This Month
This camera is an ode to vintage filmmaking – but it comes at a price
The retro-minded Instax mini Evo Cinema is what you might get if you crossed an old Polaroid with a Super 8 from the 1970s, but it’s costly formats could put you off.
This $3499 laptop gets the heart right, but not the soul
New Intel chips are finally making Windows laptops competitive with Apple’s MacBooks. But HP fails to press home the advantage with the OmniBook 7.
Is this TV worth the $42,000 price tag?
Samsung’s newfangled MR95F lives up to its promise of subtle, true-to-life colours, but it’s not the future of television.
Why we won’t leave home without the EcoFlow Delta 3 Max Plus
The only question we have about EcoFlow’s new portable power station is this: is one of them enough?
Apple’s $899 MacBook Neo v $1799 Air – can you spot the differences?
The new budget laptop is so good and so cheap that the tech titan may have shot its previous cheapest model in the head – and itself in the foot.
These 3 giant leaps will change the way we use our smartphones
In an era when device updates are mostly incremental and often boring, Samsung has come up with multiple ways to get you excited again.
Why this sports watch is unlike any others on the market
Garmin’s legendary Fenix 8 excels at high-performance activities. But, like most performances, it doesn’t hurt to rehearse with it first.
February
First hands on with the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s new privacy screen
The hottest new feature in Samsung’s hottest new phone is like something out of the movies.
This pizza oven looks gorgeous, even if you don’t know how to use it
The Gozney Dome Gen 2 might cook a pizza in seconds, but it takes its sweet time to heat up.
Just because it can climb doesn’t mean Roborock’s Saros 20 will climb
You might be surprised how many areas in your home have a small step that stops robovacs in their tracks.
So far, so very good: Intel’s fightback against Apple
MSI’s excellent Prestige 14 Flip AI+ laptop is an early example of what we can expect from the latest generation of Intel-based devices.
This laptop was designed for schoolkids – then things got complicated
Lenovo’s top-of-the-range Chromebook has not one but three operating systems – which comes with pros and cons.
One thing Tim Cook could do for the iPad Pro today
The Apple CEO might be under fire for his politics, but that doesn’t mean he can’t improve Apple’s software policies and make the iPad Pro what it should be.
The mega barbecue that showed us why Australians love cooking outside
With the right preparation (and added extras), the Broil King Regal Q 690 PRO is a mean machine for summer entertaining.
January
Oura’s new wearable is great (even if the company isn’t)
The latest ring from the controversial Finnish health-tracking company is about as set-and-forget as a tracker could be.
December 2025
Our favourite new gadgets of 2025 solved old problems
The column you’ve all been waiting for! The last Digital Life of the year, where we list the gadgets in 2025 we’ve been on tenterhooks for.
Here’s why this is one of our favourite gadgets of the year
There are plenty of better, more-expensive 3D printers out there, but there is something about Bambu Lab’s new P2S we absolutely love.
The superb night-vision security camera that barks like a dog
The Aqara Camera Hub G5 Pro is a very high-quality, Internet of Things (IoT) camera that also works as a very full-featured IoT hub.
November 2025
Hopeless at finding your belongings? This gadget is here to help
Journey’s LOC8 has come out with Bluetooth beacons that work on both iPhones and Android phones. But only one of those choices works well.
Dreame just solved the number one problem in robovacs
It’s not just your house that will stay clean with the new Matrix10 Ultra. The docking station will stay clean, too.
