Engadget Review Recap: Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy Buds 4, Dell Xps 14 And More

It’s a engaged clip for nan reviews squad and Engadget, and pinch Apple announcing caller devices this week, we aren’t letting up immoderate clip soon. New products from Samsung, Dell, Google and ASUS header nan roundup this time, and we’ve sewage a fewer unsocial items to talk arsenic well. Read connected to drawback up connected thing you might’ve missed, including nan latest installment of Pokémon.

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

This year’s Samsung flagship phone whitethorn not impressment you pinch a load of caller features, but there’s 1 successful peculiar that elder newsman Sam Rutherford was wowed by. “This goes double for nan S26 Ultra, whose biggest upgrade — nan Privacy Display — is thing meant to extremity different group from snooping astatine what you're doing.,” he said. “When it's on, you astir apt won't moreover beryllium capable to tell, which is benignant of nan point.”

Samsung Galaxy Buds 4 and 4 Pro

Samsung went all-in pinch with AirPods mimicry past year, and that continues connected nan Galaxy Buds 4 and 4 Pro. However, contempt large improvements to sound value and nan continued summation of caller features, Samsung could surely do more. “The institution is really only lagging down Apple successful 2 areas: proceeding wellness and heart-rate tracking,” I wrote. “Samsung presently offers nan action to amplify voices connected its earbuds, but it hasn’t built a proceeding trial aliases nan proceeding protection devices Apple has. The biggest update connected nan AirPods Pro 3 was nan summation of heart-rate search past year, which would beryllium a awesome instauration for a fitness-focused type of nan Galaxy Buds.”

Dell XPS 14 (2026)

We reappraisal a batch of devices that are almost excellent, isolated from for 1 large flaw. That’s nan lawsuit pinch nan caller XPS 14, wherever elder newsman Devindra Hardawar had a difficult clip pinch very basal functionality. “If I were to judge nan XPS 14 based purely connected its specs and creation alone, it would beryllium my favourite Windows laptop disposable today,” he wrote. “Dell is truthful adjacent to making a PC that’s a existent MacBook Pro competitor, it's a shame a elemental keyboard rumor holds nan XPS 14 backmost from existent greatness.”

Google Pixel 10a

Google’s A-series devices person consistently been a awesome action if you’re looking to walk little connected telephone but still want a tin handset. Despite minimal upgrades connected nan Pixel 10a, that sentiment still holds true. “On nan 1 hand, portion of maine wants to dock points because Google has added truthful fewer updates,” elder newsman Igor Bonifacic said. “On nan other, nan 10a is still a awesome telephone for $500, and astatine a clip erstwhile user electronics are becoming much costly by nan day, nan truth it hasn't gone up successful value is simply a mini miracle.”

ASUS ProArt GoPro Edition PX13

Creators often request a operation of powerfulness and show value successful a laptop that would beryllium overkill for astir of us. For those who do request it, contributing newsman Steven Dent recovered nan ASUS ProArt GoPro Edition PX13 astir checked each nan boxes. “ASUS is 1 of nan fewer PC manufacturers trying to compete pinch Apple successful nan creator market, and pinch nan ProArt GoPro Edition laptop, it has mostly succeeded,” he said. “This exemplary offers fantabulous capacity and artillery life, a immense magnitude of memory, a very bully OLED HDR display, a bully scope of ports and an fantabulous keyboard and trackpad.”

Ambient Dreamie, Seattle Ultrasonics and more

We besides precocious reviewed a mates of off-beat gadgets, some of which earned precocious marks from our team. The Ambient Dreamie is simply a “bedside companion” that functions arsenic an siren timepiece pinch some bedtime and greeting routines. Weekend editor Cheyenne MacDonald was truthful impressed by really it improved her slumber that she bought 1 for herself. And nan Seattle Ultrasonics C-200 was dubbed “the early of room knives” by Sam.

Sam besides played a fewer hours of Pokémon Pokopia and he was charmed by nan caller return connected gameplay for nan series. Lastly, Devindra put nan Falcon Northwest FragBox done its paces, discovering a powerful gaming rig successful instrumentality that looks a spot for illustration a container of fried chicken