The Verge has a fascinating look at Google TV from contributor Janko Roettgers, where Google admits they aren’t very good at making money from Google TV and calls into question the direction of the platform. This comes right as we’re about to release our 6 Months Later Review of the Chromecast with Google TV, which is certainly interesting timing!

Meta announced these new headsets in a blog post, and they show where the format might be going in the future and the goal Meta is chasing after: passing the visual Turing test. These headsets are quite a bit more advanced than the Quest 3 and Quest 3S we’ve recently covered, but show the company is still pouring quite a few resources into advancing the category. The Verge also did an excellent write up of the news which you can find here.

You no longer have to think about what mode to use; the model will do it for you. Plus, it’s way better at coding and answering health questions, and it’s less likely to hallucinate. While not a product we regularly cover after our ChatGPT video bombed, it’s still a product we use every day for our operations, primarily for writing code. These quick posts run via code primarily generated by ChatGPT!

Philips Hue lights, to be exact. According to Hueblog.com, Sonos’s Assistant might be able to control Philips Hue lights shortly. This makes a lot of sense for homes with multiple speakers in different rooms. Sonos remains one of our favorite speaker brands, which we’ve featured extensively already. It’s unclear if Sonos has plans to integrate with any other smart home platforms, but given Amazon’s apparent plans to litter Alexa with ads and upcharge for Alexa Plus, this sounds kinda nice.

As reported by Emma Roth at The Verge, as with last year’s Pixel event, some products are expected to come out in October rather than right after Google’s August event. If you’re curious about our experience with the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, check out our review of it.

As reported by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy from The Verge, Sengled’s reliance on only a Wi-Fi connection for some of their smart bulbs perfectly illustrates the problem with buying any smart home device that needs a cloud connection to work. This situation is why we almost always recommend smart home devices that rely on local connections, so if the company goes under, you can still turn on the lights. Here’s the smart home stuff we recommend in 2025.

In a press release, the company highlighted that the new 16 GB edition retails for $249, while the original Signature edition retails for $279, and the new kids’ edition retails for $269. Its unclear if Amazon ever fixed the yellow band issue we talked about in our review update on the Colorsoft.

Even a few weeks after launch, the Phone (3) is unsurprisingly still divisive with its back design. The most surprising product so far has been the headphones. Follow Josh on Bluesky and Threads for more impressions and hot takes as he reviews these products over the long term.

Wireless charging speeds will now top out at 25W compared to 15W on most smartphones today. You can read more about it from The Verge here.

The Verge’s Jennifer Pattison Tuohy interviewed David Granath of IKEA Sweden about the company’s new approach to the smart home. It’s a fascinating look at where things stand with the Matter standard, which we covered in our 2025 Smart Home Guide, as well as Ikea’s new approach to smart home audio following the expiration of its partnership with Sonos, and the 20+ new products it plans to launch.

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You’ll be able to choose between new ‘Member’ and ‘Admin’ tiers, which will make it easier for friends and family to adjust things without screwing up your whole setup. You can check out Google’s blog post for more info.

The successor to the Nothing Phone (2), which we previously reviewed, has finally been unveiled, and it’s…well, a lot. We’ll plan to review this one, too, as well as the company’s first-ever over-the-ear headphones.