Gadgets cover wide and varied areas including accessories, imaging, audio and visual and the likes.
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.
A protective case can help a tablet survive your child. Managing what happens on its screen takes a different set of tools. Amazon’s new Kids Tablets open the door to Google Play while letting parents approve downloads, put reading before entertainment, and pause the device from their own phone.
Getting Google’s apps onto an Amazon tablet used to take some effort. The new Alexa Tablets include Google Play from the start, alongside aluminum bodies and an optional anti-glare screen. It’s a welcome change, though Amazon’s move away from Fire also means leaving those bargain-basement starting prices behind.
Your Xbox isn’t going in your pocket, but its new controller might. The Xbox Nano keeps all 18 standard gameplay inputs in a smaller, lighter design, making it easier to bring your own controller to a friend’s place—or leave the console behind and play on another compatible device.
Taking your thumb off the aiming stick to reload can be an inconvenient little gamble. Razer’s Wolverine V4 Pro puts extra controls under your other fingers, with removable back buttons you can arrange to suit your grip. The wider lineup also introduces capacitive thumbsticks and faster polling for PC players.
Reaching for a product or shifting in your chair shouldn’t mean disappearing from your own video. Razer’s Kiyo V2 Pro combines automatic framing with 4K capture at 60 frames per second, giving animated presenters room to move. When the demonstration is over, a twist of its shutter takes you off camera.
A soundbar isn’t everyone’s idea of the perfect desk companion. Razer’s Mako lineup gives you separate speakers to position around your screen, with a choice between a dedicated subwoofer and a simpler two-speaker setup. You can skip the long bar without giving up the bass—or the obligatory Razer lighting.
Your mouse needs room to move. Your keyboard doesn’t necessarily need to occupy half the desk. Razer’s Huntsman V3 Pro Mini 8KHz trims the layout to 60% while keeping adjustable optical switches and extensive input controls. Even the arrow keys find a way to stay, sharing duties with other keys.
Pikachu usually gets first dibs on Pokémon merchandise, but Razer’s latest headsets give three other favorites the spotlight. Charizard and Lucario get wireless BlackSharks, while Sylveon takes the pink-and-blue Kraken route. Choosing your favorite Pokémon now also means choosing how you want to game.
Yoji Shinkawa’s artwork is tempting enough on its own. CASETiFY’s Kojima Productions collection gives fans a way to carry it around, alongside a Qpid wristlet and a Dollman plush keychain. The sculpted aluminum phone case is the centerpiece, but choosing just one thing from this anniversary lineup could take a while.