Hypershell, Withings, Luna, and more showed off the future of wearable tech in Berlin
While the major flagship smartwatches from the likes of Samsung and Garmin often launch just before the show, IFA remains one of the best places to discover the truly weird and wonderful future of wearable technology.
IFA 2025 was no exception. The halls in Berlin were buzzing with innovation, and while AI-powered insights were a common thread, it was the emergence of genuinely new and refined form factors that really stole the show.
From hiking with an AI-powered exoskeleton to a new wave of smart rings and hearables, these are the best wearables we saw at IFA 2025.
Hypershell X Ultra exoskeleton
Without a doubt, the most mind-bending and genuinely futuristic product at the show was the Hypershell X Ultra. We got to test this AI-powered exoskeleton on a hike up Berlin’s Teufelsberg, and the experience was remarkable.
The device provides an intelligent, motorized boost to your legs that feels incredibly smooth and intuitive, tangibly reducing effort and keeping your legs fresher for longer. After turning the assistance off, our own legs suddenly felt heavy and alien—a testament to just how much work the 1.8kg device was doing.
Officially launched globally at the show, the X Ultra is the company’s new flagship, boasting a massive 60km battery range and new intelligent modes for running and cycling.
While its primary audience is hikers who want to go further or those who need a boost due to age or injury, we were surprised by its potential as a fitness tool, with an experimental mode that provides active resistance for workouts. It’s a head-turning piece of tech, but one that feels surprisingly mature and polished. It’s a true glimpse of the future, available today.
Luna Ring 2.0 smart ring
First unveiled at CES earlier this year, the Luna Ring 2.0 made its official global debut at IFA, marking a serious new challenger in the increasingly competitive smart ring space.
Backed by Indian wearables giant Noise, the Luna 2.0’s standout feature is ‘LifeOS’, an intelligence layer that aims to go beyond raw data. It integrates circadian rhythm science and contextual habits to provide adaptive, real-time guidance on sleep, readiness, and activity.
The hardware is equally impressive. The lightweight titanium ring packs a full suite of sensors for tracking sleep, stress, heart rate, and blood oxygen, and offers a five-day battery life.
The redesigned charging case extends that to over 21 days of total use, placing it among the longest-lasting smart rings on the market. In a field dominated by big names like Oura, the Luna Ring 2.0 has the smarts and backing to make a major impact.
Withings ScanWatch 2 (2025 refresh)
We were half-hoping to see a full ScanWatch 3 at the show, but Withings instead delivered a significant refresh to its stellar hybrid, the ScanWatch 2.
The update to our top-rated hybrid smartwatch brings two key upgrades. First is an improved battery life, now offering an exceptional 35 days between charges. The second (and more interesting) leap is the new AI-driven ‘HealthSense 4 OS’.
This updated software crunches data from 35 different biomarkers to power a new ‘Vitality Indicator’, which aims to give you a clearer picture of how fatigued you are and why.
It also introduces predictive health alerts, notifying you of potential illness or the start of your menstrual cycle. Debuting in a handsome new blue and silver colourway, this refresh adds a welcome layer of intelligence to what is already a fantastic and stylish health watch.
BleeqUp Ranger smart glasses
Moving from a wildly successful Kickstarter to mass production, the BleeqUp Ranger is the first 4-in-1 AI sports eyewear that feels like a complete and considered product.
I got hands-on with a prototype at MWC 2025 in Barcelona earlier this year. However, here in Berlin, the startup was able to announce that its smart glasses are actually available to buy globally for $379.
Purpose-built for cyclists, runners, and hikers, the lightweight frame integrates an AI-powered sports camera, open-ear headphones, and a long-endurance battery.
The camera is the star, offering up to five hours of continuous POV recording—a capability unmatched by other smart glasses that are typically limited to short clips.
The open-ear audio allows for music and calls while maintaining situational awareness, and the option to add professional-grade Zeiss lenses is a mark of quality. For any outdoor athlete who has struggled with mounting action cameras, the Ranger’s one-tap capture and integrated design is a genuinely clever solution.
Timekettle W4 AI translation earbuds
We’ve featured Timekettle on Wareable plenty over the last decade, including when the brand hit Kickstarter back in 2017 with its WT2 earbuds, and earlier this year at CES with its W4 Pro earbuds.
This time, at IFA 2025, Timekettle is getting remarkably close to making seamless language translation a reality. Its new W4 AI Interpreter Earbuds are the company’s latest innovation, designed for real-time, cross-language communication.
Their key technology is a ‘bone-voiceprint sensor’ which captures the wearer’s speech via vibrations in their bones(!). Timekettle claims this method effectively isolates the user’s voice from background noise, enabling up to 98% accuracy in its AI-powered translation.
The new Babel OS 2.0 platform also utilizes contextual learning to enhance the understanding and prediction of speech. With a promised future update for AI voice cloning to make translations sound more natural, the W4 offers a fascinating glimpse into the future of hearable technology.
