Gadgets & Smart Devices

Setup guides, fixes and buying help for gadgets and smart devices, from earbuds and trackers to home tech.

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A Bluetooth speaker that works with your phone is twice as useful when your partner’s phone, your laptop, and your tablet can…

October 20, 2026

Printing from a phone should be the easiest job in the house: tap Share, tap Print, done. When it fails, the cause…

October 20, 2026

A Chromecast turns almost any TV with an HDMI port into a smart TV: you find a video, song, or photo on…

October 20, 2026

A TV that plays sound but shows a black screen is not necessarily a dead TV. In fact, this exact fault has…

October 20, 2026

Connecting a security camera to your phone means you can check your front door, driveway, or baby’s room from anywhere in the…

October 20, 2026

A smartwatch that promises three days of battery but dies by dinner is one of the most common gadget complaints. The battery…

October 20, 2026

A smart speaker is often the first smart home device people buy, and for good reason: ten minutes after opening the box…

October 20, 2026

Watching a film with the TV speakers blaring disturbs everyone else in the house, especially late at night. Wireless earbuds solve the…

October 20, 2026

Few things are more annoying than sitting down to print a boarding pass and seeing “Printer Offline” staring back at you. The…

October 20, 2026

Unboxing a new smart TV is exciting, but the setup screens can feel overwhelming when all you want to do is sit…

October 20, 2026