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|Description=In October 2025, Neato announced the closure of the cloud. Only manual mode can be used on branded robot vacuums with no local API access. | |Description=In October 2025, Neato announced the closure of the cloud. Only manual mode can be used on branded robot vacuums with no local API access. | ||
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Neato Robotics was a company founded in 2005.<ref name="TechCrunch">{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/01/neato-robotics-is-being-shut-down-after-18-years/|title=Neato Robotics is being shut down after 18 years|first=Brian|last=Heater|work=TechCrunch|date=2023-05-01|access-date=2025-10-25}}</ref> In 2017, the company was acquired by the German company Vorwerk Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.therobotreport.com/vorwerk-acquires-autonomous-vacuum-maker-neato-robotics/|title=Vorwerk acquires autonomous vacuum maker Neato Robotics|date=2017-09-22|work=The Robot Report|first=Alex|last=Beall|access-date=2025-10-25}}</ref> | |||
Neato Robotics was a company founded in 2005.<ref name="TechCrunch">{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/01/neato-robotics-is-being-shut-down-after-18-years/|title=Neato Robotics is being shut down after 18 years|first=Brian|last=Heater|work=TechCrunch|date=2023-05-01|access-date=2025-10-25}}</ref> | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
On April 27, 2023, Neato announced the discontinuation of their products due to the company not achieving "its self-defined economic goals for several years now".<ref name="TechCrunch" /> During the announcement, the company promised their required cloud services would be operational for 5 years, with Vorwerk spokesperson Stefan Watzinger saying "Vorwerk will use a 14-person team in Milan to 'ensure the security of the infrastructure of Neato’s cloud services for at least five years'", with spare parts being "guaranteed for at least five years".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.techhive.com/article/1803382/neato-robotics-is-shutting-down-robot-vacuums.html|title=Robot vacuum maker Neato Robotics is shutting down|first=Ben|last=Patterson|date=2023-04-28|work=Tech Hive|access-date=2025-10-25}}</ref> | On April 27, 2023, Neato announced the discontinuation of their products due to the company not achieving "its self-defined economic goals for several years now".<ref name="TechCrunch" /> During the announcement, the company promised their required cloud services would be operational for 5 years, with Vorwerk spokesperson Stefan Watzinger saying "Vorwerk will use a 14-person team in Milan to 'ensure the security of the infrastructure of Neato’s cloud services for at least five years'", with spare parts being "guaranteed for at least five years".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.techhive.com/article/1803382/neato-robotics-is-shutting-down-robot-vacuums.html|title=Robot vacuum maker Neato Robotics is shutting down|first=Ben|last=Patterson|date=2023-04-28|work=Tech Hive|access-date=2025-10-25}}</ref> | ||