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Archives for April 2026

Brandon Widder
Brandon Widder
A $16 4K streamer.

The latest Fire TV Stick 4K — now known as the Fire TV Stick 4K Plus — is down to an all-time low of $16.09 ($34 off) at Woot when you use promo code FIRE30. We recommend the Max model in most instances, but Amazon’s midrange option still offers Wi-Fi 6 and broad HDR support for Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HDR10 Plus at a fraction of the cost.

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Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
The best part of the new Mandalorian movie might be this $600 animatronic Grogu.

Ahead of The Mandalorian and Grogu hitting theaters on May 22nd, Hasbro has announced a new animatronic version of Grogu packed with motors, sensors, and the ability to shuffle around on its own two feet. CNET’s Bridget Carey visited Hasbro HQ for an early look at the toy including how it simulates using the Force.

All these smart glasses and nothing to do

This crop of smart glasses is the most stylish, affordable, comfortable, and capable yet. They still don’t make sense.

Victoria Song
DJI’s Osmo Pocket 4 is a better camera in every respect

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The new compact steadicam doesn’t do much the Pocket 3 can’t, but it improves on nearly all of it.

Dominic Preston
Sheena Vasani
Sheena Vasani
SwitchBot’s Bot presses buttons so you don’t have to, and it’s on sale.

The SwitchBot Bot is available for around $22.99 ($7 off) from Amazon and SwitchBot (with code FORHER25), which is $3 shy of its best-ever price. Once attached to a coffee maker, light switch, or another button-based device, you can control it using your phone, making it an easy way to add smarts to existing gadgets.

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John Higgins
John Higgins
The Buds 2 Plus Motorola showed at MWC are available tomorrow.

The Moto Buds 2 Plus will cost $149 — $20 more than the Moto Buds Plus released in 2024. The new buds will have Sound by Bose, two 11mm dynamic drivers with a Knowles balanced armature, support the LHDC5 low-latency audio codec, as well as Moto AI with compatible Motorola phones.