Opinion

OPINION: As predicted ahead of CES 2025, a lot of the ‘innovation’ surrounding TVs concerned AI plu…

We might be less than two weeks into 2025, but there’s no shortage of winners to pick from after this year’s CES showcase.

Belkin’s new Stage PowerGrip smartphone camera grip and power bank holds a striking resemblance to the Instax Mini 12.

Chinese manufacturers like Xiaomi and Honor are giving Samsung and Motorola a run for their money in the budget phone market.

There’s been a big focus on immersive audio in the last few years, but the trouble with it is that …

What’s Eclipsa Audio? I’m not too sure that I could tell you. Here’s what I do know about it. That it’s an immersive audio technology that will be available on all of Samsung’s TVs. Otherwise I’m a bit stumped. Neither Google nor Samsung have done a job about explaining or promoting Eclipsa Audio and I’m […]

After the last CES I wrote about how user interfaces on TVs were the next frontier in terms of the enhancing the experience of them. After all, you could have a great TV with fabulous picture and good sound, but if the user experience was rubbish, that would spoil the whole experience. And there are […]

The Poco X7 range continues the budget-focused brand’s trend of offering incredible value for money – but not even I was ready for what the Poco X7 Pro offers for just £309. 

OPINION: The processing giants are now on top of the tech world relegating manufacturers to second billing. Times are changing, and it makes tech a little less fun and interesting as a result. Traditionally speaking the Consumer Electronics Show has been about the coolest stuff you can buy during the coming year, the stuff you […]

Of the headphones I’ve reviewed, LG’s previous forays into headphones haven’t been great, nor have they been too bad. They seemed to be stuck in the middle. But the previous headphones, the T90S, were pretty good (review of that model is incoming), and at CES 2025 they announced a new pair of headphones with an […]

From start-up Ropet to Yukai Engineering's Mirumi, here's how we feel about the cute robot companions taking over CES in 2025.

Asus is going big at CES 2025, unveiling multiple new laptops across its various ranges – but one particular model really stood out when I got to take the new machines for a spin. The Asus Zenbook A14 – look at that name for long enough and it starts to look very much like AIR, […]

As far as true wireless earbuds go, when it comes to call quality they’re often not great. If you want to make a call, you’re stuck with poor pick-up of your voice or the noise-cancellation struggles to make you audible to the person on the other end. It’s a problem no audio manufacturer seems to […]

With a swish of its wand, LG has made Micro Lens Array technology for its OLEDs disappear, replaced by LG Display’s brand new 4-stack panel technology. Premium TVs in recent years have had an obsession with getting brighter and brighter, and for good reason to be honest. Brightness aids colour volume, which increases the range […]

Winners and Losers: 2025 is underway, but we’re already rolling out thew accolades and refusing to go easy on the under achievers. Let’s see who’s in the firing line for the fist week of the year. The tech world took the opportunity to take a deep breath before the big CES 2025 tech show that […]

Another January and another CES rolls into town promising more technological innovation. But what, you might possible be asking, could it have in store for TV and audio? If you’ve read some of our articles over the festive period, you’d have already gleaned some nuggets of what I think 2025 will have in store, but […]

If recent rumours are to be believed, the OnePlus Open 2 could fix the few complaints I had with the original foldable back in 2023.

2024 was far from being the best year for Sonos and while some big mistakes were made, I think there's plenty of hope for the future.

OPINION: 2024 is in the books and my favourite tech purchase of the year was my Garmin Forerunner 2…

iPhone 17 Air We’ve not had a notable iPhone design shift in several years. Yes, we’ve had shifts in materials, reduction in weight and slightly larger screens – but no real, ‘rethinks’ of the formula. That could change in 2025. Rumours and online reports have suggested that Apple could launch a new model, possibly replacing […]

Looking to upgrade to a new vacuum? We explain why January is a good time to splurge and advise how to choose the best one for you.

Samsung is rumoured to be launching a more budget friendly version of its Galaxy Z Flip phone in 2025 with the ‘FE’ or Fan Edition range making its way to foldables. According to a new report from a well-connected display industry source, Samsung is planning to use the same quality screen as the 2024 flagship […]

OPINION: 2024 was a groundbreaking year on so many levels for consumer technology. Generative AI brought arguably the biggest shift change since the smartphone itself became popular. 2025 promises to be even bigger. Here’s what I’m excited about heading into the New Year in tech. 2024 is in the books, and I can’t say i […]

Can you believe that the Matter smart home standard was launched just over two years ago? Its promise was to improve the smart home, letting disparate devices talk to each other using defined standards and direct control. To some extent, the protocol has achieved its aims, and there are a growing number of devices that […]

What could we expect from headphones in 2025? I find that in trying to predict what’s going to happen with headphones, you’re more or less getting incremental jumps over what’s already possible. The last big innovation was arguably noise-cancellation but has there been anything bigger? I wouldn’t say so. But could we see an increase […]

If there’s one thing that the collective gaming world cannot wait for in 2025, it’s the eagerly anticipated and much rumoured arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2. As we’ve all lapped up any Switch 2 leaks over the last 12-months, particularly as some folks held on to the idea that the console might still launch […]

X (formerly known as Twitter) has seen a steady decline in monthly users since 2022. Is 2025 the year we finally let X die? 

There was a point in my smart home where I kitted my home out with Google Nest Home smart speakers and smart displays exclusivel. For a short period, Google Home ruled with some clever features, such as the ability to group a smart speaker into a group with other devices. Once grouped, I could do […]

New silicon carbon smartphone battery tech brings massive benefits to battery life, but it has one huge flaw.

It’s the time of the year where we look back on on the year that flew past and look forward to what’s to come. And as one of the biggest brands on this planet, Sony is a company to keep an eye on given its considerable influence within the tech world. Sony played a trick […]