live with is how little it actually demands of you. It’s fully automatic, so the tonearm drops, plays, and returns on its own from start to finish. For anyone who’s been put off vinyl by manual cueing or the constant worry of a needle dragging across a quiet groove, that’s a genuinely significant shift in how the whole ritual feels.

There’s also a remote in the box, which might sound like a minor detail but changes things more than you’d expect from a turntable. You can play, pause, fast-forward, or rewind without leaving wherever you happen to be. It’s a small but thoughtful addition, especially when you’re settled in with a book, have guests over, or simply don’t want to get up every time a side ends.

Of course, the audio side isn’t an afterthought. The TS-01 runs on a belt-drive system with an aluminum die-cast platter, and sports a tonearm that’s lighter and yet stronger than the standard arms you’d find on most players in this range. It also ships with an Audio-Technica MM cartridge already fitted, so there’s no fiddly cartridge alignment to deal with out of the box.

On top of that, the TS-01 has six selectable lighting modes and a glow vinyl mat, which together do something unexpected for a turntable: they turn it into an ambient object. That might sound more like a lifestyle feature than an audio one, and honestly, it is, but there’s something genuinely pleasant about having your record player cast a soft glow across a room while a side plays out.

Connectivity covers both ends of the spectrum, whichever you prefer. Bluetooth 5.3 lets you pair it with a wireless speaker or headphones without running cables across the room, while the RCA output stays available for anyone already working with an active speaker or a home hi-fi setup. It’s the kind of flexibility that makes the TS-01 easy to fit into a surprisingly wide range of living situations and listening habits.

The TS-01 comes in Black and Light Gray, both neutral enough to blend quietly into most interior palettes. At 2.65kg and 398mm x 350mm x 94 mm, it’s genuinely compact for a full-size turntable. CoolGeek clearly had a certain kind of space in mind, the kind where a record player can sit on a shelf or credenza and look like it was always supposed to be there.

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Bosch and ECOVACS Built a Robot Vacuum That Hides Inside Your Kitchen Cabinet… Finally!

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ECOVACS has been pushing robot vacuum technology forward for years, from their bagless X11 OmniCyclone to various innovations in navigation and mopping systems. Bosch has been perfecting built-in appliances since before most of us were born, understanding how to make dishwashers and ovens disappear into cabinetry while maintaining full functionality. Put those two companies in a room together and you get something neither could have built alone: the first robot vacuum system designed from scratch to be installed infrastructure rather than portable hardware.

ECOVACS contributed their robotics platform, the patented navigation technologies, the 20,000 Pa suction system, and the mopping mechanics that wash pads with 75°C water and dry them with hot air. Bosch handled the built-in integration, the plumbing connections that let the service station tap into your home’s water and drainage lines, and the cabinet design that fits everything into a sink base while leaving room for your garbage disposal. The system debuts in European stores spring 2026, controlled through the Bosch Home Connect app. Milan Design Week gave us our first look at hardware that reimagines where cleaning robots actually belong.

Designers: Bosch Home Appliances & ECOVACS ROBOTICS

The installation lives entirely within a standard sink base cabinet, which sounds impossible until you see how they’ve packaged it. Two black modules mount to the cabinet’s interior walls, housing the service station components. The left module handles dust collection with a 2-liter antibacterial bag and automatic detergent dispensing. The right module contains the water management system, with fresh water tanks that draw directly from your home’s supply and waste water that drains straight into your plumbing. Between them sits the docking platform where the robot charges and gets serviced. A pull-out tray extends from the service station, revealing the fresh water reservoir with its translucent smoky housing and the cleaning mechanisms that maintain the robot between runs. Everything connects to your kitchen’s existing infrastructure, the same water, drain, and electrical lines that already serve your sink and dishwasher.

The robot itself measures just 84 millimeters tall, which puts it low enough to slip under most furniture and even beneath baseboards that sit 10 centimeters or higher. That 20,000 Pa suction rating makes it the most powerful vacuum Bosch has shipped, and ECOVACS packed in their full navigation suite: Smart Vision camera, structured light sensors, and obstacle detection that lets it map rooms and dodge furniture. Two rotating mop pads handle wet cleaning, with one that extends outward for edge work. An extendable side brush tackles corners. When the robot detects carpet, it lifts those mop pads up to 9 millimeters to avoid soaking fibers. It can climb thresholds up to 20 millimeters high, handling the transitions between rooms without getting stuck.

The demonstration setup at Milan Design Week shows the system in motion. The cabinet doors stay closed, presenting a seamless kitchen facade in light wood. When cleaning time arrives, a section of the baseboard kicks open automatically, revealing a slot just tall enough for the robot to pass through. The vacuum rolls out onto the floor, scans its surroundings, and begins its cleaning pattern. After finishing its route, it navigates back to that same baseboard opening, rolls inside, and the door closes behind it. The whole sequence happens without any visible hardware cluttering your kitchen. Inside the cabinet, the service station gets to work, emptying the dust bin into that 2-liter bag, flushing the mop pads with hot water, and drying them with heated air before the next cleaning cycle.

The control interface runs through Bosch’s Home Connect app, which already manages their other connected appliances. You can view and edit the floor plan the robot creates, set no-go zones for areas you want it to avoid, schedule cleaning routines, or trigger manual cleanings. The app also lets you name your robot if you’re into that sort of thing. All the data stays within EU servers under their data protection requirements, which should address privacy concerns for anyone wary of cloud-connected cleaning devices. The system meets both Bosch and ECOVACS quality and safety standards, combining Bosch’s appliance reliability with ECOVACS’ robotics expertise.

The Bosch built-in vacuum and mop robot is on display at Milan Design Week through April 13th at the Euro Cucina section, where Bosch is showing their latest kitchen innovations. This represents the first time most people will get to see a fully integrated robot cleaning system in person, and it’s the kind of thing you need to watch operate to fully understand. Spring 2026 availability means anyone renovating a kitchen or building new has about a year to plan for installation, which requires coordination with your kitchen installer and access to the necessary plumbing and electrical connections during construction.

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Smeg’s Air Fryer Comes With A Steam Function For Food That’s Crispy Outside and Juicy Inside

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I was today years old when I learnt that Smeg’s origins were in enamel technology, not the gorgeously colorful kitchen appliances we’ve known them for these past few decades. Well, Smeg did end up perfecting the art of enameling wonderful hues onto appliances, so it’s just natural that they’d become famous for it, collaborating with Dolce & Gabbana and even Porsche to reveal appliances in some truly eye-catching colors.

However, apart from the usual fanfare, Smeg even brought some concepts to the table at Milan Design Week, showcasing an innovative air fryer with its own built-in steamer feature. Currently just a concept (with really no product name, price, or market-launch date yet), the fryer channels Smeg’s familiar color language with 4 options, all interplaying wonderfully with gloss black and brushed metal trims.

Designer: Smeg

The fryer boasts a 7-liter internal capacity, accessed by a button on the front that ejects the fryer’s lid. Unlike most air fryers that open frontwards, Smeg’s opens from the top, letting you directly place items inside or even take the basket out by its handles. The coil and fan, which otherwise remains hidden from view, is directly visible here, right beside a tinted black visor that allows you to also look into the basket when the air fryer’s at work.

However, we wouldn’t be talking about an air fryer if it was just some basic piece of hardware. Smeg built a steamer into the fryer too, basically turning it into a steam oven, should you choose to use that feature. Most air fryers are just convection ovens redesigned in a different format, but the addition of steam makes a great difference to the fryer’s output. Contrary to popular belief, steam actually helps with crisping up of food, which is why breadmakers usually mist the insides of their oven while baking a loaf. The result is a gorgeous outer crust that’s perfectly brittle, with an inside that’s still fluffy. The same logic works with things like chicken wings, allowing you to cook them without oil, and still ensure that they don’t feel dry to the bite. The steam prevents the inside of the chicken from losing its moisture, so you still have the crack of a fried crust on the outside, with the delectable juiciness you love inside.

The way you use the steam feature is simple. Smeg built a water cartridge that you can pull out and fill up, before reloading back into your air fryer. Once chosen in the settings, the steam is deployed into the basket via a tiny nozzle on the top, permeating the inner chamber with moisture that makes breads fluffy, cakes delicious, and wedges/wings crispy outside and wonderful inside.

We probed Smeg to give us a launch date, but the air fryer + steamer is just a concept for now. Here’s to hoping that they actually launch it sometime in the future, although a representative did say that if it were to launch, it wouldn’t be before 2027. I guess I’ll have to settle for manually spritzing my food in the air fryer with water every few minutes until then!

Along with the concept Air Fryer, you can check out Smeg’s entire showcase at Salone del Mobile in Milan in the Euro Cucina section of the exhibition. The Italian kitchen brand is showcasing fridges, ovens, stoves, coffee machines, induction hobs, and even chimneys, combining color and enamel technology with a design aesthetic suited for both European as well as American markets.

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Electrolux and Veneta Cucine Use Biophilic Color Science to Rethink Kitchen Design at Milan 2026

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Scandinavian winters keep people indoors for roughly six months a year, which gives Swedish designers a lot of time to think about what a kitchen surface shoul…Scandinavian winters keep people indoors for roughly six months a year, which gives Swedish designers a lot of time to think about what a kitchen surface should feel like when it becomes the primary thing you look at during months when going outside requires genuine commitment. Electrolux leaned into that constraint at Milan Design Week 2026, partnering with Italian kitchen specialist Veneta Cucine to present a color palette pulled directly from nature. Warm sand, dusty teal, soft sage, speckled stone. Colors designed to reduce visual noise and make a kitchen feel less like a collection of separate purchases and more like a unified spatial environment.

The four color concepts (Ultra Blu, Verde Salvia, Nude, Alabastro) get applied to both appliances and cabinetry, creating kitchen installations where ovens genuinely disappear into walls. The collaboration is grounded in research showing that people across European markets identify nature as their primary source of emotional restoration, so Electrolux decided to bring that restoration indoors. The result is a palette that feels geologic rather than trendy, with appliances that function as architectural elements instead of shiny metal boxes standing awkwardly in the corner.

Designers: Electrolux & Veneta Cucine

The approach hinges on something Amelia Chong, Electrolux’s Principal Color, Material & Finish Designer, calls thinking architecturally from an interior perspective. Color becomes a series of spatial blocks connecting products with their surrounding environment. Each palette is experienced through a curated interplay of materials, finishes, and furniture elements, both visual and tactile. Ultra Blu spans two graduated tones, a deeper navy fading into dusty teal. Verde Salvia delivers sage in its most restrained register. Nude reads as warm sand with subtle blush undertones. Alabastro arrives as speckled stone-effect gray, the kind of finish that looks different depending on light quality throughout the day.

Electrolux backs the palette with neuroaesthetic research claiming that biophilic color schemes can reduce perceived stress levels by as much as 35%. That statistic repositions what a kitchen appliance actually does in a home. Your refrigerator is cooling groceries, sure, but it’s also contributing to the sensory atmosphere of the room, shaping how calm or agitated you feel when you walk in to make coffee at 6am. The palette’s muted tones (warm neutrals, soft earth-rooted hues) create what the research describes as a perceptually grounded environment that reduces mental fatigue. In practical terms, this means your kitchen quits visually shouting at you.

Electrolux X Veneta Cucine’s Nude Colorway

Electrolux X Veneta Cucine’s UltraBlu Colorway

The partnership brings together two distinct design traditions in a way that actually makes sense. Electrolux contributes Scandinavian simplicity and human-centered clarity, the kind of restrained functionality that emerges from cultures where you spend half the year looking at the same interior walls. Veneta Cucine brings Italian craftsmanship and material expression, the tactile richness and attention to finish quality Italian furniture makers have been perfecting for generations. Daniela Archiutti, Veneta Cucine’s Art Director, positions the collaboration as merging color science, material innovation, and sensory design to create spaces that feel personal, restorative, and future ready. That’s a lot of adjectives for kitchen cabinetry, but the installations at Milan back up the claim.

Electrolux X Veneta Cucine’s Verde Salvia Colorway

Electrolux X Veneta Cucine’s Alabastro Colorway

The Milan showcase itself was staged as physical proof of concept. Concrete plinths topped with living moss carried CMF swatches in the four palette tones. A pine and wood scent developed by studio Koyia moved through the space. Appliances were displayed against photographic prints of Scandinavian woodland. The sequence was deliberate and consistent, building an argument that the kitchen functions as an emotional environment where design’s most sophisticated move is bringing the outdoors inside. The ovens, hobs, and refrigerators on display integrated so seamlessly into cabinetry that distinguishing appliance from architecture required genuine attention.

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Electrolux and Veneta Cucine Use Biophilic Color Science to Rethink Kitchen Design at Milan 2026

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Scandinavian winters keep people indoors for roughly six months a year, which gives Swedish designers a lot of time to think about what a kitchen surface shoul…Scandinavian winters keep people indoors for roughly six months a year, which gives Swedish designers a lot of time to think about what a kitchen surface should feel like when it becomes the primary thing you look at during months when going outside requires genuine commitment. Electrolux leaned into that constraint at Milan Design Week 2026, partnering with Italian kitchen specialist Veneta Cucine to present a color palette pulled directly from nature. Warm sand, dusty teal, soft sage, speckled stone. Colors designed to reduce visual noise and make a kitchen feel less like a collection of separate purchases and more like a unified spatial environment.

The four color concepts (Ultra Blu, Verde Salvia, Nude, Alabastro) get applied to both appliances and cabinetry, creating kitchen installations where ovens genuinely disappear into walls. The collaboration is grounded in research showing that people across European markets identify nature as their primary source of emotional restoration, so Electrolux decided to bring that restoration indoors. The result is a palette that feels geologic rather than trendy, with appliances that function as architectural elements instead of shiny metal boxes standing awkwardly in the corner.

Designers: Electrolux & Veneta Cucine

The approach hinges on something Amelia Chong, Electrolux’s Principal Color, Material & Finish Designer, calls thinking architecturally from an interior perspective. Color becomes a series of spatial blocks connecting products with their surrounding environment. Each palette is experienced through a curated interplay of materials, finishes, and furniture elements, both visual and tactile. Ultra Blu spans two graduated tones, a deeper navy fading into dusty teal. Verde Salvia delivers sage in its most restrained register. Nude reads as warm sand with subtle blush undertones. Alabastro arrives as speckled stone-effect gray, the kind of finish that looks different depending on light quality throughout the day.

Electrolux backs the palette with neuroaesthetic research claiming that biophilic color schemes can reduce perceived stress levels by as much as 35%. That statistic repositions what a kitchen appliance actually does in a home. Your refrigerator is cooling groceries, sure, but it’s also contributing to the sensory atmosphere of the room, shaping how calm or agitated you feel when you walk in to make coffee at 6am. The palette’s muted tones (warm neutrals, soft earth-rooted hues) create what the research describes as a perceptually grounded environment that reduces mental fatigue. In practical terms, this means your kitchen quits visually shouting at you.

Electrolux X Veneta Cucine’s Nude Colorway

Electrolux X Veneta Cucine’s UltraBlu Colorway

The partnership brings together two distinct design traditions in a way that actually makes sense. Electrolux contributes Scandinavian simplicity and human-centered clarity, the kind of restrained functionality that emerges from cultures where you spend half the year looking at the same interior walls. Veneta Cucine brings Italian craftsmanship and material expression, the tactile richness and attention to finish quality Italian furniture makers have been perfecting for generations. Daniela Archiutti, Veneta Cucine’s Art Director, positions the collaboration as merging color science, material innovation, and sensory design to create spaces that feel personal, restorative, and future ready. That’s a lot of adjectives for kitchen cabinetry, but the installations at Milan back up the claim.

Electrolux X Veneta Cucine’s Verde Salvia Colorway

Electrolux X Veneta Cucine’s Alabastro Colorway

The Milan showcase itself was staged as physical proof of concept. Concrete plinths topped with living moss carried CMF swatches in the four palette tones. A pine and wood scent developed by studio Koyia moved through the space. Appliances were displayed against photographic prints of Scandinavian woodland. The sequence was deliberate and consistent, building an argument that the kitchen functions as an emotional environment where design’s most sophisticated move is bringing the outdoors inside. The ovens, hobs, and refrigerators on display integrated so seamlessly into cabinetry that distinguishing appliance from architecture required genuine attention.

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Miele’s Smart Utensils Can Detect When Food Is Burning And Power Your Induction Hob Down

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A watched pot may never boil, but an unwatched one seems to do so with a special kind of enthusiasm. That familiar kitchen truth highlights a basic challenge; the cook must serve as the constant monitor for every vessel on the stove, standing guard against the sudden surge of a boil-over or the sharp, bitter smell of a sauce beginning to catch and burn. With its new M-Sense system, Miele proposes a more cooperative arrangement, one where the cookware itself takes over the job of watching for trouble.

By integrating sensors and communication hardware directly into its cookware, Miele creates a live feedback loop between the pot and the induction hob. This connection allows the vessel to detect the telltale temperature spikes that precede a messy boil-over or the localized hot spots that lead to scorching. It then signals the hob to regulate its power automatically, transforming the simple pot from a passive container into an active, intelligent partner in the cooking process. It is a sensible and deeply practical innovation aimed at creating a calmer, more forgiving kitchen.

Designer: Miele

The appeal of that idea becomes obvious the moment real food enters the picture. Caramel demands close attention because it can move from amber to acrid in seconds. Milk rises fast, stocks foam unpredictably, and sauces have a habit of catching at the base just when your focus shifts elsewhere. M-Sense is built around those ordinary kitchen disasters, which makes it feel refreshingly grounded. There is a lot of smart kitchen technology that promises convenience in abstract terms, but this system is easy to understand because it targets problems almost every home cook has experienced firsthand.

Miele is showcasing at least two pieces, a brushed stainless steel saucepot and a frying pan with a dark non-stick interior, and both reveal how carefully the interaction has been considered. The saucepot carries a compact touch interface integrated into the side of the vessel, while the frying pan places its controls directly into the handle where the thumb naturally lands. In both cases, the controls feel embedded into the object rather than added on as an afterthought, which helps the cookware read as premium kitchenware first and connected hardware second.

The induction hob at the center of the system is the KM 8695 FL MattFinish, a full-surface model finished in scratch-resistant MattFinish ceramic glass. Full-surface induction means the cookware can sit anywhere on the hob while maintaining the communication link, which matters considerably for a system built on continuous sensor feedback. Miele states the promise with welcome directness: No Burn. No Overboil. No Problem. Both outcomes trace back to a single cause, a vessel with no way to communicate with the heat source beneath it. M-Sense addresses that by making the cookware itself the sensing layer, so power adjustments happen before smoke or overflow enters the picture.

The Miele app extends the system beyond the counter, enabling remote monitoring, direct program transfer to the hob, and a recipe library that maps dish choices to actual hob settings. The cookware can connect to the app before it even reaches the hob, arriving on the induction surface already configured for the task at hand. That pre-loading capability closes a gap most connected kitchen products have only gestured toward. Working across hob, cookware, and app simultaneously, M-Sense operates as a coordinated platform rather than a loose set of individual smart features. It is a more coherent model than the kitchen tech category has typically managed to deliver.

For all the talk around smart homes, this is the kind of intelligence that feels worth having because it addresses a genuine friction point in daily life. Cooking often demands divided attention, especially in real homes where dinner happens alongside conversations, children, emails, and the dozens of small interruptions that shape an evening. A system that can sense trouble early and quietly intervene before a sauce burns or a pot boils over feels less like novelty and more like relief. Miele is showing the M-Sense collection in the EuroCucina section at Salone del Mobile, where visitors can see the cookware paired with its compatible induction setup as part of the brand’s broader vision for a more responsive kitchen.

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