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Hello and welcome to this creator-focused issue of

HOT STUFF

ALL THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM PLANET TECH

BREAKING APPLE’S HARD TO DO

Apple Watch Ultra

ASUS ZENBOOK 17 FOLD OLED

A laptop you can fold in half is

SONOS SUB MINI

When it comes to bass, bigger is usually

STREAM

It’s all gone a bit grim and ghoulish

B&O BEOSOUND THEATRE

YOU CAN SWAP OUT THE WINGS DEPENDING ON

KOBO CLARA 2E

Recycling books is easy: you just give them

BLUESOUND POWERNODE EDGE

It might look like a set-top box and

? WTF IS LG PURICARE AERO FURNITURE?

It’s a robot mushroom from the future! It’s

FIR ST PLAY THIRSTY SUITORS

PC, PS5, PS4, XSX, XB1, Switch

MAGICAL MISTRALLY TOUR

Bugatti W16 Mistral

BOSE QUIETCOMFORT EARBUDS II

For a company that makes headphones, Bose doesn’t

HUAWEI WATCHD

If tracking your steps, sleep, stress, SpO2 and

NEWS FEED

APPLE FITNESS+ JUMPS ONTO YOUR iPHONE You might

THE TOP LEGO DESIGNER ON HIS PROCESS AND HOW NEW BRICKS JOIN THE SYSTEM

Mike Psiaki

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DISCOVER THE EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION BEHIND EUFY

ROBOVAC X8 Twin-Turbine Powered Robotic Vacuum Brand-new eufy

Talkin’ ’bout a resolution

Motorola’s form hasn’t been great of late, but this new effort might well turn things around – with a camera that packs more pixels than just about any phone out there

Shrink for yourself

This multi-lens marvel is a great starting point for vloggers and photographers – but like the bigger Xperia 1 IV, it’s not going to do everything for you

Blob’s yer uncle

With more portable Bluetooth speakers in the world than there are sheep, can UE’s latest do enough to join your gadget flock?

Reach out, ale be there

You can’t always be in the pub, but there are more and more home beer kits out there making it easy to pull proper pints in your living room. Here are two of them…

Pad but true

It’s cheaper than Apple’s entry-level iPad yet it has a larger display – so is Honor’s Pad 8 aproper big-screen tablet bargain?

Reno what we like

Sitting pretty between the flagships and the affordable phone zone, can the Reno8 Pro’s style and storage give Oppo the edge?

Senny lover

TWO WEEKS WITH THE SENNHEISER MOMENTUM 4

The Last Of Us PartI

With all-new visuals, improved performance and utilisation of the PS5’s unique hardware features, is this remake of The Last Of Us worth seventy of your hard-earned pounds?

Saints Row

With meaty gunplay and excellent vehicular combat, this zany reboot wants to fill a GTA-shaped hole. But has it really grown up… and who’s it really for?

Splatoon 3

It’s another sequel for one of the brightest shooters around… but does the Switch’s new paintballing bonanza have enough to keep you splatting away?

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SMARTPHONES

HEADPHONES

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

SOURCERS FULL OF SECRETS

If you’re fed up of piping the same old stuff into your eyes and ears, find new telly, music, games and more with these smart media discovery apps

UPVOTED CAMERA BAGS

Packing for a photography tour with more than just a phone, Chris Rowlands zooms in on the sharpest sacks for stashing his snapper plus glass and gubbins

CREATE BALLS OF FIRE

Never be devoid of inspiration: the following pages are all about helping you be more inventive in your digital creations, whether that’s putting together a design project, editing a video, recording a podcast, streaming to the masses, polishing up images, making music or playing it out to an adoring crowd. The possibilities are endless, and so are your buying options – so that’s where we come in…

THE PODCASTER

RODE RODECASTER PRO II £699 / bit.ly/RodePro2

THE VIDEO EDITOR

LOUPEDECK+

THE STREAMER

ELGATO STREAM DECK MK2

THE MUSICIAN

IK MULTIMEDIA IRIG KEYS I/O 25

THE PHOTOGRAPHER

FUJIFILM X-H2S

THE SUPERSTAR DJ

PIONEER DDJ-400

THE DESIGNER

WACOM ONE

BETA YOURSELF SKETCHBOOK

Fancy yourself as a modern-day Matisse? Got an internal illustrator fighting to get out? Craig Grannell shows how this freebie app can help you unleash your artistic genius…

ROOMBA

O hyes, the Roomba – when robots finally

HELLO!

Welcome to this guide to top-notch creator hardware

LAPTOPS UNDER £1K

The PC that’ll enable you to find your audience doesn’t have to be a beast

LAPTOPS OVER £1K

A superpowered machine can help you bring your ideas to life more quickly

THE STUDIO THAT FITS ON YOUR LAP

NVIDIA Studio laptops bring the raw power that today’s YouTubers, photographers and digital artists need

MODULAR CAMERAS

Mirrorless shooters with swappable lenses and room for accessories

COMPACT CAMERAS

These pocket-sized cams are crammed full of vlogging potential

CREATIVE TABLETS

The best slates for illustration, photo editing, video work and more

ACTION CAMERAS

These titchy indestructo-cams will follow you almost anywhere

POWER DESKTOPS

For the best video editing performance, you need to forget laptops

ACCESSORIES

These upgrades will help you create better content more quickly

LAPTOP OR TABLET?

Do you want the power of a ‘real’ computer, the superior portability of a slate… or a bit of both?