WELCOME

Hello and welcome to this end-of-the-year issue of

HOT STUFF

ALL THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM PLANET TECH

THINGS CALZONE GET BETTER

Honor Magic Vs £tba / hihonor.com Honor’s

STREAM

Sat through as many bad festive romcoms as you can stand? Cleanse your palate with these tinsel-free new-to-streaming treats…

ICON

THE BUILT-IN SOUNDBAR IS BOOSTED BY A PAIR OF SUBWOOFERS

GAMES

OUT 21FEB FIRST PLAY LIKE A DRAGON: ISHIN

ABACABRIOLET

Genesis X Convertible

NEWS FEED

IT’S ONEPLUS PLUS ONE FOR ANDROID SUPPORT If

MONTBLANC’S DIRECTOR FOR NEW TECH ON MIXING SWISS DESIGN WITH NEW GADGETRY

Felix Obschonka

WIN A BOWERS & WILKINS AUDIO SETUP WORTH OVER £1000!

TOTAL PRIZE VALUE £1078 Imagine being able to

You square it well

As brand owner Google launches its own circular-faced smartwatch, the Versa 4 serves as a reminder that Fitbit is still vying for a place on your wrist

The alternative: Suunto 9 Peak Pro

It’s gnarlier than the Fitbit, but is this adventure watch a Peaky blinder?

Saturday night spatial

There have been plenty of attempts to bring 3D gaming to laptops, but it’s never quite worked. Can this pricey Acer make it stick?

Move on Opp

Oppo’s first crack at the UK tablet market goes for the budget zone – but doesn’t skimp on screen size or build quality

Ripped to be square

TWO WEEKS WITH THE APPLE TV 4K

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

Nintendo’s billion-dollar series is at its most revolutionary with a new open world and multiple story paths, but it’s marred by presentation and performance issues

Sonic Frontiers

Sega’s fast-moving mascot returns to Green Hill Zone repeatedly in an ambitious open-world shake-up that doesn’t quite come off

SMARTPHONES

● Prices quoted are for handset only unless

IN-EARS

1 HOTBUY Sony WF-1000XM4 £199 / go.stuff.tv/WFXM4

ON/OVER-EARS

1 HOTBUY Sony WH-1000XM5 £345 / go.stuff.tv/WHXM5

SMARTWATCHES

1 HOT BUY BARGAIN BUY Apple Watch SE

FITNESS TECH

1 HOT BUY Hammerhead Karoo 2 £359 /

LAPTOPS

1 HOT BUY Apple MacBook Air (M2) from

TVs

1 HOT BUY TIPS & TRICKS • Always

SOUNDBARS

1 HOT BUY Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar Max £1799

STREAMERS

1 HOT BUY NEW Sky Stream from £26/m

TABLETS

1 HOT BUY Apple iPad Air from £669

CONSOLES

1 HOTBUY Sony PlayStation 5 £540 / go.stuff.tv/PS5

GAMES

1 HOT BUY TIPS & TRICKS • Sprinting

SPEAKERS

TIPS & TRICKS • You can control your

E-BIKES

1 HOT BUY VanMoof S3 £2248 / go.stuff.tv/VanMoofS3

ELECTRIC CARS

1 HOT BUY Porsche Taycan from £75,500 /

SMART HOME

• TIPS & TRICKS • The Echo’s built-in

VR HEADSETS

1 HOT BUY Meta Quest 2 £399 /

DRONES & ACTION CAMS

1 HOTBUY GoPro Hero11 Black £550 / go.stuff.tv/Hero11

CAMERAS

• TIPS & TRICKS • You can customise

BUDGET BUYS

• TIPS & TRICKS • Fed up of

UPVOTED BIKE LIGHTS

Keen to let everyone see he’s taken off the stabilisers, Chris Rowlands kits out his two-wheeled steed with the zingiest front and rear lights for winter visibility

STUFF AWARDS 2022

It’s been a dismal year for tech, with hardly anything good being launched… nah, just kidding. We’ve had our usual marathon discussions/arguments/brawls to sort out the game-changingly fantastic from the merely brilliant, and here are the results. Congrats to all our winners!

GIVE TWITTER THE BIRD

Time to jump ship? These apps can be your liferaft as the once-great site becomes a burnt-out husk drifting ever closer to the rocks of irrelevance…

BETA YOURSELF ORGANISE A PARTY

Whether you’re sorting a last-minute festive shindig, fun for New Year or some other celebration, tech can help ensure things go without a hitch – Craig Grannell explains how

GUNS ’N’ FROZES

When the snowing gets tough, the Stuff get going with this winter fitness gear

INSTANT UPGRADES GOPRO HERO11 BLACK

FIRST ADD THESE… ONE GOPRO MEDIA MOD GoPros

APPLE LISA

The 2/10 popular front Apple’s 1985 rebrand of