UPDATE: May. 8, 2026, 5:00 a.m. EDT I first wrote about my first impressions of the Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai in March 2026 after a week of using it daily at home. This review was updated after three more weeks of testing.
Dyson had nowhere to go but up after its last robot vacuum. You don’t even need to test the new Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai to already know that it dunks on the 2024 Dyson 360 Vis Nav any way you dice it.
Still, as the third Dyson robot vacuum attempt after two flop releases, there’s a lot riding on the Spot+Scrub Ai’s success. If it sells well, that means the 360 Vis Nav truly was just a fluke. But if the Spot+Scrub Ai can’t compete with the best robot vacuums of 2026 from other brands, perhaps it’s time to accept that we don’t always need to force the “stick vacuum brand to robot vacuum brand” pipeline.
I tried the Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai at home against top flagship Dreame, Roborock, Eufy, and Shark robot vacuums. (There were seven robot vacuums in my apartment at one point in winter 2026.) Does Dyson’s stick vacuum prowess finally translate to robovacs? Let’s discuss. Use the table of contents to skip to the results of specific testing categories.
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