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IT’S ROUTING FOR YOU

Despite a long history of unbearable TV ads, BT has seen its Smart Hub become probably the most popular Wi-Fi router in the UK. Rather than laurel-resting, however, it’s ramping things up with a sequel – and one that promises to avoid that ‘difficult second router’ syndrome. Meet the BT Smart Hub 2…

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Has a tiny California start-up beaten Samsung at its own game? Tom Wiggins investigates…

STREAM

Here comes Father Christmas, his sack bulging with new shows and films to stream in case the Queen’s speech turns out to be a repeat

APPS

This month’s mobile must-downloads

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GIFTS … FOR … GEEKS

Let’s be clear, Father Christmas definitely does exist… but you just can’t get the elves nowadays, so he’s going to need a bit of help keeping everyone happy this year. The good news is, Stuff ’s bumper gift guide is here with a sleighful of bright ideas for tech lovers of all shapes and sizes. Don’t thank us, just leave a mince pie in the usual place.

Mini meme: RETRO PHOTO A-GO-GO

If you reckon documenting festive fun was better in the old days, hurl yourself back in time – and delight your elderly relatives – with these old-style snappers

UPVOTED TOASTERS

With jam for breakfast, with scrambled eggs for dinner, or with crushed avocado for people with butlers… Heather Wald takes us on a tour of toast tech

BETA YOURSELF COMIXOLOGY

Craig Grannell dons his Spandex super-suit and shows us how to get into digital comics – whatever your device, and whether you prefer Marvel, DC or first-rate indie fare

INSTANT UPGRADES HUAWEI MATE 20 PRO

The Mate 20 Pro is the ultimate smartphone show-off.

A PHONE FOR YOUR PHONE

Not like this it hasn’t. You see, your phone shouldn’t

The alternatives: 3 more mid-price marvels

More over-achieving handsets for those who don’t fancy flagship prices

Screen genies

Stick a display on a smart home hub and it’ll be able to show as well as tell… but which touchscreen-equipped AI assistant is the best?

The band plays on

Activity trackers are being edged out by smartwatches, but Fitbit reckons its latest Charge is still a worthy buy

Do ya feel pucky?

Google quietly released an updated version of its mini-streamer last month – and there are a few neat updates worth knowing about

3 OF THE BEST: Gaming phones

Addicted to mobile mayhem on your commute? Prepare to a miss a few more stops in pursuit of that high score with one of these major players…

Boom with a view

Philips’ latest 4K OLED flagship takes the joys of Ambilight and adds floor-shaking B&W sound

Data rich

It’s the running watch that wants you to run up an overdraft… but does this Garmin’s feature set justify its price?

E’s toasty

Nest’s latest thermostat wants to make smart heating cheaper, easier and more flexible. Will Nest E be your new bestie?

R friend’s electric

Can’t stomach handing over upwards of a grand for an iPhone XS, but don’t want to worship at the Church of Android? Apple has made a phone for you too…

The X-T3 of gold

Fuji’s latest premium mirrorless camera claims to be top-class at pretty much everything… Marc McLaren spends a couple of weeks probing for weaknesses

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Red Dead Redemption 2

Load that rifle and saddle up: you’re about to make the old American wilderness your home for the foreseeable future in this long-awaited action-adventure sequel

Battlefield V

Developer Dice welcomes us back to World War II in one of the year’s finest shooters. But how does it stack up against Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in the end-of-year FPS shootout?

Soulcalibur VI

Namco’s weapons-based fighter is back and ready to throw down. Is it time to sharpen your swords?

Hitman 2

The bald assassin is back and better than ever, but does this sequel to one of 2016’s best games add enough new stuff to make it worth your cash?

SMARTPHONES

Huawei bumps its own magnificent P20 Pro off the top

TABLETS

The 9.7in iPad Pro was already sitting comfortably

MOBILE GAMES

This game starts off as if Asteroids had a baby with

IN-EARS

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

ON-EARS

Sony’s WH-1000 series was already a top performer,

SMARTWATCHES

The Apple Watch Series 4 has everything going for it

FITNESS TRACKERS

Slow and steady wins the race, and the Now has gone

LAPTOPS

• Who needs a Touch Bar? You can log into your Mac

HI-FI

• With iPhones and Android devices, you can control

TVs

• Pick one of the expert preset modes and you won’t

SOUNDBARS

Sonos’s home cinema gear has always been a little expensive

SMART SPEAKERS

Making an amazing speaker was an easy job for the multiroom

HOME CINEMA

Sky Q works flawlessly and could change the way you

CONSOLES

As a gaming platform, PlayStation 4 is the best around

GAMES

A lot has changed for PlayStation’s god-slaying champion

TECH TOYS

Building Lego models is already ridiculously good fun

ELECTRIC CARS

Not content with simply making an electric vehicle

VR HEADSETS

The Oculus Rift has been playing catch-up for a while;

VR GAMES

Superhot has found its home in VR – just watch those

SMART HOME

• Check out the app’s Energy Savings Report to see

DRONES

The Mavic 2 Pro keeps all the good bits of the old

COMPACT CAMERAS

We wouldn’t recommend buying this camera if you already

SYSTEM CAMERAS

• Pre-shot ES mode starts taking photos and adding

BUDGET BUYS

• Chickens killed you in Zelda again? You can rewind

HOW TO BUY A GAMING PC

With so many great PC games hitting the market, perhaps you’ve decided to finally invest in some proper specialist hardware. Where do you start?

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