Reviews

I Love The New Bose Frames Even If I Look Like an Absolute Jabroni

I liked the original Bose Frames. They were stylish sunglasses that featured audio-based augmented reality, which actually seemed like a clever workaround for the technological challenges of smart glasses. But alas, Bose AR wasn’t meant to be. Last summer, the company shuttered that division and as a result, Bose Frames went from being audio AR…

Headphones Victoria Song

I Fell in Love With the Asus ROG Flow X13, and Then It Broke My Heart

I never heard of a 2-in-1 gaming laptop prior to CES 2021. Did one even exist? Convertible laptops and gaming laptops are two incredibly different things with unique thermal and performance needs—not to mention they are designed for two different consumer bases. But it looks like we’ve finally shrunken GPUs small enough and gotten CPUs…

Laptops Joanna Nelius

Epson’s EF12 Portable Laser Projector Is a Mighty but Pricey On-the-Go Streaming Box

The EF12 checks a lot of boxes for on-the-go projector needs, but it costs about as much as some OLED TVs. So, is it worth it? That depends. I’ve spent weeks testing the performance of Epson’s EF12 portable laser projector, and I found myself raving about it to friends and colleagues—with a couple of caveats.…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Catie Keck

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Review: The Most Maxed Out Phone for the Money

Last year, Samsung broke out the “Ultra” adjective for the first time on the Galaxy S20 Ultra. That phone was certainly ambitious, but between its $1,400 price tag and features that didn’t quite live up to expectations, Samsung’s super premium phone felt less like an Ultra and more like a Galaxy S20++. In a move…

Smartphones Sam Rutherford

Eufy RoboVac G30 Hybrid Vacuums and Mops, But Leaves Little Treats for Your Feet to Find

The Eufy RoboVac G30 Hybrid vacuum/mop is, prima facie, a clear upgrade over the Roomba 650 that raptly held my attention when I bought it five years ago. But while the Eufy might do a lot more for a great price, you don’t really want a vacuum that just does more. You want one that…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Wes Davis

A Fitness Tracker Shouldn’t Make You Feel Like Trash

I can’t figure out who, exactly, Amazon’s Halo Band is designed for. The screen-free band works in the background to track your activity and sleep, and it also has microphones to listen in on your conversations and analyze your tone. There is some appeal to a screen-free wearable that can cut down the distractions in…

Accessories & Wearables Caitlin McGarry

Vizio’s OLED Is the Perfect TV if You Want Quality on a Budget

If you’ve been hoping to upgrade your old TV for an OLED model but don’t want to spend a fortune for a decently sized display, Vizio’s OLED is the TV for you. For perfect blacks while watching movies or TV, you probably want an OLED. The OLED display to buy last year was the LG…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Catie Keck

This Is Still One of the Best Gaming Monitors You Can Buy

The Asus ROG Swift PG27UQ offers a distractingly beautiful HDR display, great color and contrast, and a sturdy, ergonomic stand.

Accessories & Wearables Sarah Jacobsson Purewal

Galaxy Buds Pro Review: Samsung’s Real Answer to the AirPods Pro

It’s been less than six months since Samsung released its last pair of wireless earbuds. But now there’s the Galaxy Buds Pro. By switching over to a more traditional design, keeping built-in ANC, and slapping on a price tag of $200, Samsung has finally created a worthy and more affordable competitor to Apple’s $250 AirPods…

Headphones Sam Rutherford

Adata’s First Gaming Laptop Nails It

I find it exciting when a new laptop brand enters the gaming market. The space is a little crowded at the moment, sure, but it can be refreshing to review something new. In my experience, there’s usually some feature or some hardware combination that I haven’t seen before, or the thermals are as pleasant as…

Laptops Joanna Nelius

Discovery+ Needs to Be Part of Your Streaming Life, It’s That Good

Discovery’s new streaming service has finally arrived. The company’s official entrance into the streaming wars brought all of Discovery’s assets under a single roof, with everything from true crime to reality TV to nature documentaries. Discovery+ is home to tens of thousands of episodes from legacy broadcast channels like HGTV, the History Channel, A&E, Food…

Reviews Catie Keck

I Will Be Forever Ruined by This Incredible 8K OLED—That Also Costs $20,000

How much is too much for an 8K TV? Plenty of TV makers have debuted 8K displays, but as of right now, 8K still remains out of reach for many consumers. Plus, with so many fantastic and relatively affordable 4K LED and OLED options available right now, the hefty price tags that often accompany premium…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Catie Keck

Stick Good

Having to feed a machine an unending supply of quarters to enjoy your favorite video game was just one of many reasons arcades died off. But if there was one reason to actually miss arcade machines it was those fantastic buttons and joysticks that never felt as satisfying to play with once they were miniaturized…

Gaming Andrew Liszewski

Best Budget 4K TV for Most People

There’s an argument to be made that shopping for a new TV near or around the beginning of the year, when companies are gearing up to tease the next year’s worth of displays at CES, is foolish. Sure, if you want the latest and greatest, you should probably hold out for whatever’s coming down the…

Reviews Catie Keck

The Ubiquiti Amplifi Alien Is a Positively Luxurious Wi-Fi 6 Router

An absurd looking, and expensive, Wi-Fi 6 router mesh system

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Wes Davis

The Biggest Science News of 2020

[Yelling into a cavernous chamber as supernovae explode in the dark and a gust of hot wind comes whistling through] SCIENCE!!!! Now that, friends, is how you introduce a science year-end list. Like everything else in 2020, science had one hell of a year. There were thrilling highs, like the record speed of creating coronavirus…

Reviews Rose Pastore & Brian Kahn

5G Was a Tax on Smartphones in 2020

2020 was supposed to be 5G’s big coming out party. The year people used 5G to order food from their seats at stadiums, the year people used 5G to stream movies from the cloud, and most importantly, the year when a lot of people would finally have access to 5G on a shiny new smartphone.…

Reviews Sam Rutherford

Gizmodo’s 100 Most Popular Posts of 2020

The idea of rounding up Gizmodo’s most-read posts for the year 2020 was bad from the start. But if you take a long view of this devastating year, you might see patterns. Grifters, conspiracies, hacks, scams. News about streaming services, space adventures, encryption, weather events, gadgetry of all sorts, animals in various cahoots. This list…

Reviews Gizmodo Staff

This Smartwatch Is the Definition of Overpriced

Smartwatches have only gotten more affordable in recent years, and budget options under $200 can be surprisingly full-featured, especially if you don’t mind sacrificing sophisticated health features. So when a $350 smartwatch like the Zepp Z debuts, it has to deliver on multiple levels to make it worth the extra splurge. Unfortunately, it just misses…

Accessories & Wearables Victoria Song

New Tech Developments We’re Actually Excited About in 2021

2021 will be the year of being thankful that the world hasn’t completely ended. I don’t want to hear any “we were promised flying cars”-style whining. The new year will be all about rethinking how far we’ve come, where we’re already going, and how much we’ve been getting wrong along the way. There will be…

Reviews Rhett Jones

I Love The New Bose Frames Even If I Look Like an Absolute Jabroni

I Fell in Love With the Asus ROG Flow X13, and Then It Broke My Heart

Epson’s EF12 Portable Laser Projector Is a Mighty but Pricey On-the-Go Streaming Box

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Review: The Most Maxed Out Phone for the Money

Eufy RoboVac G30 Hybrid Vacuums and Mops, But Leaves Little Treats for Your Feet to Find

A Fitness Tracker Shouldn’t Make You Feel Like Trash

Vizio’s OLED Is the Perfect TV if You Want Quality on a Budget

This Is Still One of the Best Gaming Monitors You Can Buy

Galaxy Buds Pro Review: Samsung’s Real Answer to the AirPods Pro

Adata’s First Gaming Laptop Nails It

Discovery+ Needs to Be Part of Your Streaming Life, It’s That Good

I Will Be Forever Ruined by This Incredible 8K OLED—That Also Costs $20,000

Stick Good

Best Budget 4K TV for Most People

The Ubiquiti Amplifi Alien Is a Positively Luxurious Wi-Fi 6 Router

The Biggest Science News of 2020

5G Was a Tax on Smartphones in 2020

Gizmodo’s 100 Most Popular Posts of 2020

This Smartwatch Is the Definition of Overpriced

New Tech Developments We’re Actually Excited About in 2021

‘Scream 7’ Comes Home With Deleted Scenes We Hope Will Improve the Movie

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

Your Wimpy Workouts Aren’t Cutting It, Scientists Say

Anker Prime Power Bank Drops to an All-Time Low (200W, 20,100mAh, 3-Port) as Amazon Clears Out Remaining Spring Sale Stock

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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