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Fitbit’s new Gemini-powered health coach is debuting in preview today, as part of an entirely new app experience that was announced back in August. Premium subscribers in the US on Android will have access to it first as it starts rolling out today, with plans to expand to iOS “later this year,” according to Taylor Helgren, Fitbit product manager.The new health coach is the foundation for an entirely rethought Fitbit app. Rather than bolting AI features onto the existing app, the health coach is offered as an opt-in experience wrapped up in a redesigned Fitbit app. It’s not feature complete…

Honda surprised literally nobody with its announcement that the next generation of its Miimo robot mowers won’t need a perimeter wire. More surprising was the other tech, taken from its cars, in its upcoming models. I was at the Frankfurt launch to see the next two Miimos, learn about Honda’s strategy and get a sneak preview of other future models. Four new robot mowers Miimo 1500i and Miimo 2200i will go on sale in spring 2026. They’re pictured bottom-left and bottom right, respectively. The top two mowers are the Miimo Large and AWD, slated for late 2026 at the earliest.…

More time has passed since the arrival of the Sony PlayStation 2 as between the PS2’s debut and the Atari 2600. Which might make you feel horribly old. Still, while you’re mulling over your own mortality, you can at least spare a moment to remember how great Sony’s giant (in every sense) of a console was. Yeah, but sequels are never as good as the originals, are they? Oh, this one was. The original PlayStation redefined home gaming, but five years later Sony unleashed another revolution. The new console’s guts packed serious clout. This enabled game makers to sculpt breathtaking…

X is preparing to put Twitter.com out to pasture, and the official @Safety account posted on Friday warning anyone using physical security keys or passkeys for 2FA that they will need to re-enroll them. According to X, if the login methods aren’t updated by November 10th, the associated accounts will be locked until the update process is completed, and abandoned accounts could possibly be sold.Active users with keys attached to their accounts have been getting notifications about the impending change for a while, and the X Safety team explained the process in a clarification post: “This change is not related…

Hello and welcome to the Stuff Gadget Awards 2025. Here’s where we reward the best tech we’ve seen during the year. And what better way to recognise that progress than with gongs. All celebrating their status as the cream of the gadgety crop. We’re only just starting to reveal this year’s awards. Want to see who’s won? Just go to our Awards section for the latest winning category posts or check out links to them all below. We’ve over 40 categories this year, with some additions to last year’s lists. We’ve brought them to you below in 20 separate articles,…

Between increased tariffs and price hikes, it’s not a great time to buy a PlayStation 5 console. That is, unless you head over to GameStop, which is selling the 825GB PS5 with a disc drive in its original (thicker) design along with 24 months of PS Plus Premium included for just $579.99 (previously $749.99). Given that the slimmer 1TB disc-based model is $549.99, this is a phenomenal deal that nets out to you paying just a little extra for two years of Sony’s top-tier online subscription (a $320 value).PS Plus Premium costs $17.99 per month, or $160 per year, and…

With enough force, almost every phone can fold in half – not even the best phones on sale are immune from brute strength. But only a few can do it without suffering terminal damage. From retro revivals to cutting-edge clamshells, these best flip phones are perfectly pocketable, yet don’t skimp on top-tier hardware. Perhaps you prefer a larger book-style foldable with a little more substance? Read about the best foldable phones here. By hiding a larger screen on the inside, flip phones are half the size of a traditional smartphone. Their outer screens are getting smarter and smarter, too, saving…

After a steady stream of spec teases, OnePlus has launched its new OnePlus 15 flagship in China today. Release plans elsewhere are still unconfirmed, but the company promises that the phone’s global launching will be “soon.”We’ve known what the 15 would look like since September, when OnePlus also confirmed it would be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and have a fast 165Hz refresh rate display — a jump from the 120Hz on last year’s OnePlus 13, though there are still few games that support those speeds.The large 7,300mAh battery is the other big draw, the latest…

Samsung warned us last month that ads were coming to the giant Android tablets embedded in its Family Hub smart fridges. I’ve been eyeing mine ever since — and the first ones are about to arrive. Starting November 3rd, the $2,000-plus connected fridges will get a new widget that serves up ads, Shane Higby, head of Home Appliance Business at Samsung Electronics America, confirmed to The Verge.The ads will be part of a new widget on some of the smart fridges’ “Cover screen themes” (like a tablet or smartphone’s home screen). The widget, which Samsung shared with me ahead of…

Adobe’s computational photography app, Project Indigo, had a bit of trouble adapting to the new square-format selfie sensor in the iPhone 17 series. For the last month or so, the app simply didn’t support Apple’s latest phones at all. Adobe was working behind the scenes to get things up and running, and posting occasional updates to the Adobe Community forums. But the company has decided to simply turn off access to the front-facing camera entirely, in order to get some version of Project Indigo out the door with iPhone 17 support.The app debuted back in June and immediately started garnering…

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the legal morass of AI, follow Adi Robertson. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here.The song was called “Heart on My Sleeve,” and if you didn’t know better, you might guess you were hearing Drake. If you did know better, you were hearing the starting bell of a new legal and cultural battle: the fight over how AI services should be able to use people’s faces and voices, and how platforms should…

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 103, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, sorry everything’s so expensive this week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)This week, I’ve been reading about gooning and Costco and protein bars and the Jonas Brothers, bingeing Nobody Wants This season two, trying to figure out how to save $4,500 for the new Rivian e-bike, telling anyone who will listen that T-Pain’s still got it, learning everything I can about the Louvre heist, playing a surprising amount of Fortnite…