Engadget Review Recap: Ray-ban Meta, Gopro Max 2 And More

If you for illustration immoderate assortment successful your reappraisal roundups, we screen rather nan gamut this time. The headliner is nan caller Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, but we’ve precocious tested a powerful gaming laptop, 2 action cameras and a wireless rodent (yep, still request those). Catch up connected each nan reviews we’ve published complete nan past 2 weeks by scrolling down below.

Ray-Ban Meta

While nan second-generation Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses whitethorn look akin to nan original model, a batch has changed successful position of features. There are besides 2 large upgrades complete nan past version: artillery life and video quality. “The Ray-Ban Meta glasses person a batch of features that didn't beryllium erstwhile I first reviewed them 2 years ago, mostly acknowledgment to AI,” senior editor Karissa Bell said. “And pinch nan merchandise of its second-generation frames, there's still a batch to look guardant to, for illustration caller camera features and AI-powered audio.”

Alienware 16 Area-51

If you’re successful nan marketplace for a powerful gaming laptop pinch a unsocial design, nan Alienware 16 Area-51 mightiness beryllium for you. Of course, you’ll person to unrecorded pinch a instrumentality that ‘s large and dense — and besides expensive. “Even though nan Alienware 16 Area-51 mightiness not beryllium arsenic portable arsenic immoderate of its rivals, it's sewage a batch to offer,” senior reviews writer Sam Rutherford wrote. “There’s a striking design, a bully surface (though much options would beryllium nice), tons of ports and class-leading capacity pinch plentifulness of configurability truthful you tin dial successful its specs precisely really you like.”

GoPro Max 2

GoPro’s caller merchandise this autumn wasn’t different Hero action camera. Instead, nan institution opted to return nan 360 route, debuting nan Max 2 for spherical videos. “With a operation of pro features for illustration Timecode, GP-Log (with LUTs) alongside mobile-focused editing, GoPro intelligibly hopes nan Max 2 will entreaty to demanding and casual users alike,” contributor James Trew observed. “The institution has besides focused heavy connected improving nan personification acquisition alternatively than going for axenic technological advances and aft a week aliases truthful of testing, that feels for illustration a sensible move.”

DJI Osmo Nano

In lawsuit you missed it, mini action cameras pinch detachable displays are a point now. DJI’s first effort astatine 1 of these products takes nonstop purpose astatine Insta360’s duo of Go models. And contempt amended video value than nan competition, there’s still activity to beryllium done for nan Osmo Nano. “With nan Nano, DJI leaned connected its camera acquisition and mostly matches aliases thumps its main rival successful position of video quality,” reporter Steve Dent said. “However, nan institution is still lagging down successful a fewer areas, peculiarly its editing app — thing that’s important for galore creators.”

Logitech MX Master 4

Three years aft releasing nan MX Master 3S, Logitech is backmost pinch different update to its productivity mouse. Shopping for nan caller type isn’t precisely a straightforward endeavor though. “The MX Master 4 whitethorn not beryllium a basal upgrade if you’re happy pinch an older MX Master mouse, and if those didn’t activity for you before, this 1 astir apt won’t activity for you now,” senior buying proposal newsman Jeff Dunn wrote. “But if you’re a powerfulness personification successful nan marketplace for a caller productivity mouse, we’d expect this newest loop to beryllium arsenic celebrated arsenic its predecessors.”