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On a full charge, the phone can play BGMI for nearly 12 hours straight. Or you can watch YouTube videos for over 32 hours. Other things you can do on a single charge - you can use navigation for over 21 hours or record 4K video for 12 hours. That is, if you start at 100%. However, the battery is so massive that even at just 5% left, you can still do nearly 4 hours of voice calls or SatNav for over an hour.

Samsung has long been rumoured to be developing several smart wearable devices of various form factors. During a recent earnings call, a company official announced the South Korean tech conglomerate's plans to launch the next-generation augmented reality (AR) glasses in 2026. While Samsung has yet to reveal exactly what its AR glasses will offer, they are confirmed to support multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. This development builds upon Samsung's previously announced partnership with global eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker for its AI glasses.

A new leak from tipster Roland Quandt on Bluesky suggests that Sony plans to introduce the WF-1000XM6 in a third colour option called "Sandpink". This would mark a change from Sony's usual launch strategy for its premium earbuds. The Sony WF-1000XM5 debuted in 2023 with only Black and Platinum Silver colour options. The company later expanded the lineup in 2024 with a Smoky Pink variant.

Sonos' webpages and popular reviews are full of specs, but several real-life factors affect your soundbar's performance more than you'd think. Factors such as placement, your content's audio format, and your room's size and furniture all affect your soundbar's output. I use my Sonos Arc and Arc Ultra soundbars, Era 300 speakers, Sub 4 subwoofer, and Ace headphones daily, but achieving complete satisfaction required some adjustments. I'm finally ready to share the secrets.

When you'd like to be writing a blog while your plane is taking off, and large electronics (Computer) must be stowed? When you're sitting on the couch putting together a grocery order, and Computer is in the other room? When your job is to write blog posts, but you weren't allowed to bring Computer into the keynote venue? These are real scenarios in which I've used the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 over the past month.

In a series of Weibo posts, Redmi has confirmed that the Turbo 5 will be powered by the Dimensity 8500-Ultra chipset. It will be paired with LPDDR5X Ultra RAM and UFS 4.1 storage. The phone will also get a 3D ice-sealed vapor chamber setup that is said to improve heat dissipation. Redmi has also revealed the display and battery details of the Turbo 5.

2025 was a big year for Samsung in foldable phones. It redesigned the to become the lightest book-style folding phone of the year, and unveiled the then-new, two-hinged Galaxy Z TriFold. It appears that the Korean electronics maker is returning to its era of hardware innovation and won't stop anytime soon. A new report by ET News claims that Samsung is developing a million units of a wide-screen Galaxy Fold, which will differ from all existing Galaxy foldable phones.

The time for gift-giving is over. Now, all that's left is the few days until New Year's revelries and the resulting hangover. So while we've all been spending time with friends and family, the folks on Gizmodo's consumer tech desk have also had the chance to reminisce on the year's best, wackiest, wildest, and worst tech products. Thankfully, there were a few standout products that have kept things interesting even as we slide into the new year.

The moment that snowsports fans have been waiting for is finally almost here, with the Winter Olympics officially kicking off in Milano Cortina on 6 February. Over the two-week competition, athletes from around the world will go head-to-head across 16 disciplines, including alpine skiing, curling, luge, and figure skating. So, how do you keep this many athletes connected across the Olympic Village?

The TCL Tab 10 Nxtpaper 5G's display smoothly transitions from regular mode to color paper or ink paper, whether you're reading, scrolling on social media, watching videos, or playing a game. TCL's Nxtpaper technology isn't the same as E Ink, which uses electrophoretic technology to create a monochromatic image. Also: How to install iPadOS 26 right now (and which iPad models support it) Instead, Nxtpaper is a paper-like display that helps reduce eye strain and improves readability over traditional screens.

Got any big travel plans for 2026? I know when I'm traveling, I become weirdly anxious about all my stuff, afraid I might leave something behind somewhere in a hotel room or backseat of an Uber. That's why it can be a good idea to slip some Samsung Galaxy SmartTag2 Bluetooth trackers into your bags. Right now, Amazon has the trackers 36% off. Normally, priced at $30, they've now each dropped by $10 to just $20 per tag.

As an avid iPad user, I'm all too familiar with the internal struggles that course through me when the battery is about to die. I love using either the iPad 11 or iPad Air to write and work, but I also use it to stream content, play games, and browse the internet after work. This makes me appreciate the iPad's long battery life, yet my anxiety grows when I start getting 'low battery' alerts without a charger nearby.

At launch, Synapse Web will only support the Razer Huntsman V3 Pro keyboards, though Razer says more devices will be added down the line. Using any Chromium-based browser, users can make quick changes to key settings, apply Chroma RGB quick effects and manage on-board profiles. These profiles can then be viewed, edited and saved directly to the keyboard's device memory, so the configuration stays consistent when moving between PCs.

First and foremost, ease of use. Every time I've used this wireless keyboard, it connects instantly to my laptop with no re-pairing or fiddling with settings. The same is true for the mouse. Because both devices have a clear "1" and "2" channel Bluetooth designation, there haven't been any issues connecting quickly and efficiently each time I bust them out.

You can pick up the 15-inch Microsoft Surface Laptop from Best Buy for $1,110, a $400 break from the usual $1,500 price tag. It's our favorite Windows laptop for non-gamers, and it sports smooth performance and great battery life. There are big improvements to the screen for this generation, with thinner bezels that give you more real estate without expanding the footprint.

Probably not worth it The Ryzen 7 9850X3D mostly does what it says it does: It's a mild speed bump to AMD's best gaming processor that, in most cases, very slightly extends the company's performance lead over Intel chips like the Core Ultra 9 285K. But the vanilla 9800X3D is almost as fast, it uses 25 or 30 W less power during gaming (which also results in temperatures that are 10 to 15 degrees Celsius cooler), and it's $30 cheaper as of this writing.

Junho Park's graduation concept borrows all the right cues from TE's playbook, that modular control layout, the single bold color, the mix of knobs and buttons that practically beg to be touched, but redirects them toward a gap in the market. Where Teenage Engineering designs for people who already understand synthesis and sampling, the T.M-4 targets people who have ideas but no vocabulary to express them.

Techies and audiophiles are both notoriously fickle crowds, and they love a good debate about the best this or the best that. But they're overwhelmingly on the same page when it comes to over-ear noise-cancelling headphone: Sony's WH-1000XM6 are hands-down the very best you can find on the consumer market. That's very relevant right now, because these otherworldly cans are back down to their holiday pricing at Amazon, with a limited-time deal dropping them to just $398.

I've been reviewing smart home devices for over a decade, and the constant switching and swapping of lights, locks, sensors, and more has resulted in a Frankenstein-ed home that's entirely unmanageable through a single interface or app. I run three platforms regularly - Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Apple Home - alongside tinkering with Samsung SmartThings, Home Assistant, and Homey. Plus, I have over a dozen bridges and hubs bringing more devices into play, including Lutron Caseta, Philips Hue, Aqara, Ikea, and Aeotec.

How do I use a water flosser without spraying water everywhere? Fill the reservoir with water, lean over the sink (you should be looking down, not straight ahead), and keep your lips mostly closed around the tip so water can drip out instead of spraying. Start on the lowest pressure, turn it on only after the tip is in your mouth, and trace along the gum-line-pausing briefly between teeth-then turn it off (or wait until it automatically turns off) before removing it from your mouth.

Fallout never lets go of Nuka-Cola. You can be ankle deep in irradiated sludge, low on ammo, and still your brain pings when you see that red script on a rusted machine. The games trained everyone to read those machines as little probability engines. Maybe caps, maybe chems, maybe a ghoul behind the door. That association sticks. You see Nuka-Cola now and your fingers almost reach for the VATS key out of habit.

I'll be honest: Washing my actual pillows (not just the cases) used to be one of those chores I knew I should be doing, but rarely actually did. As long as my pillows were tucked inside clean pillowcases, I convinced myself they were fine. But that all changed after I came across this article on Apartment Therapy where three popular pillow-washing methods were put to the test.

With the release of the Switch 2 last year, Nintendo simultaneously refreshed it's Pro Controller to release alongside the new console. The aptly-named Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller comes with some big upgrades including a better HD Rumble system, the dedicated C-Button for GameChat, and rear GL/GR buttons that can be mapped to any button you choose. It's a handy controller to add to your rotation, but it doesn't come cheap. It's list price is a whopping $89.

Weighing only 26.5 ounces, it's the lightest steam iron Panasonic has ever made. It's also cordless, comes with a handy carrying case, and heats up in 50 seconds on the accompanying power base (that plugs into a standard electrical outlet). The power base features a built-in cord compartment to make setup and storage easy. So already it solves some of my biggest gripes with traditional irons.