iOS 12 was announced at WWDC, and is currently available as a Public Beta. It will run on the same iPads and iPhones as iOS 11 – none drop off this time around – and the final version’s release date has been confirmed to be 17 September. We’re sure Apple is hopeful the new version will turn around the company’s recent bad luck with the mobile operating system. iOS 11 hasn’t been a walk in the park, with several patches released to address bugs in TouchID, FaceID, unresponsive touchscreens and performance issues....

As expected, Apple has updated its affordable base iPad model for a new 2021 edition that delivers improved performance at the same – surprisingly competitive – price. The design may be unchanged, but upgrades to the storage, chipset, and front-facing camera should help keep this new 10.2in iPad an excellent budget tablet option. Read our full iPad 2021 review . When does the new iPad come out? Apple unveiled the updated 10....

At a Glance Our Verdict It’s clear that the iPad Air 2 and Hudl 2 are miles apart when it comes to price and design, but the Hudl 2 really does put up a fight when it comes to specs despite its incredibly low price tag. If you’re even Considering opting for the Hudl 2 then we’d urge you to do so to save at least £300. However, the iPad Air 2 is a stunning, speedy and powerful piece of kit that will offer a better experience if you’re looking to play games or run power hungry apps....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The iPhone 7 Plus is an excellent phone. It’s Apple’s best yet, but it is also Apple’s most expensive yet, with a huge starting price. In some respects, the upgrades seem to justify this, but at the same time some features are arguably only catching up with what the competition has been offering for a while now – water-resistance for one. Taken as a whole, the performance, battery life, camera quality and stereo speakers are all compelling reasons to upgrade....

At a Glance Our Verdict Now the iPhone 7 and 8 are the older models but still on sale, they are the most affordable smartphones still available straight from Apple. There’s a vast choice when it comes to price, storage and specs but we recommend the iPhone 8 in 64GB to get a sweet spot of those things – as well as better longevity compared to the older 7. Best Prices Today: Apple iPhone 8 Apple’s line-up of phones for 2018 is entirely X-series, but you can still buy older models to save a fair chunk of money....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The UV500 isn’t the fastest or cheapest drive around but will last a long time thanks to tried and tested technology. It’s also well suited to anyone needing to comply with data protection laws. This SSD, available in a range of capacities, will be a reliable workhorse if that’s what you need. Best Prices Today: Kingston UV500 With NVMe technology eating up the SSD market, the market for traditional SATA SSD technology has undergone a difficult transformation in the past year....

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Powerful 13th-gen Intel CPU Affordable Excellent keyboard Cons Only one USB-C port Heavy design Poor battery life Excessive Bloatware Our Verdict A powerful processor and a discrete video card are impressive at this cost, and for those who want portable 1080p gaming, the LOQ is an excellent choice. Battery capacity is its achilles’ heel, and the limited amount of time it affords you away from a power socket....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The P10 is ultimately a fairly budget tablet, with lightweight specs, old software, and a simple feature set, masked in part by slick-but-simple design that leaves it looking and feeling more premium than it really is. If it wasn’t for the included dock, this would be fairly unremarkable, so it’s really only worth buying if the idea of a tablet that doubles as an Echo Show really speaks to you....

Lenovo’s Yoga range might’ve helped popularise the 2-in-1, but the range includes other types of laptop these days. In fact, none of the six new Windows 11 devices in the Yoga lineup can turn into a tablet. That might sound like a bad thing, but it’s simply not necessary on creator-focused Yoga Pro laptops. They’re headlined by the Pro 9i, the most powerful Yoga laptop Lenovo has ever made. Available in 14....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The G8 ThinQ has plenty going for it, but unfortunately not in the areas that count for most Consumers. The display and audio support are both among the best in the industry, but bland design and a so-so camera let it all down. LG seems to hope that gimmicks like Hand ID and gesture controls will set the G8 apart from its rivals, but if they do, it won’t be in the way the company wants....

Following the Mi Note 10 that was announced in Spain in November, Xiaomi has confirmed that a cheaper Mi Note 10 Lite will also be made available during today’s global launch event . Famed for being the world’s first 108Mp cameraphone, this Lite model drops that headline spec in favour of a 64Mp quad-lens camera, but all other specifications remain the same, including the huge 5,260mAh battery with 30W fast charging, Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G processor, and expansive 6....

Microsoft Office began life all the way back in 1990, predating widespread availability of the internet. It’s undergone a variety of changes in that time, but maintained the same name until 2022. That’s when Microsoft announced that it would be rebranding standalone versions of Office apps to ‘Microsoft 365’, matching what we saw with the company’s productivity-focused subscription service in 2020. At its most basic, paying regularly gets you access to Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote and Publisher, plus Teams for communication and Outlook for email....

If the last few months are anything to go by, it looks like ARM-based chips are the the future. Until November 2020, Qualcomm was the only major components manufacturer to released ARM-based laptops, with a handful of devices powered by the company’s Snapdragon 8cx SoC. Microsoft’s SQ1 chip was heavily based on this, and made its debut on the hit-and-miss Surface Pro X in 2019, before a successor arrived a year later....

After months of teasing and a steady stream of leaks, the Surface Duo finally went on sale in the US in September 2020. We had to wait until February 2021 for the device to arrive in the UK, but it’s now available to buy in a total of 14 countries. Microsoft’s very first Surface phone sports a radically different design to most handsets, with dual 5.6in screens that fold in on each other....

At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Good battery life for Wear OS Solid smartwatch experience Gets new emergency and fall detection modes Dual mode display Cons Slightly bland design Blend of Google and Mobvoi software Sluggish GPS Not the latest Wear OS Our Verdict The TicWatch Atlas offers a solid Wear OS experience along with strong battery life, but doesn’t really do a huge amount differently from the very similar and cheaper TicWatch Pro 5 Enduro....

A little over a year on from the introduction of the original Motorola Edge, the company has just unveiled the Edge 20 lineup, initially consisting of three high-end devices in the Motorola Edge 20, Edge 20 Lite and Edge 20 Pro (with the Edge 20 Fusion arriving a tad later). While none of these devices feature Qualcomm’s best and brightest Snapdragon 888 chipset, high-performance silicon is still at play that renders (some of) these handsets as Motorola’s newest flagship phones....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Sensibly powered for great games action, while remaining portable and comfortable to use, the GE62 is only compromised by tricky upgrade potential and disappointing battery life. It has a great display and respectable keyboard for gaming, and crucially plays games at high detail without distress. Best Prices Today: MSI GE62 2QD Apache Pro The GE62 2QD gaming laptop hides its frame well, since the bare specification of 2....

Google has skipped Wi-Fi 6 entirely and updated its mesh Wi-Fi for 2022 by releasing the Nest Wifi Pro with Wi-Fi 6E. Of course, it does support Wi-Fi 6, as well older Wi-Fi 5 (and previous) devices. Quite a few details about the new routers were leaked ahead of its launch, which came with no fanfare whatsoever: Google simply added the Nest Wifi Pro to its web store. Available in four colours: Snow, Linen, Fog and Lemongrass, you’ll be able to match your mesh Wi-Fi system to other Google devices such as the Pixel Buds Pro , Nest Doorbell (battery) and Pixel 7 ....

At a Glance Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Netatmo’s thermostat is relatively basic, lacking any kind of presence detection, but it works well and is one of the cheaper options. The display lets you adjust temperature and nothing else, so you’ll need a compatible phone or tablet to get the most from the system. Best Prices Today: Netatmo Smart Thermostat There are essentially two types of smart thermostat. One controls the heating in the entire house and the other lets you adjust temperature in different zones....

When Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein came out in 1818, she most likely couldn’t have imagined that 200 years later, 21st-century audiences would still be drawn to her story. Netflix and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is the latest revival of the Victorian character that refuses to stay dead. This fresh adaptation (which just dropped ) arrives at a time when monsters in horror are no longer just scary figures, but complex characters carrying human emotions....