New Insta360 Mic Pro: A Wireless Microphone That Finally Wants to Be Seen at IFA Berlin 2026 For years, wireless microphones have followed almost the same formula: make the transmitter smaller, improve the wireless range, add noise reduction, and try to hide the microphone somewhere on your clothes. With the new Insta360 Mic Pro , Insta360 is taking a rather different approach. Instead of asking creators to hide the microphone, the company has designed one that can actually become part of the video. Released on May 19, 2026, the Mic Pro is Insta360’s new flagship wireless microphone system, positioned above the much smaller Mic Air. It is designed for creators, filmmakers, interviewers, podcasters and production teams who need more control than a basic wireless lavalier system can provide. And its most immediately noticeable feature isn't actually about sound. Your Microphone Can Display Your Brand The circular Mic Pro transmitter has a customizable color E-Ink display . Through ...
IFA Berlin: More Than 100 Years of Technology That Changed Our Everyday Lives Long before smartphones, artificial intelligence, smart homes or even television became part of everyday life, Berlin already had a place where people could see the technologies of the future. That place was IFA Berlin . Today, IFA is one of the world's major exhibitions for consumer electronics and home appliances. But its story started more than a century ago — with something much simpler: radio . 1924: It All Started With Radio The first IFA took place in Berlin on 4 December 1924 under the name Große Deutsche Funkausstellung — the Great German Radio Exhibition. Radio was still a relatively new technology. Visitors came to see detector receivers, tube radios, headphones and other devices that were beginning to transform communication and entertainment. The first exhibition attracted around 180,000 visitors and more than 240 exhibitors . It was the beginning of something much bigger. At the same tim...