Stuff UK December 2022

Hello and welcome to Stuff! This issue we’ve got reviews of all the latest from the autumn launches including all three Apple Watches, the iPhone 14 lineup, Google’s long-anticipated Pixel Watch and the Pixel 7 Pro. Then we’ve rounded up a bunch of new true wireless earphones including the innovative NuraTrue Pro, Samsung’s Galaxy Buds2 Pro and, of course, the revamped Apple AirPods Pro. Our lead feature this issue is a guide to the latest in home audio. As well as a review of the new Sonos Sub Mini, there are stacks of options from modern streamers to classic hi-fi speakers, plus the best amps and turntables. And we look at some excellent Bluetooth speakers in case your needs are a little more modest. If you’re looking to improve your home cinema…

Here’s when the story ends Battery life will vary depending on use, but Amazon says you’ll get up to 3 weeks if you’re writing on it for half an hour a day, or 12 weeks of just reading. You’re not the only one I show Everything you write on your Kindle Scribe is saved to the cloud, and from early next year you’ll also be able to access it all from the Kindle phone app. Can’t be short When you’re not using the stylus it magnetically attaches to the Scribe’s 5.8mm-thin chassis… and the Basic Pen is so basic it doesn’t even need charging.…

First Amazon came for the regular books; now it wants to make jotters feel like something from the olden days too. The Kindle Scribe comes with a special stylus that allows you to draw on its 10.2in 300dpi E Ink screen, whether that’s annotating a book with digital sticky notes, marking up a PDF or Word doc you’ve imported via the Kindle app or a web browser, or using the built-in notebook to a create a list of every person who has ever wronged you and how you’re going to get revenge. Chuck Jeff Bezos an extra £30 (and boy does he need it) and you’ll get an upgraded Premium Pen, which has an eraser on the end and a shortcut button that can switch between writing and highlighting, or open…

Greatest love of squall There’s a built-in speaker that allows you to listen to your tunes straight away, but you can also use the 3.5mm socket to plug in an external one for a bit more volume. How will I grow? The PO-80 comes with five blank records and you can order packs of 10 for £20 from Teenage Engineering’s website. A new cutting head will set you back just £15. All the plan that I need The DIY approach doesn’t just apply to making the records: you have to assemble the PO-80 yourself, so set some time aside for scowling at the manual. In the neverending battle to be the alpha hipster in your local artisan vape cafe, it’s no longer enough to have the most painstakingly groomed ’tache, smoke the most unusual pipe or…

To our eternal dismay, Microsoft has never made a handheld Xbox. We’d pretty much given up hope of ever clasping one in our mitts until the Android-powered G Cloud came along, because this is likely to be the closest we’ll ever get. Built for streaming games over the internet and arriving with Xbox Cloud Gaming pre-installed, it means anyone with a Game Pass Ultimate sub (and Wi-Fi) will be able to jump into Halo Infinite and Flight Simulator, as well as multi-platform gems like Deathloop, on the go. The Xbox-style controls sit either side of a 7in 1080p LCD touchscreen with a 60Hz refresh rate – and while a Snapdragon 720G with 4GB of RAM means it’s no powerhouse, it’s more than enough for streaming. There’s 64GB of storage for apps and…

Tie your scrubber down The mop pad is attached to two metal arms, which lift it up and stow it inside the top part of the robot to make sure it doesn’t make a dribbly mess on your carpet. When the robot uprising comes, the survival of the human race will depend on finding their one big weakness. If the ground assault is led by weaponised robot vacuum cleaners, we should be able to claim victory simply by going upstairs; but even in today’s battle between you and your dirty floors, bots that can both suck and mop usually have one big drawback: they require human intervention to switch between the two modes. iRobot’s Roomba Combo j7+ is different, with a mop pad that automatically retracts when it detects carpet – so you…