TechRadar Podcast

It's been a quiet few weeks for new tech, which means we've had more time to get nostalgic for the good old days; which is in good timing as the Apple Watch just turned 10! Meanwhile in the present day, Nothing has confused us once again with its latest CMF announcements, Meta has made a landmark partnership with airlines to offer in-flight VR experiences for business class passengers and Google I/O is on the horizon, meaning rumors are aplenty. All this, and we even made time to chat about Axel's exiting trip to OnePlus' factory in Shenzen, China.Join Josephine Watson, Hamish Hector, Axel Metz and Matt Evans once again as they discuss the latest and greatest in tech. 00:00 Intro 00:46 Beginning01:50 ICYMI03:24 Free Meta Quest 3 on your next flight07:54 ChatGPT spends 'tens of millions of dollars' on people saying 'thank you'10:18 Nothing announces new CMF line12:55 Apple Watch turns 1014:08 18K Gold Apple Watch 18:43 The most popular Apple Watch20:22 All tech becoming subscription-based26:01 Pixel Watch 4 leaked renders29:15 Sneak peak into OnePlus' factory in China32:23 OnePlus Open 2 delayed35:19 When Apple releases its first foldable?39:02 Google I/O rumors 48:00 Buy!

➡️ This episode is brought to you by NordVPN. To get the best discount off your NordVPN plan - go to https://nordvpn.com/techradar - our link will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee!As the dust settles on Nintendo's Switch 2 announcement and Trump's tariffs continue to spread uncertainty in tech pricing, we discuss the best gaming handhelds as well as Apple's rumored iPhone 17 Air, which could be one of its most pricey phones yet. Elsewhere, Microsoft just celebrated its 50th birthday, and we're feeling nostalgic for its biggest successes and flops over the last half decade.Join Josephine Watson, Hamish Hector, Lance Ulanoff, Dash Wood and Christian Guyton as they discuss the latest and greatest in tech.

➡️ This episode is brought to you by NordVPN. To get the best discount off your NordVPN plan - go to https://nordvpn.com/techradar - our link will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee!The podcast crew is back to talk tech, and this week we're discussing the Google Pixel 9a's baffling launch and redesign (why did Google get rid of the iconic crossbar??).We also dig into the struggles of the smartwatch market and ask if wearables are doing enough to stay fresh, and Samsung's One UI 7 woes as it edges closer to being lapped by Android.To take us through all this and more Josie Watson and I are joined by TechRadar's Fitness, Wellness, and Wearables Editor Matt Evans, US Mobiles Editor Philip Berne, and special guest: T3's Active Editor Matt Kollat.

This episode is brought to you by NordVPN. To get the best discount off your NordVPN plan - go to https://nordvpn.com/techradar - our link will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee!Another episode, another slew of phones for us to discuss; and this month, it's all about affordable models from the iPhone 16e to the Galaxy A-series and Nothing Phone 3a. That's not all; we'll be discussing the latest Apple Mac and iPad devices, demystifying chipsets and asking whether or not new concept foldable screen technology means creaseless phones are on the horizon!00:36 Intro01:28 ICYMI03:18 Why you should be polite with your AI assistant04:05 New Macs & Mac Studio04:59 New Sky Blue MacBook Air05:21 Mac Studio - new chips, nuts power07:35 iPad Air refresh - where's Apple Intelligence? 10:15 iPad Air audience - family device? 12:42 Affordable Apple tech - we like it13:15 All about Agentic AI: meet the Alexa+ 16:42 The best VPN deal18:27 iPhone 16e - you're all WRONG!!!21:36 The cheapest iPhone to repair25:34 Samsung Galaxy A56: awesome AI28:45 Nothing Phone 3a/3a pro31:48 Tech gets better, the lower-price stuff gets better34:00 Xiaomi 15 Ultra: the best camera phone?40:00 New foldable concepts43:56 Crease talk46:24 Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge to launch in April?47:23 The 'world's thinnest phone'49:40 Low battery life...

This episode is brought to you by NordVPN. To get the best discount off your NordVPN plan - go to https://nordvpn.com/techradar - our link will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee!0:00 - Intro1:20 - ICYMI3:26 - Sony's upcoming film & TV adaptations10:45 - Sims 1 & 2 remastered13:41 - Life simulation games are dead?!15:10 - What makes a good remaster18:35 - Huge PSN outage22:12 - A word from our sponsor24:19 - Nintendo Switch 2 new rumors27:42 - Reading Switch 2 comments28:25 - Is this a Switch Pro OLED?29:29 - Switch 2 vs PC gaming handhelds32:15 - Joy-Con mouse mode37:21 - Joy-Con design woes & Hall effect41:50 - Is gaming too expensive now?44:00 - No, it's more affordable! 46:30 - PS5 is actually good value49:28 - What games to play in 2025

This episode is brought to you by NordVPN. To get the best discount off your NordVPN plan - go to https://nordvpn.com/techradar - our link will also give you 4 extra months on the 2-year plan. There's no risk with Nord's 30 day money-back guarantee! This week brings a special CES episode, where we're talking about all the latest tech to expect in 2025! From Samsung's new stretchy display technology and robot pal Ballie to Hisense's absurdly large TV and a plethora of AR glasses, we've seen all the best gadgets at the tech mega show. Join Hamish Hector, Josephine Watson, Lance Ulanoff and Matt Bolton from the show floor to learn more. 00:00 Intro 00:50 Hello 02:00 CES trends 05:00 Samsung's Smart Things - Galaxy AI 08:00 TV trends: TVs are getting bigger 09:55 How big TVs are being shipped?! 10:55 Mini-led RGB backlight system in TVs explained (TCL, Samsung, etc) 13:15 Lenovo rollable laptop: display tech 15:05 AR glasses at CES: Xreal One Pro 18:15 Halliday glasses 19:13 Special offers for our subscribers 20:24 Robot vacuums with arms and legs 24:44 Smart locks at CES 27:00 LED mask from Nanoleaf 28:19 Samsung Frame TV for everyone 29:00 Will TVs or smartphones become your smart home hub? 33:00 Breaking gaming news from CES 35:30 Nvidia's new RTX 5090 38:58 Samsung's robot Ballie 39:58 Stretchable display from Samsung 42:10 ULS Robotics Exoskeleton test drive 42:39 Segway e-bike is unlike anything we've ridden before 43:30 Sony's Last of Us exhibit 46:25 L'Oréal's new tabletop skin analysis gadget 48:00 Byyyye cool tech

New year, new episode! This week we're all about fitness as the New Year's get fit resolutions pour in, and we've got some excellent tips for everything from habit building to fitness apps and even some exciting futuristic fitness tech that can help you cross the finish line. From AI-generated workouts and personal trainers to biohacking with continuous glucose monitors, wearables and more, these are the biggest digital health tech trends as we head into 2024. 00:00 intro 00:40 Happy New Year! 01:20 ICYMI: the biggest wearable news from 2024 03:43 AI dumbbells 06:52 blood-glucose monitors: pros and cons 08:35 Health insights, incredible AI and blue poop 16:00 Gemini and ChatGPT designed our workouts 28:00 habit building tips 40:00 fitness apps: what to download 41:09 great free fitness app 42:25 VR fitness apps 45:11 Bye! See u in Las Vegas

Happy Holidays from all of team TechRadar! To celebrate we've put together a very special podcast with friend of the show Jon Devo, discussing some of the biggest stories from 2024 with plenty of silly festive fun along the way

In this episode, we dive into Apple's latest hardware updates, discussing the new MacBook Pro with a nano-texture display (is it really just matte?

This month's episode of the TechRadar Podcast is a spooktacular special where we talk about Elon Musk's controversial Tesla event, learn more about Meta's new Orion smart glasses and read up on Amazon's latest array of Kindles. Plus, we'll recommend the best Halloween movies this season and compare our horror survival plans. Join Josephine Watson, Hamish Hector, Lance Ulanoff and Matt Bolton as we answer your burning questions about the next generation of tech.

This week's episode of the TechRadar Podcast sees our (mostly Android-fan) panel talking about Apple's new devices, Sony's big PS5 Pro announcement and debate who won the big phone and wearable showdown of 2024. Join Josephine Watson, Hamish Hector, Matt Evans and special guest Rob Dunne as we answer your burning questions about the next generation of tech. 00:00 intro 00:34 Hello! 01:40 ICYMI: the biggest tech events 02:50 Lost your table tennis bat? Try using the Honor Magic V3 foldable instead 03:40 DJI Neo: cute and affordable drone 04:30 Sony unleashed the PS5 Pro 11:05 Apple Watch series 10: what's new 13:26 Apple Watch redesign 15:25 Battery life - give us more!! 19:00 AirPods: hearing health features 22:50 iPhone 16 series TWO new buttons 26:00 Camera Button impressions from an Android-fan 30:00 AI or Apple Intelligence: market issue 35:40 Who is the winner of this year? iPhone? Foldables? Samsung? 43:00 Barbie phone from HMD 44:15 Wearables winner 50:10 Outro

In this special episode of the TechRadar Podcast, we flew out to Cupertino to see all of Apple's new devices, joined by tech content creator Katarina Mogus and Rich DeMuro, KTLA tech reporter in Apple's podcast studio to share our first impressions. Do we love or hate the new Camera Capture “button”? Are we going to call it a button even though Apple doesn't want to? Will the AirPods Pro 2 become the next generation's hearing aids? Tune in to find out this and more.

This month, we're talking all about Google's new hardware, including our thoughts on how the Pixel 9 Pro Fold compares to its biggest competition, the Galaxy Z Fold 6. We'll also give the rundown on what Gemini AI features are actually worth the hype, talking about Meta's strange AI chatbots, the impending Disney Plus password-sharing crackdown and all of our biggest predictions for the next generation of iPhones and Apple Watches. To discuss these topics and more, our Managing Editor, Lifestyle Josephine Watson as well as our Editor at Large Lance Ulanoff are back again and joined by Matt Evans, Fitness and Wearables Editor and Hamish Hector, Senior Staff Writer.

In this month's episode we're once again discussing AI (surprise surprise), but not just any old AI - we're talking Apple Intelligence. We'll be sharing the highs, the lows and our biggest burning questions from WWDC, unpacking Samsung's Galaxy Ring lawsuit and decoding Meta Quest 3S' multiple leaks. To discuss these topics and more, our Managing Editor, Lifestyle Josephine Watson as well as our Editor at Large Lance Ulanoff are back again and joined by Matt Evans, Fitness and Wearables Editor and Hamish Hector, Senior Staff Writer. 00:00 Intro 00:35 ICYMI: the biggest news 01:45 Prime Day 2024 02:44 how you break Kindles 03:12 Amazon Fire TV deal 03:36 DJI drone might soon be banned in the US 05:48 DJI cycles its way out of a US ban 08:10 new Samsung Galaxy tech (our thoughts) 10:05 Sydney Sweeney at Samsung Unpacked 11:22 Foldables: yay or nay? 12:31 The Flip concept doesn't make sense, here is why 13:25 what device Sydney Sweeney uses 14:01 what's wrong with iPhone 14:54 anti-flip phone rant you CAN'T MISS 17:06 foldable smartphone market share 18:33 bendable phone 19:22 The Samsung Galaxy Ring explained 23:30 The Ring and the Watch combo 24:30 all wearables are starting to look the same 33:00 Crowdstrike chaos 39:35 should we expect another outage? 44:38 next big events, outro

In this month's episode we're once again discussing AI (surprise surprise), but not just any old AI - we're talking Apple Intelligence. We'll be sharing the highs, the lows and our biggest burning questions from WWDC, unpacking Samsung's Galaxy Ring lawsuit and decoding Meta Quest 3S' multiple leaks.To discuss these topics and more, our Managing Editor, Lifestyle Josephine Watson as well as our Editor at Large Lance Ulanoff are back again and joined by Matt Evans, Fitness and Wearables Editor and Hamish Hector, Senior Staff Writer. 00:00 Intro 00:50 Has Apple hijacked the AI hype train with Apple Intelligence? 02:39 ICYMI: the biggest news 03:57 Samsung sues Oura in pre-emptive Galaxy Ring strike 08:28 Meta can't stop leaking its next VR headset 12:35 WWDC: what's new? 13:55 Parachuting at WWDC 15:00 Lance confronts Tim Cook about Apple Intelligence 18:35 Apple Watch might be getting a battery upgrade 20:14 Siri update has a huge issue 21:45 Explaining iPad calculator hype 31:00 Siri isn't in the developer's beta 33:30 Private Cloud Compute: A new frontier for AI privacy 36:35 Wearables and privacy: what you need to know 41:33 What to expect from Apple 43:50 Personal shopper: best Bluetooth trackers 47:52 Outro

In this episode you'll find in-depth analysis of the industry's sustainability practices – including our tips for how you can be more green with your gadgets – as well as our thoughts on the latest AI wearables: the Rabbit R1 and Humane AI pin. We also give you a breakdown of what we think of the brand new iPad Pro and iPad Air tablets that Apple just unveiled. To discuss these topics and more, we've brought back Managing Editor, Lifestyle Josephine Watson as well as our Editor at Large Lance Ulanoff from episode one. They're joined by Matt Bolton – our Managing Editor, Entertainment – and TechRadar's Global Editor in Chief Marc Mclaren.

TechRadar is taking the tech chat that happens on our Zooms, at our desks, and in the halls, and moving it to an official space: The TechRadar Podcast. We know, it's not the most original name, but this deep discussion among tech experts on topics ranging from CES 2024 highlights to AI and a live demo of Apple Vision Pro is the kind of insightful consumer electronics and technology commentary you come to TechRadar for each and every day (because we know you visit us constantly). For this inaugural episode, we brought together team leaders for some of our biggest channels, including smart home expert and Managing Editor, Lifestyle Josephine Watson, Senior Phones Editor Alex Walker-Todd, the uber-fit Fitness, Wellness, and Wearables Editor Matt Evans, and podcast host and Editor at Large Lance Ulanoff. We're joined this week by Tom | The Tech Chap (we affectionately call him "Tech Chap" or "Tom").