2025-02-28

Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

2025-03-05

AI Mode adds a dedicated search chatbot to Google

Google is shaking up Search. Again. Nearly a year after the company rolled out AI Overviews to everyone in the US, it's preparing to add a dedicated AI tab to its search engine. AI Mode is powere [...]

2025-02-13

Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 review: Incrementally better than its predecessor...again

We called 2023’s Galaxy Watch 6 a “modest upgrade” from the Galaxy Watch 5, which itself also got described as “very similar” to its predecessor, the Watch 4. So it’s perhaps not surprisin [...]

2025-04-07

Google AI Mode rolls out to more testers with new image search feature

Google is bringing AI Mode to more people in the US. The company announced on Monday it would make the new search tool, first launched at the start of last month, to millions of more Labs users across [...]

2025-04-22

Overwatch 2's frenetic Stadium mode is a new lease on life for my go-to game

I try to play as broad a swathe of games as I can, including as many of the major releases as I am able to get to. Baldur's Gate 3 garnered near-universal praise when it arrived in 2023, and I wa [...]

2025-05-01

Google prepares to start testing AI Mode with regular Search users

When Google debuted AI Mode at the start of March, the company promised to work quickly on bringing the feature to more users, and now it's doing exactly. Following a smaller expansion last month [...]

2025-02-27

iPhone 16e review: What's your acceptable compromise?

I’ve been traveling through time this week. Reviewing the iPhone 16e feels at once like I’m visiting my younger self and also forced to live in olden times, especially since I’ve been using an i [...]

2025-04-10

Google Pixel 9a review: Basic in just the right way

The push for the latest, greatest and most feature-packed gadgets often results in so much pressure that buying anything else can feel like self-betrayal. And while the Pixel 9a is technically a new d [...]

2025-03-18

Battle of the dirt-cheap tablets: Amazon Fire HD 8 vs. Walmart Onn 8

Apple’s iPads get all the headlines, and with good reason: They’ve long been considered the best tablets for most people. But none of them come cheap. For folks on a tighter budget, I’ve spent t [...]