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Brands like Hisense, Samsung, and more have introduced truly cinema-sized TVs with new 98- and 115-inch size classes. These gigantic TVs offer movie theater-quality experiences in the comfort of your own home, with object-tracking sound support, enhanced picture quality, and support for thousands of streaming apps to turn your home theater into the ultimate entertainment hub.Many 98-inch TVs are also great for console gaming, with high refresh rates and VRR support to prevent screen tearing and stuttering. What is the best 98-inch TV right now? I chose the Hisense U8K More
Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETImagine this: a MacBook running on iPhone hardware. It sounds like a far-fetched idea at first glance, but it could soon become a reality.Also: Every iPhone model that can be updated to iOS 26 (and which ones don’t support it)Notable Apple insider Ming-Chi Kuo took to X and wrote a short post claiming that Apple is working on a “more-affordable MacBook” that’ll run an A18 Pro chipset instead of an M-series processor like other recent MacBooks. The A18 Pro is the same type of hardware found in the iPhone 16 Pro.Early cluesHints of this device first appeared in July 2024 when MacRumors analyst Aaron Perris discovered various upcoming iPhone, Mac, and iPad models after scouring through macOS 15.1. Much of the unearthed information was not revealed at the time. However, MacRumors has suggested that one particular MacBook, Mac17,1, is the mystery new computer that runs on the A18 Pro. More
Apple / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNETApple is launching a new version of its annual Replay playlist called Replay All Time. Interestingly, instead of only tracking the tunes you’ve streamed most in the past calendar year, it goes all the way back to when you first subscribed. Also: iOS 26 just solved one of my biggest pain points with Apple MusicSo, if you’ve been an Apple Music user since the service first launched, you should see a consolidated view of your decade-long listening habits. The timing is no coincidence: Apple Music is now 10 years old. Replay All Time is here to celebrate that milestone — by giving die-hard fans a deep data dive as well as a nostalgic trip through every era of their Apple Music journey to date. How to find your Replay All Time playlist Subscribers can stream their Replay All Time playlist right from the Home tab in Apple Music. Just open the latest version of the Apple Music app, tap Home at the bottom (or side), and scroll until you spot Replay All Time. Once you see it, tap it, and then you can hit Listen to your Playlist to start streaming your decade’s most-played tracks. Also: How to use the viral AutoMix feature on iOS 26 (and which iPhone models support it)Want to save it for later? Tap the ••• menu in the top-right corner and choose Add to Library (or Add to a Playlist). Once it’s in your library, Replay All Time works like any other playlist: You can shuffle the songs, view play counts, and share it with friends. Spotify Wrapped, who? Apple Music Replay is Apple’s answer to Spotify Wrapped — the annual heavyweight that drops every December since 2016 with shareable, story-style recaps of your year’s top streams. YouTube Music, Tidal, and Deezer all offer their own annual recaps, but none pack a full decade into a single playlist like Replay All Time now does. More
One of the great things about this job is that I get to write about all sorts of gadgets. Many times, the stuff that really catches my eye isn’t the hot-ticket item like a new iPhone, but the smaller, more obscure stuff. These are things you might never have known existed, but they enter your life and change it for the better.And looking at the list of top-selling gadgets by number of units sold through our story links that ZDNET readers have been buying in 2025 so far, it seems that readers share my taste for smaller, more obscure gadgets that turn out to be super useful in their own way. (A note: Your privacy is protected — we only have access to aggregate data from our user base, and there is no way for us to identify individual people’s purchases.) So let’s take a quick look at what our readers have been buying. Also: The best Prime Day deals under $25Who knows, maybe there’s something here that will catch your eye or that you missed.The 10 most popular gadgets among ZDNET readers in 2025 While are the perfect choice for iPhone users, Bluetooth tracker options for Android users have been somewhat limited over the years. But a few companies have stepped up to the plate to fill that void, and one of those is Chipolo. The Chipolo One Point key fob is very much like an AirTag, powered by a battery that lasts about a year. It’s also water-resistant to IPX5 standard (which means it’s splashproof). It’s a great tag, and goes a long way to end the frustration (and arguments) that come from things like lost keys!Also: Finally, Bluetooth trackers for Android users that work better than AirTags (and are cheaper)
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Nina Raemont/ZDNETYour Google Calendar is moving to your Apple Watch, thanks to a new update spotted by 9to5Google on Monday. The Apple Watch has few Google applications, but a new Google Calendar update, version 25.24.1, is bringing another one to Apple’s smartwatch. Also: Your Apple Watch is getting a major upgrade. The best features coming to WatchOS 26Google Calendar is one of four Google-owned apps available through Apple Watch, along with Google Keep, Google Maps, and YouTube Music. The application displays a week’s worth of events and Google Tasks in a list view, with each event or task getting a color-coded card. Users can see the date, time, and event through this view, and not much else. This is in contrast to Apple’s native calendar app, which provides views of both week and month events. More
Crucial/ZDNETWhether you’re a content creator needing a dedicated drive for raw and rendered video files, a PC gamer with an extensive library of digital titles, or just want plenty of space for backing up your personal computer, it’s hard to go wrong with a portable SSD. And right now at Amazon, you can snag the 8TB Crucial X10 portable SSD More
