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Best VR Headsets for PC 2020

Home Best-picks (Image credit: Shutterstock) Hopeful enthusiasts waited years for virtual reality (VR) to become accessible enough for the home. And with many of us suddenly stuck at home more, the idea of ‘leaving’ and entering a world of VR has become much more appealing. But it’s not just boredom that’s made VR more enticing;… Read more

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra

Our Verdict An Ultra-impressive flagship phone from Samsung, but there is a worthy alternative For Big, colourful screen Great camera and zoom Smart design Against Beaten for audio performance Rivals deliver more detailed video If there’s one thing we know about the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, it’s that it is Samsung’s flagship phone for… Read more

The baby blue Google Pixel 4A is real, and you can buy one right now

If you’ve been put off by the astoundingly excellent-for-$349 Google Pixel 4A because it only comes in black, you should know that’s no longer true. In September, we got wind that Google originally intended to offer a baby blue color, too, and you can now officially buy it at Google’s website for the same $349… Read more

Google’s Pixel 5 camera app comes to older Pixel phones

Google has started to push out version 8.1 of its Google Camera app to Pixel phones, meaning owners of older devices will be getting some of the functionality from the new Pixel 5. Version 8.0 of the app was previously only available on the Pixel 5, but 9to5Google reports that 8.1 should work on phones… Read more

The triumph of LCD monitors

Many still remember earlier days with bulky tube devices. The LCD technology for monitors has just 24 Years under their belt and also quite hesitantly prevailed. Today, a high-resolution flat screen is so much part of normal office equipment that you would rather notice its lack. Time to take a look at the development of… Read more

Will there be small smartphones again?

How many people really want a small smartphone? If you sort small phones in the Pricewatch from 2020 – maximum 15 x6,6cm for example – then you will only find two models: the iPhone SE 2020 and iPhone 12 mini, not coincidentally from the same manufacturer: Apple. In the category of slightly larger phones, there… Read more

Best USB-C headphones for Android phones 2020

(Pocket-lint) – The headphone jack might just be dead – when Apple first got rid of it, the outcry was widespread, but we’ve now come to accept its absence as the default. Many Android phone makers are opting for Bluetooth and USB-C audio instead. Removing the jack enables phones to be made thinner, use less connectors and to be… Read more

No, future Pixel phones aren’t exempt from Google Photos’ money grab

Today’s existing Google Pixel phones will be the last to come with free unlimited “high-quality” uploads to Google Photos. While the company said yesterday that previous Pixel phones could still upload those photos for free after Google axes unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021, Google confirmed to us that any future Pixels you buy will… Read more

How to choose a photo storage service

Back in 2019, photo storage service Flickr changed its previous policy of offering 1TB of free storage to its users, limiting free storage to 1,000 photos instead. There was, as you could imagine, a great outcry from Flickr members. As a result, we published a roundup of photo services that our readers might want to… Read more

Less free space: Google's new conditions for online storage

Photos can no longer be saved in unlimited amounts in Google Drive for free. From June 1st 2021 the service will also include compressed recordings in the storage capacity. So far, this only applied to original recordings. Pictures up to 16 megapixels and videos in full HD resolution were considered high quality and were offset… Read more

Google Photos ends up with unlimited photo space

Users of the Google Photos service received yesterday important information regarding the unlimited space for photos in the so-called high quality. The Mountain View giant announced that as of June 1 2021, backups will be included in the data storage limit for a specific account. By default, it is only 15 GB, and thus, the… Read more

Google Photos will stop offering free uploads on June 1, 2021

One of the key features of Google Photos was the free, unlimited photo and video uploads and backups in a compressed format. Google has now announced that this feature will be going away on June 1, 2021. Starting June 1, any files uploaded to Google Photos will be counted towards the 15GB default storage that… Read more

Google Pixel 4a does well in DxOMark review but can’t compete with multi-cam setups

Google’s Pixel 4a is the search giant’s most affordable smartphone option at the moment. Pixels are known for their camera prowess and the 4a’s single rear-facing 12.2MP shooter was put to the test by the folks over at DxOMark. The hardware here is identical to last year’s Pixel 4 and 4 XL, namely a 1/2.55-inch… Read more

Xiaomi Mi 11 and Mi 11 Pro smartphones in the first photos

We recently published a test of the current flagship of the manufacturer from the Middle Kingdom. Xiaomi Mi 10 T Pro is a powerful device that is not only efficient and agile in terms of photography, but also offers an extremely attractive design. The designers did their best to create a structure that stands out… Read more

heise + | Canon EOS R6 in the test: fewer megapixels, more speed

The Canon EOS R6 unites the worlds: With its moderate resolution sensor, it offers the performance of a professional camera, but remains compact and manageable. Shortly after the Canon EOS R5, the next mirrorless system camera with full-frame sensor is now available, the EOS R6. There is no equivalent for them in the DSLR world…. Read more