Tuesday, 2 May 2017

More Roombas are getting WiFi, so you can control your robot vacuum remotely

When iRobot announced its new Roomba 980 back in 2015, its biggest selling point was that it was the company’s first WiFi-connected robot vacuum cleaner, which meant you could control and monitor it from a smartphone app. The downside was clearly its price: $899. Even when iRobot rolled out a slightly cheaper model, the Roomba 960, you were still looking at a $700 vacuum cleaner.

So these will seem like a steal in comparison: today Massachusetts-based iRobot said it was releasing two new WiFi-connected Roomba models, the Roomba 890 and the Roomba 690. The 690 model goes on sale today and costs $375. Pricing hasn’t been revealed yet for the 890 model, which ships later this year, but given that it’s an 800 series Roomba it’s likely to be...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/2/15512844/irobot-roomba-890-690-wifi-alexa-robot-vacuum

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/05/more-roombas-are-getting-wifi-so-you.html

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