Covering a camera lens with a piece of tape has always felt like the easiest privacy trick there is. It has worked on laptops, dashcams, and doorbell cameras for years, and for a while it worked on smart glasses too. Meta just spent an entire newsroom Q&A explaining why that trick no longer works on […]
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Most fitness trackers force a trade. You either wear something sporty and obvious, or you go without the data. Lumysi wants to erase that choice with a titanium bracelet that hides its sensors behind jewelry styling and still promises a full week of battery life. Price: From $179 Where to Buy: Kickstarter The project is
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Google just confirmed it: intelligent eyewear with Gemini AI is arriving this fall, built in partnership with Samsung, Gentle Monster, and Warby Parker. When it lands, it will compete directly with Meta Ray-Ban at flagship prices. Right now, before that launch reshapes the category, AI smart glasses under $100 are already delivering real utility. The
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Want to track runs and hikes with real GPS, without charging a watch every night? That usually starts around $250 with a Garmin or Apple Watch. Anything cheaper tends to borrow your phone’s GPS, die in a day, or quietly drop features. Price: $44.99 Where to Buy: Amazon The Blackview W80 Pro (ASIN B0GX1V2Q6D) breaks
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A good smartwatch for women doesn’t have to cost a week’s paycheck. The Fitpolo AR-01 proves it with a sharp, round 1.3-inch AMOLED display, solid everyday fitness tracking, and call-handling smarts for under $50. That is less than what most people spend on dinner out. It looks like a real watch, not a toy, and
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The Gadgeteer is attending Snapdragon Summit 2026. Here is what to expect from Qualcomm’s next phone chip, XR plans, audio, wearables, PCs, and AI devices.
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Samsung’s next Ultra watch rumor isn’t really about the shape of the case. It’s about whether Samsung is finally ready to make its biggest Galaxy Watch…
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If XREAL Aura is the future of XR glasses, then the future is finally starting to look less ridiculous. It’s also still priced like a bet, not a normal gadget recommendation. That’s the tension XREAL has created with Aura. On paper, these are exactly the kind of extended reality glasses I want the industry to
The Fitbit Inspire 3 is the fitness tracker to buy when you want health and activity data without wearing a full smartwatch. Amazon has the Midnight Zen and black model at $66.45 right now, down from a typical $99.95 list price. The deal works because the Inspire 3 still covers the basics that matter: 24/7
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Eight live Amazon gadget deals across EDC, audio, computing, smart home, power, sustainability, and wearables.
Monday Madness: 8 Amazon Deals Across EDC, Audio, Computing, and Smart Home Read More
Most gadgets don’t ship with a charging problem. They ship with a charging ritual you slowly stop noticing, right up until the battery quits at the worst possible time. Price: $59 Where to Buy: Meta Smart glasses moved that ritual somewhere strange. You wear them out, fold them into a case, let the case pull
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The HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Pro has no business looking this good at this price. Titanium bezels and 2.5D sapphire glass are the kind of materials you expect on watches that start at $500, yet HUAWEI ships them on a fitness wearable that costs £249.99. Fifth generations into the Fit line, the formula is locked
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The best Prime Day deals usually don’t show up on Day 1. They show up on Day 3, when the flagship banners have sold through and the picks left standing are the ones that earned their spot on price, not placement. We’ve been tracking Prime Day 2026 all week across the Day 1 deals, cameras,
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Smart glasses used to be a $1,500 punchline. This Prime Day, you can walk away with a 4K capture pair for $69.99 or an AR rig that gives your Steam Deck a giant private screen, and the deals run live through June 26. We’ve pulled seven Prime Day 2026 smart glasses worth your cart space,
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The Ray-Ban Meta line proved AI glasses could actually sell. Now Meta wants the next wave branded as Meta itself, and that’s the real story behind today’s launch. Price: $299 Where to Buy: Meta On June 23, 2026, Meta and EssilorLuxottica introduced Meta Glasses, a brand-new AI eyewear line that starts at $299 and ships
$299 buys a pair of Meta’s new AI glasses, and the Ray-Ban logo is gone Read More
Prime Day 2026 is live, and Amazon’s summer sale runs from today, June 23, through Friday, June 26. Four days to lock in deal prices on smartwatches before stock thins out. We pulled seven picks worth your cart, from sub-$30 budget watches to Samsung’s newest flagship. Every price below was confirmed at the time of
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Most people thought Apple would lead on face computers, the way it did with tablets and smartwatches. That changed in the past three weeks. Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter reported that Apple pushed its first AI glasses from early 2027 to late 2027. A cheaper Vision Air model slipped to 2028 or 2029. At the
Apple’s Smart Glasses Slipped to Late 2027 and Google’s Are Shipping This Fall Read More
The next few months might be the most important stretch for wearables and foldables in years. Apple, Garmin, and Samsung are all lining up major releases between July and October 2026, and if you’re thinking about buying a smartwatch or a foldable phone right now, the timing genuinely matters. Some of the most anticipated upgrades
Don’t Buy a Smartwatch or Foldable Right Now: Here’s What’s Coming This Fall Read More
Smart glasses keep getting smaller. Xpanceo is skipping the frames altogether. The Dubai-based deep tech company is building a smart contact lens that puts a screen, health sensors, and wireless power right on your eye. After a $250 million funding round and a year of public demos, the first full version is set for an
Xpanceo’s Smart Contact Lens Is Coming in Early 2027, Here’s What We Know Read More
Your desk is a graveyard of half-finished upgrades. A charger that almost replaces three, a wallet you keep meaning to slim down, a speaker you bought before the open-stack rivals showed up. Most of the gear in this category quietly assumes you’ll settle. The ten picks below don’t. Every one of these landed in the
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