Table of contents for July 2022 in Stuff UK

Hello and welcome to this holiday-themed issue of Stuff! The summer is here, promising over-rouged necklines, inappropriate shorts and sand you’ll be finding for months. And with millions of us looking forward to a proper getaway, we’ve rounded up some top holiday tech for various types of vacay – including tech to entertain kids, ideal gear for camping and, of course, a speaker you can use on the beach before you get told to turn it down by the people in the Panama hats with the striped windbreak. As part of our main feature we’ve also brought you a full review of the Sony WH-1000XM5 headphones. These have serious pedigree, with their predecessors having sat atop our Top Ten list for some time. Can they keep the plane-friendly noise-cancelling crown?…

True optical zoomery and a brighter 4K display put the best of Sony’s different divisions in one pocketable gadget • I’ll follow my secret smart Smartphones are so good these days, and competition so fierce, that standing out is all about marginal gains. A little unique feature here or there can be the difference between catching the eye and disappearing into the crowd with all the other glowing rectangles. So while the optical zoom on the Xperia 1 IV won’t make it a best-seller, it is something of a world first for a phone, offering continuous zoom from 85 to 125mm instead of using AI-assisted cropping for everything in between. That’s only a small range, but in theory it’ll offer better results than digital. • Rad vlogs and Englishmen And…

Is it a very unimaginative name for a dog? It is, but you’ll do well to train even the most faithful hound to do what FIDO does. It stands for Fast IDentity Online – and while that might sound drier than a box of biltong buried in the middle of the Sahara, it’s good news for anyone who uses ‘password1’ for all of their passwords. When you sign up for an account somewhere using FIDO, you’ll pick a username and then use your finger or face (or a PIN, if you avoid biometrics because you think The Man is out to get you) to authenticate. That’s it. Fair enough, but what’s so bad about passwords anyway? What’s good about them? They’re hard to remember and easy to steal – and…

SONOS GETS CHATTY Lot of Sonos speakers already work with Alexa and Google Assistant, but soon there’ll be a third option on the menu: Sonos Voice Control. Designed to be quicker than a third-party helper, it’s initially compatible with Sonos Radio, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer and Pandora, but there’s no word yet on when it’ll come to the UK. LINKBUDS GET SILENT There’s a new version of the Sony LinkBuds in-ear headphones that swaps the open ring design for active noise-cancelling. The LinkBuds S (£180) look very similar, just without the hole to let the outside world in; they come with Adaptive Sound Control, which automatically adjusts the audio depending on your environment. CANON GETS CROPPY Canon’s EOS R series was once full-frame only, but the new 32.5MP R7…

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NOW APP THESE TRIPIT TripIt does a great job of taking the dread out of travelling: just send it your various bookings and tickets and it will automatically create your itinerary, ensuring the paperwork and barcodes you need are right there when you need them. £free / Android, iOS GOOGLE & APPLE TRANSLATE If you have a recent Apple or Android phone, you might be surprised by how good the in-house translation app is: both Google and Apple offer real-time sorcery with speech and printed text. £free / Android, iOS MORE TECHY TRAVELLERS TILE PRO Here’s a simple way to avoid losing luggage: put a Tile in your case or bag and you can find it from a phone. Tile’s clever trackers come in a number of shapes and sizes,…

SIERRA DESIGNS FLEX CAPACITOR £165 / sierradesigns.com Whether you’re hiking to a country pub for lunch, summiting Snowdon or heading out on a multi-day self-supported adventure, you’re going to need a rucksack – and few designs can do it all quite like the Flex Capacitor. Why ‘Flex’? Because using six compression straps and a gusset across the front, the user can adjust its capacity from 40L to 60L and every size between. It’s a seriously versatile and cleverly executed innovation that means you’re always carrying a well-balanced bag, whether you need to be packing a tent or just a waterproof and enough snacks to get you through to teatime. Ain’t that a tough The main fabric is a mix of 100D and 420D ripstop nylon/polyester, which is tough and water-resistant,…

THE BASICS ■ Map things out You might not have travelled in a while. So de-fuzz your mind by getting the important stuff down: use mind-mapping and to-do apps to build lists for packing and activities; share documents with friends and family when heading somewhere as a group; and ideally, make sure checklists are reusable for other trips. ■ Get snappy You want to prove you really went somewhere – and will welcome such memories if Covid locks things down again. So make sure you can shoot great snaps wherever you are. Use a GorillaPod (joby.com) to attach your phone to any surface (or tree) – and maybe consider buying a selfie-stick. The latter might make you feel like an idiot, but they’re a boon for the solo traveller. ■…

Secretlab Titan Evo 2022 from £544 / stuff.tv/Evo2022 Secretlab is a well-respected name in gaming chair technology, with this flagship product showcasing just how comfortable a piece of nerd-furniture can be. It’s available in three upholstery options: Neo hybrid leatherette, SoftWeave fabric or the eye-wateringly expensive (like over £800) Napa leather. Whichever one you choose, it feels incredibly comfy thanks to a built-in back support, 4D armrests and a comfortable base for your hard-gaming jacksy. The lumbar support can be adjusted up and down as well as outwards, so you’re sure of the right fit for your spine. There’s also an exceptional magnetic head cushion that can be attached at several heights. An ideal alternative to awkward straps, the head cushion is the highlight of a well-designed chair. Elsewhere, a…

£249 / stuff.tv/Realme9 ■ The Realme 9’s Snapdragon 680 chipset feels just a little underpowered for 2022. Realme has tried to make up for that with 8GB of memory, which can be upped to 13GB using a trick called Dynamic RAM. It’ll smoothly jump between apps, but intense games struggle even at base settings. ■ The 108MP main camera is paired with an 8MP ultrawide and a 2MP macro… although that last one should be ignored in all but the very best-lit environments, as can the 16MP camera on the front. ■ Photos snapped in bright outdoor locations look good, with vibrant colours, warm skin tones and a fair amount of detail, but blur creeps in if there’s any hint of camera wobble. Clarity also drops when the light does,…

£709 / stuff.tv/Mini3Pro Donut of Truth™ 01 Great image performance for its size 02 The 34-minute battery life is plenty 03 That crucial anti-collision tech is excellent 04 Object tracking isn’t always reliable 05 Images at night are a bit grainy 06 The paltry onboard storage is almost useless DAY 01 Thanks to the sheer number of camera-toting drones on offer, there’s never been a better time to take up aerial photography or video; but a recent tightening of UK laws means you can’t legally fly many of them in ‘residential, recreational, commercial and industrial areas’ – ie: pretty much anywhere you’d want to. The only solution, unless you happen to own a few hundred acres of private countryside to play pilot in, is to buy a drone that’s under…

1 Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra from £1149 / stuff.tv/S22Ultra If you’re a tech-loving Android fan and can justify the outlay, this is the most fully-featured phone of the 2022 crop. The first ‘S’ model to have a built-in S Pen, it also offers a wonderfully sharp 6.8in QHD+ screen with super-smooth 120Hz scrolling and a stellar zoom camera, aided by a new neural processing unit that creates Samsung’s best pictures yet. Stuff says ★★★★★ This is the most capable smartphone you can currently buy ● NOW ADD THIS Samsung Smart View Flip Cover This clever case reveals a small portion of your display so you can do basic stuff without opening it. £26 / samsung.com ● TIPS & TRICKS ● Swipe up from the bottom of the screen for the app…

1 Apple Watch Series 7 from £369 / stuff.tv/WatchS7 If you’ve got an Apple Watch Series 3 or even earlier, upgrading to this one will be like walking into a lighting shop from a dark and foggy winter evening: the display is bigger and clearer, and there are new input options too. As a wearable it can’t be beaten simply because it does so much, especially if you’re into fitness; just bear in mind that it’s probably not worth upgrading from a Series 5 or 6 – and of course, its usefulness remains totally dependent on you having an iPhone. Stuff says ★★★★★ The mighty Apple Watch cements its place at the top of the wearable tree 2 Garmin Fenix 7 from £600/stuff.tv/Fenix7 If your budget stretches, the impressive mix of rugged…

1 Samsung QE65QN95A £1499 / stuff.tv/QN95A This is Samsung’s single most expensive current 4K telly (unless you buy a bigger version), but the pictures justify the outlay. The Korean giant’s implementation of the new Mini LED tech is, on this evidence, something to be reckoned with. It’s difficult to imagine how any of the new sets that are still to come this year could be better. Stuff says ★★★★★ This Mini LED television is a fearsomely accomplished set – and the one to beat ● NOW ADD THIS Samsung Q-Series soundbars Pairing your QLED with one of these is a stress-free way to get 3D object-based sound. from £399 / samsung.com ● TIPS & TRICKS ● You can configure this TV to work with the voice assistant of your choice,…

1 Amazon Echo (4th Gen) £90 / stuff.tv/Echo Having morphed from a cylinder to a sphere, the latest Echo is an excellent newsreader, weather forecaster, personal assistant and intercom straight out of the box; but it’s now also a capable speaker and a very accessible smart home hub. It doesn’t sound as good as the Sonos One for listening to music, but it’s significantly smarter and considerably cheaper too. Stuff says ★★★★★ An all-round upgrade that makes the Echo a smarter speaker than ever ● NOW ADD THIS Honeywell T6R This Zigbee-enabled thermostat is wireless so you can place it where it’s most convenient. £200 / amazon.co.uk ● TIPS & TRICKS ● The Echo’s built-in Zigbee hub can hook up hundreds of smart home devices without a bridge. ● Pair a…

1 Fujifilm X-T4 £1549 / stuff.tv/XT4 The Fuji X-T4 might be the high-end mirrorless camera of your dreams. Relatively affordable for a flagship, it excels at stills and video thanks to in-body image stabilisation, high-speed shooting and 4K recording at up to 60fps. Rapid shooting is backed up by fancy AF tricks that feel equally fast and reliable, and even the battery life goes above and beyond the usual standards. There’s no doubting this is a worthy successor to the already fabulous X-T3. Stuff says ★★★★★ A superbly capable mirrorless camera for shooting pretty much anything in style ● NOW ADD THIS Fujifilm XF 16-80mm f/4 This versatile lens covers a bigger zoom range than most and adapts to pretty much any requirements. £699 / wexphotovideo.com ● TIPS & TRICKS ●…

Big, expensive floorstanding speakers aren’t usually the kind of thing we’d honour with a place in the hallowed Hot Five… but it’s impossible not to make an exception for KEF’s LS60 Wireless. While most floorstanders are part of a system of separates, these metre-tall towers need nothing more than a power cable to get up and running, which makes this about the most minimalist hi-fi setup ever. The 1400W pairing requires no external amplification and there’s Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on board, with support for Spotify Connect, Tidal Connect, AirPlay 2 and Google Chromecast, so all you need to do is connect your phone and fire up your streaming app of choice. Of course, the old-fashioned inputs are still there if you want them: there’s RCA, coaxial, optical and even HDMI…

One of the joys of my life is that I get to work on many levels. You’ve got the broad musical themes, you’ve got the huge moments… but you’ve got all the subtleties as well – these ways of helping a director tell a story. When I started, the music would be in front of you. The speakers weren’t very good. Nowadays we have full-range speakers all around us – we can pinpoint sound with Dolby Atmos, and we can do that with confidence because we know people are getting better-equipped in their homes. We’re only just opening the door to what’s possible with Atmos. Dolby Atmos gives us the opportunity to play to so many different emotions. I can put a really quiet sound in the left and I…

A decade ago, Sonos didn’t even do a soundbar. Its debut effort, the Playbar, was introduced in 2013. That’s since been replaced by the Arc, an £899 bar with Dolby Atmos that has 11 internal speakers as well as Alexa and Google Assistant support; and there’s also the Beam, a still-premium £449 offering with five speakers and Atmos as well as many other smart features (we’ve recapped both Beam and Arc on p32). And now, enter the Ray. This is a compact model with four drivers that sits beneath the Beam and Arc, and is designed for smaller tellies and smaller rooms. It can even sit beneath your TV in a cabinet, since the sound is fired forwards rather than to the sides. Broadly speaking, it has two key differences…

SONY WH-1000XM5 £379 / stuff.tv/WHXM5 We are huge, huge fans of the Sony WH-1000XM4 headphones. They’re like dipping your feet in the surf after a heavy night on the tiles. Indeed, they’re so good that nobody has been able to displace them from the top of our best headphones list (see p85) over the last TWO YEARS. So does the 2022 version up the game or merely fiddle with a winning formula a bit? The key thing that has changed is the overall design, which is fairly fundamental. But while the look is new, they’re almost exactly the same weight as the XM4s: there’s hardly any fatigue when wearing them for long periods. The recycled plastic material used in the earcups is nice to the touch, as is the synthetic…

ECOFLOW DELTA MINI £999 / uk.ecoflow.com “I’m on 10%, does anyone have a phone charger I can borrow?” There’s always one – well, OK, there are usually about 10 – and while phone batteries and powerbanks have improved beyond recognition, the person with the spare juice always wins the day. If you arm yourself with the Ecoflow Delta Mini, you could be heading for hero status by Sunday lunchtime. This 882Wh mobile power station has a max continuous output of 1400W, so you could bring a hairdryer and microwave with you if you wanted. It has a peak output of 2200W, so maybe also pack a cordless kettle, or a smoothie maker? It’ll keep a mini fridge powered for 12hrs straight and happily charge your laptop too… although why on…

NOW APP THESE DISNEY+ A lifesaver for family holidays: if you’re a subscriber, Disney+ allows you to download as many films as your device can store. You can play them offline for up to 30 days before you need to go online and authorise them again. £7.99/m / disneyplus.com SKETCHBOOK This wonderful sketching app for phones and tablets doesn’t blast your kids with ads. Instead it provides superb drawing tools in a package that’s simple enough for very young children and powerful enough for arty adults. £free / Android, iOS MORE YOUTHFUL USEFULS AMAZON KINDLE KIDS This sprog-friendly version of Amazon’s excellent e-reader comes with a choice of four fun covers, a two-year no-quibble guarantee that includes accidental damage replacement, and a year of Amazon Kids+. Best of all, as…

◼ Rocket can Samsung’s Smart TV platform is one of the most widely supported out there, so you can stream directly from native apps such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer and YouTube. ◼ Can in the mirror The Freestyle lets you connect your phone for big-screen viewing on the go. You can do this via the SmartThings app or straight from your iPhone via AirPlay 2. Mirroring the screen of a recent Galaxy phone needs one tap. ◼ A can needs to be told This is a powerful projector, but it’s also a smart speaker and an obedient voice assistant. The built-in mics are pretty good at hearing your commands, whether you’re using Alexa or Samsung’s own Bixby. ◼ This charming can There’s also an…

GOOGLE STREET VIEW Whether you use Street View in Google Maps or its own dedicated app, it provides a handy way to explore a city before you rock up. You can swipe through 360° snaps, spotting landmarks to help aid your later real-world travels. £free / Android, iOS CITYMAPPER This app’s a classic for good reason. Assuming you’re in one of the hundred or so supported cities, it’s a superb aid for getting around. The app digs into all available modes of transport, and you can even subscribe to favourite bus or train routes if that’s your thing. £free / Android, iOS MAPLESS Not keen on apps alerting you about every turn on your route? But also not keen on ending up hopelessly lost? Have Mapless turn your life into…

Elden Ring With hundreds of hours of exploration, it’s easy to lose whole days to farming runes and fighting huge bosses. The game may be painful but your posture shouldn’t be. Red Dead Redemption 2 Still easy to dip back into when you feel like living out your cowboy fantasies, this is the ideal game to spend a cloudy day playing. Or even a sunny one. Apex Legends A battle royale game, Apex Legends never truly ends – so it’s easy to lose a few hours blasting away without even noticing you’ve forgotten to eat, sleep and go to the toilet.…

◼ Performance OnePlus likes to pride itself on speedy operating systems and, thanks to the Dimensity 1300 and OxygenOS 12, things really do fly along – there’s no slowdown and only the occasional bit of shutter lag. ◼ Peace Once again you get the OnePlus alert slider, a physical control for flipping between silent and vibrate modes. It beats software controls when you’re in a meeting, as you don’t need to take your phone out of your pocket. ◼ Pictures Photos are generally pretty great, and things only really fall apart a little in low light – despite the new Dimensity chip being supposedly more capable on that front. The new 32MP selfie-cam also takes some great shots. ◼ Pep One of the 2T’s very best features is its display:…

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1 Hammerhead Karoo 2 £352 / stuff.tv/Karoo2 For ages cycling computers have been held back by outdated tech… but Hammerhead’s sharp screen really is a gamechanger, and effectively running a tiny Android phone inside a custom case feels like a no-brainer. The 3.2in display is a delight, helping you spot new trails branching off from routes, all with the nostalgic feel of an early smartphone. Navigating with swipes and taps is intuitive (and works with gloves), and the software is constantly updated with helpful nips and tucks. Stuff says ★★★★★ At last, a bike computer for the 21st century – Wahoo and Garmin appear to have missed a trick here 2 Wattbike Atom £1999 / stuff.tv/WBAtom This is no beginner bike, but if you’re looking to improve your cycling form at home…

1 Sennheiser Ambeo Soundbar £2199 / stuff.tv/AmbeoSoundbar Utterly convincing Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 3D sound, ample power and lots of inputs mean no other soundbar currently available can perform feats with the solidity and confidence of this Sennheiser. The sheer room-filling scale of this device’s sound is remarkable, and it’s hard to think of any content that wouldn’t benefit from being Ambeo’d. That’s why, as well as being the biggest and the most expensive, it’s the best you can buy. Stuff says ★★★★★ The Ambeo Soundbar is a big unit but the sound it makes is bigger still 2 Sonos Arc £899 / stuff.tv/SonosArc Don’t expect this soundbar to do everything a multi-speaker Dolby Atmos setup can do, but its up-firing and side-firing drivers give a real sense of cinematic scale. See…

1 Amazon Echo Dot (4th Gen) from £50 / stuff.tv/Dot This fabric-covered take on Marvin the paranoid android in disguise as a Magic 8-Ball feels playful yet classical. It can’t match a full-size smart speaker for audio, but as a little radio and an Alexa assistant for the bedside table or kitchen worktop, this cutey gets the job done. It’s worth paying £10 more for the ‘with Clock’ version, which adds extra functionality beyond telling the time. Stuff says ★★★★★ With the optional clock, this is our favourite bedside wondergadget ● NOW ADD THIS Sportlink Wall Mount This minimalist acrylic mount for the Dot will keep it clear from wet surfaces in the bathroom or kitchen. £11 / amazon.co.uk ● TIPS & TRICKS ● Fed up of yelling? Alexa’s voice can…

That’s a very subtle bit of kit… What else would you expect from a band that wanted to call their first album Metal Up Your Ass? A nice sensible deck with a little logo in one corner? The members of Metallica might be nearly old enough for bus passes these days but they’ve not exactly mellowed in their senior years – and this collaboration with Pro-Ject is proof of that. Made to mimic the band’s ninja star logo, which was designed by frontman James Hetfield and first appeared on the back of 1996’s Load, we’re going to go out on a limb and say this is the most metal turntable ever made. MADE TO MIMIC THE BAND’S NINJA STAR LOGO, IT’S THE MOST METAL TURNTABLE EVER Really? What’s it made…

from €300,000 / wiesmann.com What the flip…? No, this isn’t some resurrected barn find. ‘Project Thunderball’ is an all-new electric roadster from sports car specialist Wiesmann, combining German engineering with a very strong whiff of British elegance. And it looks set to beat the mainstream car makers to the punch as the first ground-up convertible to run on battery power. (Yes, the Tesla Roadster was a thing, but that was really a Lotus underneath.) Is it proper sporty, then? It should be. This car is pretty light, weighing less than 1800kg, with much of the body being crafted from carbon fibre. Twin electric rear-mid motors will deliver up to 500kW (or 680hp) to the rear wheels, and that should deliver a power-to-weight ratio of 2.5kg per horse. So it seems…

Fancy zooming down the towpath with near-zero effort? You need an e-bike! And we’ve got a cracker for you to win this month: the Bergamont Paul-E EQ Edition is worth £2699 so it isn’t just any e-bike – it’s among the best. And it’s foldable, meaning it can be easily carried on other means of transport if you really have to. Combining top tech with a compact yet premium 20in folding chassis, this German-designed electric steed has a Shimano drive system, foldable pedals, Shimano hydraulic disc brakes and Schwalbe Big Apple tyres, plus a removable Shimano 504Wh battery for easy charging. The idea behind the Bergamont Paul-E is that cycling is the key to improved urban mobility: it’s designed to be compact enough to take anywhere, with great handling and…

PANASONIC LUMIX GH6 £1999 / panasonic.com As far as shooting video is concerned, we think the Panasonic GH6 may be the best small camera on the planet. This mirrorless marvel uses the Micro Four Thirds system, and its compact sensor means you can bolt on a high-quality lens without the whole setup getting back-breakingly heavy – perfect for accompanying you in exploring an unfamiliar city. The classic DSLR shape makes it a joy to use, with all the buttons right where they need to be. There’s also powerful in-body image stabilisation to keep things steady when shooting handheld, two card slots to provide plenty of storage, and options for effective face and body detection to help the autofocus system stay locked onto the right things. Let it pro Movies are…

NOW APP THESE BEACH CHECK UK ‘UK’ is a tad misleading – for now this app only covers the south of England – but if that’s the area you want to visit then it’s a useful tool for seeing how congested beaches are and, crucially, whether you can bring the dog. £free / Android, iOS OCEARCH Sharks in your area are waiting to meet you! Or at least, they are if you’re off to America this year. Ocearch has tagged lots of great whites, the ocean’s top predators, and its app enables you to track and virtually meet them. £free / Android, iOS MORE BEACHY BUYS OLYMPUS TOUGH TG-6 Fancy taking some photos of seaweed? This Olympus has you covered, as it’s waterproof to 15m and double-glazed to stop the…

£1049 / stuff.tv/X5Pro ■ At £1049, Oppo’s Find X5 Pro is the same price as an Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, so expectations are rightfully high. It runs Android 12, spiced up with the slick wallpapers and fancy always-on display options offered by Oppo’s ColorOS. ■ With the most powerful Android CPU available – the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 – it goes without saying that the Find X5 Pro is extremely nippy, running multiple apps and games with no problems. Thanks to some fancy storage-to-RAM conversion tricks, its 12GB of RAM can also be boosted by 7GB. ■ All three rear cameras can take stunning pics. In good conditions shots are bright and detailed, with balanced lighting to capture shadows and highlights. Selfies and portraits are impressive too, and night…

Amazon Fire HD 10 What’s the story? This is a big-screened Android tablet designed to showcase Amazon’s growing suite of content, from Audible to Kindle and Prime Video. It’s also an Alexa-enabled tab that turns into an Echo Show, and supports Disney+, Netflix and others. It misses out on the Google Play Store, so you get your apps using the Amazon Appstore. But while it won’t run as many apps as rivals running full-fat Android, it packs ace specs for the price. Is it any good? A chunky tab with a big, immersive screen and stereo speakers for a bargain price – that’s the Fire HD 10 in a nutshell. It looks less fancy than the other tabs on test, but the rounded corners are nicely comfortable to hold and…

FIRST ADD THESE… ONE OWC USB-C TRAVEL DOCK It’s easy to turn your Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra into a DeX-powered workstation: just hook it up to a monitor, keyboard and mouse with this nifty USB-C dock. You can now work across windows with Samsung’s desktop interface for ultimate productivity from your pocketable powerhouse. £54 / flexxmemory.co.uk TWO SAMSUNG CLEAR STANDING COVER With a glorious screen that’s perfect for movies, a case that props the S22 Ultra up makes sense. Samsung’s official clear case is a TPU shell that perfectly angles it in either landscape or portrait orientation, thanks to a spring-loaded kickstand – excellent for film-watching, video-calling or hands-free TikTokking. £17 / samsung.com THREE NOTHING EAR (1) Fancy wireless-charging earbuds to go with your wireless-charging phone? Here’s a nifty pair…

Even if you don’t get the willies playing Evil Dead, the survivor characters certainly will. Fear has its own gauge that you have to try to control, ideally by sticking together with other teammates but also by staying in light areas, or carrying matches to activate extra light sources. If your fear gauge gets very high, not only does that affect your vision in the game HUD, but it also makes your location known to the demon player, who can then stalk you in the shadows and create even more traps. Players with high fear levels are also susceptible to being possessed – which the demon player is free to mess around with, either by having them attack other players, wasting their ammo or just sending them wandering off in…

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1 Sony WH-1000XM4 £279 / stuff.tv/WHXM4 With their balance of wearability, active noise-cancelling prowess and audio performance, nothing could touch Sony’s XM3s… until the XM4s came along. They look and sound almost identical, but with a range of added features including the clever Speak-to-Chat. If you’re happy with your XM3s, it’s tough to justify the upgrade; but it’s hard to see these over-ears being knocked off their perch now… except, perhaps, by the new XM5s reviewed on p36. They’re £100 more, but they are fantastic. Stuff says ★★★★★ Not counting the incoming XM5s, these are the best all-round noise-cancelling headphones you can buy 2 Bowers & Wilkins PX7 £249 / stuff.tv/PX7 B&W’s second ANC headphones place greater emphasis on comfort and are all the better for it, while the noise-killing is as…

1 GoPro Hero10 Black £330 / stuff.tv/H10B At a glance it’s almost impossible to tell the Hero10 Black apart from its predecessor. Each is a little box with screens front and rear, and a lens housing that juts out. Under the hood, however, GoPro has truly levelled up its latest action camera – and much of that is down to the new GP2 processor. It’s more responsive and captures better images in all lighting conditions, while ‘nice to have’ features (better livestreaming and webcam support, faster wireless and wired transfer of video) iron out some old issues. Stuff says ★★★★★ Beefed-up internals make the Hero10 Black a nippy, powerful, polished action cam 2 DJI Air 2S £861 / stuff.tv/Air2S DJI’s laurels remain assuredly un-rested-upon, and this may be its best drone yet:…