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This beautiful stand by Grovemade is deservedly among our favorite MagSafe accessories for Apple's latest iPhones. It has impeccable craftsmanship, thanks to a stainless steel base and stand, leather and wood accents, and a natural cork base.

It weighs almost 3 pounds. It can hold your iPhone in landscape or portrait mode, but in case you prefer your iPhone to charge while flat, Grovemade also offers a MagSafe charging dock. The thoroughly redesigned Apple Watch Series 7 has a bigger case and a larger screen than its predecessor. Of course, the product also has best-in-class health-, fitness-, and wellness-tracking capabilities, powered by accurate heart rate and blood oxygen sensors.

Apple offers the Series 7 with a or a millimeter case in a multitude of finishes. Optional cellular network connectivity is available once again.

You can customize the timepiece with a wide selection of bands. They have an elegant design, a comfy fit with convenient touch controls, as well as stellar sound with onboard noise cancellation. Plus, you can expect up to 8 hours of playback between charges. This impulse-buy car charger has a watt USB-C port, which can power up most laptops. A USB-A charging connector with a maximum power output of 18 watts is also on board, allowing users to charge other gadgets rapidly.

The product has a sleek design with translucent housing, a built-in voltage display, and onboard illumination. It has built-in tech to protect the connected devices from overcharging and overheating. Available in black, white, and blue, it has an elegant design and an IP67 waterproof housing that can even float in water. Sound-wise, the SoundLink Flex delivers a signature Bose experience with excellent quality.

Up to 12 hours of battery life, a USB-C charging connector, and a handy fabric loop round up its key features. The all-new, impossibly tiny Beats Studio Buds are our all-around favorite wireless earbuds.

Best of all, the Studio Buds are equally easy to pair with an iPhone or an Android device. Available in black, white, or red, the earbuds have up to 8 hours of battery life and a sleek charging case with a USB-C connector.

The product's hour battery life is also impressive, especially considering how compact it is. Sony's speaker has a colorful design and a fully waterproof build with an IP67 rating. Convenient controls, the ability to connect a pair of speakers in stereo mode, and a loop for attaching an included strap round up the product's key features. There are several colors to pick from: black, coral pink, taupe, and a couple of shades of blue.

The Bose QuietComfort 45 wireless headphones, as their model number suggests, are a follow up to the iconic QuietComfort 35 noise-canceling cans. The new iteration delivers next-level performance, futureproof wireless connectivity, and a USB-C connector for charging. Available in black or white, the QuietComfort 45 headphones have the same instantly recognizable design and peerless comfort as the previous generation. The cans can deliver up to 24 hours of wireless playback.

The sleek Satechi Quatro battery pack can charge an Apple Watch , as well as a trio of additional gadgets on the go. The Alexa-powered gadget also has a stylish and understated fabric cover. Sound-wise, the Echo Dot performs well, especially considering how tiny it is.

Amazon offers a variant of the smart speaker with a handy digital clock. An Echo Dot Kids Edition with adorable panda or tiger patterns is also available.

It has a compact footprint, perfectly spaced backlit keys with exceptional tactility, and, best of all, an emoji shortcut button. The accessory can pair with and seamlessly switch between any desktop , laptop , smartphone , or tablet.

It can last for months between battery charges. The phone is available in gray, white, pink, and violet. Like every top-shelf Galaxy smartphone , the S21 has a powerful chipset, built-in stereo speakers, a waterproof build, and support for fast wired and wireless charging, as well as reverse wireless charging. The over-ear cans have an elegant design, a comfy fit, impressive sound quality, sophisticated noise cancellation, and up to 30 hours of battery life. You can order the Q30 in black, blue or pink.

Each pair of headphones comes with a stylish protective case, and Anker backs the product with an month warranty. The iPhone 13 mini is, like its predecessor, the best compact smartphone yet. It has the same design, durability, industry-conquering performance, and great camera setup as the bigger iPhone 13 but, thanks to a 5. Like all new iPhone 13 models, the mini is also compatible with MagSafe accessories. You can order the smartphone with up to GB of storage in several cool colors. More: Our iPhone 13 mini Review.

Health tech company Withings has been making great-looking, fitness monitoring gadgets for years and their latest watch is no exception. The medical grade ECG and oximeter take continual readings to provide a measure of the health of your heart and respiratory system. Our favourite thing about the watch by far though is its battery life which, though your mileage may vary, will last around 30 days between charges. I apologise now to all past bread for failing to help you reach your fullest potential.

Anyway, the oven turns five millilitres of water into steam, and wafts it over the bread in three controlled temperature phases. The multitude of sensors on-board means the wristwatch can track your heart rhythm and it logs the data on your phone. Jonny Ive you might have heard of him is credited with the design and the product has been a hit ever since.

In fact, you can still buy SoundSticks today. Now, Harman Kardon has updated the original to create something that sits more comfortably at the heart of your home. There are also LEDs inside the glass dome, so that the speaker can double as an ambient light. That aside, this toothbrush is crammed with an almost implausible amount of tech.

If you end up using your TV for gaming more than, well, watching TV, then you might want to consider one of a new breed of displays built for consoles.

Prefer a stiffer ride? A bike for commuting, or for touring? Superstrata claim to have over , possible combinations. There are two versions available: the traditional Terra bike and the Ion e-bike. The Ion has a sleek in-tube battery no bulky black boxes in sight , takes two hours to charge and lasts for up to 55 miles. In a traditional LED display, a light is shone through coloured crystals to create a picture. This backlight as a source of illuminations means that dark areas can never truly be black in and LED display.

In an OLED display, the coloured crystals themselves light up as electricity passes through them which removes the need for a backlight, meaning the display can recreate inky blacks and generate an accurate picture full of contrast.

Our favourite wireless speaker system just got a touch prettier. The Naim Mu-so 2 nd Generation wowed us when it launched in it hits a rare sweet spot between form and function, with a timeless design that produces brilliant sound. The onboard tech will handle almost every streaming platform and is fine-tuned for handling hi-res digital audio. Inspired by their luxury cars, the speaker housing is now made out of Ayous an African hardwood , features an anodised copper heat sink on the back and a copper-threaded speaker grille — how suave.

Pull them out of the case and if your device is nearby, it will pair them up, giving you a quick glance at the battery status of the buds too. The headline grabber is the addition of active noise cancellation that will help drown out the world. Apple uses outward microphones to detect the noise from outside and an inward-facing one to deal with sound that makes it through the seal. Along with some of the best quality video we tested and a nice square video shape that shows you more of your doorstep than most, we like that it has a built-in siren you can set off from the app if you spot someone suspicious.

Another thing that sets it on top of the pile is an answering machine option. This is the third generation Motorola watch, and it seems that this time they have nailed the balance right between form and functionality. The watch itself not only looks cool, but it also has some pretty novel features that set it apart from other smartwatches.

I should get out more I think is the takeaway here. It has to be. Within the first week of it being up, and in typical British style, it was battered by hail, rain and storms, before being roasted on the hottest day of the year. Installation is easy enough, so long as you have a drill to fix it to your wall, and the EZVIZ app is refreshingly straightforward. You can toggle a full-screen live stream and hitting record will save the footage neatly to your camera roll, as well as in the app itself.

This live view feature is ideal if you want to use the camera for other reasons, like keeping an eye on the kids while you work from home, or even as a nature-cam, and usefully, you can also hook up multiple cameras on the one system and share devices among users. As for the video quality, daylight vision is exceptionally sharp, and the colours are true to life thanks to the full HD p resolution.

It has an embedded algorithm that allows intelligent sensing, so it knows the difference between humans and the neighbourhood cat out for a prowl.

The smart night-vision mode uses two infrared LEDs that can see as far as 30 metres automatically and switches to colour monitoring when it detects human movement. That, along with powerful spotlights, any would-be thief is almost guaranteed to show their face on camera. Video history storage is via CloudPlay, for which you get a day free trial, or via Micro SD card for local storage.

Rather than filling your backpack with a plethora of spare batteries, the NowLight is a hand-cranked instant charger that with a minute of tugging the attached chord can power your phone for 15 minutes.

But what really sets this apart from other chargers is the fact that it also doubles up as a lumen lamp, which is more than bright enough to light up any jamborees once the campfire has died out. You can also attach up to six satellite lamps to light up the inside of even the most cavernous of tents. A DAC is one of the most important steps in digital audio processing. What if your earphones could give you a hearing test and tune your equaliser to reflect the frequencies you are most, or least, sensitive to?

The company has now shrunk their clever tech and shaped it into a set of Bluetooth earphones called the NuraLoop. The only EQ option you have or really need is an Immersion setting, which is basically a bass boost.

The QLED display should be pin-sharp and colourful, HDR promises the blackest of blacks and whitest of whites, and a Hz refresh rate means motion should appear buttery smooth. What are the most annoying sounds you can think of? Nails scratching down a chalkboard? Car alarms? It could be that our ears, through thousands of years of evolution, are sort of designed to find these sounds particularly unpleasant to act as a warning that danger is imminent.

In fact, according to audio specialists Flare, the shape of the eardrum itself acts as a bell, adding 20db of distortion-causing resonance. This irritating distortion could impact on our mental and physical wellbeing, so the idea behind the Flare Calmer earplugs is that they change the shape of the eardrum to cut out the particularly annoying distorted frequencies between 2,, Hz.

By doing this, they claim to reduce ear fatigue, noise-induced headaches and overall stress levels. So does it work? For a start, it is noticeable that the very worst day-to-day frequencies are reduced, and this has the knock-on effect that they are ultimately less annoying.

The same can be said when you have them underneath headphones, and although they change the sounds slightly, it makes music a little warmer and notches down the intensity. Another side effect that has been noted by other users, not that I can verify and was entirely unexpected by Flare , is that it reduces the constant ringing experienced by those suffering from tinnitus. The reassuringly familiar design of the HyperX Pulsefire Dart mouse is ergonomic and has satisfying leatherette side grips.

The battery life on both headset and mouse far exceed that of a PS4 controller and can be charged wirelessly at the same time on the sleek Chargeplay Base. Nothing stirs the soul of a Brit more than the thought of a piping hot cup of tea. However, a cold and forgotten cuppa is practically an insult to Queen and country.

The Ember Mug 2 is a very elegant if expensive , solution to this distinctly British problem. By connecting the Ember mug to your smartphone via the accompanying app, you get a notification when your brew has reached your perfect temperature, and a heating element in the bottom of the mug keeps it toasty warm until you have finished every last drop. Milk, no sugar and two bags please. Getting your camera out is an unusual way to begin your audio experience, but the payoff is well worth it with these cinematic headphones.

And head-wobbling it is. These headphones are loud, bassy and super powerful, with swooshing lightsabers from all angles when watching Star Wars and explosions shuddering your whole body playing a spot of Call of Duty. How clean is your water bottle? Who knows, but it probably could be cleaner given how difficult it is to scrub right into those distant corners at the bottom of it. The WAKEcup ml water bottle has an ultraviolet light in the lid that in three minutes promises to zap For me there was something deeply satisfying about slotting the tapes into the player, pressing play and getting lost in a ripping yarn, and the Yoto Player is a modern-day equivalent just as tactile and exciting.

Except it sounds good. Instead of tapes, this groovy little audio player works by slotting in cards, each of which contains a story to listen to. Instead of a screen it has a cutesy pixelated display, which along with chunky buttons for volume and skipping tracks, the whole device is completely kid-friendly even my two-year-old was able to get to grips with it.

Whatever the circumstances , keeping kids entertained without having to resort to a tablet can be a struggle, so the Yoto Player is a definitely one of the better ways to keep their little minds whirring and imagination sparked. Recently you might have noticed that social media is filled with deeply satisfying slow-mo videos of people pummelling their legs with massage guns, but what exactly is going on? Well rather than having to fork out on physiotherapy, massage guns are like having a private masseur on hand for a quick post-workout session — the Theragun is the one such gadget.

It claims to get 60 per cent deeper into your muscles than other massagers, increasing blood flow and reducing inflammation, muscle tension, and working out any knots that have developed. In fact, it was two weeks before I discovered you could switch it on without even needing to go through the app, however, once I worked out this now very obvious feature, I was using it daily. The Cowboy electric bike is now in its third generation, and the new model not only looks like one of the must-have bikes of the season but is also packed full of clever bike tech.

As well as new hardware, the accompanying app has also had an upgrade, bringing with it auto-unlock to avoid fumbling around with keys, theft and crash detection, and even an air quality monitor for planning a smog-free route through town. If, on the other hand, you are looking for one of the best Chromebooks out there, well then that is a different story altogether.

Use this must-have UV phone sanitizer to get rid of The Golfers Pick. The super important swing analysis will measure the most vital aspects of their swing like the club speed, club plane, tempo, backswing length, and more.

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