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Hello, and welcome to this full-to-the-brim issue of

WELCOME!

Hello! Welcome to this special supplement celebrating the

HOTSTUFF

ALL THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM PLANET TECH

JUST ANOTHER MAVIC STUN DAY

DJI Mavic 3

CABASSE PEARL ESHI

£2299 / cabasse.com THE SATELLITES ARE ONLY 8CM IN

WTF IS THE CANON POWERSHOT PX?

Looks like somebody’s wanted in the diary room...

FIRST PLAY HALO INFINITE XSX, XB1, PC

OUT 8 DEC There are reasons to be

SUICIDE SQUAD: KILL THE JUSTICE LEAGUE

PC, PS5, XSX After the acclaimed Arkham series,

BEST OF CHRISTMAS SWITCH TREATS

NINTENDO SWITCH ONLINE EXPANSION PACK Switch In need

INCOMING

DECEMBER ● SOLAR ASH ● CHORUS ●

Valkyrie Racing Porsche 356

I CAN SKI FOR MILES

NEWS FEED

NETFLIX COMES OUT TO PLAY Not content with

THE MUSICIAN AND HOUSE OF MARLEY AMBASSADOR ON ECO TECH AND BOB’S FULL HOUSE

[ Interview Natalya Paul ] It feels great

WIN AN ANKER GADGET HAUL FOR THE ULTIMATE NIGHT IN!

TOTAL PRIZE VALUE £1430! Whether or not staying

Do ya think I’m sixy?

With a seductive new design and come-hither tech specs, Google is on the cusp of Android supremacy at last… but can the Pixel 6 Pro compete with the very best?

It’s oh so quite good

Bose’s new QC45 noise-cancelling headphones go big on comfort and sound… but small on tech treats

7 knows I’m visible now

Apple’s latest launch has given the Watch a bigger, curvier-edged display with clearer text… but in the real world, what difference does it make?

One Zep beyond

B&W’s latest Zeppelin has come untethered, ditching the cable connectivity for a totally wireless hi-fidelity listening experience

HEADPHONES THAT ADAPT TO YOUR EARS

Yamaha’s YH-L700 and YH-E700 deliver exceptional audio just for you

Dongle boogie

It’s a dance-off to the death between these two 4K HDR streaming sticks

Renegade of chunk

Who says laptops have to be ever more skinny? Keen to break from the slimming trend begun by its own MacBook Air, Apple has made sure the 14in Pro packs serious heft…

Lens go trippin’

If you’re eager to experience VR outside the privacy of your own living room, HTC’s new Vive Flow glasses are ready to hit the road

Skip to the good ’bit

Is the Charge 5 the best Fitbit tracker yet? With a brighter screen and more smarts than the last one, it certainly should be…

Dish you were here

The end is nigh for satellite television (possibly), as Dan Grabham experiences the present and future of Sky TV through its new streaming-based 4K set

GIFTS FOR GEEKS

’Tis the season to be not moaning quite

MUSIC LOVER

Unwrapping one of these on Christmas morning is sure to result in squeals of delight… followed shortly by other, more melodious sounds

TECH NOMAD

For any travel-happy gadget-head who’s just spent 18 months locked up at home, now’s the time for stocking up on pocketable goodies

MOVIE BUFF

Looking beyond the obvious –a massive telly and 16 tonnes of popcorn – these film-themed prezzies should ensure a happy ending

GARMIN INSTINCT SOLAR

We asked Greta what she wanted for Christmas and she just gave us one of her hard stares, so here’s the greenest gadgetry we could find

FAIRPHONE 4

Seeing green The latest Fairphone has a 25MP

BOSE FRAMES TEMPO

You might pull muscles easier than you pull crackers, but this kit should delight even the most hard-to-please health-hunter

GAMING GEEK

If you know someone who only emerges from their RGB-glowing den once a year, one of these presents will bring a smile to their sickly face

SONY ZV-E10

The world still needs cameras – how else can people take pictures of their phones? – so here are ideas for photographers and videographers

TECH TYKE

One approach is to learn ’em some resilience by only giving them a box of rusty old nails to play with; that’s not the one we’ve gone with here

RETRO HEAD

Yeah yeah, we know, you preferred the Stuff Christmas Gift Guide when it was all billiard tables and hand-cranked gramophones

£100 OR LESS

You just can’t put a price on the look of pure joy in the face of a loved one opening a truly special present. Oh, hang on, turns out you can…

HOW MUCH?!

You’re incapable of expressing love in the normal way, and so rely on gestures of reckless expenditure; if only all our friends were like you

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Visit the Timothy Taylor’s webshop to buy festive beers and other gifts

INSTANT UPGRADE GOPRO HERO10 BLACK

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BETA YOURSELF DE-STRESSING

A smartphone can feel like a trap, leaving you with no escape from the world’s tensions… but Craig Grannell shows how your mobile can be a force for good and help you relax

Forza Horizon 5

This is a gorgeous, absurdly generous and flawlessly playable gem of a game, and one that’s – almost unbelievably – available as part of your Game Pass subscription

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

One of the best surprises of the year, this superhero action game is a flarking good time worthy of the MCU movies that inspired it

Mario Party Superstars

Reviving and revamping 100 minigames going right back to the original Mario Party N64 game of 1998, this might just be your perfect holiday compilation

Stuff Top Ten entries.

OF EVERYTHING NEW

TOP TENS TVs

1 TIPS & TRIC KS You

SOUNDBARS

1 Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar £2199 / stuff.tv/AmbeoSoundbar

TABLETS

1 Apple iPad Air from £579 / stuff.tv/iPadAir

GAMES

TIPS & TRICKS Take your time

E-BIKES ETC

1 VanMoof S3 £1998 / stuff.tv/VanMoofS3 HOT

SMART HOME

●TIPS & TRICKS ●The Echo’s built-in

VR HEADSETS

1HOT BUY Oculus Quest 2 from £299

DRONES & ACTION CAMS

1HOT BUY NEW 1 GoPro Hero10 Black

CAMERAS

●TIPS & TRICKS ●It’s easy to

BUDGET BUYS

●TIPS & TRICKS ●Fed up of

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THE STUFF OF LEGENDS

Over the last two and a half decades, as we’ve said hello to broadband, digital music and the smartphone, some truly phenomenal gadgets have passed through our sweaty hands. The smart home has (finally) become reality, as have wearables, voice assistants and 4K television. So this is a countdown of our favourite modern tech, including cracking consoles, fabulous phones, spanking speakers and more. Ladies and gentlemen, here are the greatest gadgets of this magazine’s lifetime

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

SONY ALPHA 7 (2013) CHANGING CAMERAS FOREVER