September
The streaming service reeling in Netflix in Australia
Amazon Prime Video is closing the gap on the nation’s most popular entertainment platform, all while more Australians are downgrading to ad-supported plans.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
August
- Gadgets With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
How to hide your tech in plain sight
Like Samsung’s Frame TV, the Samsung Music Frame uses the power of invisibility to get spouses to finally agree on something for once in their lives.
- John Davidson
July
- Digital Life With John Davidson
- Life & Leisure
This is LG’s best OLED TV ever, despite the dumb AI
In an unfair fight, the Digital Life Labs has pitted LG’s new OLED G4 TV against an old Samsung TV we often couldn’t even switch on.
- John Davidson
June
Aussie experts can stop your smart-device cameras spying on you
When photos snapped by a robot vacuum cleaner of a woman on the toilet went viral, the smart home sector knew it had a problem; Aussie academics claim to have solved it.
- Alana Piper
May
It’s bigger and brighter, but is it Samsung’s best TV?
We pit Samsung’s “pinnacle” TV against a lesser model. The results won’t surprise you.
- John Davidson
April
Samsung’s new OLED TV is the best TV ever. Or is it?
The idea that anything could be inferior to this device has forced us to ponder the very essence of what it means to have eyes in your head.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
A router that will (eventually) make your home Wi-Fi fly
Can you save money and improve download speeds, both at the same time? With WiFi 7, we think you can.
- Updated
- John Davidson
At last, a gadget worthy of a bucket list
Imagine what you could do with a portable, 300-inch screen and Hisense’s new C1 projector.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
One control panel for all your home devices is still a lot to ask
So far, Amazon’s new Echo Hub is the best at controlling smart devices around the home. Nevertheless, the smart device industry remains fundamentally broken.
- John Davidson
March
- Exclusive
- Gadgets
Smart home gadget sales rise despite privacy, cost-of-living worries
New data shows almost three-quarters of Australian households now have at least one connected device. But that doesn’t mean we trust them.
- John Davidson
- Opinion
- Digital Life
Meet LG’s ‘world first’ TV in a suitcase
LG’s 2024 TV line-up includes 36 new models – and one very special offering that looks like it could be used to launch a nuclear attack.
- John Davidson
February
How Apple’s new goggles will rock your reality
2024 is already a huge year for technology, with Apple changing the VR headset game and generative AI redefining the way we use mobile phones.
- John Davidson
January
This Hisense TV should blow you away
The world’s second-largest TV maker has thrown down the gauntlet to Samsung, announcing a TV with specs that are off the charts.
- John Davidson
Will the Music Frame herald Samsung’s return to multi-room audio?
One of Samsung’s most intriguing product announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show was a speaker disguised as a photo frame. But building it wasn’t easy.
- John Davidson
What to expect from your gadgets in 2024
“Now with AI” looks set to be the marketing catchcry for consumer electronics in 2024, though look out for virtual reality to make a comeback, too.
- John Davidson
October 2023
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
True surround sound technology for music is here, but there’s a catch
The writer visits Dolby’s Sydney laboratory and discovers Atmos is simply a wonder to behear.
- Tony Davis
September 2023
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
An LCD TV as good as an OLED? Strange but true
We compared the new ULED X with the best on the market, and the results changed our mind about what makes a good television.
- John Davidson
Head to head: the two best OLED TVs money can buy
LG’s reply to Samsung’s brilliant S95C TV is emphatic. The LG G3 is amazing.
- John Davidson
August 2023
These legendary Sony earbuds are perfect. There’s just one problem
Sony’s update to its frankly brilliant WF-1000XM4 earbuds is an improvement in nearly every way. The only thing they don’t do is tell you how much battery you have left.
- John Davidson
June 2023
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
Google’s Pixel Tablet is a brilliant ‘home hub’
You might consider it an Android device (with a charging dock). But we like to think of it as the ultimate domestic tech centre (with a detachable screen).
- John Davidson