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100 BEST APPS

Today’s phones and tablets are so powerful you hardly need a brain any more. Just make sure they’ve got the finest tools to run your life…

GROWNUP GAMES

Still reckon you can’t get ‘proper’ games on mobile? Check out some of these console-rivalling crackers…

MODDY MARVELS

If you want to make your personal device even more personal, try these automation and customisation apps

VIRTUAL VISTAS

If the real world just doesn’t do it for you any more, use these AR apps to merge the physical and the digital

KIDS’ CLASSICS

For keeping your progeny happy and in one spot, these apps will engage and even (slightly) educate them

GAMING GREATS

For those who refuse to compromise with gamepad-dodging ports, these classics were born for touchscreens

WORK WEAPONS

When it’s time to knuckle down and do something useful, ensure you have these productivity lifesavers installed

HEALTHY HITS

As a change from sapping your energy and morale, get your phone to boost your physical and mental wellbeing

HOLIDAY HELPERS

When you’re planning anything from a three-week getaway to a dog walk, have these fine apps in your suitcase

CHILLIN’ CHAMPS

Phones are great for beaming telly into your eyes… but we’ve also thrown in some podcasters and other time-killers

MUSICAL MASTERY

Make some noise with this selection of synths, DJ tools

BRAIN BOOSTS

Worried that all this screen time’s turning you a bit Trumpy? Arm yourself with these top educational apps…

DIGITAL DAUBING

Free your inner artist and turn your phone or tablet into a virtual canvas with these art and design tools

SNAPPY STARS

Make better use of the camera in your phone, and whatever it captures, with these photo and video specialists

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WINTER SPORTS

Taming the slopes is snow joke… but Heather Wald is here with the skis and boards you need to slide to swishy success

BETA YOURSELF DROPBOX

This file-sharing service might flit around at the edge of your consciousness, but Dropbox is an essential install on desktop and mobile alike – Craig Grannell explains why

MIRROR, MIRROR, GONE TO THE WALL

ARE MIRRORLESS CAMERAS WITH PRO SPECS THE FINAL NAILIN THE COFFIN FOR BULKY DSLRs?

GARMIN FENIX 5 PLUS

This diminutive device is a must-have for anyone serious

5G MANHOLE COVERS

We most definitely haven’t, but the fact that you don’t

Little rad booster

Apple has reinvented the Mac Mini as a portable all-rounder ready to take on all your modern multimedia tasks. But can it compete with the big boys?

The alternatives: 3 more miniature PCs

Got that shrinking feeling? Here are options for Windows and Chrome fans…

There’s always One

Motorola’s gone a bit maverick with its mid-size, mid-price One: it’s a step above the familiar Moto range in some ways, but not in others…

Let’s play fortnight

Watch out, flagship smartwatches: there’s a new face in town and it belongs to Huawei’s affordable, two-week-lasting Watch GT

Deeply zippy

Alexa’s found another new home, this time in a portable 360° speaker with the emphasis on hi-fi quality

Robot draws

The Anki Vector and MekaMon V2 both want to teach and play with your family… at least until they become self-aware and take over. So which would we rather be enslaved to?

Greyer anatomy

Microsoft has injected some, er, colour into the wireless noise-cancelling market… Simon Lucas spends some time with the Surface Headphones

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Another Wii U gem makes its way to the Switch, and now – thanks to some easy-peasy characters – the whole family can join you. Well… you like sharing your console, don’t you?

Borderlands 2 VR

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Gris

Does this indie puzzle platformer’s gameplay match its breathtaking style?

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Huawei bumped its own magnificent P20 Pro off the top

Headphones, wearables

A strong argument for the idea that you don’t really

Laptops, hi-fi

While the Touch Bar versions of the MacBook Pro have

TVs, soundbars, smart speakers

As 4K TV prices start to tumble, there’s been a mad

Home cinema, consoles, games

Sky Q works flawlessly and could change the way you

Tech toys, electric cars, VR

Building Lego models is already ridiculously good fun

Smart home, drones, compact cameras

It might not be as pretty as the Nest 3.0, but Tado

System cameras, budget buys

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

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