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There’s now a cheaper Retroid Pocket Flip 2 available, but here’s why you shouldn’t buy it

Nick Fernandez / Android Authority TL;DR The Dimensity 1100 edition of the Retroid Pocket Flip 2 will go up for sale later today. With the 72-hour early bird discount, it costs $50 less than the Snapdragon 865 version. The D1100 is powerful enough for PS2, but the SD865 has better driver support. The release of the Retroid Pocket Flip 2 earlier this year was rocky to say the least, with the looming threat of tariffs and halted shipping marring what was otherwise one of the most anticipated A

Score the high-end Bose QuietComfort headphones at their lowest 2025 price

Bose is offering an eye-catching discount on its QuietComfort Headphones in the Prime Day sale, knocking the price down to $199 from the usual $349. This is the best price yet for 2025, meaning you’re saving 43% off the recommended retail price. If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your listening experience, this might be your chance. Bose QuietComfort Headphones for $199 (43% off) Among other hues, the Bose QuietComfort headphones come in a unique Chilled Lilac color — a limited edition tha

This sunrise alarm clock improved my sleep routine, and it's $30 off for Prime Day

ZDNET's key takeaways The Hatch Restore 3 retails for $170 and comes in three neutral colors. It has a new design with bigger buttons and an upgraded app with more bedtime routines. The device is rather large, and you'll have to pay for a monthly subscription to utilize the app's whole experience. $169.99 at Amazon $169.99 at Target $169.99 at Best Buy more buying choices The Hatch Restore 3 is $30 off for Amazon's Prime Day sales event, making it cost just $140. Also: The best Prime Day dea

The Kindle Paperwhite is my favorite E Ink reader right now (and on sale for Prime Day)

ZDNET's key takeaways The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition is on sale for $149. I've been testing the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, which features the fastest performance yet and up to 12 weeks of battery life; alternatively, the 16 GB Kindle Paperwhite is available for $125. Remember that Amazon's promise of up to 12 weeks of battery life assumes 30 minutes of daily use with wireless off. $199.99 at Amazon $199.99 at Target $199.99 at Best Buy more buying choices The Amazon Kindle

Amazon Is Going All In, Apple Watch Ultra 2 Drops to a Price That’s Sure to Make Apple Furious

Prime Day always offers deep discounts on the whole Apple lineup, just not iPhones. This year is no exception with huge discounts on AirPods, iPads, MacBooks, AirTags… and even the new Apple Watch Ultra 2! Even with its recent launch and best-seller status, Amazon is offering a Prime members-only deal on the Apple Watch Ultra 2 that has never been offered before: For just $649, down from $799, this is the Apple Watch Ultra 2 (with GPS and Cellular, 49mm) lowest price ever. Even if you’re not a

Samsung’s event spoiled by massive last-minute leak

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event is just one day away, but a new leak may have just revealed even more details and images of the company’s upcoming devices. In a series of posts on Bluesky, reliable leaker Roland Quandt shared a whole bunch of marketing materials that suggest Samsung is dropping support for the S-Pen on its slimmed-down Z Fold 7. Th

Apple Watch Series 10 sees a record discount to just $379.99

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority There’s nothing quite like a solid tech deal, and today’s highlight involves the popular Apple Watch Series 10. If you’ve had your eye on the best smartwatch for iPhone, now might be the time to make a move with a record $120 discount available exclusively on Amazon. Apple Watch Series 10 for $379.99 (24% off) Currently priced at $379.99, the Apple Watch Series 10 has dipped below its $499 tag. Though the sticker price reduction might not seem huge on paper,

Lowest price alert: Google Pixel Watch 3 now available for $249.99

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Score a fantastic deal on one of the top smartwatches for Android users. For a limited time, you can get the Google Pixel Watch 3 for just $249.99 — a significant $100 off the regular price of $349.99. That’s a 29% discount from the recommended retail price, making it the lowest price ever. Google Pixel Watch 3 for $249.99 (29% off) The Google Pixel Watch 3 stands out with its 41mm sleek design and vibrant 1.27-inch AMOLED display, providing up to 2,000 nits

Hate how big the OnePlus Watch 3 is? I tried the smaller 43mm version, and it’s almost perfect

Joe Maring / Android Authority Since its launch earlier this year, the OnePlus Watch 3 has only been available in a single (and large) 46mm case size. While I love the big, bulky design, that’s not true for everyone, and understandably so. Seemingly in direct response to that, OnePlus has launched the OnePlus Watch (43mm). The OnePlus Watch 3 (43mm) is exactly what the name suggests: a repackaging of the OnePlus Watch 3, but in a smaller 43mm-sized case. If you like the specs and features of t

Now We Know the True Price of the Apple Watch 10, Amazon Drops Its Margin to Zero for Prime Day

Apple always tops the sales charts during major shopping events like Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Prime Day. This year, Amazon is taking things even further for its Prime members, slashing margins across nearly all Apple devices. Whether you’re after AirPods, iPads, or the Apple Watch Series 10, you’ll find prices stripped of any retailer markup. Every configuration and size, from cellular to GPS, is available at these record-low prices: One of them, in particular, has leaped into Amazon’s t

Jack Dorsey’s New Private Messenger App Doesn’t Need an Internet Connection

What has Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter (now X) been up to lately? Among other things, creating experimental little projects, like a new private messenger that doesn’t need the internet to function. On Sunday, Dorsey announced the beta launch of a new messaging app that he says relies on mesh networks to pass messages from user to user via the power of Bluetooth technology. The service sounds vaguely like Amazon’s Sidewalk project (which similarly used mesh networks to power IoT devices),

The OnePlus Watch 3 gets a smaller sibling that’s easier to wear every day

OnePlus TL;DR OnePlus has announced the more compact Watch 3 (43mm) with a stainless steel build, AMOLED display, menstrual tracking, and up to five days of battery life in smart mode. Though it lacks temperature sensors or vascular health features found in other smartwatches, the new model retains high-end specs like a Snapdragon W5 chip and Wear OS support. The OnePlus Watch 3 is 43mm in diameter and weighs just 59g with the strap, despite its stainless steel build, making it much better su

This $10 accessory was the best thing I ever bought for my Galaxy Watch

Andy Walker / Android Authority I’ve only bought a handful of items under $10 that have genuinely changed my life — an incredible Basque cheesecake I snuffed down a few months ago comes to mind — but few are tech-related. I’ve written about the cheap Android Auto dongle that has made my car so much smarter, but it was pushing $25. However, I use another product daily that costs far less than that, and even less than a good brunch. Consumers don’t spend nearly enough time pairing their smartwat

The Apple Watch Series 10 falls to a new record-low price for Prime Day

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Prime Day 2025 is finally here, and we're seeing big discounts for Prime members on some of our favorite gadgets. Case in point: the Apple Watch Series 10, which is $120 off at the moment and down to $280. That's the lowest price it's been so far since it came out last September. It’s

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 drops to a record-low price for Prime Day

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 is on sale for just $160 as part of the Amazon Prime Day celebration. This is a discount of 46 percent and represents a record-low price for the smartwatch. This is the company's latest watch and was released back in February, so it's nice to see a massive d

The Morning After: The best deals from Prime Day 2025

Amazon’s mountain of Prime Day deals and discounts is finally live, and we’re already on it. As is tradition, if you’ve got gadgets on your wishlist, Engadget has you covered. The team is surfacing the best Prime Day deals on gadgets and gear we can find across the entire shopping event. There are the usual suspects of wireless earbuds, trackers and all things Kindle, but we’re digging deeper, finding strong discounts on our past recommendations, like Dyson vacuums, Mesh Wi-Fi systems and more.

These 4 new Samsung Galaxy Watch features are tempting me to ditch my Apple Watch

Kerry Wan/ZDNET We're days away from Samsung Unpacked July event, where we could see new smartwatches and Samsung devices hit the market. Until then, the Korean tech giant is giving us some hints at what's to come on these new smartwatches with its One UI 8 Watch updates. These Watch features have arrived on several users' devices, according to a recent Reddit post in r/GalaxyWatch. Also: What to expect from Samsung Unpacked July 2025 From a running coach feature that appears to take notes fr

Best Prime Day Apple Deals on iPads, AirPods, and MacBooks (2025)

If you have one Apple product, you usually have them all—whether that's AirPods, an iPhone, an iPad, the Apple Watch, or the ubiquitous MacBook. One, or all of them, probably needs updating at any given time (it's usually the MacBook), and you now have four whole days of Prime Day deals to think about which one you're going to get. Not a Prime subscriber yet? Perhaps our list of Amazon Prime perks can convince you. Shop the best Prime Day Apple deals below. Read our Absolute Best Prime Day Deal

The best Apple deals available for Amazon Prime Day 2025

You can buy the latestat Amazon and Walmart for $169, which is $20 shy of its best price to date. Apple’s entry-level wearable is great for tracking the essentials, including your heart rate and sleep quality, and offers fall/crash detection, Apple Pay, and other conveniences. While it lacks the Series 10’s temperature sensor, EKG, and depth tracking, the SE still delivers excellent value if you don’t need advanced health features. It will also support the next iteration of watchOS, watchOS 26 ,

Jack Dorsey’s new bet is a Bluetooth-based WhatsApp competitor that requires no internet

Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has announced bitchat, a new experimental peer-to-per messaging app that doesn’t require the internet or even an account to work. Here’s the idea behind it. Protocols, not platforms Ever since TechDirt‘s Mike Masnick released his 2019 paper “Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech,” Jack Dorsey seems to have truly taken it to heart. That paper led Dorsey to launch the Bluesky project within Twitter (before it was spun out

Garmin Is Going Nuts for Prime Day, Forerunner 255 GPS Smartwatch Is Now Almost Free

Garmin doesn’t actually have a direct competitor out there with a wide range of models that cater to professionals and amateurs. For Prime Day Amazon is offering a whopping 43% discount on the Forerunner 255, bringing its price down to just $199 from its regular price of $349. This is the company’s best-selling product, and it has a 4.7 out of 5 rating and it can be purchased as a limited time offer that does not require a Prime membership. See at Amazon Quality and Tracking Its slender prof

The best Fitbits for your fitness and health

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. Editor’s note: Amazon Prime Day kicks off on July 8th; however, if you want to get a head start on your online shopping, we’ve rounded up the best early Prime Day deals you can already get. In 2025, you might wonder if Fitbit is still relevant. Despite getting acquired by Google, Fitbit remains one of the most recognizable names in t

Last call: Fortnite players only have two days left to claim their settlement payout

Gary Sims / Android Authority TL;DR Fortnite players who were charged for unwanted purchases can submit a claim to receive compensation stemming from the FTC’s settlement with Epic Games. Eligible claimants only have until July 9 to apply. Refunds are expected to arrive in 2026 after the agency has reviewed and validated all claims. If you’re a Fortnite player, you might be entitled to some money. But you’ll have to act quickly, as those who are eligible only have two days left to submit a c

The next Switch 2 restock kicks off at 7PM ET online at Walmart

Since its launch, the Nintendo Switch 2 has been notoriously difficult to buy, with many retailers selling out of their allotted stock within minutes. Luckily, there’s good news: starting at 7PM Eastern today, Walmart Plus members will be able to purchase Nintendo’s latest handheld console — either the standalone Switch 2 and the Mario Kart World bundle — through its website. The restock is happening just before its Walmart Deals event begins on July 8th, which lasts through July 13th. The stan

Jack Dorsey just released a Bluetooth messaging app that doesn't need the internet

Jack Dorsey just released a decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app that functions entirely over Bluetooth networks, as reported by CNBC . It's called Bitchat and doesn't need the internet to work, as there are no central servers. The Twitter co-founder calls it an experiment in "Bluetooth mesh networks, relays and store and forward models, message encryption models and a few other things.” It works by enabling encrypted communication between nearby gadgets. Basically, it sends messages direc

Jack Dorsey working on Bluetooth messaging app, Bitchat

Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote in an X post on Sunday night that he spent his weekend creating an app called Bitchat (presumably a combination of the words “bit” and “chat,” and not the other combination of words that it looks like). Bitchat is a messaging app that operates through Bluetooth mesh networks, allowing users to send messages without Wi-Fi or cell reception. Because of Bluetooth’s technical limitations, this kind of app generally only works at a range of around 1

Google may soon let Pixel users remove the search widget’s new AI Mode shortcut (APK teardown)

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google recently added a new shortcut to the Pixel Launcher’s search widget, making it easy for users to launch Search’s AI Mode from the home screen. This new shortcut hasn’t gone down well with users, with many finding it intrusive. Google may soon give users an option to remove the AI Mode shortcut from the search widget. Google recently rolled out an easier way to access Search’s AI Mode. The company added a new AI Mode shortcut to the Pixel Launch

Apple releases watchOS 26 beta 3, here’s what to expect

Apple Watch users have new beta software to install. watchOS 26 beta 3 is now available for developers, here’s what to expect. watchOS 26 beta 3 now available with latest fixes and changes The next major Apple Watch update will be watchOS 26. Apple plans to widely release the new software this fall, but for now it’s available in developer beta. Beta testing offers Apple the opportunity to implement developer feedback and eliminate as many bugs as possible. Today’s beta 3 version of watchOS 2

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Windows 11 usage is surging? Not so fast - here's the real story

Richard Drury/Getty Images It happens like clockwork, around the first of each month. Sites that focus on technology churn out nearly identical articles, all based on a chart prepared by the good folks at Statcounter Global Stats. Here's the latest chart, covering the 12 months ending June 30, 2025. Every month, tech bloggers try to turn a chart like this one into a story, but most of them miss what's actually happening. Statcounter GS I saw that chart in dozens of posts this month, along wit

Prime Day deal: Get $100 off the Apple Watch Series 10

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Amazon Prime Day is around the corner, but there are plenty of great deals to be found right now before the event kicks off in earnest on July 8. Right now you can pick up the Apple Watch Series 10 for $100 off its normal price. That’s the lowest price we’ve ever seen it, and trust us,