Gadgets are like buses. Well, sure, they’re not quite as big. I’ll admit even the lowest-tech ones rarely run on diesel. And yeah, gadgets don’t usually smell of sweat and stale kebabs. Okay, alright... they’re nothing like buses. But it does feel like you wait a long time for one to turn up, only for loads to arrive all at once.
Scarcely had we begun to put the new iPhone 15 Pro Max through its paces for our full review this issue, when Google announced the super-smart Pixel 8 Pro. Suddenly we’re drowning in cracking new releases, from the trailblazing Apple Watch Ultra 2 to Amazon’s most significant overture into the smart home space to date, the Echo Hub. And Nothing still managed to find new ways to surprise us, launching its super-affordable CMF smartwatch and earbuds.