Need for Speed Unbound

Welcome

Hello! In this packed issue we’ll reveal all

HOT STUFF

ALL THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM PLANET TECH

TAKE ME CHROME, GRUNTY LOADS

Asus Chromebook Vibe CX34 Flip

DJI MINI 3

When you fly on a budget airline you

HEARO 3.0

Pimm’s, strawberries and the All England Club might

STREAM

The Legend of Vox Machina Based on the

NOCS MONOLITH

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B&W PX8 MCLAREN EDITION

McLaren’s latest car, the Solus GT, will set

SAMSUNG ODYSSEY NEO G9 (2023)

The American woodcock, sometimes known as the timberdoodle,

? WTF IS THE WITHINGS U-SCAN?

New air freshener? How does it smell? Considering

FIRST PLAY NINJA OR DIE

PC, Switch

SHIFT JUST GOT REAL

WHEELS

SOUNDCORE SLEEP A10

If you’ve ever tried to fall asleep wearing

ASUS CHROMEBOX 5

Wireless charging is easily up there with Netflix,

NEWS FEED

WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH ALEXA? Amazon’s smart speakers

THE LIVE SOUND ENGINEER AND BOOMBOCS FOUNDER ON VANS, SUITCASES AND 1980s RETRO

I’ve been a sound engineer for almost 20

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A Fuji kind of love

Fujifilm’s most popular compact system camera gets a sensor upgrade while keeping up tradition everywhere else. Enough to make the X-T5 an easy lover?

Pivot up or turn it loose

The Evercade handheld gets a redesign, 18 Capcom games… and an invitation to rotate

Scrawl the shots

Amazon supersizes its e-reader then adds a pen and a notebook section. It’s a whole new Kindle experience… but does it live up to the promise?

Jumpin’ track flash

Want to know how your New Year fitness push is really going? With its vivid colour screen, this tracker will make it clear…

Aspired for sound

TWO WEEKS WITH THE B&O BEOSOUND THEATRE

The Callisto Protocol

It’s a scrappy, gory return to sci-fi survival horror – but beyond frightening photorealistic visuals and creepy immersive audio, is there anything here genre fans haven’t seen before?

Marvel’s Midnight Suns

A grid-based tactics game that flexes your grey matter is a tougher sell than brawling with your favourite superheroes – but it’s one that works brilliantly

SMARTPHONES

IN-EARS

ON/OVER-EARS

SMARTWATCHES

FITNESS TECH

LAPTOPS

TVs

SOUNDBARS

STREAMERS

TABLETS

CONSOLES

GAMES

SPEAKERS

E-BIKES

ELECTRIC CARS

SMART HOME

VR HEADSETS

DRONES & ACTION CAMS

CAMERAS

BUDGET BUYS

MASSAGE GUNS

With muscles in need of a knead, Chris Rowlands makes like a physio to find the best weapons for percussive self-care

HAPPY NEW GEAR

Thinking of upgrading your phone? In need of a nice TV? Or just hankering for a sonic facial cleanser? Whatever you’re after, these are Stuff ’s 101 best gadgets to get excited about in 2023…

SMART HOME

“A house is a machine for living in,” said Le Corbusier. And in 2023, these machines can do most of the living for you…

SMART PHONES

There’s a whole load of exciting new rectangular talent coming our way… and one ace phone having its last hurrah

COMPUTERS

Don’t actually put a laptop on your lap – it’s terrible for the posture. Anyway, here are some nice new PCs and tablets…

WEARABLES

We’re including earphones here – well, they are wearable – but would you dare to go out in Dyson’s sci-fi cosplay headclamp?

SOUND & VISION

If you can’t decide whether to go out or stay in watching telly and listening to Phil Collins, these beauties might sway you

PHOTOGRAPHY

If you’re the sort of person who doesn’t believe anything truly exists until you’ve taken a picture of it, capture this lot

HEALTH ETC

The ‘etc’ stands for hair/face/teeth stuff, to make sure you look every bit as fabulous as your smart scale says you feel

SPORT & FITNESS

Once this spread would have featured a football, a skipping rope and a set of darts; in 2023, this techy kit will have to do

GAMING

Grab all 10 of these gadgets and you’ll never have to leave your bedroom again (disclaimer: please do go to the toilet)

THE KITCHEN

It’s our favourite bit of the house – if only because the biscuits live there – so treat it to some intelligent new appliances

BETA YOURSELF INDOOR EXERCISE

When it’s freezing cold or chucking it down, you might not be keen to prance about outside – so Craig Grannell looks at how a bit of tailored tech can help you keep fit in your home

MORE APP OPTIONS

FITNESS+ If you’re immersed in the Apple ecosystem,

DON’T WORRY, BE APPY

Good apps help you forget how terrible everything is – and these 30 will set you up for the year, whether you want to unleash your inner artiste, ease your daily routine or just have a bit more fun

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INSTANT UPGRADES GOOGLE PIXEL 7 PRO

FIRST ADD THESE… ONE GARMIN FORERUNNER 955 SOLAR

Bloody well bright

Philips’ latest OLED comes with Ambilight tech, meaty B&W sound… and claims of supreme luminosity. But is it a gleamer or a dreamer?

Tetris

Do you remember block’n’roll audio? The Game Boy