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Deal : CES 2024: Dreame presents new devices for home and garden


If you want to vacuum and mop smartly, you can hardly ignore the newcomer Dreame. To ensure that it stays that way, the manufacturer is preparing its first devices for 2024.

In 2023, cleaning robots from Dreame were real bestsellers – especially this one DreamBot L10 Ultra. The successful successor also changed that L20 Ultra nothing. So it’s logical that the manufacturer doesn’t consider the L10 to be old news yet and is giving the model an update as part of the CES 2024 (Consumer Electronics Show, January 9th to 12th in Las Vegas, USA). SamaGame has all the information about this new product – and other Dreame announcements that will follow later in the year.

L10 Pro Ultra Heat: vacuum, swirl, rinse

As the name suffix suggests, the new “Heat” version is hot: the included dock not only dries the robot’s wipers with warm air after the cleaning tour, but also rinses them thoroughly with heated water beforehand. This is supposed to prevent bad smells and mold. So that not only the L10 gets clean, but also the floor, it has a suction power of 7,000 Pascal.

The device has inherited the CleanGenius function from the L20: The dirt detection detects stubborn dirt independently and automatically does a second or third round there. Also on board: a swivel-out wiper that is supposed to scrub right up to the edge when driving along edges. With its reliable laser navigation and additional sensors, the L10 should always stay on course.

Dreame Z10 Station: One station, 90 days of rest

If you like to do your own floor cleaning, you can use the Dreame Z10 Station. The cordless cordless vacuum cleaner comes with a suction station that saves you the hassle of emptying it into the trash can. All you have to do is press a button and the dirt ends up in the bag with a capacity of 2.5 liters. A multi-layer filter system and an antibacterial filter in the station should ensure that the air is free of germs and odor-free.

Dreame Roboticmower A1: Off to the garden!

Shown for the first time at IFA 2023, Dreame’s first robotic lawnmower will soon be in the starting blocks. The A1 should work without a boundary wire in the lawn edge, but also without a GPS and satellite antenna. An advanced 3D lidar sensor system on board the robot with a range of up to 70 meters will take care of navigation. Not only does it create a precise map of the garden, but it also aims to identify property boundaries and obstacles on the lawn without external aids.

DreameBot X30 and X40: A look into the future

If you want to know where the smart cleaning journey with Dreame is going, the manufacturer gives you an outlook on what is to come later in 2024: The DreameBot X30 Ultra will also be available in China and soon in the USA this year get to Germany. Here, Dreame wants to control the suction power again (8,300 Pascal), further improve the dock and fine-tune the self-cleaning system. Brand new is the new floor brush of the

Not enough? Drama is already working on its successor, the DreameBot X40 Ultra with an incredible 10,500 Pascal suction power. The planned features primarily concern edge cleaning: the swing-out mop at the rear is accompanied by a fold-out function at the front, with which the rotating side brush should also reach into the corners. There are also better sensors that allow the X40 to get even closer to furniture, vases or chair legs.

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Dreame novelties 2024: prices and availability

A little patience is still required until the new Dreame devices can move into the home and garden. Price and market launch of the L10 Pro Ultra Heat Dreame wants to announce in the next few weeks. The handheld vacuum cleaner should be used beforehand Z10 station come on sale – at a competitive price of 500 euros. The A1 robotic lawnmower is announced for March 2024. The exact price is not known. The smart garden helper could cost up to 2000 euros. For the Vacuum-mopping robots X30 and X40 Dreame has not yet revealed any prices or exact dates. Both models are scheduled to appear in 2024.

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Matter has version 1.2 ready. It will arrive in autumn and these are the home devices that will become compatible


Today it’s time to talk about Matter again and if in spring we talk about version 1.1 of the new protocol that arrives to unify the connected home, we already have news of the changes coming with version 1.2 which is about to be released.

It will be in the fall when the CSA (Connectivity Standard Alliance) releases version 1.2 of the Matter standard. A change that will prepare the arrival and integration into the connected home of new types of devices that will be added to all those that we already know. Let’s see what it will offer.

Doors and kitchens, protagonists

Matter, formerly known as “Project CHIP” (Connected Home over IP), is a collaborative effort supported by several leading technology companies, including Apple, Google, Amazon, and others, with the goal of establishing an open and universal standard for communication between IoT devices in the home. This standard has as its main objective improve interoperability and security of smart home devices.

And although it is still in its infancy, little by little, we are learning about changes that will come with successive revisions. In the case of version 1.2, which will be released next fallMatter will support new devices.

This is the case of smart door locks and in fact, manufacturers like NuKi have already confirmed that they will update their products so that they can work with Matter while also adapting them to work with the European door system.

In addition to smart locks, they can also be used with other common devices in the home, such as washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, fans and air conditioning systems They will also be compatible with Matter 1.2. Now it is in the hands of the manufacturers to adapt their catalogs.

For example, Matter-compatible robot vacuums have not yet been announced but companies like SwitchBot have indicated that support for Matter is on their roadmap. In the case of household appliances, the colleagues at Homekits.dehave already seen the dishwasher, fan and air conditioning system with Matter support from the Midea brand.

Later it will be time for Matter 1.4 to arrive, presumably in the fall of 2024. A standard that should finally support the use of surveillance cameras, since for now there are limits imposed among others by the different video codecs. And according to Chris LaPré, CSA’s chief technology officer, the idea is to integrate device support preferably with fall updates to use spring updates for stability improvements, feature extensions…

Even so, and with all these improvements, there is still a lot of work to do and for Matter to reach more connected home devices to end the atomization and dispersion of a large number of devices for the home, which with this new standard, will be able to interact more easily. . Companies like Google, Apple, Amazon… will have to open their ecosystem, something that we have already seen Samsung or LG do recently. The plan is on the table and now It is the companies that have to start updating and launching products.

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You can now play The Last Remnant Remastered on iOS and Android devices


Square Enix today announced the release of The Last Remnant Remastered on the App Store and Google Play. Published last year The Last Remnant Remastered for PlayStation 4 and thus brought a ten-year-old classic back onto everyone’s lips. At E3 2019 in the summer, Square Enix also announced a Nintendo Switch version that was immediately available and cost 19.99 euros. The new mobile version costs 21.99 euros.

The Last Remnant was originally released in 2008 and took a place in the hearts of gamers with its exciting story, countless characters and an intricate combat system. In a world filled with “artifacts” – ancient remnants that grant their wearers mysterious powers – players can discover the secrets of Rush Sykes both at home and on the go.

You can see adjustments to the user interface in new screenshots.

A new trailer for the mobile version

via Square Enix, image material: The Last Remnant Remastered, Square Enix