Thwack in black

WELCOME

With a mind-boggling array of numbers and terminology, cameras can

YOU’VE BEEN FULL-FRAMED

If you’ve ever bitten into a doughnut and discovered that

BLOCK NES MONSTER

They say Lego’s only limit is your imagination. If that

DEAF IGNITION OF SOUND

With Alexa now available in your car (see p72), Siri

HAULER DAYS IN THE SUN

If the biggest risk you ever take is not standing

THE PRICE IS BRIGHT

When you make a phone that’s capable of hooking up

MOVING AT A FAIR KLIPSCH

The racetrack hasn’t been a happy hunting ground for McLaren

PARTNERS IN EARS

B&O’s limited-edition sports buds carry new colours and branding from

SEGA ASTRO CITY MINI

Most people are enjoying understandably uneventful birthdays this year, but

KOBO NIA

Amazon’s python-like stranglehold on the e-reader market can make it

SUPERSTRATA ION

Is this the real reason Chris Froome left Team Ineos

LA PAVONI ESPERTO

Sounding like a mix between an Italian opera and a

LG SOUNDBAR GX

LG is hoping that, if you’re the kind of person

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Whether trail running, multi-day hiking, cycling or just escaping the

STRAEM

Billie Piper stars as a celeb forced to examine the

GAMES

If you ever spent summers in the ’90s in seaside

LOOSE CANON

Canon’s latest mirrorless camera has been the worst-kept secret in

GOOGLE PIXEL BUDS (2020)

Long gone are the days when Apple’s AirPods ruled the

GOOGLE PIXEL 4A

Naming a phone after a railway platform was a bold

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It feels like there are more photo filter apps than

IN CASE YOU MISSED... 5 THINGS ABOUT SKY Q

An expanded view makes room for more TV inspiration. It’s

MI SMART BAND 5

Xiaomi has officially entered the Police Academy phase of countless

8BITDO SN30 PRO FOR ANDROID

You can be pretty sure 8BitDo has a controller for

Chairman of the Nord

OnePlus phones aren’t as cheap as they used to be

The alternatives: Mid-range 5G mobiles

The Edge has a silky-smooth 90Hz OLED display that virtually

Streets of wage

■ Spend big on a gaming laptop and you probably

Unite fever

■ Sitting somewhere between a Fitbit-style tracker and a multisport

A UV kind of love

Aside from the UV lights in the case tasked with

3 OF THE BEST Podcast mics

Shure’s compact MV5-LTG is designed for virtually everything but the

Take phat & party

The new Emberton is the smallest member of Marshall’s home

Full KITT swanker

■ It won’t flip open your car doors to disable

Earhole new world

■ Following the success of its over-ear headphones, Nura’s AI

Much room kingdom

Nintendo seems ideologically opposed to the conventional… and so it

Marvel’s Iron Man VR

Surprisingly, this is the first proper superhero PSVR outing since

Ghost of Tsushima

Travel with us to the 13th century, as the Mongol

SUPER SHARP SHOOTER

The Pro+ doesn’t have the P40’s Super Macro mode. For

FILTERING THE FILTERS

Let’s start off with something tasteful. Pretty much any photo

UPVOTED FOOTBALLS

In Scotland most people associate the 1978 World Cup with

INSTANT UPGRADES iPHONE SE (2020)

Pick up an 18W iPad/iPhone charger to get your battery

INTERNET EXPLORER

Wow, IE is 25 years old? It seems like only

SMARTPHONES

The bigger and flashier S20+ and S20 Ultra models are

MOBILE APPS

Apps like Snapseed revolutionised photo editing on mobile, making the

MOBILE GAMES

This game starts off as if Asteroids had a baby

IN-EARS

The original WF-1000XMs had an easy job in the early

ON/OVER-EARS

Sony’s WH-1000 series was already a top performer, and the

SMARTWATCHES

There’s no great secret to Apple’s continuing smartwatch domination: it’s

FITNESS TECH

Not just an exercise bike, Peloton is a fitness phenomenon

LAPTOPS

The Sidecar feature on macOS Catalina lets you use an

SPEAKERS

You can control your Move with the touch controls on

TVs

We prefer to keep most picture processing off, but the

SOUNDBARS

Utterly convincing Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 3D sound, ample power

STREAMERS

Already home to the biggest selection of 4K content, from

TABLETS

The old iPad Pro was already our favourite tablet by

CONSOLES

Yes, the PS5 is coming… but for now, the PlayStation

GAMES

Just as The Last of Us showed the previous gaming

E-BIKES ETC

VanMoof’s second-gen S3 (or X3 if you’re under 5ft 8in)

ELECTRIC CARS

It was about time someone took the fight to Tesla,

SMART HOME

Multiple Echo Shows can act as video walkie-talkies for communicating

VR HEADSETS

The Quest offers all manner of fully interactive, roamable virtual

VR GAMES

Announcing Alyx as not only a ‘midquel’ but a VR

DRONES & ACTION CAMS

With the Air 2, DJI has built on the basic

TECH TOYS

The RVR pulls off the balance between serious coding and

CAMERAS

It’s really hard to find anything bad to say about

BUDGET BUYS

Dip into the display settings to switch from the standard