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iRobot’s newest floor cleaner isn’t a robot

The Roomba Electro Plus is iRobot’s first manually-operated floor cleaner. | Image: iRobot

iRobot just announced its first-ever non-robotic floor cleaner. The $399 Roomba Electro Plus is a 5-in-1 hard-floor cleaner that combines vacuuming, mopping, and disinfecting, but you have to operate it yourself. The company also announced updates to its line of Roomba robot vacuums, launching five new models with higher suction power, smaller footprints, and lower prices. These largely replace the line that arrived in 2025.

Designed exclusively for hard floors, the new Electro Plus is similar to the new breed of manual wet-dry floor cleaners available from Dreame, Roborock, and others. iRobot’s distinguishing feature is Electro’s ability …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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