I’m no kitchen connoisseur, but I do appreciate a good gadget. Looks like a worthy update — the biggest since 1955! — to the classic KitchenAid stand mixer. Per The Verge, it adds fine-grained speed control, a bowl light, auto-off, and (!) a new mixer head that scrapes the bowl with a friction sensor!

A black stand mixer with a metallic mixing bowl and a beater attachment is placed on a kitchen countertop. The background features a dark, marbled backsplash and warm lighting enhances the overall ambiance.