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Once upon a time, mirrorless cams were deemed something of a compromise, offering faster snapping and a lower weight at the cost of sensor size. Fortunately, those days are long behind us, as is evidenced by Canon’s latest mirrorless flagships, the E

If there’s one thing the last six months has made me realise, it’s how much more connected our homes are these days. Don’t get me wrong: lockdown did see my already rusty conversational skills corrode into linguistic dust. And there was that one week

$TBA, audiolab.co.uk Does your home stereo need a new heart? Transplant in Audiolab’s exquisite 6000A Play and it’ll beat stronger than ever before. Cheesy cardiac intro aside, this is something of a hybrid device, comprising the amplification elect

The BlazePod flash reflex lights ($500, blazepod.com) offer an entertaining workout experience all while testing and improving your reflexes and reaction time. The pods have durable, smash- and weather-proof shells, making them suitable for both indo

The new Tuxedo creations are inspired by two historic Longines pieces from the elegant and stylish 1940s. Now fully modernised, but with the same design flair as the originals. $2,700, longines.com Tag Heuer is celebrating its 160th birthday by re

How do I improve my TV reception? A An admission: by now GaGu is pretty far detached from over-the-air TV. After his roof aerial went on the wonk some 15 years ago, and the ever-prognosticating Mrs Guru cleverly predicted that any trip to the roof w

If you’ve somehow missed the sweet, funny, funky song that would have walked Eurovision 2020 if it had happened, seek out Daði Freyr’s music video on YouTube. It’s a peach. Pop fever still not sated after this year’s cancellation? Guru’s nights have

One of the more heartening things about the recent global apocalypse has been that people have still been taking the time to stay fit. Many people quite reasonably assumed the population would come out of the other end of this twice as wide as when i

Let there be (smart) light: this is one of those smart home upgrades where once you’ve made the jump, going back feels like returning to the dark ages... almost literally, in this case. Getting up to physically push a switch feels almost antiquated.

It was way back in 2014 that the Amazon Echo was unexpectedly unveiled, launching a product category that has grown to become essential for a lot of us – many households now have at least one smart speaker installed, and as we’ll show here, there’s n

If you need high-quality audio for music and movies, go for Sonos – the Beam works as a soundbar for your TV, but also streams tunes from all the major streaming services, and has Alexa and Google Assistant on board. $545, sonos.com Cheap, versati

The humble smart plug may not attract the same kind of attention as other smart home kit, but don’t underestimate the usefulness of having a plug socket that you can turn on or off as needed, right from your phone (or on a timed schedule) – basically

Kitting out your home with some surveillance equipment is no longer the expensive, involved job that it once was – these affordable, easy-to-use, compact cameras will very happily keep an eye on your property, your pets and your kids while you’re awa

To complete the smart security picture and give yourself proper peace of mind, you need to turn your attention to your front door – seeing what’s in front of it and controlling access through it. That’s where a carefully chosen video doorbell or smar

Mid-range 4K TVs are hugely popular, because they often represent the most affordable prices for the higher-end TV tech. For example, this price range has generally been the one to offer consumers their first opportunity to buy some of the best OLED

The cheapest TV in our test, the Sony X95H is eminently affordable, with the 65-inch set coming in a cool $1,700 less than the LG CX. That price starts to look better and better as you run down this TV’s feature list. For starters, its LCD panel is d

All OLED TVs are in the ‘not-cheap’ end of the TV spectrum, but LG’s trick has been to offer every ounce of picture perfection that it can for a truly reasonable price overall. The LG CX continues this trend, delivering subtle but compelling picture-

Lights, colours, action! The cheapest 2020 QLED TV to offer a full-array backlight, the Q80T offers all the familiar attributes of Samsung’s QLED models. It’s natively bright and wondrously colour rich. It also produces a convincing black level perfo

From $3,959, lg.com/au WE’RE IMPRESSED Gorgeous picture quality, thrilling gaming features and affordability (by OLED standards) make this an eminently appealing 4K set. WE’D IMPROVE It struggles with bass. Also, the lack of HDR10+ support and pot

Spring is in full bloom and the piquant scent of grilled meat is once again permeating the air, whetting the appetite of anyone within mere sniffing distance. The moment the spring sun warms the air, so it is that, somewhere in Australia, every cloud

The best type of barbecue is the one that best suits your pocket, family size, land space and skill. Charcoal barbies are cheapest to buy but they’re also volatile, while gas is great for convenience and ease of use. If you want the least faff and ca

There’s no denying it. 2020 has been a turbulent year. And now, for the first time since the original grey game changer 25 years ago, Sony is launching a console generation with a colourful box. Well, monochrome and some blue lighting. Let’s not get

Insomniac’s webbed PS5 launch title isn’t quite a full blown sequel to the PS4 original but is a standalone game similar in scope to Uncharted: Lost Legacy. Miles’ adventure takes place in a snowy version of Marvel’s New York with new villains and un

His green-armoured-ness is back for the sixth game in the Halo series. Coming to Xbox Game Pass on launch – a lovely flex from Microsoft – Master Chief is returning with all new technology for Series X. The Slipspace engine has been designed to deliv

8x Zen2 Cores 3.5Ghz 10.3 TFLOPS, Custom AMD RDNA 2 16GB GDDR6 825GB Custom SSD NVMe SSD Slot 4K UHD Blu-ray Drive / N/A in Digital Edition Up to 8K Nearly all PS4 games 8x Zen2 Cores 3.8Ghz 12 TFLOPS, Custom AMD RDNA 2 16GB GDDR6 1TB Custom SSD 1TB

Just as it did with the very first – and very momentous – EOS interchangeable lens camera launch back in 1986, Canon has unveiled two new EOS models simultaneously. But this is 2020 and we’re talking about the next stage in the development of Canon’s

For several decades, when you wanted a ‘serious’ or ‘proper’ camera, there was one place to turn: the SLR (single-lens reflex), followed closely by the DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) when the market turned away from analogue and towards digital. I

There’s many factors to think about when choosing your mirrorless camera, including the type of photography you want to do, the size of the camera, and, of course, budget. All of the main brands are offering something in the mirrorless format, so we’

In T3, we feature only the finest gadgets out there, and we believe that you – our loyal reader – deserve only the best tech in your life. We don’t want you to waste time, and money, on inferior products, and that’s exactly why our Tested section exi

From $749 apple.com/au The real trick to the iPhone SE range is that it manages to cut a lot of costs without feeling like it has – you get a full-fat iPhone experience (just about) powered by the latest processor, which is also found in the iPhone

$1,499 dji.com DJI’s brand new Mavic Air 2 is quite a different bird to the one we were expecting. In fact, in terms of size and to some degree weight, it’s actually closer to the Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom than it is to the previous Mavic Air. But a plea

From $3,595 lg.com The GX is LG’s latest and greatest series of ‘Gallery’ TVs, meaning that it pairs the same fantastic 4K OLED panels and processing you’ll find in the cheaper CX TV with a fancier and thinner design, and beefed-up speakers. This do

From $549 samsung.com.au If you don’t need a premium-level tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is terrific value. It’s a ‘pure’ tablet in every respect, not bundled with a Bluetooth keyboard or billed as a multifunctional productivity powerhouse,

From $2,098 consumer.huawei.com Huawei is now well into the groove when it comes to pushing out yearly updates for the Huawei MateBook X Pro, and as you would expect, this year’s is the best edition yet. It’s a serious contender at the top-end of th

From $1,529 samsung.com.au The Samsung Galaxy Book S is undoubtedly aiming to be one of the sleekest Windows laptops on the market, the ultimate in portability (if not power), the laptop you can take anywhere you’d take a tablet... so has it succeed

Processor Snapdragon 8cx Octa-Core Memory 8GB Storage 256GB Screen 13.3-inch, 1920x1080 TFT Battery 42Wh Connectivity USB-C x2, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 5, 4G LTE OS Windows 10 Dimensions 305.2x203.2x11.8mm Weight 961g ■

$1,729 sony.com.au The Xperia 1 II shows Sony unafraid to continue its baffling mobile phone naming strategy of the last few years – this is technically the successor to last year’s Xperia 1, and continues with a lot of the same themes. Those themes

$3,300 bang-olufsen.com Being Bang & Olufsen, the Beosound Balance clearly isn’t after the Echo Dot’s end of the smart speaker market; this aims to be the best smart speaker for music out there. However, the fact it costs not far off 10 times what m

$899, sony.com Essentially a sequel to the hugely popular Sony HT-X8500 that’s long been a favourite of ours, the Sony HT-G700 is like so many great sequels: it builds on what came before to deliver something bigger, better and more epic. The Sony H

Want a similarly priced soundbar with a few added perks? This one comes with upfiring drivers for more immersive vertical Atmos. It’s non-expandable though, so it’s sadly not a stepping stone to 7.1.2. $1,010, sharp.com Offering great spatial soun

$1,395 sonos.com The Arc is Sonos’ first foray into the world of Dolby Atmos and 3D audio. Sonos has been making home cinema products for seven years now, since the Playbar, and took a big step into the waters of surround sound with the ability to c

$399 microsoft.com The original Surface Headphones were brilliant pure noise-cancellers. Their unhappy grey finish didn’t help, though. But now they’re back in black – sounding better and costing less. In terms of sound, they’re much more forgiving

Thought you’d never get to enjoy the ruggedness of an SUV, the efficiency of an electric vehicle and the luxury of a premium motor all in one car? Well thanks to Jaguar, you can. This update to 2019’s I-Pace delivers serious performance for an electr