While Black Friday doesn’t officially begin until later this month, the biggest retailers and carriers have already begun discounting the latest phones, tablets, smartwatches, and more. Among the carriers is Verizon More
Black Friday isn’t here yet, but deals are already starting to pop up. Chromebooks see some of the best prices during Black Friday because $100 or $200 off an already-low cost makes for some really great price points. Now is a great time to spring for a Chromebook or Chromebook Plus device, as we’ve seen lots of upgrades and new features in ChromeOS this year. Also: The best Black Friday deals so farWith manufacturers rushing to adopt AI-powered features, Chromebooks have the upper hand with their lean and snappy operating system. Our top five devices listed here represent some of the best bang for your buck on the market today. If you’re looking for a new light-and-lean Chromebook, we pulled together the best sales from HP, Acer, Lenovo, Asus, and more. Our favorite early Chromebook deals for Black Friday 2024Lenovo IdeaPad 3i Chromebook More
<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The iMac M4 is available for preorder now, starting at $1,299, and shipping from November 8. The base model comes with 16GB of memory for the same price, and the hardware makes for a fast, powerful desktop flexible enough to handle virtually any use case. The base model M4 might not […] More
<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The M4 MacBook Pro starts at $1,599 and features improvements in the most subtle places. Upgrades to graphical performance, battery life, and transfer speeds are the most notable. Be prepared to overpay for almost every spec bump. more buying choices I’ve been using the M4 MacBook Pro–> for about a week […] More
Apple/ZDNETBlack Friday is still a few weeks away, but some retailers are offering seasonal savings much earlier. The new Apple Watch Series 10, released in September, is already one of the items seeing early holiday savings. The Watch Series 10 is discounted by 8% at Amazon More
<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The Canon EOS R100 mirrorless camera is a great starter for aspiring photographers. It features a 24-megapixel sensor for great image quality and color and can capture 4K (UHD) video at 24 frames per second. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have a flip-out preview screen. more buying choices It’s a great time to […] More
Kerry Wan/ZDNETAlong with the usual security updates and bug fixes, the latest Android update is quietly introducing a new feature that will help prolong your phone’s battery life. Similar to Apple’s recent “80% Limit” feature, Android is releasing a feature that lets you cap your phone’s charge at 80%. As ZDNET’s Senior Reviews Editor Kerry Wan explained last year, it’s not that phone batteries aren’t lasting as long as they used to, “it’s just the nature of lithium-ion batteries found in iPhones and other devices,” he wrote, “with the maximum capacity slowly degrading every time it completes a charge cycle.”Also: Your Pixel phone is getting a big update – look for these 10 useful featuresThe feature was first spotted by a Pixel user who shared an image of the setting on Telegram and later shared by Android Authority. To access the feature, head to your phone’s settings menu and look for “charging optimization.” You’ll see the choice to turn on adaptive charging, which finishes charging your phone to 100% right before you usually unplug it, and the option for “Limit to 80%.” A note below the settings explains that it should help “extend battery lifespan.” Capping a phone’s charge at 80% means it won’t last as long throughout the day, but charging it to 100% every night will ultimately make it lose life much more quickly. While the option to start the day at 80% won’t work for some users, it’s nice to have the choice if it works for you. Also: The best Android phones to buy in 2024For most people, 80% should be enough to get through the day. But if you look at your phone often or engage in battery-intensive tasks like streaming, gaming, or GPS, this might not be an option you’ll use. More
Jason Hiner/ZDNETiPhone users who want to check out the second round of AI-powered features via Apple Intelligence can now download the new public beta for Apple’s iOS 18.2. Assuming you have a supported iPhone, you’ll be able to try the integrated ChatGPT and a few other AI-inspired tidbits. However, certain features won’t be available immediately.The latest features are also available in iPadOS 18.2 for iPad and MacOS Sequoia 15.2 for Mac. Though you can install these updates on any compatible device, you’ll need the right one to tap into the Apple Intelligence features. That means an iPhone 15 Pro More
