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Looking to buy your next phone, laptop, headphones, or other tech gear? Or maybe you just want to know all of the details about the latest products from Apple, Samsung, Google, and many others. The Verge Reviews is the place for all of that and more. Whether you’re looking for buying advice, how to use products you already own, or the best deals on products we’ve tested and used ourselves and can recommend, you needn’t look any further.

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A week with RTX Spark: everything we’ve learned using Nvidia’s new laptops

Nvidia’s new Arm-based laptop chip is an exciting new challenger, but exclusively for the high-end.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto, Sean Hollister and 1 more
Surface Laptop Ultra review: a different kind of MacBook Pro

6

Verge Score

A beautiful laptop built for an AI future that hasn’t quite arrived.

Tom Warren
The Alexa Tablet 12 Pro is almost the Android tablet we needed

6

Verge Score

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The screen is gorgeous, the hardware works, and it finally runs full Android. But there’s too much Amazon in my tablet.

David Pierce
I don’t miss the camera on the Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses

7

Verge Score

It’s harder to be a perv in these audio-only glasses, but removing the ick does make them less ‘useful.’

Victoria Song
The Telo MT1 is a big truck trapped in a tiny truck’s body

Tiny pickup trucks might just become a thing in the US if the California-based startup Telo has its way.

Abigail Bassett
Instinct was the buzziest AI agent around — can it survive Muse?

Instinct AI is an impressive assistant, but the pressure from OpenAI and Meta is officially on.

Allison Johnson
A week with Googlebooks: four notes from our testing so far

It’s been a whirlwind time of coming to grips with Google’s new laptops, and we’ve got feelings about Googlebook OS.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto, David Pierce and 2 more
Alexa Plus is better at running my home, but it’s not ready to run my life

Amazon’s assistant can’t always remember who I am or where my daughter goes to school — but it can now reliably turn on my lights.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Hands-on with Amazon’s Alexa Tablet 12 Pro and its wild new matte display 

The Alexa line is also Amazon’s first tablet to run full-fledged Android with access to the Play Store.

Terrence O'Brien
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Oppo’s Find X10 phones launch outside China on October 21st.

That’s almost exactly a month after the China launch. Highlights include the first ever triple 200-megapixel camera on the Find X10 Pro Max, and big 8,000mAh batteries on both, though Oppo warns “selected markets” get 7,150mAh instead. I’m working on a review of the Pro Max — what do you want to know?

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Our first five impressions of Googlebooks — exciting but underbaked

Google’s new laptop OS shows lots of promise for Android phone owners, but there’s a long road ahead.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
This remote-controlled wagon is silly but so very useful

BougeRV’s DuneRover is so good on hills and sand that you’ll forgive the disco lights.

Thomas Ricker
OpenAI’s Dot agent is enterprise software that can also order your dinner

Think of Dots as Codex, but for regular people.

Allison Johnson
The Sonos Ace Ultra are the headphones Sonos should have made the first time

8

Verge Score

With better sound, better ANC, and Wi-Fi audio streaming, the Ace Ultra are finally worthy of the Sonos name.

John Higgins
Nothing’s new flagship Headphone 1 Pro put you in the studio

8

Verge Score

Alongside solid ANC, the Nothing Headphone 1 Pro include a triple-driver design and a unique switch for studio pros.

John Higgins
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Why is Ghostface at my door?

To test the new AI-powered features on Ring, Google Nest, and Apple Home connected video doorbells, I put on the iconic Scream mask to see if any of them would warn me.

Only Google told me someone was wearing a mask; Ring somehow still knew it was me, and Apple just said “someone” was at the door. Read the full review.

Can ‘eSUV’ e-bikes really go from trail to town?

8

Verge Score

Yes, if it’s Amflow’s TL Carbon — but expect compromises.

Thomas Ricker
Can Apple Home’s AI camera features outsmart Amazon’s and Google’s? I put them to the test

Apple Intelligence has arrived on HomeKit Secure Video. Here’s how its new features compare with Ring and Nest.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
I tried the Meta VR Glasses, too — here are my first impressions.
  • “VR Glasses” is the right name. These don’t have a VR headset’s huge, immersive field of view at just 70° horizontal by 66° vertical, but it’s similar to looking through glasses, without a headset’s significant weight.
  • I didn’t terribly mind the reduced immersion outside of games. Movies and desktop windows opened at the proper size without edges cut off.
  • I carried on a conversation with several real human beings in a room and didn’t feel like I had tunnel vision.
  • You can’t see your hands unless they’re in your direct field of view, but the headset can track hands far outside that FoV. I could hit Beat Saber targets while looking an entirely different direction.
  • I got 32WPM touch typing on a keyboard that doesn’t physically exist. That’s less than a third my normal speed, but not bad for a first try.
Meta ditches the camera on its newest smart glasses
Hands-on

Audio-only Ray-Bans have arrived alongside more camera-equipped glasses. What’s missing? Privacy controls to address the ‘perv glasses’ backlash.

Victoria Song
The Beats 360 are what I’d bring to the gym if I hated earbuds

7

Verge Score

With swappable ear cushions and IPX4 water resistance, the Beats 360 should stand up better to sweat than most headphones.

John Higgins
Peloton is back with a ‘cheaper’ folding treadmill

Plus two other refreshed treadmills and a host of AI running features.

Victoria Song
The Mac Mini is still mighty, just not as cheap

It remains the best tiny computer you can buy, but $900 stings compared to the $600 of the last-gen.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Antonio G. Di Benedetto
What should we test on Apple’s ridiculous $12,299 Mac Studio?

That’s not a typo. The M5 Ultra Mac Studio Apple sent us for review is a doozie. It’s got a 36-core CPU and 80-core GPU, 256GB of RAM, and 4TB of storage, making it mind-bogglingly expensive.

Our regular benchmarks aren’t much of a challenge. So what would you like to see us throw at it?

The review configuration of the M5 Ultra Mac Studio, priced out on Apple’s site.
The review configuration of the M5 Ultra Mac Studio, priced out on Apple’s site.
The Apple Watch Series 12 is the start of a new wearable era

8

Verge Score

A surprisingly consequential update for the world’s most popular smartwatch.

Victoria Song
The iPhone 18 Pro: an ambitious new camera on the margins
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The Pro camera’s major upgrade offers minor image quality improvements — whether or not you know what an f-stop is.

Allison Johnson
The premium AirPods 5 are the best open-ear earbuds Apple has made

8

Verge Score

The $149 AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case have great ANC and finally add swipe volume controls.

John Higgins
The Dell XPS 13 is the first real competitor to the MacBook Neo

8

Verge Score

Even the base XPS 13 is an excellent laptop. But you’re still gonna want the 16GB model.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
The Steam Frame is made for irresponsible hardware nerds like me

5

Verge Score

Valve’s new headset is another joyous piece of early access hardware.

Sean Hollister
Hands-on with the foldable iPhone DuoHands-on with the foldable iPhone Duo
Allison Johnson and Dominic Preston