A new era has begun at Bring! Labs AG: CEO Marco Cerqui and CTO Sandro Strebel announced that they would be stepping down from operational business after ten years and handing over their positions to Raphael Thommen, former CCO of Bring! Labs, and Jürg Egli, long-time Head of Product, effective April 1.

CityLAB Berlin, together with the cities of Wiesbaden and Mönchengladbach, received first place in the “Social Cohesion” category of the Co-Pioneer Award for the inter-municipal project “Stadtlabor2Go”.

Segway Navimow released extensive updates for its robotic lawnmowers with firmware and app versions 3.0 – including new traction control with off-road vehicle quality, improved smart home integration, and the ability to mow short messages into the lawn.

Bring! Labs AG looks back on a successful 2024 with 3.6 million active DACH users and 150 advertising partners and is looking forward to the year of its tenth company anniversary.

The CityLAB Berlin is a model for other city laboratories in Germany and the “Stadtlabor2Go” initiative of the cities of Mönchengladbach and Wiesbaden, as reported by #stadtvonmorgen, among others.

The Segway Navimow i105 achieved first place in the large Selbst.de practical test of robotic lawnmowers without boundary cables in cooperation with TÜV Rheinland – the dpa reported.

CityLAB, in cooperation with the Senate Department for Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination (SenASGIVA), published its latest project: The web application Fairgnügen provides an overview of 400 free and discounted offers for low-income Berliners which resulted in wide media coverage.

ComputerBild published a list of the 14 best robotic lawnmowers for 2025, and the first three places were taken by the Segway Navimow models H800E, i108 and i105.

Lovevery‘s play kits were featured as one of eight nursery de-cluttering tips by online parental mag Leben & Erziehen.

At LABnight 2024, CityLAB‘s year-end event, the last twelve months were reviewed in a relaxed atmosphere, creative projects were celebrated and an outlook on the coming year was given.

Anyone who had not already secured a Navimow during Black Week could still hope for Santa Claus at the last moment: Appgefahren.de and PocketPC.ch each gave away a Segway Navimow i as part of their Advent calendars on December 24th

Lovevery toys were popular product tips during the Christmas season – from Gala, to FAZ Magazine, to Familie.de and AD.

Computerbild.de chose the best wireless lawn mowers of the year in a comparison test. In first place: the Segway Navimow H800E with a test score of 1.2 – just ahead of its “smaller colleague” Navimow i108E with a score of 1.3.

At the start of the Advent season, CityLAB and the Open Data Information Center (ODIS) published the latest version of their Berlin Christmas Market Finder – with even more information on over 60 markets, new search filters and optionally fully translated into English.

Lovevery introduced another ingenious product: a real kitchen with a working sink and child-safe cutting tools.

New basis for innovative advertising formats and exclusive insights for advertisers: Bring! Labs AG is now offering the direct integration of digital leaflets into its shopping list app Bring! in Germany and Austria.

Segway Navimow released a free update for better animal protection: The new, AI-supported “Animal Friendly” mode and GPS tracking for mowing stops at sunset make the robotic lawnmowers even safer for animal garden visitors.

Lovevery introduced its music set. It introduces the foundations of music with REAL instruments, that are fun to play, and that always sound good, including: Metronome, Bells, Pan Flute, The Concertina, Shakers, and Jingle Bracelet with Wooden Handle.

Segway Navimow presented its new premium X3 series for the first time at GaLaBau. Equipped with unprecedented efficiency and an additional module slot for extensions, the robotic mowers for areas of up to 10,000 square meters will be available from authorized dealers in early 2025.

Oktoberfest: The Official Game, the official VR social game for the world’s largest Volksfest by K5 Factory, has released its Early Access version for Meta Quest just in time for the start of the “real” Oktoberfest on September 21st.

The new Montessori-inspired placemat by Lovevery that promotes independence and trains fine motor skills is available now.

Amid summer, we have been thinking ahead and have already started Christmas preparations for Lovevery.

CityLAB‘s Kiezlabor stopped in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf and offered an intriguing program on “Green and healthy!”.

One eye on the past, one on the future: In addition to reports on CityLAB‘s summer conference in June, the first event tips for the Kiezlabor’s next stop in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf at the beginning of August were published.

Summer brings a new, as always well thought-out and high-quality product from Lovevery for the little ones: the buddy stroller supports role play and motor skill development.

Berliner Morgenpost spoke to Benjamin Seibel about five years of CityLAB, its greatest successes to date and the Kiezlabor, which is now touring the Berlin districts again.

Lovevery’s Play Gym is a must-have for newborns – according to Desired.de.

CityLab has been preparing for eventful Spring months – not only will there be new stops for CityLAB’s Kiezlabor and its annual summer conference will happen soon, but also the fifth anniversary of the innovation lab is around the corner.

It’s worth reading Overview Magazine’s piece on the Lovevery toys which are tailored to developmental stages.