Gadgets cover wide and varied areas including accessories, imaging, audio and visual and the likes.
Apple has given the iPad mini enough processing muscle to make its cheapest laptop nervous. The A20 Pro joins an OLED screen, upgraded audio, and water resistance in a thinner body. It’s a tempting little package, although those screen borders still look generous next to Huawei’s MatePad Mini.
Redmagic has found another reason to put RGB lighting in a gaming phone: the circulating coolant. The Redmagic 12 Pro+ expands its pumped liquid cooling to cover both the battery area and the chip, then adds flowing light effects. There’s also a 185 Hz display competing for your attention.
An Android tablet running games, charging, and live-streaming simultaneously sounds like a good way to warm your hands. iQOO has other plans. Its first gaming tablet pairs an active cooling fan with dedicated gaming hardware and a 165 Hz OLED screen, taking aim at Redmagic’s compact gaming slates.
You spend time choosing furniture and matching colors, only to park a giant black rectangle in the middle of it all. Amazon’s Ember Artline fills that space with artwork between shows, without an art subscription. When it’s time to watch, redesigned Fire TV menus and a revamped phone app help with the choosing.
A camera pointed at the couch is only useful until the dog takes its mischief elsewhere. Ring’s new pan-tilt indoor model follows movement around the room, while four new 4K cameras cover the rest of the lineup. Between brighter lighting, sharper footage, and more power options, there’s plenty to choose from beyond a fixed view.
Six years is a long wait for a second-generation gadget, even one that spends its life sitting on a shelf. Apple’s HomePod mini 2 gives the little speaker new duties, from Mac audio to four-speaker movie nights. It also gets a music-reactive light show, with Siri AI joining through a later update.
Watching a show with someone who keeps asking questions can become a group research project. Apple’s new TV 4K lets Siri field those questions hands-free, with answers appearing on-screen. Add faster hardware and support for four HomePod speakers, and the little box has quite a few new duties for movie night.
A television with streaming apps built in makes another streaming device sound redundant. Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick 4K makes its case with quicker access to your shows and a remote you can navigate by feel. It also draws power from your TV’s USB port, leaving one less thing competing for an outlet.
Getting comfortable with a book shouldn’t mean negotiating which hand has to leave the blanket. Amazon’s Kindle Click remote handles page turns while you stay tucked in. It joins a redesigned Kindle family, but owners of models from 2024 onward can enjoy the same small luxury without replacing their reader.
A smart home shouldn’t need a different app for every room. Apple’s Home Collection brings cameras, a door lock, and climate controls into the Home app. Among the more appealing touches: a lock that recognizes your approach and an indoor camera that looks away when someone gets home.
If you miss the iMac G4, Apple has something familiar-looking for your kitchen counter. HomeView puts a tilting screen above a domed speaker base, giving the household a place for FaceTime calls, music, and smart home controls. It even recognizes who’s looking, so the shared screen can feel a little more personal.