Author: Geek Planet

Table of Contents Table of Contents Anker 165W Power Bank Anker 140W Wall Charger with Display Prices and availability Anker has come to CES 2025 with one of the craziest power banks we’ve seen in a while. It’s as big as it is feature-packed, but the really unusual design aspect is how a built-in USB-C cable doubles up as a handy strap. It arrives alongside a new wall charger with multiple ports and even a display, which is powerful enough to rapidly recharge the new power bank. I’ve had a look at them both. Anker 165W Power Bank Anker 165W…

Table of Contents Table of Contents A sleek design and quality display Much improved health/fitness features Amazfit Active 2 price and availability Amazfit is quickly becoming one of the more intriguing players in the smartwatch game. After impressing us in September with its Apple Watch Ultra competitor, the Amazfit T-Rex 3, the company has now announced the Amazfit Active 2 at CES 2025. The Active 2 is one of the more affordable options in Amazfit’s lineup, but it sure doesn’t give off that impression. I’ve had a chance to use the Active 2 ahead of its release, and so far,…

Google and Samsung phones will be receiving Qi2 wireless charging, the answer to Apple’s MagSafe wireless charging, this year. The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) said in a press release ahead of CES 2025 on Monday that the “acceleration” of native Qi2 wireless charging support will be rolling out to more Android phones throughout the year, including the Samsung Galaxy and Google’s Pixel line of phones. Both flagship companies confirmed their intentions to program Qi2 into their respective devices. “We are excited to have such major Android manufacturers commit to delivering the Qi2 experience to their customers. This will accelerate the…

The iPhone has had a distinctive look since its initial release in 2007. Sure, the sizes have changed, as have materials, but you can generally glance at an iPhone of any generation and say, “Yeah, that’s an iPhone.” Now, a rumor suggests that the iPhone 17 could draw inspiration from its predecessors and bring back the curved edges that have appeared several times throughout the generations. leaker Fixed-Focus Digital shared on Weibo (a Chinese social media platform) that the iPhone 17 would reintroduce the rounded sides of the first few iPhones, doing away with the straight edges current models have.…

Google Assistant has been the go-to aide on Wear OS devices for years, but several lines of decompiled code in the latest Wear OS beta suggest Gemini is preparing to stage a coup. Version 16.0.5 of Wear OS contains several strings — a term that refers to a line of text or characters — that point to the inclusion of Gemini in an upcoming version of Wear OS. Currently, the onboard assistant can be accessed by saying “Hey Google” when the screen is active or just by holding down the side button. Google Assistant can send responses to messages, play…

We’ve been talking about Samsung Galaxy S25 rumors for months and months. Now, we finally have some official news from Samsung about its latest smartphones. Today, Samsung confirmed that its next Unpacked event will take place on Wednesday, January 22, in San Jose, California. Samsung doesn’t mention the Galaxy S25 series by name, but it does confirm that it’ll announce “the new Galaxy S series” at this month’s Unpacked. The invite reads: “Get ready for AI that is more natural and intuitive. The next evolution of Galaxy AI is coming and it’s going to change the way you interact with…

Smart glasses are increasingly being pushed as the future of personal computing. But so far, an overwhelming majority have focused on aspects like social media sharing, pulling up AI agents, or media consumption. soliddd wants to push smart glasses into a challenging niche of medical science. At CES 2025, the New York City-based company introduced SolidddVision smart glasses. Soliddd claims these are “the first true vision correction for people living with vision loss due to macular degeneration.” Notably, these glasses won’t require any FDA clearance and will enter the market later this year. Macular degeneration is an age-related condition that…

If you’ve ever wanted a smartphone with a display that isn’t uncomfortable to look at for extended periods, then good news! TCL has announced the TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G at CES 2025, and while this is not the first Nxtpaper phone, it is the first one to launch in the US, which is a big deal. For those who haven’t seen a Nxtpaper device, TCL’s innovative display technology blends advanced screen capabilities with digital health and comfort. Handsets like the TCL 50 Pro Nxtpaper 5G have previously offered Nxtpaper tech on smartphones, but now this advanced display tech is…

Tablets are great devices to keep us entertained, but they can also be quite straining on the eyes over long periods of time. Thankfully, at CES 2025, TCL has a solution for that. TCL has announced the Nxtpaper 11 Plus tablet, the company’s first device to use its new Nxtpaper 4.0 display tech. What is Nxtpaper 4.0? It’s the latest version of TCL’s Nxtpaper tech, which is a unique type of display that addresses challenges in visual comfort for its users. With Nxtpaper 4.0, TCL has made some significant improvements as it focuses on user comfort while retaining enhanced visual…

If you have patiently waited for Apple to release an iPad Air with an OLED, we have bad news. LG Display is adjusting its OLED production away from the iPad Pro because of weak demand. According to The Electric (via MacRumors), production is shifting to manufacturing iPhone displays, which could delay the launch of the world’s first iPad Air with OLED. According to the report, LG Display hopes to maintain its current production of iPad OLED inventory until the end of February. By then, it hopes Apple will give it the go-ahead to shift production to OLED iPhone panels. Display…