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You square it well • As brand owner Google launches its own circular-faced smartwatch, the Versa 4 serves as a reminder that Fitbit is still vying for a place on your wrist
The alternative: Suunto 9 Peak Pro • It’s gnarlier than the Fitbit, but is this adventure watch a Peaky blinder?
UPVOTED BIKE LIGHTS • Keen to let everyone see he’s taken off the stabilisers, Chris Rowlands kits out his two-wheeled steed with the zingiest front and rear lights for winter visibility
STUFF AWARDS 2022 • It’s been a dismal year for tech, with hardly anything good being launched… nah, just kidding. We’ve had our usual marathon discussions/arguments/brawls to sort out the game-changingly fantastic from the merely brilliant, and here are the results. Congrats to all our winners!
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GIVE TWITTER THE BIRD • Time to jump ship? These apps can be your liferaft as the once-great site becomes a burnt-out husk drifting ever closer to the rocks of irrelevance…
Bowling in the deep • Devialet’s first portable wireless speaker comes trundling into our hands looking totally unique… but will we be bowled over by its thumping bass?
BETA YOURSELF ORGANISE A PARTY • Whether you’re sorting a last-minute festive shindig, fun for New Year or some other celebration, tech can help ensure things go without a hitch – Craig Grannell explains how
Saturday night spatial • There have been plenty of attempts to bring 3D gaming to laptops, but it’s never quite worked. Can this pricey Acer make it stick?
GUNS ’N’ FROZES • When the snowing gets tough, the Stuff get going with this winter fitness gear
Move on Opp • Oppo’s first crack at the UK tablet market goes for the budget zone – but doesn’t skimp on screen size or build quality
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Ripped to be square • In one of the year’s least expected upgrades, Apple has given its TV streamer a bit of a beefing-up – so Dan Grabham turns on the box for two weeks of 4K fun
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet • Nintendo’s billion-dollar series is at its most revolutionary with a new open world and multiple story paths, but it’s marred by presentation and performance issues
Sonic Frontiers • Sega’s fast-moving mascot returns to Green Hill Zone repeatedly in an ambitious open-world shake-up that doesn’t quite come off
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