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Reviews
Polk Command Bar review: A fantastic sound bar that happens to have Alexa
At a press conference last month, renowned home audio brand Sonos made a big deal out of how its sound bar with built-in Alexa is going to change smart speakers and sound bars …
Cavalier Maverick review: Everything the Amazon Echo should be
Amazon invented the smart speaker market out of thin air when it first launched the Amazon Echo. Since Alexa first found her way into kitchens across the country, a host of other big …
This is the best robot vacuum money can buy
It’s 2018, and many things that once involved manual labor and human effort have been turned into an app. In my increasingly smart apartment, I can yell to turn the lights down, lock …
Nanoleaf Rhythm Edition review: Smart home lighting with a colorful twist
If you throw a rock in a home improvement store you’ll hit at least two dozen different home lighting solutions. There’s smart bulbs and dumb bulbs, island lights and track lighting, and so …
Huawei MateBook X Pro review: A laptop you absolutely have to try
I wouldn’t blame you if you had no idea that Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant that’s making plenty of waves in the mobile business right now, manufactures Windows laptops. But the fact is …
Doogee Mix 2 review: A huge screen, four cameras, and a couple of compromises
It’s been a very interesting year for smartphones. Samsung’s Galaxy line is hitting new highs while Apple’s iPhone X broke new ground with its edge-to-edge-to-edge display and sky-high price. But while these flagships …
HTC Vive Tracker review: A new way to experience virtual reality
The promise of virtual reality has always been to escape the bounds of your living room or office and enjoy an entirely new world where the same rules don’t apply. High-end VR headsets …
Razer Phone review: How to build a smartphone for gamers
Aside from the occasional tiny Chinese manufacturer, you really don’t see all that many new competitors in the smartphone space these days. There’s a couple of obvious reasons for that, of course, not …
Xiaomi Mi Note 3 review: What if the iPhone 8 ran Android?
Xiaomi has always had a somewhat unpredictable strategy when it comes to their mobile devices. Wild designs like the Mi Mix stand out the most, but the company’s smartphone lineup is packed with …
