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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.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a brand go from creating such an iconic and cool design with their previous phone to whiffing it this badly with the next generation.

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— Josh Teder (@joshteder.bsky.social) July 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM

In a blog post, the company laid out its vision for the new app, how it works, why it’s necessary, and what it does differently to achieve better-looking photos out of a smartphone.

The new Meta Oakley smart glasses will be available for preorder on July 11th and offer some upgrades over the Meta Ray-Bans, which we reviewed last year, including 3K video and 8-hour battery life.

It took almost 4 years to get this feature, which seems crazy, but I'm glad the Pixel Watch finally lets you skip forward and back when a podcast is playing.

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— Josh Teder (@joshteder.bsky.social) June 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM

As reported by The Verge, Nest Cam picture-in-picture on Google TV, new Gemini smart home controls, automation tweaks, and more are coming to Google’s smart home platform.

We’ve been fascinated by this company ever since we reviewed the Phone (2). They released a new conversation on their YouTube channel with CEO Carl Pei, as he answers questions about the tech space, smartphone development, and teases details about the two new products Nothing plans to launch on July 1st: the Nothing Headphone (1) and Phone (3). It was pretty interesting.

With iPadOS 16, users will finally enjoy enhanced multitasking, improved background tasks, a more powerful Files app, a Preview iPadOS app, and more. You can read more about it on Apple’s site, as well as in the video below, which we’ve set to the iPadOS part of the keynote.

With iOS 26, iPhone users will now not only enjoy better handling of spam calls and text messages, but also get two new features similar to the ones Pixel phones have had: Call Screening and Hold Assist.

Liquid Glass is coming to iOS, MacOS, iPadOS, WatchOS, VisionOS, tvOS, and CarPlay later this year.

The Verge’s Editor-in-Chief, Nilay Patel, sat down with the CEO for a fascinating discussion that covered everything from the new app redesign to Apple’s organizational structure, the challenges the company currently faces, and who should lead Apple next.